Miata Mailing List: July 1993, Message #93
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   From: Ken Warren 
Subject: Re: Stereo stuff (fwd)
   Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1993 13:23:34 -0400


On Fri, 9 Jul 1993, Jeff Maurer wrote:

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> Last night I was rummaging through old MCA issues and found that diagram
> of the DIN plug on the factory radio.  I _thought_ I saw both preamp in
> and preamp out listed (pins 1 through 4 with common ground on pin 5?).
> Not true?

Not true. The diagram (I just looked it up) specifies left and right
signal out/in on pins 1-4.

> Seemed like some cool possibilities with outputs like: 12v switched/unswitched,
> 12v illumination control, muting, etc.

Yep, there are a few possibilities. For one thing, pin 9 (remote 5 VDC+
out) could be used to switch an amp on/off.

--
Ken

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