AVIC D3 w/ BOSE... install (guide...pics will be up soon)

[rjdmmfl1]

MATERIALS NEEDED

Metra stereo dash kit 38.50http://www.installer.com/item/...-7423

Antenna Adapter 14.95http://www.installer.com/item/...-NI12

Stero wire harness 13.50http://www.installer.com/item/...-7552

OR get all of the above from HonestDee for 62.00 shippedhttp://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

Scosche line out converter (SCL-4 or FAI-3A) 22.99http://cgi.ebay.com/Scosche-SL...wItem

*note* the line out converter is needed if you have the BOSE system, if you don’t have the BOSE system/Amplifier, you don’t need this

other (electrical tape, wire crimp tool, small 14-16 gauge splicers, screw drivers, etc.)

1st, BYPASS your AVIC D3… follow this link and do as stated…very easy hack that WILL NOT void your warranty!http://www.avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4670

2nd, disconnect the (-) to battery.. this may seem trivial, but this can mean the difference between blowing a random fuse somewhere and not!

3rd, begin to disassemble your factory deck. 1st, take a very fine flat head screw driver, and pry out the center air vent, starting at the corners. Do this gently, but firmly.



Eventually, you’ll be able to pull the entire piece out… then disconnect the wiring on the back by pushing down on the tabs and then pulling the plastic piece out of the socket. There should be two, one for hazards and one for the airbag notification light for passenger.



4th. Using a Philips head screwdriver, unscrew the two (2) screws at the top of the factory stereo.

5th. Unsnap the small piece in between the storage pocket and the bottom of the stereo.

6th Remove the two Phillips head screws attaching the bottom of the stereo harness.

7th Remove the stereo by pulling towards you, it will unsnap from its connectors.

8th, unplug the connectors on the back of the stereo(4) and A/C control (1) it should be 5 in total.

9th, unscrew the climate control unit from the stereo brackets by removing the brackets (the screws attaching the stereo to the bracket are hex screws, you will need small hex keys to remove these)

10th Pop out the climate control unit, you will need this later

11th. Take the climate control unit, and attach the brackets to it as shown on the directions in the Metra kit.

12th Next, screw these into the center dask kit with the supplied screws in the Metra kit.

13th Attach the double din ring to the metra kit, and cut off the ring in the middle as shown on metra kit instructions (do this for double din unit, if installing two single in units, don’t cut the center bar.)

14th Place the Avic (double din unit) into the center bezel, and attach side brackets as shown on the metra kit instructions.

WIRING:

Attach the pink wire (on the Avic D3 harness) to the VSS wire behind the speedometer bezel. Follow these instructionshttp://www.nissanclub.com/foru....html

*note* I have the 3.5SE, 08 coupe, and on my car it WAS a purple/white wire in pin position 30 on the connector. Remember, the pin positions are what they look like when the plastic on the connector is facing AWAY from you, and the wires are facing towards you!

Next, run the purple/white wire (from the D3 harness) along the door seal, behind your rear seat, and into the grey carpet at the top of the inside of your trunk. Connect that to the reverse wire by the rear lights. This will be the red/blue wire.

Wiring the unit…The easiest way is to just get the wire harness (above) made specifically for our vehicle, this will limit the number of times you need to splice (and it’ll limit the number of mistakes you make)Check out this forum and pics…

http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=14516

1.wire the harness from the AVIC into the Scosche SLC-4 (A1 – A8)2.wire the metra harness onto the SLC-4 (FAI-3A) as shown on the directions (B1-B8).

3.plug the metra wire harness into the vehicle’s harness

4.be sure to connect the RED, black, and plue/white wires from the AVIC Harness to the corresponding wires on the metra harness.

*note* The Orange/white Illumination wire on the D3 harness should be hooked up to the illumination wire on the vehicle's harness (red/yellow). With this hooked up, when your headlights turn on, the monitor will dim a bit to pevent glare at night, also, when the D3 is in nighttime mode, thes screen colors will reverse to a nightime image (in addition to the dimmed monitor) very cool effect!

Modified by rjdmmfl1 at 8:34 PM 11/21/2007

Modified by rjdmmfl1 at 8:40 PM 11/21/2007

[LongBeachCoupe]

man... f-in awesome writeup...

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Fantastic write up. Pictures would make this PERFECT. I know you said you'll had them soon.

Shoot me an email with a requested Username Title for under your name.

Thanks!

[rjdmmfl1]

OK, i went back through and did most of the pics for the install... sorry if the pics are incomplete, i really didn't think to take the pics at the time of the install... if i do any more mods, i'll be sure to take pics at that time.. if anyone needs any more directions, just respond on the post... i hope this helps

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Looks perfect. I'll add it to our Article page.

Don't forget to send me an email with a Custom Title request.

[prlwhitecoupe]

Couple questions:

1. How does your bluetooth work now? Does the factory one hook into the stereo or is that useless and u just use the bluetooth that comes built into the unit?

2. How is your satellite radio hooked up to this?

I don't wanna install a unit, unless it is fully compatible with all my factory equipment. ie bluetooth, and sat. radio especially.

[rjdmmfl1]

Couple questions:

1. How does your bluetooth work now? Does the factory one hook into the stereo or is that useless and u just use the bluetooth that comes built into the unit?

2. How is your satellite radio hooked up to this?

I don't wanna install a unit, unless it is fully compatible with all my factory equipment. ie bluetooth, and sat. radio especially.

i def understand your concern, well the thing is, whenever you replace your factory deck, you will lose your bluetooth steering wheel control and satelite radio functions!

For bluetooth, with the AVIC-D3, you need the CD-BT200 unit that attaches to the unit..this will give you bluetooth, but you will lose the bluetooth control from your steering wheel.http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-...wItem

For the XM radio, you need the GEX-P10XMT unit for the Avic-D3. The cord plugs into the back of the D3, and then you run that and install that on the dash to the far right...I have perfect reception with it installed that way....With this unit, you get both XM radio, and XM nav traffic, which will allow you to adjust you navigation based on local real time traffic updates!

http://cgi.ebay.com/PIONEER-GE...wItem

The two units are around $120 each on ebay! Both are very easy to install.

So to answer your question, although you lose the bluetooth, you gain other functions with the D3.... IMHO, highly worth the loss of steering wheel bluetooth control!

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Robert,Tapping into the VSS behind the speedometer...is that required? This is how the unit knows the car is in motion, correct?

[rjdmmfl1]

Well, not exactly. The Pioneer navigation units operate in two different modes...3D hydrid, and simple hybrid ...

When the VSS wire is not attached, it will operate in simple hybrid mode. In this mode, it will use it's internal gyro sensor to detect/estimate vehicle speed. However, in this mode, neither distance calculation or navigation will not be as accurate.

With the VSS wire attached, it switches to 3d hybrid mode, everything is very accurate, and you can use the vehicle dynamics display!