ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 10486 First edition 1992-05-01 Passenger cars --- Car radio identification number (CRIN) Voitures particulieres - Numero d'identification des autoradios (CRIN) Referencenumber ISO 10486:1992(E) ISO 10486:1992(E) Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through iso technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. Internationai organizations. govern mental and non-governmental, in liaison with Iso, also take part in the work. iso collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an Inter- national Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. International Standard isO 10486was prepared byTechnical Committee ISO/TC22,Roadvehicles ISO1992 or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. International Organizationfor Standardization Case Postale 56 : CH-1211 Geneve 20 · Switzerland Printed in Switzerland ii INTERNATIONALSTANDARD ISO 10486:1992(E) Passenger cars - Car radio identification number (CRIN) Scope Further means to identify the car radio, for example 1 bar codes, may be used but they shall not replace This International Standard specifies the structure theCRIN. of a car radio identification number (CRIN) in order to establish a uniform identification numbering sys- 2.2First section tem for car radios installed and connected in pass- enger cars. It further specifies requirements on the The first section shall contain two characters giving marking of such car radios. the identifier of the car radio manufacturer. It also recommends providing a separate identifi- Manufacturers of car radios who require use of a cation card containing the same information. CRIN shall submit their identifier to FAKRA") for validation to ensure that the identifier has not been Car radio identification number (CRIN) used previously.FAKRA will then duly check the 2.1 General approve it, or propose an alternative if necessary. The CRIN consists of four sections as detailed in 2.2 2.3 Second section to 2.5 (see example in 2.6). The second section shall contain four characters The sections may be separated by punctuation giving the car radio model identifier. marks (dividers) which do not form a part of the CRIN. Care shall be taken that punctuation marks 2.4 Third section cannot be confused with the CRIN characters. Blank spaces shall not be used as punctuation marks. The third section shall contain one character to Only the following arabic numerals and capital identify the model year of the car radio, as shown in Roman letters shall be used for CRIN characters: table 1. 1234567890 NOTE1 This identifier is the same as the identifier ABCDEFGHIJKLMNPRSTUVWXYZ specified in ISO3779:1983,Road vehicles Vehicle identification number (VIN) - Content and structure. The letters O and Q shall not be used for CRIN. 2.5 Fourth section These characters shall be used for the sections in 2.2, 2.3 and 2.5. The model year shall be indicated The fourth section shaii contain seven characters onlybythe charactersgiven in 2.4 giving the serial number of the car radio 1) FAKRA is the registration authority designated for CRIN, in accordance with the IEC/ISO Directives. Germany. 1