Most laptop motherboards have two SATA connectors on board. One is used to connect a hard drive (HDD), the other for an optical disc drive (ODD). Nowadays, the optical drive has practically lost its relevance, so instead I will connect an additional hard drive. The problem is that the optical drive and hard drive have different connectors. To connect a hard drive instead of an optical drive, you need to make an adapter. This will be discussed in the article.

To make the adapter we will need:

1). Slimline SATA Male connector (13-pin)

You can take it from an old optical drive. If you don't have a drive, take a walk to the nearest repair service. A non-working drive will be given back to you free of charge.

2). Standard SATA Female Cable (7-pin) - SATA Female (7-pin)

Such a cable can be bought at any computer store for 15 rubles. Or you can exchange it with a neighbor who is a computer geek for a can of cold beer.

3). Power connector SATA Female (15-pin)

This connector can be cut from a non-working ATX computer power supply. If there is no power supply, go to a repair service. They will give you about 10 burnt power supplies.

4). Epoxy adhesive

The most expensive part of our adapter. Sold in auto shops and hardware stores. Instead of epoxy glue, you can use thermal nozzles.

Let's start making the adapter
We disassemble the drive, remove the board with the connector.

The board will be the supporting structure of our adapter. Therefore, we cut it to length and dismantle all components.

Then we cut the SATA (7-pin) cable. Inside we see two shielded pairs for signal reception/transmission.

We strip about 1 centimeter of the cable.

Remove the shielding shell.

From the SATA power connector (15-pin), remove the 12 Volt line (yellow + black), leaving only the 5 Volt line (red + black).

Carefully solder the wires according to the diagram.

We fix the wires with plastic ties.

We fill this whole mess with epoxy glue.

The adapter is ready.

We take the laptop, turn it on and go into the BIOS. We find a list of boot devices. Here we see the line "SATA ODD" - optical drive.

Turn off the laptop and remove the optical drive. Instead of a drive, we connect a hard drive through our adapter.

A little theory: the pinout of the ISO connector of the radio is determined by the functionality of the contacts in the plugs, in accordance with their numbering. ISO radio connector is a connector for connecting a car's standard radio, certified according to international standards.

Each of these connectors is designed as an eight-pin rectangular plug, but sometimes they are combined into one housing.

When trying to independently replace, for example, a car player from Pioneer with a JVC, car owners are faced with a situation where the wires in the plug are mixed up or do not even fit the shape of the connectors. In order to solve this issue, you need to buy an ISO plug, which is sold at any auto parts store. After that, pinout the head unit connector according to the diagram.

Standard connection diagrams

Standards 1DIN and 2DIN

All car radios can be divided into two types, which are installed by car manufacturers.

• 1DIN standard (single block);
• 2DIN standard (two-block).

Cars of European brands prefer 1DIN.

№1	Empty
№2	Empty
№3	Empty
№4	Constant power
№5	Antenna power
№6	Backlight
№7	Ignition
№8	Weight

And Japanese, American and a number of Chinese car brands use the 2DIN standard.

Dual ISO connector

If you see 2 plugs, then one of the connectors connects the “power” circuits to the radio, that is, current consumption sources are connected to it (in the diagrams with the letter “A” and colored brown). The second connector is needed to connect acoustics (on the diagrams with the letter “B” and painted black).

Adapters for ISO connectors

Now on sale there are many types of different adapters for ISO connectors from one model to another, so you can not solder the plug when connecting it to the radio, but after writing down the model, buy the required adapter.

Pinout diagrams for ISO connectors for Pioneer radios

The model name of the Pioneer car radio, the connection diagrams of which are shown above, can be found out from the file name of each diagram.

Remember: when you connect the device for the first time, you first need to supply power to the radio, and if it lights up and switches as expected, connect the speakers. Otherwise, you can burn not only your audio player, but also your expensive car speakers.

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And here’s what I caught, but the simplicity confuses me:
I have long wanted to listen to MP3 discs in the car.

Thoughts came to mind from listening to headphones from a portable player (what nonsense!) to installing an MP3 radio to replace the existing one. I didn’t want a cheap MP3 radio, a good one was too expensive.

It was decided to leave the Pioneer DEH P6000R in place and connect the I-River player, which is excellent in my opinion, to the line input. A small difficulty was the lack of a standard line input.
From the conference I learned (the search rocks!) about www.erta.ru, which was stopped by the need to install an additional board into the radio. Well, the price of 50 seemed high. Many people were interested in the issue of organizing a linear entrance at Pioneers. With difficulty I found on the internet a description of the IP-BUS bus, through which the head communicates with the changer and other devices. A linear input can be made on connectors 7, 9, 10 and 11 of this bus. Experience has shown that many involved in IP-BUS research refused to discuss this bus - http://civic.phazer.org/carmp3/, in addition, sites (www.mp3car.com/usersites/arby/installation.html for example) containing information about using this bus turned out to be closed ((If you find this site, please let me know.

