I just installed a JVC AVX 77. It works great! It's got ipod control/bluetooth/backup camera. While researching for the install I couldn't find any labeled amplifier diagrams. I've got the info, but first this is what I did:

I used the front preouts (5V) for the front speakers and the subout for the back speakers. To do this I soldered RCA connectors on the amp side and ran a 3 wire RCA cable to the amp. I used the Sochie harness for everything else.

To determine which amp wires ran to which speakers I just cut the pair of wires and listened to which speaker failed (they were already twisted in pairs). My new radio only has one sub output so I soldered both rear inputs to one RCA connector. Here is the labeled diagram:

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Hope this helps anyone who wants to do the same thing.

I have 2 questions for anybody who can help:

1. How did you guys install the aftermarket sleeve? The entire radio hole is plastic so I can't bend down the tabs. Do I need to screw it down or something. Right now the radio and sleeve are just kinda sitting there. I need to do something soon to make it just a little harder to steal

2. Anybody else have a bluetooth in a roadster? I can hear people just fine. But when I am driving fast, people say I sound garbled. I think the mic might be picking up road noise at the seam of the windshield/cloth top since it's mounted to the visor. Anyone have a suggestion on another place to mount the mic?

Thanks!

Here's the pics:

Headunit:

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Backup Camera (inside):
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Backup Camera (outside):
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Current mic location (garbled, may change location):
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where did u get this radio at? And how much did it cost you

 

Thanks maxmaximu. Been wanting to replace the head unit and knew I would have to do this to install correctly, but have never seen a post on it.

 

500 bucks on Crutchfield. I found it cheaper on some places, but only by 50 bucks or so. I figured all the free stuff Crutchfield throws in is worth it.

I bought the backup camera at a store here in Dallas: Bravo PC-3. I liked it since it's a metal frame for the license plate. I mounted it upside down to keep from obscuring the Texas on the plate and to keep it out of the way of the trunk latch. Since I put it on upside down, I had to take the camera out of the license frame and reverse it.

-Max

 

JVC has just done for radios what Apple had done for cell phones. Coolest one I've seen in a long time. Congratulations on your new toy.

 

Honestly, I crimped all the tabs as best I could and it more or less stays pretty well (no vibration or movement of any kind). I have to say I haven't worried too much about theft - where I live it's pretty low-crime, and between the gates, security systems...



And never mind at work... It could happen but in a way I'd rather they just slide it out than tear the dash apart....

 

Thanks. Thats what I did too, and mine doesn't shake or anything either. I'm not really worried about home (garage) or work (gated); just when I'm somewhere else.

I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious...

 

Hi Max,

I have bluetooth in my car. I had pics that you can see. I installed in the lighting cluster overhead.
Its flushed and looks factory.

I do get road noise sometimes. The mic picks it up. It still does get good reception though depending on the areas I am in.

 

Thanks Sol,

Mine works great until about 50mph. I moved the mic around (steering column, near radio) and it's really not the location that’s the problem, its just the road noise in the convertible. I think the radio tries to cancel out the noise, and ends up garbling me when I talk because you hear no noise at all when I am not speaking, even at high speeds. I’m going to look for a higher quality mic to add, maybe oen that has better noise cancelation built in? Not sure what’s available, but I’ll look around.

 

Hey I just purchased this same headunit (JVC KD-AVX77) and something possessed me to try and install it myself. Im using the Metra 70-1786 harness and everything seems to be going good and then I realize it says I need to connect the lt. green wire the parking brake. I assume its a security feature for the DVD player. Did u have to remove the entire center console to do this? Also Ive been reading that the factory wiring has the red and yellow wires switched, but it appears that once the Metra harness is installed the color of the wires are switched back. So shouldn't I still connect red to red and yellow to yellow? lastly, do you have an mp3 player. where did u put it and how did u run the cables? Sorry if I sound silly, but I am a total A/V new jack.

 

To get to the e-brake connection you need to get the console out of the way. I just installed a switch on the console so I could flip the switch instead of take the console out and wire to the e-brake. I also had other reasons for doing that (enable features while car is moving).

I tested the red and yellow with a circuit tester to determine which was which and wired the correct ones to the connector. Yellow is Battery and Red is switched. IN the car they might be swapped.

My iPod is in the console - I hid the cable under it without removing the console - just slid it up under the edge and brought it up behind the back seat and down into the console through the cover.

My USB and 3.5mm stereo plug connections are stored in the little web catch-all on the transmission tunnel for guests or the occasional USB drive...

 

I used a PAC TR7 Universal. Trigger Module as a bypass for my DVD player in my Honda Odyssey with an Alpine IVA-W505. It works great.

Amazon.com: PAC TR7 Universal. Trigger Module: Automotive

 

Hooray, everything is working. Thanks to all the great posts in this forum I am no longer an A/V newjack. I do however have one problem. It appears that my headunit wont hold memory and that it isn't charging my ipod. It would make sense that the red and yellow power connections have been incorrectly installed but when I reverse them, the unit doesnt work. could it be something else?

 

Can you share the exact wiring that you used to install the module. i am assuming that you did not use an Alpine receiver. Thanks in advance for the help!

James

 

Yes, I did use an Alpine receiver. As far as the PAC TR7 wiring, I can't help you, as I had my install done by a local shop. Sorry

 

Just curious how wide of an angle the back up camera has. Can tou see things in the blind spots or mostly right behind you?

 

These new radio installs are great and just what I have been looking for. I could not find a cell phone interface unit that is talked about in our manuals, so the next best thing is an after-market unit. I have been pouring over the wiring diagrams of the radio and amp trying to make sure that when I do this i don't mess something else up. I did notice that there is a wire from the radio to the Data Link Connector (05 SRT Manual pg 8A-19). It makes me wonder what else is there that may be needed. It appears that there a speed sensor feeding the radio. But I do not understand if the radio/amp is feeding any Electronic Control Modules that may give the system a warning of some kind. I love these cars, but they are a lot smarter than I am.

 

Good job all.

 

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Ppro:


In the above thread you mentioned "I just installed a switch on the console so I could flip the switch instead of take the console out and wire to the e-brake."

Just how was this "switch" wired? Wired from what to switch and then to what? Three pole? Two Pole?

Can you be a little more specific. I need to understand this. Please.


Regards,
Fildo Dog