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Offline ratdude747Topic starter

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Mystery Connector Type Identification: Sony XAV-601BT
« on: July 30, 2015, 04:41:29 am »
Awhile back I bought a Sony XAV-601BT head unit for my truck on ebay for $50 as a for parts or repair special. I traced the problem (that was preventing power up) to a bad connector between the front panel and the main chassis; pin 1 on the chassis (female) side was bent. I was able to kinda fix it by bending the connector back into shape; however, it's gotten dicky again and I'd like to solder a new connector on.

The problem: I don't know what type of connector it is! Here's some pictures of both ends:





The female connector is SMD on a separate daughter board, which I was not able to find anywhere as a buyable part. It's 46 pins IIRC, non-staggered.

I've seen these type connectors used all the time on aftermarket head units... yet I can't find them on digikey or the like. Suggestions?

(and no, a new head unit isn't in budget, at least if I want something not "wun hung lo". Although given how useless mirrorlink 1.0 is on this thing, I'd swap for a more usable unit in a heartbeat)
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Offline ratdude747Topic starter

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Re: Mystery Connector Type Identification: Sony XAV-601BT
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2015, 05:56:15 am »
Anybody? I hate bumping but I really have no idea what connector type this is.
 

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Re: Mystery Connector Type Identification: Sony XAV-601BT
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2015, 01:17:04 pm »
Have you considered taking a close look at the connector to determine whether there are unused pins on it ?

If there are, why not jumper the power tracks across to the unused pins on both connectors and effectively bypass the damaged part of the connector.

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Re: Mystery Connector Type Identification: Sony XAV-601BT
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2015, 05:30:31 pm »
Have you considered taking a close look at the connector to determine whether there are unused pins on it ?

If there are, why not jumper the power tracks across to the unused pins on both connectors and effectively bypass the damaged part of the connector.

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If anything I'd be more likely to swap both connectors for pin headers... IIRC pretty much every pin is used (maybe a few unused).

I've seen this style connector used on pretty much every head unit faceplace connector (all brands)... one would think they'd be more common. It's like a bizzare combo of a mezzanine and a card edge. 
 

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Re: Mystery Connector Type Identification: Sony XAV-601BT
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2015, 05:36:32 pm »
AHA.

It is a panasonic mezzanine connector... the reason I didn't ID it before is that the product pictures on digikey/mouser don't show the female side by itself (but with the male side inserted)...

Bad news is that it seems to be non stocked a lot of places... good news is that with any luck I'll be able to get something.
 

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Re: Mystery Connector Type Identification: Sony XAV-601BT
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2015, 05:49:06 pm »
Nope. Fooled. Pitch is way too small... and looking at the datasheet, this ain't it.

The pitch, btw, appears to be a tad smaller than 100 mil... about 85 mil or so.
 

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Re: Mystery Connector Type Identification: Sony XAV-601BT
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2015, 06:13:47 pm »
Try and see if matches metric 2 mm or 2.5 mm.
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Re: Mystery Connector Type Identification: Sony XAV-601BT
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2015, 06:37:49 pm »
You will be lucky if that is even a commodity connector that you can buy.  Those tend to be custom or semi-custom parts made for OEM customers.  Your best bet would probably be to find a used gadget with that connector in it.
 

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Re: Mystery Connector Type Identification: Sony XAV-601BT
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2015, 07:33:16 pm »
Try and see if matches metric 2 mm or 2.5 mm.

Looks like 2mm.
 


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