QuickSilver94

Hello everyone. I got a new pioneer HU with the metra wire harness and the pac steering interface. There are a few wires that i dont know what to connect them to if anything at all.

From the aftermarket radio harness, there is
1.orange/white (illumination)
2.purple/white (reverse gear signal input)
3.light green (Parking brake)

and on my metra wire harness adapter there is
1. Solid blue (power antenna)
2. orange (illumination)

i dont know where to connect these 5 wires. I'm assuming the 2 illuminations connect together like all the same color wires, but do they connect to the red or yellow power wires to get the electricity to perform the illumination? Also, do i need to connect the power antenna wire? What about the reverse gear input or the parking brake wire? I got all the other wires down, just these 5.

Could some one just break it down how I'm supposed to connect those wires and to what?

08, non-bose, non-navi
Pioneer AVH-X1700S
Metra harness 70-7550

BranZ

The illuminations go together.
The purple white just needs to be tied in to the wire that controls your reverse lights coming on. Not very important if you don't plan on installing a backup camera (its to let your unit know when you put the car in reverse, so it can switch to the camera)
The parking brake one just needs to either be hooked up to your parking brake wire or to a good ground. This is only if you plan on watching movies or something on your unit. As a safety measure it will only play with the parking break engaged. Although directly grounding it is supposed to bypass that.

QuickSilver94

Thanks a bunch dude. I read that the 350z doesnt have a power antenna so i just cut it off and seal it. Thanks for clearing it up

bender

iTrader: (3)

Wrong, wrong ,wrong. This is probably the most common mistake on radio installs. You're going to have terrible reception.

QuickSilver94

So what do I do? Tie it in to the red power wire?

bender

iTrader: (3)

It needs to be powered. You can either tie it into the ignition wire or the amp remote/trigger wire.

QuickSilver94

Ok, Where do I find the parking brake wire and the where do I find the reverse wire so I can tap into them?

DarkCreep

iTrader: (1)

I just grounded the parking brake wire so I can watch DVD's anytime. As for reverse wire, I tapped into the reverse lights.