Custom Audio Installed!
12-21-11, 06:07 PM
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http://www.beatsonicusa.com/stereo/s...-aok-15ad.html
What is this piece called?
I think the piece I have is a metra adapter...
What exactly does this do?
12-21-11, 06:13 PM
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Is this what I need to use?
http://www.beatsonicusa.com/stereo/s...-aok-15ad.html
What is this piece called?
I think the piece I have is a metra adapter...
What exactly does this do?
http://www.beatsonicusa.com/stereo/s...-aok-15ad.html
What is this piece called?
I think the piece I have is a metra adapter...
What exactly does this do?
Please let me know if you have additional questions.
12-21-11, 06:37 PM
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Yes, correct. The AOK-15AD is the correct adapter for your vehicle. This will retain the use of your amplifier. I am not sure how the metra adapter works, but for ours, you will need to keep your factory CD player. Our previous customers relocated to the trunk or the glove compartment.
Please let me know if you have additional questions.
Please let me know if you have additional questions.
12-21-11, 11:15 PM
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Anyone know which adapter would allow you to send signal from an aftermarket double din unit to the factory amp?? I am hoping the beatsonic adapter would work if the metra adapter i have cannot be fixed...
12-22-11, 10:32 AM
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UPDATE:
Do not attempt to run the same setup as mine. If you plan on putting in an aftermarket dash unit, don't do it! Here's why:
1. Doesn't look right: The location to put in the double din unit is horrible and you have to look down and away from your driving view.
2. There is no harness available for the aftermarket unit to turn on the factory amp. The PAC and Metra harnesses do not work. Lexus uses the CAN-BUS to send data signal to the AMP. Beatsonic Adapters do work, but you still need the factory CD changer. I heard that the BeatSonic adapter was discontinued....
3. For the speakers to work, you need to bypass the factory amp and add a 4-channel amp which won't even allow you to power all 13 speakers... Lexus put in 13 speakers, and I only had 8 working with the 4 channel amp and the sound quality was horrible and worse than stock.
4. CD changer has the circuit board that controls the AC and radio. Without this piece, you lose the AC functions. My installer took it all apart and destroyed it. This made it really hard for me to go back to factory.
5. I went back to stock and had to buy a "new" CD changer unit. Lexus dealership charges over 2 grand for this piece. Luckily, I found one on Ebay for a much better price.
6. Total cost for all of this and going back to stock: about 4 grand.
Lesson learned. Don't even attempt to get this done. I went to a different audio shop to clean everything up and go back to factory. The sound is so much richer and fuller. So word of advice, don't mess with the lexus audio system unless you plan to completely change everything.
Do not attempt to run the same setup as mine. If you plan on putting in an aftermarket dash unit, don't do it! Here's why:
1. Doesn't look right: The location to put in the double din unit is horrible and you have to look down and away from your driving view.
2. There is no harness available for the aftermarket unit to turn on the factory amp. The PAC and Metra harnesses do not work. Lexus uses the CAN-BUS to send data signal to the AMP. Beatsonic Adapters do work, but you still need the factory CD changer. I heard that the BeatSonic adapter was discontinued....
3. For the speakers to work, you need to bypass the factory amp and add a 4-channel amp which won't even allow you to power all 13 speakers... Lexus put in 13 speakers, and I only had 8 working with the 4 channel amp and the sound quality was horrible and worse than stock.
4. CD changer has the circuit board that controls the AC and radio. Without this piece, you lose the AC functions. My installer took it all apart and destroyed it. This made it really hard for me to go back to factory.
5. I went back to stock and had to buy a "new" CD changer unit. Lexus dealership charges over 2 grand for this piece. Luckily, I found one on Ebay for a much better price.
6. Total cost for all of this and going back to stock: about 4 grand.
Lesson learned. Don't even attempt to get this done. I went to a different audio shop to clean everything up and go back to factory. The sound is so much richer and fuller. So word of advice, don't mess with the lexus audio system unless you plan to completely change everything.
02-03-12, 10:46 PM
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UPDATE:
Do not attempt to run the same setup as mine. If you plan on putting in an aftermarket dash unit, don't do it! Here's why:
1. Doesn't look right: The location to put in the double din unit is horrible and you have to look down and away from your driving view.
2. There is no harness available for the aftermarket unit to turn on the factory amp. The PAC and Metra harnesses do not work. Lexus uses the CAN-BUS to send data signal to the AMP. Beatsonic Adapters do work, but you still need the factory CD changer. I heard that the BeatSonic adapter was discontinued....
3. For the speakers to work, you need to bypass the factory amp and add a 4-channel amp which won't even allow you to power all 13 speakers... Lexus put in 13 speakers, and I only had 8 working with the 4 channel amp and the sound quality was horrible and worse than stock.
4. CD changer has the circuit board that controls the AC and radio. Without this piece, you lose the AC functions. My installer took it all apart and destroyed it. This made it really hard for me to go back to factory.
5. I went back to stock and had to buy a "new" CD changer unit. Lexus dealership charges over 2 grand for this piece. Luckily, I found one on Ebay for a much better price.
6. Total cost for all of this and going back to stock: about 4 grand.
Lesson learned. Don't even attempt to get this done. I went to a different audio shop to clean everything up and go back to factory. The sound is so much richer and fuller. So word of advice, don't mess with the lexus audio system unless you plan to completely change everything.
Do not attempt to run the same setup as mine. If you plan on putting in an aftermarket dash unit, don't do it! Here's why:
1. Doesn't look right: The location to put in the double din unit is horrible and you have to look down and away from your driving view.
2. There is no harness available for the aftermarket unit to turn on the factory amp. The PAC and Metra harnesses do not work. Lexus uses the CAN-BUS to send data signal to the AMP. Beatsonic Adapters do work, but you still need the factory CD changer. I heard that the BeatSonic adapter was discontinued....
3. For the speakers to work, you need to bypass the factory amp and add a 4-channel amp which won't even allow you to power all 13 speakers... Lexus put in 13 speakers, and I only had 8 working with the 4 channel amp and the sound quality was horrible and worse than stock.
4. CD changer has the circuit board that controls the AC and radio. Without this piece, you lose the AC functions. My installer took it all apart and destroyed it. This made it really hard for me to go back to factory.
5. I went back to stock and had to buy a "new" CD changer unit. Lexus dealership charges over 2 grand for this piece. Luckily, I found one on Ebay for a much better price.
6. Total cost for all of this and going back to stock: about 4 grand.
Lesson learned. Don't even attempt to get this done. I went to a different audio shop to clean everything up and go back to factory. The sound is so much richer and fuller. So word of advice, don't mess with the lexus audio system unless you plan to completely change everything.
02-04-12, 01:19 AM
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Yes, If I were to do this again, I would consider Fly Audio. I heard there are some issues with that too though. I'm sticking with OEM. Only thing I gained from all of this was the Alpine Type S subwoofer in the trunk. With the money I spent, it could have sounded A LOT better.
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