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  3. 4200 AUTO eq

    in Pioneer AVH Series

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    Since hooking up my P4200 in December, i had bought a relay setup from eBay that I got wired in flawlessly. As of a week ago, I really wanted to look into that Pioneer CD-MC20 Auto-EQ Microphone for Audio/Video Receivers; so I purchased one.

     

    When I went to try to use it, I didnt know that the Pioneer unit has to be off "SOURCE OFF". Now once it is off, and technically not connected how it was intended to be, the unit thinks the car is in motion and "doesnt feel" the parking brake to be engaged; obviously since it really isn't.

     

    I remember reading about other's using a switch before the Relay option became popular, where they would run the light green eBrake wire to one part of the switch, and then a separate wire (used for ground), from the other part of the switch to a grounded connection.

     

    I am willing to try this, but I think i'm confusing myself. Wouldn't the switch idea be the exact same thing honestly as the relay where it still would not allow me to use the AUTO EQ function but it is not connected to the ebrake?

    Or would that actually work??

     

    IF IT Would actually work, and I am a complete n00b to switches, everyone that I read that has implemented one of these into their cars, used a momentary switch (Radio shack # 275-60), however, I want to use a illuminated Rocker switch to do the same thing. The rocker switch technically works the same way as that momentary one... yes?

  4. 4200 AUTO eq

    in Pioneer AVH Series

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    His problem is the same one that I am having. His real issue is not that he has not run the AUTO-EQ measurement. It is because of the parking brake bypass relay that he uses. The relay only becomes "active" when the unit is switched on as it gets power from the amplifier. So when you turn the unit off to do the AUTO-EQ measurement, the unit thinks the parking brake is not active as no signal is coming to that wire.

     

    My question is, is there an easy fix to this without removing the relay? I am thinking just ground the wire?

     

    Exactly. This is my exact same issue right now. I cant find the answer anywhere online. Have you figured this out yet by any chance?

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