Jeromes

I would guess that you could just place a pin with a wire in pin 8 of the new connector for the radio, then splice that wire into pin 8 of the harness. If you can find a small wire that would fit into pin 8 on the car harness you could push that into the car harness.

I did not connect any of the wires from the original harness. Pin 8 is open for me, with the manual AC. Have had no issues with the setup/

I thought that is what you were talking about. I have no idea what pins would be used in the original I85 connector. If your connector is giving you poor connection then replacing with a different connector sounds like the way to go. Have had zero problems with the mod I did on my wifes headunit.

Back on post 269 I posted pdf of the pins and connectors I used. You can get them on Digi-Key. It was pointed out to me that on most PC's the connector that plugs into the Mother Board to bring out the USB connector will work. If you have any of them they would work.

Did you re-use the white guard on the connector? If not that could be the intermittent pin connect issue. Just a thought.

Looks good.

The ones I used were some I had from work that were not used on a project. If the pin spacing is the same they would work. I think I have a few of them around the house. I will grab one and check if it fits on the connector of the old 06 head unit that I pulled. If that works it will make it easy access to connectors. Thanks for pointing it out.

Attached is the PDF from the Molex web site. The connector only has page one shown, because it was too large to post.Molex Crimp Pin 2759.pdf Molex Conn 2695sm.pdf

More photos

Here are the photos of the mod.

RustyShackleford With all the trim removed to get to the head unit, the 6' aux wire is free so it goes with the head unit. No need to disconnect it from the unit. If you are using the OEM mounted Aux input that has the contacts that are closed when a plug is inserted into the jack then you could run the aux enable (pin 6 ) thru them to chassis ground. That configuration would work exactly like the 2007 models.

VandeMan What I mean by " pulled to" is that pin 6 is connected to the case (chassis) of the head unit. This pin must be connected the the chassis ground to enable the head unit. If this is not connected to ground the head unit will not switch into aux input when you push the aux button on the front of the unit. My modification did not use the aux input jack that is mounted in the car. All I used was the male plug. Your are correct that the cable only has three wires. The forth wire at pin 6 is only connected to the case of the head unit using a small screw. Send me your e-mail and I will send you my photos. I can't get them to post here.

Brasstown is as far west in NC and not be in Tenn or Ga. Brasstown is outside of Murphy. It is about 2hr west of Asheville.

Here is my work on installing a 07 head unit into a 06 Outback wagon to access the Aux input connector: Purchased the 07 Head unit on Ebay (P-204-UN, single CD, Manual AC, the best $50.00 I ever spent). After reviewing all the post about the pinout of the 07 vs 06's small 8 pin connector, and since I have manual AC. I determind that the existing connector plugged into the existing 8 pin connector of the 06 head unit would not be needed. The car does not have a sub woofer. NOTE: For the Auto AC control guys you could populate pin 8 on the made up connector and run a wire to pin 8 of the orginal connector. You would have to determine the best way to connect it to the existing connector. Molex makes a headder that has the same pin size as the orignal connector. That might work. I determined that the pin to pin spacing was the same as the Molex 0.1" space header plug (CONNECTOR PART NUMBER, MOLEX 2695-4, Allied Elec (no stock) and that the row to row spacing would allow two of these connectors to be stacked one on top of the other. I felt that covering all eight exposed pins was better than just getting the 4 pins necessary for the Aux input. NOTE: You can purchase a plug with more than 4 pins. This connector is very easy to cut down to the pin count you want. Radio Shack may also stock a type of the connecor. I took two 4-pin molex header plugs placing then one on top of the other to make a 8 pin plug. I then took a standard 6ft long 1/8" male to male stereo audio cable and cut one end off to get to the three wires. Crimped the three wires to molex pins (PIN PART NUMBER, MOLEX 2759 (Allied Elec 863-0855 ) and inserted them into the correct location (can be found on other post). Pin 1 (Left Audio), Pin 2 (Right Audio, Pin 5 (Audio Gnd). A 4th wire goes into Pin 6 (Aux enable) which is connected to chassis thru one of the small screws of the head unit. I then put shrink sleeve arount the body of the connector to hold it together, but that is not necessary. Next I took an sharp knife and cut down the two ridges that the 8 pin connector of the head unit has. The two ridges are there to help the orginal connecor slide in easy. They need to be removed to allow the made up connector to slide in. I tested this set on the bench and the aux i input worked. I installed the head unit this weekend (orginal 8 pin connector in harness not installed), routed the aux input cable to exit the center console on the passanger side, leaving approx 2 ft of wire. Everything works great. SEE Post 265 & 266 for PHOTOS of the Aux input mod. SEE Post 269 for Molex connector info