hawkeye680 Posted September 1, 2007 Report Share Posted September 1, 2007 Guys, I would appreciate it if you guys could tell me exactly what wires I need to use to put the adapter in. It is not hooked up properly and is causing weird problems. I really appreciate it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy303 Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 What problems? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkeye680 Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 What problems? The truck has the retained accessory power, and when I shut it off, if it is on the radio mode it scans through my presets over and over very randomly. If it is on DVD then it will skip back and forth between scenes. Sitting at my sons football practice the other day I got aggravated with it and pulled everything loose. It is still connected by the cable going into the unit but sitting on my trans hump. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
installermarc Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 sounds like you need to connect the red wire of the swi box to the same red wire your radio is on. sounds like it is loosing power before the radio. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkeye680 Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 sounds like you need to connect the red wire of the swi box to the same red wire your radio is on. sounds like it is loosing power before the radio. Thanks Marc- one more question- do you know what wire I connect to from the steering wheel controls? It is like it was never seeing the inputs from the buttons. Thank you guys again for your help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmy303 Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 It should be a light green at the harness coming from the steering column. Also, make sure you cut the brown loop on the SWI-PS harness. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkeye680 Posted September 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Well, I think I have everything hooked in correctly. I definitely can get it into program mode and it behaves correctly when I shut down- it no longer makes it jump around the channels like it was doing before. However, I can't get it to finish programming. It will accept three buttons, then flash like it is done with the setup. So I can't finish with all my buttons and after it finishes, nothing works on the SWC. I am using program "1". This is really frustrating. Thanks for any more help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trol1374 Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 Ok, I'll ask. I suppose you did read the pac swi website for your specific vehicle? Might check over it again to make sure you followed the steps exactly as listed. If during the programming something goofs, you have to start the programming over from start. As the other post mentioned, you did cut the brown wire? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkeye680 Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Ok, I'll ask. I suppose you did read the pac swi website for your specific vehicle? yes Might check over it again to make sure you followed the steps exactly as listed. If during the programming something goofs, you have to start the programming over from start. right As the other post mentioned, you did cut the brown wire? yes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hawkeye680 Posted October 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 After verifying all of my wiring, and calling PAC, they suggested I call Crutchfield for a replacement. Got the replacement last week, and put it in yesterday. Worked immediately and I was able to successfully program all of my buttons. Thank you guys for all of your help. Now all I have left to do is to install the overhead flip down screen. Uggh, scary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trol1374 Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Glad to hear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eltonmc Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 What is the fastest way to locate the wire for a 2008 Silverado? I dont want to tear to much up trying to find it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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