Pioneer AVIC-Z1 Install

[marin8703]

alrite, i've put off the install long enough but tomorow im gona do it.

I just have one or two questions left (sorry about all the questions so far):

1) I have the monsoon system so, to connect the speakers am i supposed to connect the speaker wires from the peripheral adapter to the "power cord conector" wires, or the speaker wires on the "RCA connector 1". In either case do i still connect the subwofer wires to the subwoofer wires on the rca connector 1 or where? and i do connect the system remote control rite?
Do all of the speakers go through the amp or just the subwoofer?

2) is it ok to connect all of the acc wires coming from nav unit, ipod adapter, and xm tuner all onto the same wire that comes to the wiring harness or should i run a larger gauge wire to some other place? Also the same question goes for the constant, and also the ground?

I think that all i need to know to do the install tomorow (well at least i hope so) .

Thanks for all the help peope, i really appreciate it, Thanks!

P.S. Can someone post instructions on how to remove rear panel, whre subwoofer is thanks.

[f5fstop]

Originally Posted by marin8703

alrite, i've put off the install long enough but tomorow im gona do it.

I just have one or two questions left (sorry about all the questions so far):

1) I have the monsoon system so, to connect the speakers am i supposed to connect the speaker wires from the peripheral adapter to the "power cord conector" wires, or the speaker wires on the "RCA connector 1". In either case do i still connect the subwofer wires to the subwoofer wires on the rca connector 1 or where? and i do connect the system remote control rite?
Do all of the speakers go through the amp or just the subwoofer?
I connected to the speaker wires, not the amp wires coming from the pioneer. All speakers go through the amp. Do not connect the subwoofer wires, and amp does the splitting to the sub. Just connect the eight speaker wires.
2) is it ok to connect all of the acc wires coming from nav unit, ipod adapter, and xm tuner all onto the same wire that comes to the wiring harness or should i run a larger gauge wire to some other place? Also the same question goes for the constant, and also the ground?
I connected all the IGN hot wires to the red wire from the Peripheral relay that is designed to provide IGN power to the radio. I also connected the one yellow (B+) wire from the XM to the yellow wire from the Peripheral adapter and the radio.
For ground, I made one basic ground circuit, grounding all the wires behind the radio. DO NOT, connect to the ground wire coming off the GM connector. If you look behind the radio opening, you will see two 10mm bolts, on each side of the opening, attaching a brace (or braces) to the round cross car beam. That is what I used for the main ground. Last week I also ran a very heavy gauge wiire from this location directly to the negative battery cable for a redundant ground point. (Trying to remove the alternator whine that is only on the Onstar Phone Circuit.)
I think that all i need to know to do the install tomorow (well at least i hope so) .

Thanks for all the help peope, i really appreciate it, Thanks!

P.S. Can someone post instructions on how to remove rear panel, whre subwoofer is thanks.

You don't really need to completely remove to fish the camera wire into the vehicle. Open the rear door, remove the seal from around the panel, and pull the panel partially away. This gives you the access to the area in the rear corner to fish the wire into the vehicle, then just fish the wires forward to the rear seat area.

[marin8703]

Hey, just wanted to let you know i finished my install in about 5 hours, with breaks. Job wasnt difficult if you know what your doing (thanks to you guys I knew what I was doing), but it go a little frustrating at times.

I just wanted to thank everyone who helped me out. Thanks!

Drove around for 2 hours yesterday, loving it!

[marin8703]

hey, tried the onstar phone with the nav on, the was no whine or noise of any kind, quiet like before. I have the monsoon system.

The only thing im having a problem with now is the trim around the screen. I gotta even it out quiet a bit.

[f5fstop]

Originally Posted by marin8703

hey, tried the onstar phone with the nav on, the was no whine or noise of any kind, quiet like before. I have the monsoon system.

The only thing im having a problem with now is the trim around the screen. I gotta even it out quiet a bit.

Interesting...
I wonder why I have this whine, and still do. I wrapped the wires with aluminum foil yesterday, and it helped, but it was still too much for me to ever take. I guess I'll have to use those extra 100 minutes Onstar gave me for paying a one-year safe and sound package while sitting in a parking lot with the engine off.
However, I sure do love the Bluetooth I added. Actually cheaper than using Onstar (even with the Verizon Onstar plan they offer), sound is fantastic. Did take a while to sync the phone to the NAV. Seems you have to do everything in about a 30 second window, and with an LG 8100 phone, you cannot transfer the phone book. Every time I tried it, it lost bluetooth. But I manually punched in the numbers and everything works great.
Placed the bluetooth adapter under the front of the console.
I'm done taking that trim piece off.

[f5fstop]

I just downloaded the update for Gracenotes, and was wondering, what is on that 20 gigs that we cannot access on the AVIC hard drive? There must be a lot of empty space, just waiting to be filled with something.

[marin8703]

Supposedly its all maps, maps and more maps, the gracenote database, the windows mobile operating system, and whatever other files are needed for operation. There most likely is plenty of free space on there, but i guess that might be needed for future updates.

Im not totaly sure, but i think also all of the used data is stored onto that partition of the drive, except for the music lybrary which is in a separate partition.

Some people on avic411 are trying to figure out the HD, how it can be modified and upgraded, looks like they have made great progress.

Oh by the way the flashing circuit that unlocks teh nav doest work for me , which totaly sucks, i got a July 2006 build, and aparantly that bypass was fixed somewhere in july. im praying for some smart fella to figure out another way to unlock the nav, fo i dont have to pull over to enter a new adress.

oh an also, does anyone else get a "pop" through the speakers when turning on onstar, right aster you press the button, and everything else after that is normal?

[JeffW]

Originally Posted by f5fstop

I connected to the speaker wires, not the amp wires coming from the pioneer. All speakers go through the amp. Do not connect the subwoofer wires, and amp does the splitting to the sub. Just connect the eight speaker wires.

I'm a little confused, probably because I don't have a Z1 to look at. I'm assuming when you say "speaker wires" you are talking about the output of the Z1's built in 4x50W amp, and "amp wires" are the low level outputs that bypass the built-in amp. Is that right?

I just got my service manuals and see that they show low level outputs from the oem premium head unit going to the Monsoon amp, so I'm wondering why not do the same with the Z1?? Does it seem like the Z1 speaker outputs are overdriving the amp at all, or are you really getting a good range with the volume control? Or are the OEM low level outputs really not so low?

[f5fstop]

I have full range of volume control, from nothing to blow your ears (and speakers).
You can use the low level outputs from the radio; however, you will have to use adapters and not sure what would happen if the signals went through the adapter.
They are lower level outputs, but it appears it does not affect the Monsoon amp.

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[f5fstop]

Originally Posted by nafs

CAN YOU DIG_IT.........

It's that dude from American Idol... I think from a couple of seasons ago..LOL

No, it is just another AE spreading sh*t and screwing around with decent threads.
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