In addition to making your own linear input, you could use a ready-made device:
Pioneer CD-RB10 Auxiliary Input - $30
http://photofile.ru/default/do?sp=23621&sn=&id=455263
or
Precision Interface Electronics PIO/P-RCA - $20
http://photofile.ru/default/do?sp=23621&sn=&id=455236
However, in our Russian realities the price has increased 2-3 times,
with the condition of delivery in advance payment in a month

In general, it was decided not to mess with the original devices, but to make it ourselves.
The Pioneer IP-Bus RCA Adapter CD-RB20 block diagram http://photofile.ru/default/do?sp=23621&sn=&id=455310 was found on the website http://pes.homeip.net/, it turned out to be useful from an educational point of view sight, but useless for further experiments. There was no need to repeat this. And the searches on the Internet continued...
The pinout of the IP-BUS connector (http://photofile.ru/default/do?sp=23621&sn=&id=455322) was found on the website http://www.mygizmos.net/frames/hardw...rhardware.html
The connector http://photofile.ru/default/do?sp=23621&sn=&id=455549 was presented more clearly on the website http://www.kisselev.narod.ru/jack.html

There was no connector suitable for IP-BUS (http://photofile.ru/default/do?sp=23621&sn=&id=455577) in Chip and Deep. The cable costs (http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...109705&loc=111) no less than the CD-RB10 adapter, there was no point in buying a cable for one connector.

Poor mouse.
To get the connector, an old, fully functional mouse for the COM port was dissected. She sacrificed her tail for the right cause. The COM connector was cut with a knife. Such knives with a sawing blade are sold for 10 rubles at the subway and last a month at most, I didn’t ask much from him. As a result, I got 4 contacts - too large for the IP-BUS response contacts, so they were crimped with pliers, and then pressed onto the contacts with force.

Due to the lack of an audio cable (two-core shielded), a mouse cable was used, to which tuned connectors were soldered on one side, and a 3.5mm jack on the other. Jack was bought the day before for 5 rubles.

I carefully connected the corresponding contacts and isolated them from each other with pieces of plastic.

While walking to the parking lot, I checked in my mind whether I had done everything correctly and whether I had forgotten anything.
The radio is in its place, the new linear input cable is dangling in the glove compartment, the linear input is turned on through the system menu of the radio, an additional AUX source has appeared, the I-River MP3 player is connected to the cable. Well, here's the crucial moment. I turn on the player and enjoy the sound!!!

Everything worked the first time. The quality is no different from CD, despite the fact that an unshielded 1 meter long wire is used.

Additionally: I found a description of the Pioneer DEH 6100 7100 http://www.neknn.ru/instructor/uploa...-7100_6100.pdf
instead of a puller, I used a suitable strip from a metal clamp (bought for 20 rubles)

Total. costs 5 rubles per jack, 2-3 hours for making the cable and removing and installing the radio. About a week to search for information.

I own a Mazda 2 2004, but with right-hand drive (Singapore version).
The package includes a radio with 6 CDs.

After buying a car, I bought an FM transmitter, then another one, but it burned out just like the first one - saying bang, exhaling smoke and filling the screen black....

I've been listening to the radio for the last couple of years. When we drove away from the city, where the radio waves of the two regions mixed, I turned on the FM transmitter in the navigator.

I had been looking towards Yatour for a long time, but I didn’t want to give $50.

A couple of years ago I came across adapters on Aliexpress, but they weren’t much cheaper.
In the summer, a seller from HongJun Nie's store owed me $10 and asked me to choose a product for that amount.
I bargained for this adapter from him, paying an additional $6, that is, it cost me $16.

I wrote to the seller what kind of car I have, and he indicated which adapter I needed. but later he asked me to send a photo of the plug, saying that there are different ones.


The parcel arrived in Belgorod in 20 days.
The box included an adapter and a card reader.




From a discussion at the Mazda Demio Club, I learned that it will be necessary to solder jumpers on the radio board.
Before removing the radio, I decided to check if the Japanese had soldered jumpers for Singapore? Maybe it will work without additional soldering?
Radio model


But a miracle did not happen - the radio did not see the device...
I had to solder 9 out of 11 jumpers.
It’s crooked, with “snot”, but it’s soldered.


