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Renault Zoe Android Head Unit Installation

Android Head Unit on 2015 Renault Zoe

This will document the installation of a new 10" head unit.

Car Wiring Diagrams

20 pin connector attached to the screen

Pin Number Wire Colour (car) Function
1 Grey/White CAN Bus High
2 Brown/White CAN Bus Low
3 Yellow Microphone +
4 Red Microphone Signal
5 Pink/White Navigation On/Off
6 Red Power
7 Black Ground
8 Red Screen Audio Left +
9 Yellow Screen Audio Right +
10 Brown Screen Audio –
11 Black Screen Audio Shielding
12 Green/White Speed Signal Pulse
13 Yellow Navigation Voice +
14 Red Navigation Voice –
15 Black Navigation Voice Shielding
16 Black Microphone Shielding
17
18 Red/White Reverse Camera Video Signal
19 Yellow/White Reverse Camera –
20 Brown/White Reverse Camera +
21 Grey Reverse Camera Shielding
22
23
24

12 pin connector behind the glovebox

Pin Number Wire Colour Function
1 Grey or Blue or Green Left Rear Speaker +
2 Pink Left Front Speaker & Tweeter +
3 Pink or White or Grey Right Front Speaker & Tweeter +
4
5 Red Fuse Box AA S14 (Fuse 14)
6 White or Green Left Rear Speaker –
7 Green or White Left Door Speaker & Tweeter –
8 Blue or Brown Right Door Speaker & Tweeter –
9 Green or White Right Rear Speaker +
10 White or Grey Right Rear Speaker –
11
12 Black/Brown Earth/Ground

The ~32 pin under the dash is apparently unnecessary / unused. In case it's necessary, here's what's on it https://evilution.co.uk/mod/453-multimedia-radio-pin-out.htm

Pin Number Wire Colour Function
1
2 Pink/White Screen buttons pin 1, Audio gateway pin 11
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 Brown SD/USB reader
10 Red SD/USB reader
11
12
13 Black SD/USB reader
14 Yellow Screen pin 13
15 Red Screen pin 14
16 Black Screen pin 11
17
18
19 Grey/White CAN Bus high network
20 Brown/White CAN Bus low network
21
22
23
24
25 Grey SD/USB reader
26 Yellow SD/USB reader
27
28
29 Black Screen pin 15
30 Yellow Screen pin 9
31 Red Screen pin 8
32 Brown Screen pin 10

Head Unit / CANBus wiring diagrams

The wiring of the 12 pin connector as coming from the android, which should match the zoe pins perfectly

Pin Number Wire Colour Function
1 Brown Speaker(with brown/stripe)
2 White Speaker
3 Grey Speaker
4
5 Yellow. 12V Always
6 Black Ground
7
8 Purple Speaker
9 Purple/stripe Speaker
10 Grey/Stripe Speaker
11 White/stripe Speaker
12 Brown/stripe Speaker

The canbus adapter

CAN Box (Decoder) 20P Connector

PIN Definition Connected to Car Connected to Main Unit Remarks
1 MAIN_GND A Seat: B17, B24 GND 0V
2 +BATT B12 +BATT 12V
3 CAN_H B1
4 CAN_L B13
5 NC
6 ACC_IN B11 ACC Detection Input 12V / 0V
7 REV_DET A9 Reverse Detection Input 12V / 0V
8 SWC_IN B4
9 NC
10 NC
11 UART_RXD Head Unit TXD (sends) 3.3V or 5V
12 UART_TXD Head Unit RXD (receives) 3.3V or 5V
13 AUX_IN_R To DVD Right Audio Out (LINE OUT_R)
14 AUX_IN_L To DVD Left Audio Out (LINE OUT_L)
15 NC
16 AUX_IN_GND To DVD Audio GND Output (LINE OUT_GND)
17 NC
18 Digital Audio Out A6
19 Digital Audio GND A5
20 Digital Audio Out A15
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