Step 7 wiring the jack and mounting
Locate the 4 wire Radioshack patch cable
Feed it through the same opening on the front of the chassis that the face plate wires went through. If you don't do this you won't be able to attach the face plate later.
To each end of the stripped wires of the Radioshack patch cable slip on shrink tubing.
The jack has 5 terminals 1-5 see the attached photo for positions and numbers(it is also located on the package the jack came in).
Solder the wires to the jack's terminals as follows:
Red wire to terminal 4
Green wire to terminal 5
(that's the Right channel)
Black wire to terminal 3
White wire to terminal 2
(that's the Left channel)
Terminal 1 is the ground. Run a single wire (black) following the same path as the patch cable and locate the gang of wires you tapped into to wire the jack. Locate the black wire on the end of the gang of wires going to the FM pre-amp board. That wire is the ground wire. Solder the new single black wire to the black wire tape or heat shrink to seal the connection.
Now insert the wired jack into the hole you drilled into the face plate. either hot glue it or use the (ring nut included with the jack) to secure the jack to the face plate.
Re-attach the PCB board to the face plate, routing the wires appropriately- again it is okay if the jack isn't fully level with the PCB board it will bulge a bit - just don't tighten the screws near the jack too tightly (see attached picture).
Re-assemble the radio in reverse of disassembly.
You will have a working radio and now the ability to listen to your ipod with no hiss, crackle pop associated with many FM modulators ...
I've also attached a picture of a tape measure of my son's radio that did NOT need any modification to the PCB board so you can compare it to the picture in the previous step measuring the position of the hole from the edge that did require board modification. I also included a picture of the final installed shot of the radio I outlined in this thread. You can see that the jack is positioned closer to the tuner knob and further from the dash surround - it did require mods to the PCB board mentioned previously. - It also shows no ring nut as I hot glued mine and used a sharpie marker to color the jack black I got some marker on the face plate just noticed in the picture - not in real life!
Hope this has helped - I've got two that work great!!
Dave
Locate the 4 wire Radioshack patch cable
Feed it through the same opening on the front of the chassis that the face plate wires went through. If you don't do this you won't be able to attach the face plate later.
To each end of the stripped wires of the Radioshack patch cable slip on shrink tubing.
The jack has 5 terminals 1-5 see the attached photo for positions and numbers(it is also located on the package the jack came in).
Solder the wires to the jack's terminals as follows:
Red wire to terminal 4
Green wire to terminal 5
(that's the Right channel)
Black wire to terminal 3
White wire to terminal 2
(that's the Left channel)
Terminal 1 is the ground. Run a single wire (black) following the same path as the patch cable and locate the gang of wires you tapped into to wire the jack. Locate the black wire on the end of the gang of wires going to the FM pre-amp board. That wire is the ground wire. Solder the new single black wire to the black wire tape or heat shrink to seal the connection.
Now insert the wired jack into the hole you drilled into the face plate. either hot glue it or use the (ring nut included with the jack) to secure the jack to the face plate.
Re-attach the PCB board to the face plate, routing the wires appropriately- again it is okay if the jack isn't fully level with the PCB board it will bulge a bit - just don't tighten the screws near the jack too tightly (see attached picture).
Re-assemble the radio in reverse of disassembly.
You will have a working radio and now the ability to listen to your ipod with no hiss, crackle pop associated with many FM modulators ...
I've also attached a picture of a tape measure of my son's radio that did NOT need any modification to the PCB board so you can compare it to the picture in the previous step measuring the position of the hole from the edge that did require board modification. I also included a picture of the final installed shot of the radio I outlined in this thread. You can see that the jack is positioned closer to the tuner knob and further from the dash surround - it did require mods to the PCB board mentioned previously. - It also shows no ring nut as I hot glued mine and used a sharpie marker to color the jack black I got some marker on the face plate just noticed in the picture - not in real life!
Hope this has helped - I've got two that work great!!
Dave
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