From digest.v6.n899 Sat Jul 19 17:40:48 1997
From: KTM300_at_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 Lux