PAC SWI-PS in a 09 altima coupe

[blancs3030]

ok i put a avic-d3 in my coupe and it works great. i also got the PAC SWI-PS that i haven't put it in yet to keep the steering wheel controls. it doesn't look hard to install other than the part where you have to put the two resistors on, does anybody know the best way to do this, i was thinking about taking the two wires out of the wiring harness and soldering them to the resistors then soldering the two resistor ends to the white wire on the kit. is this how other people have been doing it? also it came with resistors and im not exactly sure about the ones im suppose to use, its hard to see the color bands on them.8

Modified by blancs3030 at 11:21 PM 10/29/2007
Modified by blancs3030 at 11:22 PM 10/29/2007

[blancs3030]

one other thing, i noticed when i took out my oem head unit there were 3 wire harnesses. one for the speaker wires and such that was spliced with the d3, one for the antenna that was also spliced with an antenna adapter and the last harness i have no idea, and i just left unplugged. whatever it was the d3 worked without it, does anybody know what it was?

[the converted]

From my experience with my Max the harness you didn't plug in is the one that has the wires that you need to put the resistor on. What i did was strip some insulation off the middle of the wire solder the resitor leg on and then tape it up. If it's the same as my Max your also going to need to ground one of the wires. Overall a pretty easy install. My only little nitpicky complaint is that you have to hold the button on the steering wheel about twice as long to get the interface to work, other than that love it.

[blancs3030]

from all the PAC's website it shows the steering wheel controls as being two wires from the 2nd wire harness i hooked up. maybe that harness was for an external amp, but i had a non bose unit, and i didnt think it came with one.

[bmaranas]

I just did the SWI-PS install on my '08 Sedan and I think the wiring harnesses should be the same on the Sedan vs. Coupe.

The SWI-PS should be connected to the harness that you just hooked up. I have no idea what that third harness is for as well. I also have a non bose and I left it unplugged and everything works fine.

What I did was cut the wires (pin 16 and pin 6) off the wiring harness coming from inside the car and connected the resistors according to the guide (pin 16 - 150 ohm and pin 6 - 47 ohm) then connected the loose ends of those to the white wire on the SWI. I also cut the wire connected to pin 15 from the wire harness and connected that to the ground. A good way to tell if you did this right is if you look at the corresponding pins on the Pioneer plug, they do not have a matching wire for the wires you just cut.

As for the steering wheel controls, I was not able to get the track up/preset up and track down/preset down to work as it did with my factory stereo. Those buttons will either be track up/seek up and track down/seek down or Preset up/Disc up and Preset down/Disc down. You'll see what i mean when you program it.

[blancs3030]

i just got to thinking... if i cut the wires from the wire harness will it void my warranty or anything? also how come you cut the wire from pin 15 and grounded it? what was it? how did you connect the wires to the resistors? did you connected the illumination wire and if so which on is it?

[bmaranas]

All I did was sodder (with the sodder gun) one end of the resistors to the cut wires from pin 16 and pin 6 then soddered the other ends of the resistors to the white wire. Pin 15 was grounded as per instructions from the pac-audio website. It looks like pin 15 is the radio plug (again this info is from the pac-audio website).

I did not connect the illumination wire (orange) that came on the pioneer plug.

As for the warranty, I doubt that it would void the whole warrantly on the car. You might want to check on that just to be on the safe side. I'm guessing you'll just void the warranty on the stereo since you are changing it. I'm not even sure if a warranty exists on the stereo. Again you'd have to check more into that.

[camaro12]

heyim going to put the pioneer d3 head unit in my 2008 altima coupeui dont have the steerind wheel controls

is it hard to install ?what do i need to do to get it installed?do they make the wiring harness for it yet?

thanks a lot i really need the help ASAP

[blancs3030]

im going to attempt to install it today, all you need is the pac swi-ps and a soldering kit, I'll let you guys know how it went.

[blancs3030]

ok installation is complete, it wasn't as hard as i thought it would be, first off i started with 4 pieces of wire about 6 inches long each and soldered the resistors on to those so i could do that on a workbench and not in my car. from there i just followed the website instructions, other things you will need are wire taps for the ground and power, and butt connectors for the other wires. after i checked to see if it was all working I taped all my wires together because it was starting to look like a mad house behind the stereo.

[camaro12]

where are these website instructions??thanks

[rjdmmfl1]

http://www.peripheralelectronics.com/peswix.asp

http://peripheralelectronics.c...S.pdf

[blancs3030]

Well there is a small problem now, the background lights for my climate control and steering wheel controls will not come on, I thought it was because I hooked up the illum. wire wrong, but they will not come on with or without it connected, so now I'm thinking it is the pac-swi that is doing it. If so then I'll sacrifice I like my steering wheel controls.

[blancs3030]

PROBLEM SOLVED........after a cop pulls me over on the interstate to tell me my rear running lights are not on. he let me off, just had to ride all the way back home with my hazards on.

