well tommorrow will be the day i get my z1 and need to know where the vss wire is and whatever else I need to know. I will be putting the flasher,bluetooth. so if anyone can help with this please chime in,
thanks'

grcplaya

dude ur car is so easy to put a z1 in. pull the dash apart very carefully usin a panel popper or flat head screwdriver. the vss wire is actually on the wire harness itself, its gray/black. when u put the double din kit together, put 1
side in first by screwing it in the z1, then attach the radio trim, then screw in the other side. u shouldn't have ne problems, i've done 3 05-up
f-150s just pm me if u need ne help.

Do you have a factory subwoofer in your truck? If so, you are going to need some sort of voltage regulator to regulate the voltage to the amp turn on wire down from 12V to 5V. There is a thread here somewhere describing just exactly how to build an inexpensive one. The factory sub amp uses a 5V reference to turn on the amp and if you use the 12V from the Z1, you will get a noticable "thump" when you turn the car on. I'm not sure of what the long term affects would be, but I can't imagine it would be good.

I've used a simple resistor with success inline on the remote lead. I believe it was 470 ohms. Not 100% sure on the value, just try out a bunch until it works, thumpless.....

thanks guys for your feedback when I do need help I will post up for sure. yes I do have the factory sub so I guess the wireharness isnt enough can you guys be little more specific in what i need to buy or do.


hey ricerocket21xx can you just pm me your number and I'll call you its much easier that way.

thanks again

well i just got my deck from ups and what do I find a april manuf. date but it seems someone returned this one the wire harness wire cut with butt connecter on it I'm sending this back WTf. have any of you had this problem or is this the way these companies are? :x :x you can see some light scratches on the radio bezel itself :x :x

That sucks, where did you order it from? We should know not to order from them.

got it from Bluestripephoto, but the good thing they do have hassle free return policy. they said send it back and they will get me another or should I just cancel this whole order?

grcplaya

I cancelled the order due they dont have any instock anymore so I just better off going retail now. unless someone knows of a reputable Co.

grcplaya said:

unless someone knows of a reputable Co.

I don't know how "reputable" this one is, or even if they are an authorized dealer, but I ordered my first and second one from:
http://www.abesofmaine.com/viewproduct~id~pravicz1.htm

I was just notified that my second one was shipped today. I ordered it tuesday, shipped out wed, should have it tomorrow or friday at the latest. The first one get here that fast too.

They are a little pushy with the extended warranty, but this time I just ordered the z1 alone and it still shipped in about 30 hours after ordering.

Db, I ordered a new one from audiovideo dimension got it today BRANDSPAnKING NEW :P :P WITH A MANUF. OF APRIL.
I will try to install it tonight but will see this one cost me a 100bux more with overnightshipping but it was worth it.

grcplaya

ricerocket, which wire is the reversewire for my truck?

grcplaya

reverse wire is black/pink, itz in the driver's kick panel in a gray plug (pin 13). u only really need it if u have a rear camera hooked up, but it doesn't hurt. pm if u need help installin.

DucBoy, can't thank you enough without you I think Pioneer's sales would decrease big time, got everything and works flawlessly :D :D :D :D!!!!!!!

Ricerocket, thanks for your help without your caraudio knowledge I would of had it installed by a shop but I did it myself, THanksBro!

thats one car down now its time to do mine the wife is stoked!!,

Grcplaya

Best of luck with the OEM sub and the Z1.

I'm still fighting through this problem as I have an 05 F150 with the audiophile sub.

One thing you'll definitely need to do is ground the black wire from the OEM harness to a ground wire as the aftermarket harness doesn't have this wire. This OEM wire is the ground for the sub shield.

However, I did this but I still get static over the sub and it stops working periodically.

I think it might be related to the 5V reducer thing that I did that so many people suggest. 1500 ohm resistor is what every shop suggests and I'm going to give that a try now on the sub turn on wire and see if that solves the problem.

I'm wondering if the 5V reducer with the .01 UF caps, ducati suggested, might reduce the voltage a little too much and it turns the sub off periodically which then allows static to come over it.

Let me know how it works for you, but you'll definitely need to ground that OEM wire from the sub harness and put something inline with the turn on wire for the sub on the aftermarket harness to prevent the thump.

Duke

Duke,
I also made a 5volt reducer with the help of Ducboy, and Ihavent had any problem no static what so ever the only thing I did notice is that the airbag sensor above the deck goes off as soon as the deck comes on even when theirs no one sitting in the passenger seat :? still wondering how that came about.

grcplaya

well today I ask my wife if the sub was working she said no, so I was like FUc. so when she got home I went out to the truck to see what was going on and it didnt seem like it was on but then I started to remeber I think I turned down the bass on the eq(I was right) so adjusted the eq better and it was working with no problems just didnt have the bass turned up.

good luck Duke

grcplaya

grcplaya said:

well today I ask my wife if the sub was working she said no, so I was like FUc. so when she got home I went out to the truck to see what was going on and it didnt seem like it was on but then I started to remeber I think I turned down the bass on the eq(I was right) so adjusted the eq better and it was working with no problems just didnt have the bass turned up.

good luck Duke

grcplaya

Hmm, that's odd on the airbag deal. I don't think any of the wiring has anything to do with the airbag, so I have no clue on that.

Regarding the sub, it's REALLY weird.

I'll check the 5V reducer with the caps and make sure all the connections are secure and it's perfectly fine with no issues for at least a week. Then slowly it starts happening until two or three weeks go by and then it's really bad all the time.

I'm thinking now it might be the fact that I have the 5V reducer and caps all wired on a pc board and the soder is exposed. So maybe I'm wondering if I'm getting electricity arcing from the input or output to the ground and that causes the interference.

I'm in Chicago now for work, but I'll trying cover the individual sections with eletrical tape when I get home and see what that does.

I've already done a good ground on the OEM sub wire and made sure the outside of the RCA plug wasn't exposed.

If the tape doesn't work, then I'm going to remove the 5V resistor and caps setup and then put in a 1.5K resistor inline on the sub turn-on wire and see what that does.

Duke