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I posted this in general chat, but then thought it may be better in the forum.

 

I have an Android head unit but it seems that all the features do not work properly, mainly to do with reading the canbus, so I removed the unit to check the wiring and I have one connection spare coming from the head unit. This is not really surprising as I have never found a car yet that has the same connections, so it may just be a common adaptor, but I have three wires in the car that I have no idea what they are. I was hoping somebody could identify them. One lead does sort of fit in the spare connector, but is not the same size. 

 

Sorry about the fussy pictures, my phone is on its way out.

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4 hours ago, Voodoo101 said:

I have an Android head unit but it seems that all the features do not work properly, mainly to do with reading the canbus,

 Have you seen the canbus decoders like in this video:


I don’t know much about them but maybe someone else does. 

I guess they convert the communications going back an forth into a format the radio can understand. 

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1 hour ago, Steve in Chester said:

 Have you seen the canbus decoders like in this video:


I don’t know much about them but maybe someone else does. 

I guess they convert the communications going back an forth into a format the radio can understand. 

 

Yeah I saw that, but the ANH20 is different and that seems to be for the amplifier. But thanks

 

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Voodoo101, on my GGH20W, so far I believe this is the wiring for the main power socket (lots of measurements and scratching about on japanese forums)

 

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  PIN Colour Name  
  1 Yellow +B1  
  2 Grey ACC1  
  3 Red (B?) IG  
  4 B MACC Microphone
  5 W MIN+ Microphone
  6 R MIN- Microphone
  7 Shield (WB) SGND Microphone
  8 - TEST  
  9 -    
  10 Brown GND1  
  11 not used not used  
  12 Green illumination?  
  13 Red ?  
  14 Green ?  
  15 Yellow Security signal  
  16 Red (LG) Reverse signal  
  17 Blue Park Brake signal (Short to 10)
  18 Black (W) Speed signal (add SW)
  19 not used not used  
  20 Brown (W-B) SNS2 Microphone
  21 Black CANH TRC VSC
  22 White CANL TRC VSC
  23 Green SWG Steering cont
  24 Blue SW2 Steering cont
  25 LightGreen SW1 Steering cont
  26 not used not used  

 

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7 minutes ago, Chris.ac said:

Voodoo101, on my GGH20W, so far I believe this is the wiring for the main power socket (lots of measurements and scratching about on japanese forums)

 

image.png.e404f8708539b340e1164315e97e6349.png        
  PIN Colour Name  
  1 Yellow +B1  
  2 Grey ACC1  
  3 Red (B?) IG  
  4 B MACC Microphone
  5 W MIN+ Microphone
  6 R MIN- Microphone
  7 Shield (WB) SGND Microphone
  8 - TEST  
  9 -    
  10 Brown GND1  
  11 not used not used  
  12 Green illumination?  
  13 Red ?  
  14 Green ?  
  15 Yellow Security signal  
  16 Red (LG) Reverse signal  
  17 Blue Park Brake signal (Short to 10)
  18 Black (W) Speed signal (add SW)
  19 not used not used  
  20 Brown (W-B) SNS2 Microphone
  21 Black CANH TRC VSC
  22 White CANL TRC VSC
  23 Green SWG Steering cont
  24 Blue SW2 Steering cont
  25 LightGreen SW1 Steering cont
  26 not used not used  

 

 

No I have the power plug and the speaker signal wires, they work fine, but your chart helps alot. Thanks

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We need to get all the original plugs from the wiring looms photographed, and Identified for several loom revisions it seems.

Mine is a may 2010, and I believe the loom swapped in September 2010.

Some of the headunits have that green GVIF connector, which im not sure if it is a digital video feed in for the hybrid, which on the 20series started in late 2010, early 2011 (the GVIF is video only, and can be used to overlay graphics or video feed)

 

Blue is definitely to do with the 270/360degree cameras, parking assist, sonar overlay (it should connect to the parking assist ecu under passenger seat, but the rear camera is separate feed via another plug.

 

Brown, im still not 100%, it needs connecting to correctly display video at rear, im thinking part of the DTV input - it may have another ecu it connects to that swaps input between dvd and dtv.

