RadiosAll pin-outs are looking at the face of the connector.NOTE: There are two kinds of CD changer connectors for pre-99 VWs. One is pink, and one is black. The pink connector is for the panasonic radio (manufactured by Matsushita, with data and RCA connectors at the changer), and the black one is for the Clarion radios (single connector at the changer). These are NOT the same. THe pinout that follows is for the Panasonic radio only. NOTE: certian US-built models have a different radio conector style then shown here. THey have a black 4 pin connector and then individual plugs to the radio for each speaker. The wire colors shown below still apply. |
Main Connector (Black): | |||||
(clip) | |||||
Brown/Blue (Alarm) or Blue/White (Vol. Adj.) | Alarm or Speed-Volume Adjustment | 1 | 2 | Telephone Mute | Yellow |
White/Blue or Blue/White (AKTIV power signal) | AKTIV or K-wire | 3 | 4 | Switched Power | Brown/Red |
White (Power Ant.) or Black (Amplified Ant.) | Power Antenna or SAFE | 5 | 6 | Illumination | Gray/Blue |
Red/White | Constant Power | 7 | 8 | Ground | Brown |
Speaker Connector (Brown): | |||||
(clip) | |||||
RR+ | 1 | 2 | RR- | ||
RF+ | 3 | 4 | RF- | ||
LF+ | 5 | 6 | LF- | ||
LR+ | 7 | 8 | LR- | ||
AKTIV Connector (Red): | |||||
(clip) | |||||
Data | 1 | 2 | Clock | ||
ENA | 3 | 4 | - | ||
Speaker Common Ground | 5 | 6 | RC | ||
Right Front Line Out + | 7 | 8 | Right Rear Line-Out + | ||
Left Front Line Out + | 9 | 10 | Left Rear Line-Out + | ||
CD Changer Connector (Pink): | |||||
(clip) | |||||
Black | Data In | 1 | 2 | Clock | Red |
Green or Black | Shield, CD-In Ground | 3 | 4 | Data Out | White |
? | Line-Out Ground | 5 | 6 | Constant Power | Yellow |
Red | Right CD-In | 7 | 8 | Right Line-Out | ? |
? | Left Line-Out | 9 | 10 | Left CD-In | White |
Accessory connectors (1998+): | |||||
Amplifier (yellow): | |||||
Left Rear Line-Out | 1 | 2 | Right Rear Line-Out | ||
Ground | 3 | ||||
Left Rear Line-Out | 4 | 5 | Right Rear Line-Out | ||
Amplifier Power | 6 | ||||
External control/display (green): | |||||
Open | 7 | 8 | Clock | ||
Data | 9 | ||||
ENA | 10 | 11 | Remote Control (steering wheel) | Yellow/Red | |
Open | 12 | ||||
CD Changer (blue): | |||||
Blue | Data In | 13 | 14 | Data Out | Green |
Yellow | Clock | 15 | |||
Red | Constant Power | 16 | 17 | Switched Power | Green |
Black | Ground | 18 | |||
Violet | CD-In, Left | 19 | 20 | CD-In, Right | White |
Speaker Connector Colors: | ||||||||
Left Front + | Left Front - | Right Front + | Right Front - | Left Rear + | Left Rear - | Right Rear + | Right Rear - | |
1985-1987 Golf, GTI | White/Black | Brown/White | Green/Black | Brown | White/Black | Brown/White | Green/Black | Brown |
1988-1989 Golf, GTI | White/Green | Brown/Green | Green/White | Brown/Blue | White/Black | Brown/White | Green/Black | Brown |
1985-1986 Jetta | Brown/Green | Brown | Brown/Red | Brown | Blue | Brown | Red | Brown |
1986-1989 Jetta, All models 90-99 | Blue | Brown/Blue | Red | Brown/White | Blue/Green | Brown/Red | Red/Green | Brown/Black |
AKTIV Connector Colors: | |||||
AKTIV Left Front + | AKTIV Right Front + | AKTIV Left Rear + | AKTIV Right Rear + | AKTIV Common ground for door speakers - | |
1988-1989 Golf, GTI | Green/Black | White/Black | - | - | Brown/Yellow |
1988-1989 Jetta | Blue/Black | Red/Yelllow | - | - | Red/Black |
1989 Jetta, All models 90-99 | Blue/Brown | Blue/Red | Green | Blue | Red/Black |