Wiring in Bluetooth... I'm definitely going to need help with this one...

[Chaharly]

Alright guys. Finally deciding to install a Bluetooth receiver into the bike. Its VERY IMPORTANT to me to have the original radio and cb working. I understand wiring well enough, but when it comes time to start using the terminology I get lost. I found this link on the read only tech section, and it helped some, but now I think I'm more confused than before.

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?44070-tape-deck

 

 

So the cassette deck on my bike doesn't work. My intention is to gut the cassette deck, line it with felt tape and use it as a place to hold/charge my phone. I also want to be able to control the volume of the receiver with the volume control knob, so I'm guessing I'm going to have to splice my Bluetooth adapter between the cassette deck and the amplifier.

 

#8 is the cassette deck and #7 is the amp. So I need to wire in a 3.5mm audio jack into the audio signal wires going from #8 to #7 and also need to make a switch to put the cassette into "on" mode correct?

[Chaharly]

Okay, in the post from the link above, frankd said this and this makes the most sense to me.

 

Yes, the print for the tape player wiring on this site isn't quite correct. I also experienced low audio when I used what's shown.

However, the correct leads are present in the cable to the tape player.

I had no use for my cassette deck, so I completely removed it. A Sawzall with a little help from a hack saw will remove the pieces you don't need. Then I used an aluminum plate and a couple of small pieces of aluminum angle held together with some 6x32 screws and nuts. I used locking nuts where possible, but on the sides I had to keep it narrow so that it'd fit back in the bike, so I used regular nuts and some Lock-tite.

I found that the blue and brown leads in the cable to the tape deck where the ones I needed for good audio.

I have no idea what pins on the round connector you'd use, but I can tell you this......

On the bottom (smaller) of the 2 system connectors, the blue wire is pin 3, the brown wire is pin 5, and ground is pin 7

. If you want to use the round connector, just use an ohmmeter to find what pins on the round connector are attached to pins 3, 5, and 7 of the bottom system connector. The white wire in the cable is +12V, and the gray wire is the wire used to enable the tuner.

I used a DPDT relay (Radio Shack 275-249) to turn the IPOD audio off when using the radio. Before I did this, if you left the IPOD on and switched the radio on, you heard both out of the speakers. I connected a diode (RS 276-1102 or 276-1101 or equiv) to protect the radio's switching circuit from the spike that is created when the relay is dropped out. Connect the diode so that the band on the diode is attached to the lead that is connected to the switch (positive). My wife found a hard plastic case for the IPOD that would allow Velcro to stick to it. The other half of the Velcro is stuck to the aluminum plate and this keeps the IPOD from bouncing around. With the IPOD equalization set to FLAT the treble was pretty hot. I switched it to SMALL SPEAKERS and it sounded much better.

Now the IPOD works GREAT!!!!

FrankD

 

 

 

Okay so I want to do what he's doing here. I want to just splice right into the 8 pin harness that plugs into the back of the cassette player. Are the blue and brown leads the ones that you'd install the 3.5mm jack into? There is a switch inside the cassette itself that shuts off the radio when a cassette is installed. I think I need to find the wire controls that. Would it be the ground?