For reasons that I won’t bother explaining, we’re collecting a pile of these Panasonic SH-PD10 Universal iPod Docks. ( Part No. TNM2AX0011 / Part No. RGN2935 ) And the question becomes, what to do with them?

Panasonic SH-PD10 Universal Dock For iPod
Well I don’t have an iPod (nor do I want one as my cellphone plays music just fine), but it seems like everyone else does, including a few coworkers. So the question became … can we do anything with these docks?
The answer is … probably!
Okay, so the connector on the end of the cable looks to be some kind of proprietary Panasonic thing. Unless you want to order repair parts for a TV or stereo from them to get the slot for this connector, I just say cut it off at the head and splice what you need into place. For that reason, I’m not even going to bother trying to figure out the pin numbers for the cables. Sorry. Though if someone else has them, I’d be happy if you left a comment with that information.
So wires, wires, wires. I took the dock apart. There’s really not much to it. It feels heavy only because of a metal plate in the bottom that makes it heavy. Actually, the device is pretty devoid of anything interesting. It’s just a small PCB with the iPod dock port and a bunch of little resistors. Unfortunately none of the wires lead directly to the iPod dock port, nor does the PCB lend itself well to tracing. It was most disappointing really. So I’m left more guessing what the wires are based on color and position. Though if one of my coworkers decides to test things, a blog update may provide more definitive answers. Likewise, if you decide to test things, please give your feedback on what I got right and anything I got wrong.
(That said though, if you really want to unlock the power of your iPod in a custom-made dock, this thing would come in pretty handy. It wouldn’t be hard at all to solder your own wires to the iPod port on this dock and do whatever you like. Taking the dock itself apart is very easy. Just remove the rubber feet, unscrew the phillips-heads under each, and then pry apart as it also snaps together.)
Now, on to the cables:
Yellow – Composite Video
Violet – Component Video Y
Blue – Component Video U (Pb)
Green – Component Video V (Pr)
Black (the small one) – Video Ground
White (the small one) – Left Out
Red – Right Out
White (the large one) – 3.3V or 5V Power (500 mA MAX) (And yes, it supposedly can be either as the iPod will accept both voltages.)
Black (the large one) – 3.3V or 5V Ground (Also looks to be the audio ground, but looks could be deceiving. My guess would be use the video ground if this doesn’t work.)
Orange – Serial Rx
Gray – Serial Tx
Brown – Serial Ground
Yes, there are two white cables and two black cables. (In fact on the inside of the device there are three black cables, one of which connects to the cable’s ground.) The thicker two cables are the device’s power.
Now, what can you do with this? Well, likely, not much with the serial communication lines. That’s intended for devices that actually connect to the iPod to do cool things. If you’re splicing up one of these cables, chances are you haven’t programmed whatever you’re using it for to communicate to your iPod. So you can probably skip those.
The video and audio cables however would be quite handy to connect to a TV, a stereo, a car, whatever. Goodness knows what wicked little things you’ll do with them.
And the power I’d imagine you can skip if you don’t mind the iPod using up its battery. Otherwise it shouldn’t be hard to find a cheap cell phone charger that puts out 5v DC. Connect that up and your iPod should not only be powered by the dock, but even be recharged when sitting in it.