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I have a 2012 hybrid and the back of my unit looks like this, apparently - no green port. I think the hybrid info displayed just comes from the canbus, it’s not that detailed.

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I've just purchased a wiring harness from Aliexpress with a canbus. I think the one that came with the head unit is just a standard cable and it has no canbus unit. I've spoken to the seller and he has told me the protocol setting I need. I tried them before but made no difference. This cable has an extra plug to go in the back of the unit.

 

Skyfame Car 16pin Wiring Harness Adapter Canbus Box Decoder For Alphard 20 Android Radio Power Cable - Speaker Line - AliExpress

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the difficulty is that all the wiring diagrams I can find, all seem to be from the alphards that were export models, they seems to have different sockets to the domestic alphards.

 

its bizarre

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5 hours ago, Chris.ac said:

the difficulty is that all the wiring diagrams I can find, all seem to be from the alphards that were export models, they seems to have different sockets to the domestic alphards.

 

its bizarre

 

I didn't even know there was domestic models. I thought all Alphards and Vellfires where imported. 

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1 hour ago, Voodoo101 said:

 

I didn't even know there was domestic models. I thought all Alphards and Vellfires where imported. 

 

They are.

I think Chris means Domestic, as in Japanese market, and exported, as in all other markets.

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5 hours ago, Rojie said:

 

They are.

I think Chris means Domestic, as in Japanese market, and exported, as in all other markets.

correct.

 

JDM (Japanese domestic market) vs the models specifically created for export.

Toyota started exporting the 20 series, to countries like China, Malaysia, Russia, UAE.

These usually have codes like ggh20L or ggh20R (L= left hand drive R=right hand drive) they usually come with options that comply with local legislation, such as in China, the headlights have auto dip, Russia have rear fog lights, China with have smog detector that turns climate control to internal circulation.

The headunits are usually dumbed down, they don't feature G book, or telematics, or have English/Russian as a selectable language, the 18 speaker option is rarer, as the wiring looms are standardised, as aftermarket systems are usually fitted.

 

It is why finding JDM versions of the wiring diagrams is hard, these are controlled by a publishing house, in Japan, you are able to buy the maintenance/repair manuals and wiring diagrams on CD ROM and book form as a dealer option.

 

I found some of these manuals and cd ROMs for the ggh20W ATH20W and ANH20W, but I'm not willing to spend upwards of £300 for the set.

They are out of print, so it's the 2nd hand market only.

 

Thankfully, the exported versions manuals are available online, and apart from the headunit wiring, everything else seems okay

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On 8/4/2022 at 4:17 PM, arthurj said:

I have a 2012 hybrid and the back of my unit looks like this, apparently - no green port. I think the hybrid info displayed just comes from the canbus, it’s not that detailed.

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@arthurj I have the nhba-x62g, which appears to have many of the same connections on the back as yours. Do you have any information on what the different connections
are for please? l've never seen anything like the 4 individually numbered (1-4) single pin black sockets (top right of your photo) before.

 

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9 hours ago, Steve81 said:

@arthurj I have the nhba-x62g, which appears to have many of the same connections on the back as yours. Do you have any information on what the different connections
are for please? l've never seen anything like the 4 individually numbered (1-4) single pin black sockets (top right of your photo) before.

 

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As it happens…

 

 

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24 minutes ago, arthurj said:

As it happens…

 

 

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You sir, are a legend! That's amazing, thanks so much! Did you keep your head unit or swap it out?

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A lot of connectors shown but none of them appear to be anything like the connectors on the back of my Panasonic 86100-58100 head unit. Most of the connectors are IMG_3702.thumb.JPG.aa249e34419cd000530fad36046ccf16.JPGplain white with a couple of grey ones. It's a late 2011 240 Alphard.IMG_3703.thumb.JPG.91b95f1906ea8d041262e7db95702bc6.JPG

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I;m mainly looking to identify the speaker cables and if possible, the steering wheel controls. Everything else I can live without. Id be very grateful if anyone can point me in the right direction.

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