I'm hooking up the output of my Creative Zen (ipod) to my Sanyo fxcd 500 deck thru the cd-changer din input.Can someone verify which pins carry the audio for me? There are several 8-pin din to rca cables available but I need to verify the pinout info before I buy one (or build one if needed) and was hoping to avoid the expense of buying a service manual since I'm not a tech and don't need schematics and such. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

I am interested. I have the same unit. Will try to find out and do the same. Pls post your progress. Thanks.

how is this diagram? will try it later when I can get a hold of a multimeter. http://pinouts.ru/Home/alpine_cdchanger_pinout.shtml

The previouse link is irrelevant, this one is more like it.

http://rc5.ru/upload/Sanyo_FXD-C300_SM.pdf

Forget it. FXCD500 Need to have somesort of a signal comming from the changer in order to accept input from DIN8. It will be too costly and complicate to go this way.