07 ford explorer/24 pin radio plug

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Topic: 07 ford explorer/24 pin radio plug

Posted By: lukas2009
Subject: 07 ford explorer/24 pin radio plug
Date Posted: May 22, 2009 at 7:46 AM

24 pin plug of standard CD/mp3 radio / 2007 Eddie Bauer

Does anyone know the function of the two unknown cables?
What about dimmer and speed signal? I'm not sure.

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Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: May 22, 2009 at 8:53 AM

thats what you need for install...or is it just curiousity...? i have the 04 pinout ...but scrolling through colors are not same

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Posted By: lukas2009
Date Posted: May 22, 2009 at 9:12 AM

For the new radio unit with naviagtion I need a speed signal.
If would be perfect if one of these cables were the speed signal.

I have the pinout of the 2006 radio unit, but it doesn't show the both cables.

Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: May 22, 2009 at 2:02 PM

You could test, the dimmer is obvious, but you can set your meter for speed pulse, 20vAC, will react when you do over 3-5 mph.

Posted By: tommy...
Date Posted: May 22, 2009 at 7:42 PM

Sorry this is the only VSS listing i have...

PURPLE / ORANGE

(AC)

PCM,50 PIN PLUG PIN 1

Battery	BLUE/RED	(+)	RADIO HARNESS
Accesory	GREEN / WHITE	(+)	RADIO HARNESS
Ground	BLACK/ BLUE	(-)	RADIO HARNESS
Illumination	LIGHT BLUE/RED	(+)	RADIO HARNESS
LF Speaker (+)	WHITE
LF Speaker (-)	WHITE/ BROWN
RF Speaker (+)	WHITE/ PURPLE
RF Speaker (-)	WHITE/ ORANGE
LR Speaker (+)	BROWN / GREEN
LR Speaker (-)	BROWN / YELLOW
RR Speaker (+)	BROWN / WHITE
RR Speaker (-)	BROWN / BLUE
Amp Location	BEHIND TRIM PANEL NEAR WHEEL WELL IN RIGHT SIDE OF CARGO AREA - NOT ALL VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH AN AMP.
Radio Security	YES

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M.E.C.P & First-Class
Go slow and drink lots of water...Procrastinators' Unite...Tomorrow!

Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: May 24, 2009 at 12:00 PM

Pin 18 VME14 (GY-YE) 22 SWITCH - REDUNDANT AUDIO

Pin 19 RME24 (BU-WH) 22 CTRL MOD. - AUDIO - SWITCH REDUNDANT AUDIO

Not sure what these are for, maybe for rear entertainment output signals.

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Posted By: Ween
Date Posted: May 24, 2009 at 12:52 PM

hi,

steering wheel controls... headunit provides reference ground, control buttons send different resistances back to headunit. speed sense (vss) would be next to start (brown) above accessory (GREEN / WHITE). dimmer would be to the left of accessory.

Posted By: lukas2009
Date Posted: May 25, 2009 at 2:52 AM

Thank you for your answers!

As you can see at the image, pin 19 is not blue/white (BU-WH).
The car also doesn't have an entertainment system, cd-changer, steering wheel controls or subwoofer. But the radio has the speed volume feature. So in my opinion anyhow it has to get a speed signal from anywhere.

Posted By: lukas2009
Date Posted: May 25, 2009 at 3:08 AM

The radio unit.

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Posted By: lukas2009
Date Posted: June 22, 2009 at 9:55 AM

If you are looking for a speed signal, then go to the yellow/orange cable at the upper PCM plug at pin 3.
It comes from the Output Shaft Speed (OSS) Sensor. From there you will get the speed signal for navigation.

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