Tuneage accomplished
Today was a fantastic mid-upper 50s day to work outside, so I tackled the car stereo project. Discovered the reason why the amp would not work, one of the harness adaptors was made incorrectly, preventing the turn-on signal from reaching the amp. I had most of the dash apart tapping into other wiring needed to make the install work. All that remains is some little finishing touches like the trim bezel around the headunit, cleaning up and reinstalling the passenger's seat. I gotta run the iPod cable into the center console where I can keep the iPod hidden yet have full control at the headunit. Also, I need to activate the Sirius tuner now that everything works.
A pic of the in-place test run:
The too-huge tuner box. Shown here straddling the stock amp under the passenger seat:
Bracket made to support the tuner/control box that makes use of the seat mounting points:
Here's the dash taken apart during a quest for wiring needed to complete the installation. For DVD players, a signal from both the foot brake and parking brake is needed to prevent the in-dash screen from showing a picture while playing a DVD and driving. It's illegal, of course. To enable the picture or get deep into setup and system configuration menus, one has to press the foot brake, engage the parking brake then release the foot brake. Lawyers. O_o
As complicated as the wiring is in cars these days, some things have actually gotten easier. This is the body control module, a computer used to control lots of various systems on the car such as the climate control, lighting, keyless entry and whatnot. A good amount of the control lines congregate here and can easily be tapped into in one location rather than running wiring all over the car.
Tomorrow the seat goes back in, the final touches get taken care of, and I will do work on the rest of the 'fleet' here as well as a bit of yard work.
A pic of the in-place test run:
The too-huge tuner box. Shown here straddling the stock amp under the passenger seat:
Bracket made to support the tuner/control box that makes use of the seat mounting points:
Here's the dash taken apart during a quest for wiring needed to complete the installation. For DVD players, a signal from both the foot brake and parking brake is needed to prevent the in-dash screen from showing a picture while playing a DVD and driving. It's illegal, of course. To enable the picture or get deep into setup and system configuration menus, one has to press the foot brake, engage the parking brake then release the foot brake. Lawyers. O_o
As complicated as the wiring is in cars these days, some things have actually gotten easier. This is the body control module, a computer used to control lots of various systems on the car such as the climate control, lighting, keyless entry and whatnot. A good amount of the control lines congregate here and can easily be tapped into in one location rather than running wiring all over the car.
Tomorrow the seat goes back in, the final touches get taken care of, and I will do work on the rest of the 'fleet' here as well as a bit of yard work.