Universal CAN BUS INTERFACE Instruction Manual

Volkswagen , Skoda & Seat

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 I. Introduction

This universal CAN BUS interface is for VW, SKODA & SEAT car models to keep the
original functions when use the aftermarket head unit, provide ignition, illumination,
reverse signal, parking brake, steering wheel control, A/C information and parking sensor
information via the original buttons.

II. Preparation before installation.

A. Remove the head unit carefully

B. Please learn the steering wheel control code if the head unit need it, check the
following steps ( Pioneer head unit ).

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 C. Warning ! Always make sure that the ignition key is removed from the car and the
head unit is powered off.

D.Please make sure that the vehicle compatibility is correct(Check the following form please).
Compatibility Notes

Vehicles:

Manufacturer Models Year

Passat B5 2008 ~
Bora 2011
Jetta
Passat B6 2009 ~
Passat B7 2011
Passat Variant 2009 ~
Passat CC 2009 ~
Touran 2011 ~
Glof V 2007 ~
VOLKSWAGEN
Glof VI 2009 ~
Tiguan 2009 ~
Sharan 2010 ~
Caddy 2010 ~
Polo 2010 ~
EOS 2009 ~
Scirocco 2009 ~
T5
Lavida 2011
Octavia 2009 ~
Superb 2009 ~
Fabia 2008 ~
SKODA
Yeti 2011 ~
Roomster
Praktik
Leon 2010
Altea / Altea XL 2011 ~
SEAT
Toleda

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 Aftermarket Head units:

Alpine:
CDA-9851, CDA-9853, CDA-9855, CDA-9857, CDA-9883, CDA-9885, CDA-9887,
CVA-1004, DVA-9861, DVA-9965, IDA-X001, IVA-D105, IVA-D310, IVA-D900, IVA-D901,
IVA-W200, IVA-W205

Kenwood:
DDX-6019, DDX-7017, DDX-7019, DDX-7100, DDX-8017, DDX-8019, DNX-7100,
DPX-701, KDC-X590, KDC-X591, KDC-X790, KDC-X791, KDC-X890, KDC-X891,
KDC-X991, KOS-V1000, KOS-V500, KVT-617DVD, KVT-717DVD, KVT-719DVD,
KVT-817DVD, KVT-819DVD, KVT-M707

JVC:
KD-ADV38-AV, KD-ADV5380-AV, KD-APD38, KD-APD58, KD-AR270, KD-AR370,
KD-AR470, KD-AR480, KD-AR5500, KD-AR7500, KD-AR770, KD-AR780, KD-AR8500,
KD-AR870, KD-AR880, KD-ARV6270, KD-AV7010, KD-AVX1, KD-AVX11-AV, KD-AVX2,
KD-AVX33-AV, KD-BT1, KD-LHX550, KD-NX5000, KD-SHX750, KD-SHX850,
KW-AVW706, KW-AVX800-AV, KW-XG500, KW-XG700

Clarion:
DXZ275MP, DXZ375MP, DXZ475MP, DXZ575USB, DXZ675USB, DXZ775USB,
VRX375USB, VRX575USB, VRX775VD

Pioneer:
AVIC-D1, AVIC-D2, AVIC-D3, AVIC-N2, AVIC-N3, AVIC-Z2, AVIC-ZI, DEH-2700,
DEH-760MP, DEH-780MP, DEH-8MP, DEH-P2600, DEH-P2900MP,
DEH-P3700MP,DEH-P3800MP, DEH-P3900MP, DEH-P390MP, DEH-P4600MP,
DEH-P460MP, DEH-P4700MP, DEH-P4800MP, DEH-P480MP, DEH-P4900iB,
DEH-P490iB, DEH-P560MP, DEH-P5800MP, DEH-P580MP, DEH-P5900iB, DEH-P590iB,
DEH-P6600, DEH-P6700MP, DEH-P670MP, DEH-P6800MP, DEH-P680MP,
DEH-P6900UB, DEH-P690UB, DEH-P7700MP, DEH-P770MP, DEH-P7800BT,
DEH-P7800MP, DEH-P790BT, DEH-P80MP, DEH-P8600MP, DEH-P860MP,
DEH-P880MP, DEH-P880RPS, DEH-P8MP, DEH-P9600MP, DEH-P960MP,
DEH-P9800BT, DEH-P980BT, FHP-5000MP

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 III. Functions

1) Ignition function：
Decode Ignition ( ACC ) control signal from CAN data stream to make the head unit
standing by and go into working state, to make consumption of head unit becomes
lowest. ( It's on "ON" State after ignition , output: 12V. It's on "OFF" State when
remove the key, output: 0V. )
2) Illumination function：
Decode ILL control signal from CAN data stream to make the head unit switching
between Day & Night mode. ( The output is 12V when the dashboard light turns on ,
output is 0v when the dashboard light turn off ).
3) Reverse Signal ：
Decode reverse signal from CAN data stream to make the head unit switching to rear
viewing camera input when reverse. ( Output is 12 V when speed in reverse,
otherwise is 0V).
4) Steering wheel control of car stereo. ( As the following pictures. ):
Decode the information of steering wheel control from CAN BUS to control
aftermarket DVD / GPS unit.

