CASKA Multimedia System AUX Hack

In this episode of the CASKA adventures - AUX Connector HACK !!

So Ive replaced the stock stereo with the Caska unit but the AUX Connector in the hand rest stopped working because there is no connector for this in the new unit.

 

BUT !! The Caska have an "AV In" Connector, so I will use this as AUX.

My car "09 Legacy Automatic" Has 4 Cables connecting to the whole stereo unit

1. Hazard Lights

2. Climate control

3. Main Unit Cable

4. "Optional Acc' Cable"-ish - Steering wheel Control Buttons, Lights Dim Control On the unit and AUX Connection.

 

The 4th cable has 8 pins, 3 of them used by the Caska unit for the steering wheel buttons - Like this :

 

This is the car stock cable (WHITE):

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/IMG_4147.jpg

 

This is the pinout of the AUX pins we need:

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/auxconn.jpg

 

This is the cable that comes with the Caska unit :

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/IMG_4110.jpg

 

and this is the way it used:

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/IMG_4113.jpg

 

You probably can see the problem - Cable is occupied and pins are missing.

 

What you want to do is probably buy something like this:

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/T2eC16FHJIQE9qUHrjYuBP9qT1sgg60_12.jpghttp://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/HDPINM.jpg

 

 

BUT, I'm being lazy/cheap/hate waiting - opened my junk boxes, heat up my soldering iron

 

Took some:

Connector Male Pins

Connector Female "Pins" - already came with wires - from old computer case the wires of the led's

2 RCA Connectors

Heatshrink tubes

Zip tie

 

Soldered the male pins to the female connectors - and got something like the thing you would want to buy

inserted the pins into the connector in the right places according to the pinout

ziptied to existing cables for them not to pop out

soldered to the RCA connectors, put some heatshrink tubing... ta da.

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/20130330_172914.jpg

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/20130330_173029.jpg

 

missing photo of them soldered

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/20130330_175408.jpg

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/20130330_175508.jpg

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/20130330_175726.jpg

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/20130330_175750.jpg

 

Connected the AV IN cable and heatshrinked it too.

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/DSC_6602.jpg

 

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/Blinkergrip/legacy/DSC_6608.jpg

 

 

Connected everything and this is the result + Little Caska demo

BEWARE LOUD MUSIC

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb2rNQZrCuk]Subaru Legacy 09 Caska Multimedia System Demo - YouTube[/ame]

 

 

ENJOY YOUR CASKA !

WTF head unit is that?

 

Nicely done.

NM, just looked it up, that's pretty friggin cool. Site says it's on pre-order?

CASKA CA3606 - Chinese multimedia unit

http://www.caskaglobal.com/409/pro_d.shtml

 

Yes there are not much buyers of this, when I contacted the firm in Europe the said it eould take 3 week to manufacturr and 3 more weeks for shipping

 

The Installation thread:

http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/legacy-2009-caska-multimedia-system-installation-164798.html

 

Thanks.

Wow, quite the ordeal there. I was surprised (as I'm sure you were) the photos show the HVAC controls, but the unit doesn't have them...