Kel Varnsen

Sure did. I turn the key to the accessory position and it blinks 3 times. Then hold press the mode button until the LED turns on. Then press volume up....it should turn off to recognize that that particular button was programmed, then turn back on again. Problem is, it never turns back on again. It waits 7 seconds or whatever the delay is and then blinks 3 slow and 3 quick times to show that it is finished programming.

Absolutely, positively cannot figure it out. I tried using a different size wire connector (smaller) to tap the wires and it still doesn't work. I have quadruple checked my connections and it won't recognize the steering wheel controls, no matter which button I press. I checked the resistors and the ohms flowing through are reading fine, and tapped in to the correct wires. The black wire is grounded. The red wire is tapped in to the ACC red wire coming from the AVIC harness. I've read that the actual SWI-PS units aren't the most reliable? That is literally the last thing I can think of

Good news and bad news: Good news - e-brake bypass works Bad news - can't get the SWIPS to work. I can't get it to recognize the different volume and seek buttons from my steering wheel. I am here http://www.pac-audio.com/swixprogramming/showstepbystep.asp?RadioGroupPioneer=1&InterfaceChecked=3&mmSearch=Nissan&Submit2=Search+Vehicles&ID=482 and on step 7. Part 1, it flashes 3 times, like it told me to. Between Part 4 and 5, the LED should come back on...but it doesn't. I've checked all of the connects and they all seem ok. Any ideas?

New idea from the Z forums (slightly modified idea of clark): Attach a small (maybe 2'') wire to one end of the resistor. Attach the open end of the resistor to the wire from the SWIPS harness. Then attach the "new" wire to the correct location behind the brown harness coming from the Z. Instead of stripping that wire and soldering in my car, I'm just going to use a wire tap (from Radio Shack) and snap the 2 together. Does that make sense? Or am I missing something here haha

Oh yea, I've used that religiously. I've printed most of it out, including the original wiki on z-tech. Thanks for the heads up, but I didn't really see any of the posts specifically address this issue. Most all of them say - just connect it. Since I need things explained to me as a 5th grader, that didn't really cut it

Is that what people do? It seems a little extreme to me. Although, I really don't see a "plan B" either. Thank you for your help Bat, it has been invaluable!

So in regards to the PAC SWIPS... Would it be easier if I just cut the little brown harness (coming FROM the car) off and then solder the resistors directly to the wire? It doesn't seem like I should solder the resistor to the plastic harness.

All three get taped up, don't need them. Did you mean all 4 get taped up? Or do I need one of those remaining 4? Thanks a MILLION for responding so quickly Batman!

Hi guys. I've searching until I was blue in the face, but still have questions. I am retarded with this stuff, so if you answer, imagine you are talking to a kid hahah To let you know what I am trying to accomplish - I have a non-Bose 350Z, I want to install PAC SWIPS and no rear view camera. 1) on the PAC SWIPS - how do I connect the resistors to the white wire? Solder them all together? 1a) It says: Red wire: Connect the INTERFACE's red wire to a switched +12volt wire. This is usually a red wire on the aftermarket wire kit." ....can you explain this in Layman's terms? haha