Help what kind of jack connector is this?

[Nicu]

Hello to everyone,

I have recently booth a used Volvo S40 2011 and the car audio system comes equiped with an AUX & USB option.
The jack connectors for the AUX is fine and work ok, but the one for USB is very strange.
After removing all unnecessary covers I had reach the connectors due to the fact that no USB < female, male, slim> could fit inside this connector.

Does anyone has any ideea what kind of jack connector is this one?

 

[djsfantasi]

The inventor of the USB connector passed away recently. His burial was delayed when his pallbearers had to stop while lowering the coffin, to raise it, turn around and lower it again.

Looks like a standard USB connector. Did you try flipping the jack around the other way?

 

[DerStrom8]

It appears to me more like a male USB plug, rather than a female receptacle. I expect you will need a female-female type A coupler, like this:

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

The connector appears to have only 3 pins. Doubt it's USB.
This https://accessories.volvocars.com/e...CC-317932-1/2011/1.6/Manual/default/C30,_2011 may shed some light.
There should be some sort of interface box with one end of the USB cable as non-standard. The manual does have one blurb for the S40 and it is for 2011.

 

[Mickster]

On the second image, there does appear to be 4 pins and not 3, so I am going with USB.

 

[Nicu]

Thanks for your support,
Definitely if is a USB I had tried all option < Male/ Female > & also slim USB , flip rotated J.
I has 4 pins, but due to the plastic mass no USB can be fitted.
I had look also to Ipod jack connectors and also they do not match this jack connector ar at least be similar.

So It looks like an USB but is not compatible with one.

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

I ended up here: https://www.volvopartswebstore.com/...16394.html?partner=Google_019_Volvo_StockCode

it seems as if it's nothing but a bunch of pretty pictures.

The connectors are just blobs, but to me the USB cable should connector to the interface box with a proprietary cable.

 

[Nicu]

I ended up here: http://www.volvopartswebstore.com/p...16394.html?partner=Google_019_Volvo_StockCode

it seems as if it's nothing but a bunch of pretty pictures.

The connectors are just blobs, but to me the USB cable should connector to the interface box with a proprietary cable.

The picture with the jack connector is after I had unmount the panel + plastic guide inside the central console <between front chairs>.
Plastic guide is mounded on the panel.
The jack connector in the attached images is clamped in the plastic guide.

Something similar with this immage
**broken link removed**

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

Could it be a Micro-A USB connector? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB

https://www.digikey.com/product-det...ial-products/MUSBK15230/MUSBK15230-ND/3465047

 

[Nicu]

Could it be a Micro-A USB connector? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB

https://www.digikey.com/product-det...ial-products/MUSBK15230/MUSBK15230-ND/3465047

No is not. This one is as big as a normal USB.
I have e-mail to Volvo headquarters and maybe I will get an aswer.
I will let you know

 

[Daniel Wood]

Its likely USB with some horrible proprietary connector to stop you from plugging any old cable in.
If you could get the metal casing removed from a standard USB cable so you're left with just the contacts (bit like in the image), i bet it would fit.

 

[Nicu]

I have already try to do this with a USB female-female connector.
On one end I have fitted the USB stick and on the other end I had removed de outside metal shield.
Then I had fitted the exposed contacts with the contacts of the stage jack. Nothing had happened, probably the metal shield is wired as well

 

[Nicu]

Hi Again,
Just found some new info regarding above threat:
I have succeded to found the Code of the jack connector, on aliexpress I had found a cable named F10037 sau F08821 < on one end is this strange connector and on the other is USB >
It seems that the jack connector is a female one and I will need a male like in this Image< http://g01.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB10gs0...AUX-Cord-MP3-CD-Changer-Fit-for-Brand-Car.jpg
but I can't find any code for it.
If taking in account this new info maybe some of you could help me with some code for what I am looking for or even better a connector/cable transformer to USB

Many thanks.

 

[joshAU]

Hi Nicu.
Could it be some sort of Firewire port - there are 4 and 6 pins versions I think?

 

[Michael Sims]

Hi Nicu.
Could it be some sort of Firewire port - there are 4 and 6 pins versions I think?

I thought the same thing, but looked at all of the various types of FW ports, and came up with nothing that resembled that picture. Then I thought maybe Thunderbolt, but Thunderbolt has angles on two corners ... Then I saw an eSata port that looked damn close to this but it turned out not to be it ... Whats throwing me off are the two arc shaped divits on the bottom of the molding, and the fact that it looks like whatever plugs into it, it will be some kind of PCB with 4 connectors on it and will look like its kind of floating in the middle of the rectangle that surrounds it (a rectangle that will have two arc shapes protruding from the connector.

This is obviously not a connector that has any kind of immediate nor common counterpart.

My guess is that it's some kind of proprietary connector for use only by automotive repair specialists or the dealer itself ... something custom made by the manufacturer to prevent user tampering.

What does it wire into?

 

[Michael Sims]

I think what we're looking at is simply another unusual connector inside a car dash board that just HAPPENS to resemble USB, when in fact it isn't USB at all. Its probably some kind of connection to the head uints audio signal, or some kind of digital interface maybe for controls ... who knows ... here is a wiring harness for that car that looks like it has a plug very similar to this one.

**broken link removed**

I think the bottom line is, if you don't have a need for it, nor a matching connector for it ... then safely assume it is something that you can ignore and go on to taking care of other business.