ericvic Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I finished installing my 8000 into my FX4 over the weekend and thought I would do quick write up. I'm not a very verbose person so the pictures will have to do most of the talking. The install consisted of the following: AVIC-8000NEX Head Unit iDatalink Maestro RR interface iDatalink F01 Wiring Harness Scosche Dash Kit Scosche and factory faceplates. I didn't like the flat black so I decided to paint it. I scuffed it up so the paint would stick better. Here it is ready for paint. The paint didn't come out as good as I would have liked. It got some dust in it and I didn't have time to sand and recoat. To install the radio I took my dash apart and I wired up harness. Here is the radio on for the first time in the truck. Sorry for the dark picture, I was doing a bunch of the work at night. Here it is all back together. I tried to tap into my stock Sync microphone (sorry no photos of that). And after many frustrating hours of tracing wires and trying different combinations I couldn't get a good signal so I just used the mic that came with the 8000. I decided to put it in the upper right corner of the instrument cluster. I also made a custom iPhone mount that goes in the centerconsole tray right in front of the shifter. I made it out of some scrap wood Cut a hole in the tray for the cable. Did a little sanding and such to make it fit. Painted it black to match. And installed it in the truck. It works pretty well and you don't really notice it when the iPhone is not plugged in. That's about all, you can see more photos at http://s1089.photobucket.com/user/ShireLover08/library/FX4%20Upgrades/Radio%20Upgrade. It took much longer that I hoped it would mostly because of my wild goose chase to try and use the factory mic and because I wanted to paint the faceplate, but I enjoy tearing my truck apart and I am happy with the radio so it was worth it. Also I tapped into my factory rear view camera so now I have my rear view camera on my rear view mirror and radio. Thanks for reading. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tekki Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Looks great, awesome job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joemamma1954 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Nice work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
olevelo Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I like the dock. I was thinking of making a custom dock but on a mount. I don't really have a good place to integrate it. Might have to rethink it now! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ericvic Posted May 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I like the dock. I was thinking of making a custom dock but on a mount. I don't really have a good place to integrate it. Might have to rethink it now! I was thinking about using a different dock but I didn't want anything bulky showing in the truck when I didn't have my phone docked. I got the idea for the dock i made from a youtube video from a guy who had done something similar so I can't take credit for coming up the idea. Nice thing is that if I want to get rid of the dock I can just remove it and put the rubber insert back into the tray and no one will be able to see the hole I cut in the bottom of the tray Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drenyce311 Posted June 1, 2014 Report Share Posted June 1, 2014 Awesome job. I like it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lightz39 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Great idea with the phone dock. If I had somewhere to do that in my Mazda I would have done something similar as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VBLUE42 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Look into www.proclipusa.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ericvic Posted June 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 I looked at the proclip before I made my own dock. The proclip looks like a well thought out dock but I wanted something that would "disappear" in my truck when I wasn't using it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanCaldwell1120 Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 I have a 2010 F250 and want to install this HU and want to have the backup camera displayed on the HU. What did you have to do to hook up the camera? Does it automatically come on when you put the truck in reverse? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pjrm68 Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 Looks amazing! Question for you--how exactly did you cut out the hole in the wooden iPhone mount for the Lightning connector? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B1978J Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Nice job, it looks good in your dash. Does the microphone pick up your voice well enough in that spot? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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