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 SWC Function Pioneer JVC Kenwood Clarion Alpine
volume+ √ √ √ √ √
volume- √ √ √ √ √
> /MENU UP √ √ √ √ √
</MENU DOWN √ √ √ √ √
SRC √ √ √ √ √
MUTE √ √ √ √ √
MIC √ √ √ √ √
TEL √ √ √ √

5) Original A/C information display

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 6 ) Parking sensor and rear view camera information display

IV. Technical Characteristics

• Feeding Power: +12/16 VDC
• Consumption (Idle): < 0.6mA
• Consumption (Working): 0.25A
• Positive ignition output
• Positive light output
• Negative parking brake output
• Positive Reverse output
• Video output type: Composite
• Rear view camera video input
• Size: W / D / H : 100X95X25mm
• Weight: 160g

V. Core Components:

a) CAN Transceiver : Use TJA1054A from NXP. TJA1054A is the CAN BUS
transceiver with fault tolerance function, it's applicable to CAN BUS system and be
widely used in CAN BUS field, it's regard as the standard of fault tolerance CAN
transceiver in this industry.

b) CPU :Use STM32F103 from ST. STM32F103 use high performance ARM
Cortex-M3 by 32 bits, built-in High Speed Memory and standard can communication
interface. CAN interface is compatible with standard 2.0A & 2.0B ( Active ). The bit
rate is 1mb/ S, it satisfies all the function of CAN BUS control.

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 VI. Fitting the interface.

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 VW-SS-10

Interface for Illustration

Please check the following steps

⑤

① ② ③ ④ ⑥ ⑦

⑧ ⑨ ⑩

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 Once the original head unit has been removed:
①: Connect the ① with the original head unit connector on the car side.
②: Connect the ② with ⑧.
③: Connect the ③ with the aftermarket head unit ( this one is for Pioneer Head unit. It will
be different in other head unit manufacturers.).
④: Connect the ④ with the original rear view camera on the car side.
⑤: Connect the ⑤ with the ⑥
⑦: Connect the ⑦ with (It's for video output).
: Switch the arrow to "1" ( It's for Pioneer head unit remote control code. Please check
the following form for other manufacturer head units).

Manufacturer Head unit Switch Position

Pioneer 1
JVC 2
Kenwood 3
Clarion 4
Alpine 5

⑨ & ⑩: it's the reservation port for the car models which has the S-VIDEO & CVBS
video input of rear view camera.

If use the universal cables, please check the following definition to connect with the
aftermarket head unit. There are 2 kinds of universal cables which according different
aftermarket’s IR output ( SWC /SWC Jack ),the one with 3.5MM IR output, the other
without it .

The First with 3.5MM IR Output

IR-GND R2 IR1

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 Part I

Part II

The Second without 3.5MM IR output

The definition of the cable:

Part I
Color Red Black Brown Orange Purple Blue&White Orange&White
Definition ACC IR GND Park CTRL ILL CTRL Reverse CTRL IR OUT1 IR OUT2

Part II

Color Yellow Black Green Green&Black Grey&Black

Definition BATT GND RL+ RL- FR-
Color Grey Purple Purple&Black White White&Black
Definition FR+ RR+ RR- FL+ FL-

16 12 8 4

13 9 5 1

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 Definition of original car

PIN Definition PIN Definition

1 RR+ 9 CAN_H
2 RF+ 10 CAN_L
3 LF+ 11 NC
4 LR+ 12 GND（Black）
5 RR- 13 NC
6 RF- 14 NC
7 LF- 15 BATT（Yelow）
8 LR- 16 NC

Pin2 Pin28

Pin1 Pin27

Definition of CAN BUS

PIN Definition PIN Definition

1 IR-GND 2 IR1
3 IR2 4 Reverse CTRL Output
5 CAM_RGB_GND 6 CAM_SYNC-IN
7 CAM_B-IN 8 CAM_G-IN
9 CAM_R-IN 10 NC
11 NC 12 NC
13 NC 14 NC
15 NC 16 NC
17 Park CTRL Output 18 NC
19 ILL CTRL Output 20 ACC
21 CAN_H 22 CAN_L
23 GND 24 BATT
25 NC 26 NC
27 NC 28 NC

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 For the AD remote control, please refer the following values:

VII. Test
Before you test the CAN BUS interface with the head unit, make sure all connections are
correct.

Step A. Ignite the car and power on the head unit.

Step B. Press the original buttons on the car to adjust A/C, as the following picture:

It will last 3 seconds after you adjust the A/C, then exit to the previous page automatically.

Step C. When you put into reverse gear, the parking sensor system will be activated, the
head unit will switch the screen to rear view camera or parking sensor automatically. You
could press the volume "+" button on the steering wheel to switch the picture on the
screen between rear view camera and parking sensor.

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 Volume "+" button on the steering wheel

Rear View Camera Parking Sensor

For the vehicles which have the front and rear parking sensors, it will exit from the parking
sensor system automatically when the speed is more than 20km/h, or you could exit it
manually via the button beside the gear lever. For the vehicles which only have the rear
parking sensor, it will exit from the parking sensor system automatically when you exit the
reverse gear.

Step D. Press " Volume + / Volume -" button on the steering wheel, it will be displayed on
the aftermarket head unit.

Step E. Press "∧ / ∨" button on the steering wheel to switch the previous or next channel
or music.

V. Functions
• Ignition function

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