lexlude

where can I find the speed signal wire to hook up to my avic-d3? thank you.

VTFIJI

Look under your driver side dash. On the top left, there's a box in the back corner. You're looking for a White/Violet wire. I'll try to post pics if I have time this weekend.

VTFIJI

Here you go

lexlude

thank you very much. I heard that I can catch the reverse signal at the gear shifter. do you know what color is the wire? if not I will catch it from the tail light assembly. thanks

lexlude

I found the cruise control ecu. it have many combination of white wire. I found a violet wire with white trace (violet/white). it make a difference what color is written first or second. can you please confirm. thank you.

I also found:
white/black
white/red
white/light blue
white

VTFIJI

?? There should only be 1 wire with those 2 colors (white and violet). You can see if you tapped into the right one by going into the hardware settings > connection status. The speed pulse number will increase and will make faster beeping sounds as your drive.

BTW, where did you ground the D3?

lexlude

there was a emthy 10mm bolt hole on the left side. I didn't use the gnd from the metra harness. I install the harness and test the radio, but I still have to wait for my installation kit coming on the 25th. the manual give me a choice of mounting the gps antenna on the rear deck or outside the car. I plan to mount mine on the dash. I have to return my reverse camera to china because it was defective. I aslo have to return one of hid bulb because that was defective too. I am trying to do some work to the car before I put it on the road. I was building a amp rack today in the trunk.

VTFIJI

Yea that's how I grounded mine as well, but I'm still getting a slight hum/whine. Have you turned on your D3 yet? I'm trying to figure out if it's my ground or potentially something else.

lexlude

I tested the radio but I didn't start the car because I had a battery charger hook up while I work. I will put back the radio and test it with the radio on. if I get the hum I will run a gnd directly from the battery to the radio to see if that work. I am using the factory amp just for testing purposes. I will use a 4ch to push the 4 door speaker and tweeter. I will add 2 more tweeter for the rear. I will also check radio shack for 4 capacitor to put on the 4 tweeter. in the future I will purchase 2 sets of component system. where did you mount your gps antenna. My car look like a mess right now. panels missing, wires all over, but the end product will worth it.

VTFIJI

If you look inside your dash (up by the AC vents), there's a round metal cross beam that goes across. There's a magnet on the antenna, so I just stuck it right to that.

lexlude

what is your signal strenght in that hidden location? do you think being on the metal of the car amplify the gps signal?

VTFIJI

Signal strength is fine. I've never had any problems connecting to satellites.

And I doubt it being amplified. It's the magnet touching the frame or the car, not the actual GPS chip.

SolTrain99

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anyone know where the VSS is on a 1999 SC300?