The fuse in the engine bay labeled tail lights was blown, I took it out then disconnected the battery and took my radio out and pulled the d3 illumination wire off the car's and taped both ends up, put in a new fuse and reconnected the battery and turned it on and BAM it works! I can see all my illum. lights again, thank god for fuses, it could have been a lot worse.

[ssjones]

Guys:I'm installing the same PAC SWI-PS unit in my 08 with a Pioneer DEH6000UB head unit. Thanks for the tips on installing the resistors/wires. I had planned to leave off the orange illumination wire.

I have a couple of questions:

- Is the D3 illumination wire refrenced part of the Avic-D3 headunit?- Where did you mount/store the PAC unit? Does it have to be accesible after it is programmed, or can I stash it behind the headunit in the dash?

[the converted]

The illumination wire we were talking about was on the d3. Why aren't you going to hook yours up, the pionner displays can get very bright and annoying at night. Once everything is programed you won't have to touch it again, I just ziptied mine in place back there so it wouldn't rattle.

[ssjones]

Excellent, thanks for those tips. I don't know where the orange Illumination wire would go on the Nissan harness? It is not referenced in my wiring instructions.

The illumination wire we were talking about was on the d3. Why aren't you going to hook yours up, the pionner displays can get very bright and annoying at night. Once everything is programed you won't have to touch it again, I just ziptied mine in place back there so it wouldn't rattle.

[ssjones]

Headunit and SWI is installed. I'll post some pix later.

My airbag light is blinking. Of course the dash light for the passenger was unplugged during programming, I'm sure that is the culprit. Any ideas on how to reset?

[ssjones]

Installed the PAC unit today. Not too bad, a little finicky to program but it's done and works properly. Less of a delay than I feared.

NOTE: I had to use a multi-meter to discern the different resistors that were sent. I could not tell them apart by the color bands, they were barely any differences to my 46 year old eyes.

Here's shots of how I wired the resistor to a pigtail of sorts. I than covered them with heat shrink, labeled to the two sizes and connected them with wire taps. I used the ground off the Nissan harness and the 12V power tapped into the harness off the head-unit.

Bare Resistor:

Shrink wrapped & labeled with a short wire piece on each end:

Both resistors wired to the white wire from the PAC unit:

[Hakha11417]

I am having a hard time with my PAC install. Did the install exactly like you did but still cant get it to program. Do you remember the color of the wires you spliced. Idont know if the colors are different for the sedan or coupe. I have the sedan. Thanks

[ssjones]

I just followed the color schematic from the website document. It did take me several attempts to program, you have to sequence the steps perfectly.

I am having a hard time with my PAC install. Did the install exactly like you did but still cant get it to program. Do you remember the color of the wires you spliced. Idont know if the colors are different for the sedan or coupe. I have the sedan. Thanks

[Kebo72]

Hey I just purchased a new Pioneer AVIC-F900BT and I'm interested in getting instructions on how to bypass the DVD and Navigation controls while driving. I saw that you had your DVD bypassed and was wondering if you could help me with some instructions. Any info would be appreciated.

[blancs3030]

you can go to http://www.avic411.com they might be able to help you, because i know each model has a different way to bypass

[Kebo72]

I figured out how to do the dvd hack but now I really need help with the pacswi-ps. Can anyone help with that in a step by step guide? Do I tap into or actually cut some wires from the harness inside my car? Man I think I may need some phone support from one of you who is willing.
Modified by Kebo72 at 6:45 PM 6/23/2008

[Kebo72]

Thanks for the link. I got the info for the hack. Now i need help with the pacswi-ps.

[ssjones]

Thanks for the link. I got the info for the hack. Now i need help with the pacswi-ps.

Here's some info I posted on my install this past winter ('08 Sedan)http://www.nissanclub.com/foru...26865

[Kebo72]

Here's some info I posted on my install this past winter ('08 Sedan)http://www.nissanclub.com/foru...26865

Could you help me out with some phone support?

[ssjones]

Sure, emailed you my cell phone number.

Could you help me out with some phone support?

[mpbclutch33]

I thought I would chime in. I had a Alpine Headunit in my 2005 Nissan Frontier and was able to hook up the PAC SWI pretty easy. Now in my A/C, I bought a new Alpine H/U and bought the SWI again, and I can not get this damn thing to work. I have the right wires taped and everything is the way it is supposed to be. When I go to program, the interface is seeing the commands, because the light goes off and back on like it should as I go through the buttons. Now on ours steering wheel, we only use up to #7 on the interface. Do you stop after #7 and let the programming complete or do you skip #8,9,0 and then complete the programming? I have tried both ways and still nothing. I ended up ripping the damn thing out. I would like to get it to work, but it is too frustrating this go round. Any advise?

[the converted]

Did you make sure that it was flashing 3 times when you were getting into programing mode? Also is the switch on the side set to 1? If you just leave it be it should flash a few times after you are done programing any buttons you want to use without need to skip what is remaining.