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Installing Alpine CDM-s620 and 99 radio/headunit in 90 wagon

I currently have an AM/FM casette in my 1990 Honda Civic Wagon 2WD. I
just purchased a radio/headunit and alpine cd changer from a 1999
honda civic and am wondering how I would go about installing it?

The Alpine unit connects to the radio with an 8 pin M-Bus connector.
The radio/head unit from the 1999 Civic has two peculiarities:

i) instead of an 8-pin circular connector for the CD Changer, there is
a DIN 14-pin rectangular connector. Where can I find this adapter to
wire the headunit to the changer?

ii) the radio is stock from a '99 Civic so it does not have any wires
sticking out. Also, the 1990 wagon has a 16 pin connector for the
radio, but the 99 civic has a 20 pin connector. I suppose I would need
to get both a female 16 pin to enter into the vehicle, and a male 20
pin to enter into the radio?

I'm thinking I need the following to do an install:
i) M-BUS 8-pin circular to DIN 14-pin rectangular (from changer to
radio)
ii) female 16 pin harness (from car to radio)
iii) male 20 pin harness (from radio to car)

Am I on the right track? Any other ideas on this? Where could I find
these parts for cheap?

Thanks!

Theodore Chan wrote:
>
> Installing Alpine CDM-s620 and 99 radio/headunit in 90 wagon
>
> I currently have an AM/FM casette in my 1990 Honda Civic Wagon 2WD. I
> just purchased a radio/headunit and alpine cd changer from a 1999
> honda civic and am wondering how I would go about installing it?
>
> The Alpine unit connects to the radio with an 8 pin M-Bus connector.
> The radio/head unit from the 1999 Civic has two peculiarities:
>
> i) instead of an 8-pin circular connector for the CD Changer, there is
> a DIN 14-pin rectangular connector. Where can I find this adapter to
> wire the headunit to the changer?
>
> ii) the radio is stock from a '99 Civic so it does not have any wires
> sticking out. Also, the 1990 wagon has a 16 pin connector for the
> radio, but the 99 civic has a 20 pin connector. I suppose I would need
> to get both a female 16 pin to enter into the vehicle, and a male 20
> pin to enter into the radio?
>
> I'm thinking I need the following to do an install:
> i) M-BUS 8-pin circular to DIN 14-pin rectangular (from changer to
> radio)
> ii) female 16 pin harness (from car to radio)
> iii) male 20 pin harness (from radio to car)
>
> Am I on the right track? Any other ideas on this? Where could I find
> these parts for cheap?
>
> Thanks!

i) It is my understanding that the difference is the connector only,
i.e. the protocol and signal levels are the same. http://www.pie.net
makes protocol converters for connection odd combinations of head units
and CD-changers, and they also list a 14 pin - 8 pin adaptor for Honda.

ii) Don't you mean a male 16 pin? The one coming out of the dash is
female, no?

http://www.americaninternational.net/, part number HWH-804
http://www.scosche.com/, part number HA02
http://www.metraonline.com, part number 70-1720

III). Again, don't you need female? The radio has a male connector,
right?

http://www.americaninternational.net/, part number HWH-807
http://www.scosche.com/, part number HA08R
http://www.metraonline.com, part number 71-1721


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Randolph wrote:
>
> Theodore Chan wrote:

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> > i) instead of an 8-pin circular connector for the CD Changer, there is
> > a DIN 14-pin rectangular connector. Where can I find this adapter to
> > wire the headunit to the changer?

The round one is the one that is a DIN connector, the rectangular one
does not have a common name.

Another source for parts is http://www.crutchfield.com. A very good
source for installation information is http://www.installdr.com