I know several of you guys here have installed the Kenwood DNX-5120. I'm finally ready to install mine and could use some help from the guys who have done it before. I have the SOS install bracket and the SOS wire harness and i will simply be wiring it to a set of aftermarket door speakers through the wires already in the door.
The speakers i have all figured out but the other set of wires i'm a little confused on.
Here's what i think i know, please confirm:
SOS harness to Kenwood harness
12 Volt Ignition/switched (red) to Ignition wire (red)
12 Volt Battery/constant (yellow) to 12 Volt battery/constant (yellow)
Heres what i'm pretty sure about:
Illumination/dimmer (orange) to Dimmer control wire (orange/white)
Chasis Ground (black) to Ground wire (black)? Or do i actually ground the radios black wire to a metal screw?
Power Antenna (blue) to motor antenna control wire (blue)? Will this put the antenna down when i'm not listening to am/fm radio (ipod/cd)?
Heres what im confused on:
Where do i connect the parking brake wire from the radio harness? I would like to be able to use all radio functions while not in park, whats the trick here if there is one?
Reverse sensor wire from the radio, i have no camera at the moment so do i just leave this wire alone until i add a camera later?
Steering remote wire from radio? Not used?
Mute (brown) wire from the radio? Again, not used?
Power control wire from the radio unit (blue/white)? Does this connect to the "remote turn on" (blue/white) wire from the SOS harness or since im not using an amp do i do nothing with these wires?
One last question about wiring. I assume since i am only using the door speakers that i should wire them to the front speaker wires from the radio harness and then set up the radio accordingly?
Sorry for all of the questions, im sure some of them seem stupid but i read up on all of this many months ago when i bought all of this stuff and now that im finally ready to install it all i have forgotten everything and dont want to make any mistakes and to get it all done right the first time.
Any tips on installing the SOS mounting bracket are also appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
The speakers i have all figured out but the other set of wires i'm a little confused on.
Here's what i think i know, please confirm:
SOS harness to Kenwood harness
12 Volt Ignition/switched (red) to Ignition wire (red)
12 Volt Battery/constant (yellow) to 12 Volt battery/constant (yellow)
Heres what i'm pretty sure about:
Illumination/dimmer (orange) to Dimmer control wire (orange/white)
Chasis Ground (black) to Ground wire (black)? Or do i actually ground the radios black wire to a metal screw?
Power Antenna (blue) to motor antenna control wire (blue)? Will this put the antenna down when i'm not listening to am/fm radio (ipod/cd)?
Heres what im confused on:
Where do i connect the parking brake wire from the radio harness? I would like to be able to use all radio functions while not in park, whats the trick here if there is one?
Reverse sensor wire from the radio, i have no camera at the moment so do i just leave this wire alone until i add a camera later?
Steering remote wire from radio? Not used?
Mute (brown) wire from the radio? Again, not used?
Power control wire from the radio unit (blue/white)? Does this connect to the "remote turn on" (blue/white) wire from the SOS harness or since im not using an amp do i do nothing with these wires?
One last question about wiring. I assume since i am only using the door speakers that i should wire them to the front speaker wires from the radio harness and then set up the radio accordingly?
Sorry for all of the questions, im sure some of them seem stupid but i read up on all of this many months ago when i bought all of this stuff and now that im finally ready to install it all i have forgotten everything and dont want to make any mistakes and to get it all done right the first time.
Any tips on installing the SOS mounting bracket are also appreciated.
Thanks
Chris