Hey All-
Ive been reading around this board and there's alot of great information to be had, as well as some great contributors here. Thanks for all your input and help so far!
I'm installing a Pioneer AVIC-N2 in an 00 Ford F350 (7.3L Powerstroke 6 speed manual) starting tomorrow and wondered about the wires that spliced into the speed sensor, reverse gear, and parking brake. Maybe someone has done this to a similar vehicle. Any Superduty Ford between 99 and 03 should pretty much be identical. Just want to hit the right wires and not bugger anything up.
A question I had about the unit. I'm not wanting to bypass the DVD, don't worry :) . My quesiton is this. I am hooking up the RCA outs to an external LCD. When I am driving and playing a DVD to the external LCD, is the DVD sound coming through the stereo system? Or does that sound get routed to the LCD only? I couldn't quite figure that out in the owners manual.
Thanks in advance for the help. Sorry I can't be of much use in this forum because Ive only installed 4 or 5 car systems in my life. But I'm a full time musician so if anyone would like to know about recording, sampling, making beats, feel free to visit www.homerecording.com/bbs and I'll return the favor of help to your questions. Not spamming another site, I just hate to take and not give back. I actually know what I'm doing in the world of recording! :)
Thanks!
Mike
H2H
- Reverse light wire is a BLACK/ PINK wire at the relay box under the hood next to the under hood fuse box.
- The speed sense wire is a GRAY/BLACK wire in the PCM which is located on the driver side of the firewall under the hood.
- Parking brake wire can usually be found at the base of the parking brake
hard2hear wrote:
When I am driving and playing a DVD to the external LCD, is the DVD sound coming through the stereo system? Or does that sound get routed to the LCD only? I couldn't quite figure that out in the owners manual.
It will be routed through the stereo system.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Thanks Jeff, thats awesome! You made my day much easier 
-Mike
you can also grab both parkbrake and VSS at the instrument panel, grey/black for VSS and GREEN/ red for brake (or is it RED / green) at any rate they're both in the left hand connector
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Shaughn Murley
Install Manager, Dealer Services
Visions Electronics
Red Deer, Alberta
I did the installation on Tuesday, took several hours, but I went slowly to do everything right tht first time. I installed the AVIC-N2, the XM box, and the Voice Command package. All went great! I tested it out yesterday on a short trip and everything seems to be working great. The navigation is perfect, the XM works wonderfully, and Star Wars sounds really cool in surround in my truck. Now I just have to get all my presets for everything in and dive into the software.
Thanks again for the help!
Happy for you that it worked out! I am gonna be installing mine in my Expedition next week. Even took the day off so I could do it without rushing for time and also have all day to play around with it hehe.