Help!!! Custom Stero
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Help!!! Custom Stero
Today i began the disassembly of my CLK500 I have a Kenwood DDX719 to install along with a large amp. I am stuck on a few things that i have not been able to find, Which cable going to the shifter is the reverse cable and the park cable? I need to hook both of these up to my head unit.
Only other thing i haven't found for sure is a way to get through the firewall, and the back seats, i have the passenger seat out and am running all the wires under the carpet and going to try and get my 1/0 wire to not show when i run my power cables lol. Thanks!
Only other thing i haven't found for sure is a way to get through the firewall, and the back seats, i have the passenger seat out and am running all the wires under the carpet and going to try and get my 1/0 wire to not show when i run my power cables lol. Thanks!
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There is no good way to tap into the reverse and park circuits unless you get into the center console indicator LED's and that's tedious. if you buy a CAN bus interface (to use the steering wheel controls) i t often comes with park and reverse signal outputs.
For running wiring, remove the door sill trim - there is a huge wiring harness conduit under there and part of it goes into the trunk.
For running wiring, remove the door sill trim - there is a huge wiring harness conduit under there and part of it goes into the trunk.
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Soo... i cant just attach the wire to the one that comes off the shifter? thats what i was wondering, and do you happen to know the color of the original power wire that was connected to the original head unit so i may use its power souce?
About the CAN bus interface, what exactly does this do? i have a steering wheel controll interface from PAC that will work with my head unit but i honestly am not sure how its going to work since i cant figure out how it connected to the cars console....
Edit: I have the SWI-Jack from PAC
About the CAN bus interface, what exactly does this do? i have a steering wheel controll interface from PAC that will work with my head unit but i honestly am not sure how its going to work since i cant figure out how it connected to the cars console....
Edit: I have the SWI-Jack from PAC
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I think the SWI-jack has the reverse indicator, but I'm not sure about park. As for tapping into the shifter, you have to break into the LED indicator light assembly. I don't believe the wiring harness has individual signals - it feeds a circuit that decodes the bus signals inside the LED housing.
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I'd be keeping the gains fairly low if I were you, not exceeding 50%. That Boss stuff is extremely reasonably priced but reliability is quite low if pushed hard. Not hacking on what you have, just some advice from a few years of experience in the industry.
