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Stereo Pin Outs for the '97 E36

The sterero pin out is shown in the following diagrams. This is based on information from Dale Beunig's Unofficial BMW Home Page, at http://www.eskimo.com/~dalus/bmw/e36/stereo/e36_200w_stereo_pinouts.gif This information is specifically for a '95 3-series, but I have found that it works for my '97.

In addition, below is a posting from the BMW Digest. The color-codes listed in this posting are in some disagreement with the color codes shown on the above web site, so caveat emptor.

Radio Connector

Pin
Color
Lead
 
1
yellow/red
Left Front + Output
2
blue/red
Right Front +Output
3
 yellow/black
Left Rear + Output
4
white/brown
 
5
 violet/white
12 volt switched
6
 blue/black
Right Rear + Output
7
 -
 
8 brown/orange

Left front - output
9 red/white Battery
10 black/white 12 volt switched
11 brown/orange Right front - output
12 brown/orange Left front - output
13 gray/red
14 brown/orange Right rear - output
15 brown Ground
16 white Remote amp turn on
17 - -


Amp Connector 1

Pin 

Color 

Lead 
 
1 
red/white 
Battery 
2
white 
 Remote turn on
3
 brown
 Ground
4
 -
 -
5
 blue/violet
 Right rear woofer +
6
 blue/gray
 Right rear woofer -
7
 blue/white
 Left front woofer +
8
 blue/brown
 Left front woofer -
9 
 blue/red
 Right front woofer +
10
 blue/brown
 Right front woofer -
11
 yelloe/gray
Left rear woofer + 
12
 yellow/black
 Left rear woofer -


Amp Connector 2

Pin
Color 
Lead
 
1 
brown/orange 
Right rear - input (from radio) 
 2
blue/black
 Right rear +input (from radio) 
 3
yellow/black 
 Left rear + input (from radio) 
 4
brown/orange 
 Left rear - input (from radio)
 5
 -
 
 6
 -
 
 7
 -
 
 8
blue/red
 Right front midrange +
 9
 blue/brown
 Right front midrange -
 10
 yellow
 Left rear tweeter +
 11
 brown
 Left rear tweeter -
 12
 blue
 Right rear tweeter +
 13
brown 
 Right rear tweeter -
 14
 brown/orange
 Right front - input (from radio)
 15
 blue/red
 Right front + input (from radio)
 16
 yellow/red
 Left front + input (from radio)
 17
 brown/orange
 Left front - (from radio)
 18
 -
 
 19
 -
 
 20
 -
 
 21
 yellow/red

Left front midrange +

 22
 yellow/brown
 Left front midrange -
 23
 blue/back
 Right front tweeter +
 24
 blue/brown
 Right front tweeter -
 25
 yellow/black
 Left front tweeter +
 26
 yellow/brown
 Left front tweeter -

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From digest.v6.n899 Sat Jul 19 17:40:48 1997
From: KTM300@aol.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 01:03:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: E36 stereo amp wire codes

Here are the wire pin numbers, and the wire colors, and their function, for the 2 connectors on the 10 speaker stereo amp, H-K system included, for the E36 cars. It is valid for cars made from 9/95 to the present.

>From connector X605:

  • Pin# 1 -- Power from fuse # 9 (Red/white)
  • Pin# 2 -- Antenna amplifier input (White)
  • Pin# 3 -- Ground
  • Pin# 5 -- (+) to right rear low-range speaker (Blue/violet)
  • Pin# 6 -- (-) to right rear low-range speaker (Blue/gray)
  • Pin# 7 -- (+) to left front low-range speaker (Blue/white)
  • Pin# 8 -- (-) to left front low-range speaker (Blue/brown)
  • Pin# 9 -- (+) to right front low-range speaker (Blue/red)
  • Pin# 10 -- (-) to right front low-range speaker (Blue/brown)
  • Pin# 11 -- (+) to left rear low-range speaker (Yellow/gray)
  • Pin# 12 -- (-) to left rear low-range speaker (Yellow/black)

>From connector X606:

  • Pin# 1 -- Right rear (-) output from radio (Brown/orange)
  • Pin# 2 -- Right rear (+) output from radio (Blue/black)
  • Pin# 3 -- Left rear (+) output from radio (Yellow/black)
  • Pin# 4 -- Left rear (-) output from radio (Brown/orange)
  • Pin# 8 -- (+) to right front mid-range speaker (Blue/white)
  • Pin# 9 -- (-) to right front mid-range speaker (Blue/brown)
  • Pin# 10 -- (+) to left rear high-range speaker (Yellow/violet)
  • Pin# 11 -- (-) to left rear high-range speaker (Yellow/gray)
  • Pin# 12 -- (+) to right rear high-range speaker (Blue/black)
  • Pin# 13 -- (-) to right rear high-range speaker (Blue/gray)
  • Pin# 14 -- Right front (-) output from radio (Brown/orange)
  • Pin# 15 -- Right front (+) output from radio (Blue/red)
  • Pin# 16 -- Left front (+) output from radio (Yellow/red)
  • Pin# 17 -- Left front (-) output from radio (Brown/orange)
  • Pin# 21 -- (+) to left front high-range speaker (Yellow/green)
  • Pin# 22 -- (-) to left front high-range speaker (Yellow/brown
  • Pin# 23 -- (+) to right front high-range speaker (Blue/gray)
  • Pin# 24 -- (-) to right front high-range speaker (Blue/brown)
  • Pin# 25-- (+) to Left front mid-range speaker (Yellow/white)
  • Pin# 26-- (-) to left front mid-range speaker (Yellow/brown)

    Hope this helps,
    Dave Schultz
    '96 M3 Luxb