The next day I connected the adapter, pressed the cd button - the light on the adapter lit up, the track time went by, but there was no sound.


After searching the forum, I found a mention of capacitors and resistors, which may not exist.
Having disassembled the radio for the second time, I discovered that 8 elements were missing.
Taking the payment, I went to the radio workshop. There, an uncle of retirement age tortured me for a long time about what needs to be done, were these elements previously on the board, why do I need this? And suddenly he told me: I won’t do this, I think it’s not necessary, it won’t change anything.))) To which I explained to him that his job is not to think, but to solder the parts.…
I received a refusal from both “phone repair” and “computer repair”.
I bought smd393 resistors, smd 16v 4.7mfu capacitors and flux.
I went home and soldered everything in half an hour.
It’s crooked, with “snot”, but it’s soldered. (I’m ashamed to post photos of “work”)
I connected everything to the car, pressed the CD button, the light on the adapter lit up, the track time appeared on the screen, and the sound started.


When connected to a phone, the adapter works as an AUX. When you connect a flash drive, the adapter cuts off AUX and starts playing music from the flash drive.
You can create folders cd1, cd2... my radio sees 6 disks.
You can upload music without folders.
The folder displays 99 tracks, plays subsequent ones, but writes No. 99.
Reads a 16G flash drive.
The buttons on the steering wheel work.
I tried to open the adapter - a crack appeared in the body, it was probably glued together. I didn’t pick any further.
I think this adapter has the right to life.
the product is provided at a discount, therefore point 18

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The Opel car radio pinout is required if you need to connect the device yourself. The owners of this German car either decide to replace the standard head unit for modernization purposes, or it breaks down and has to be replaced.
A large number of Opel car radios, the pinout of which will be presented in the article, are made of very high quality, but fakes are also often found.

Problems you may encounter

In the process of replacing the car radio with your own hands, you may encounter common problems with the Opel Astra and other German models:

• The head unit loses all settings after the ignition key is removed. This problem is very unpleasant and none of the drivers would like to encounter it;
• The car radio can pick up radio channels, including the most powerful and popular ones, but with interference;
• For head units that have the ability to display the date and number on the display, this function is blocked and does not work.

Note. In addition, in the process of replacing a standard unit in an Opel, a problem may arise with the ISO, which was simply cut off by the former owner or missing for some other reason.

ISO Opel pinout and connection

Below is the ISO pinout on one of the popular car radios installed on Opel Omega. This is the Denver CAD350 - a non-standard model, but quite often purchased.

Note. For example, car radios Blaupunkt CAR300, Philips CAR400 and others are considered standard for Opel.

As you can see in the diagram above, only 4 inputs are needed for connection.
They are indicated in color in the photo and, accordingly, are indicated by numbers:

• Input number 4 – direct current, usually the cable is yellow;
• 5 - this is either a backlight or an amplifier for the antenna - most often the wire is blue;
• 8 – minus, ground, ground – black;
• 7 – ACC, key, the position in which 12 V current flows only when the key is turned – red.

Opel has the same ISO connector, but the values ​​may differ. For this reason, when carrying out repairs in a car, not necessarily an Opel, you should always check the correspondence of the connectors to avoid problems.

Note. In particular, if you do not check the correspondence of the connectors, then the chance of encountering the problem of the car radio losing settings when you turn the key is 100 percent. And the reason is simple: the constant power wires are mixed up in some places. As you can see in the photo below and above, they are different colors and go to different contacts.

On standard radios, such as Blaupunkt or others, the ISO pinout looks like this:

• 4 - ACC, key, the position in which 12 V current flows only when the key is turned - thin red;
• 5 - amplifier for antenna - red and white;
• 7 - direct current, thick red cable;
• 8 - minus, mass, earth - brown.

The remaining wires and connectors (see) are marked in the photo.

Original connection method

So, if a replacement is carried out, then this discrepancy must be taken into account. By the way, if a previously installed car radio suffers from the problem of settings not being saved, then by swapping 4 and 7, you can solve it.
You can generally solve the problem with the key once and for all by making a connection. For example, many drivers know the situation when they are listening to their favorite music, the car is stopped, the key is taken out of the lock out of habit, and the melody suddenly stops. Unpleasant is not the right word!
This problem can be solved simply, like in an action movie: the red wire, the one that supplies power to the lock, is cut. And in this case it looks like this in Opel Astra or Omega cars:

Thus, instructions for Opel car radios, useful thematic videos, and various diagrams will only be a plus for the driver who makes the connection with his own hands. The price of car radios for Opel varies. Today there are a lot of them produced, both expensive and budget models.