i just installed the new X930BT for a customer and considering there is no post that i could find on how to bypass the video on this one, i figured i will have to be the guinea pig. Remove the yellow/black mute wire on the A/V RCA harness and move it exactly one pin on top of where the yellow/black mute wire used to be. Hope you guys find this helpful.

sweet...im assuming it did work i been trying to find info on how to bypass on the 930

yeah it worked just fine.what i did forget to post is that as always you must ground the green brake wire as well.

nice...so just to make sure after moving the yellow and black wire and ground it with the green...just ground it to the vehicle correct?

yep, tested at 50 MPH, worked great

I just installed the x930bt in my 2011 Acadia. I can also confirm the "mute wire-green brake wire-ground" bypass works on the x930bt. I followed the instructions that are out there for the x920bt. No problems.

So you moved the mute wire to the bottom row straight down from where it was?

yes move the yellow black one pin straight down from where it was.

So you moved the mute wire to the bottom row straight down from where it was?

No, you move the mute wire one space to the right. It ends up being in the outermost slot on the far right of the side (when looking at the wires.)

I should also mention that you may need to deal with a "Vehicle Speed Input" wire. I believe it is a pink wire on the x930. You can simply cut/not connect this wire, but I wanted to have the option of feeding this signal to the unit. The problem is that the unit will cut video to the head-unit once you are in motion (if this wire is connected), even if you have completed the "mute wire parking brake bypass". My solution was to install a simple $4 Radio Shack switch. This way I can interrupt the signal if the passenger wants to utilize the head-unit video/nav while in motion and I can reestablish the in-motion signal to take advantage of the speed-volume correction.

No, you move the mute wire one space to the right. It ends up being in the outermost slot on the far right of the side (when looking at the wires.)

 

I should also mention that you may need to deal with a "Vehicle Speed Input" wire. I believe it is a pink wire on the x930. You can simply cut/not connect this wire, but I wanted to have the option of feeding this signal to the unit. The problem is that the unit will cut video to the head-unit once you are in motion (if this wire is connected), even if you have completed the "mute wire parking brake bypass". My solution was to install a simple $4 Radio Shack switch. This way I can interrupt the signal if the passenger wants to utilize the head-unit video/nav while in motion and I can reestablish the in-motion signal to take advantage of the speed-volume correction.

When i first installed it i moved the wire one pin to the right(outer most hole in the same row the pin came in) and it didnt work. I got the brake error message and it would lock after i started moving(vss is connected). I moved it one pin down(into the row below it) from where it was originally and it works great now. But i can confirm that moving it to the right did not work for me. I had to move the pin directly down for it to work. (Also my name is Daniel and i run Sound FX car stereo in high point NC, in the triad area if anyone needs help with one).

ive moved the yellow and black wire from where it was to above one space from where it was with no problems tested at 70mph of course grounding it with the green pb wire

Thank you for reconfirming what i originally had posted. 1 pin down. initially it will work if you move the wire one pin over. until you take it for a little ride it will then lock out your video and give you the parking brake error message.

I just got my 930 a couple of days ago and was getting frustrated searching for this fix. I am glad I found the forum. Thanks for the instructions it works great.

I am a little confused on the posts as they seem to conflict a little...

is it correct that we are saying the yellow and black wire goes up one space to the row above? not to the side?

also do we need to do anything with the speed pink wire? and do we lose speed sensitive volume?

I have a z130 on its way...i assume the mod is the same on that unit also?

Yes you move the wire to the empty pin below it or above depending on how you look at the plug. I have my vss wire connected and everything works great.

I have the x930bt and am having difficulty moving the mute wire down (or up) one pin. How do you remove the pin from the amp connector. I'm afraid to just pull the wire out.

you have to take the plug apart by popping out the clip in the middle of the plug then you should be able to remove it. i do it a different way. what i do is i will take a small gauge wire strip it back and push the wire as far as it will go into the empty slot. i then take a wire tie and tie it to a few of the other wires so it wont pull out. a little ghetto but it works like a charm everytime. hope this helps.

so just to make sure everyone is in agreement...

the mute wire gets relocated to the row above or below the existing location depending on how you look at the harness...

then the mute lead gets spliced to the green brake lead and the ground correct?

a few remaining questions

do we still hook up the vehicle speed sensing wire? i think the pink lead?

if i have a lead from a laser blinder mute lead that i would like to mute the radio...can i still send that to the radio or is the mute lead now defeated since i jumpered it with the brake lead???

also how do i release the mute lead to move it to the other pin location? is there an easy way to get it to release without destroying the harness?

thanks for the help

Larry

if you read what i had posted right before your post, and follow what i do by adding another wire to that empty pin location, then you dont have to worry about removing the yellow black mute wire and you could still utilize that mute wire for what it was really intended to be used for. and yes you add a wire in the empty pin location above or below the mute wire(depending on how you look at the harness) I have installed 3 x930bt's so far and have not had an issue,and i personally test drove it myself just to confirm it. as far as the pink VSS wire. it makes no difference if you hook it up or not, the bypass will still work.

I tried the "ghetto" fix and it works great. Don't have to take the connector apart. Thanks. My modification is done and everything works great!

I tried the "ghetto" fix and it works great. Don't have to take the connector apart. Thanks. My modification is done and everything works great!

good im happy to hear it worked out for you. hope you enjoy your navi, i played with it a little bit and was a little jealous my Z120 doesnt have the AHA radio feature. cant wait until they release the update for the Z120

has anyone else confirmed that the vss (pink speed) wire will overrule the bypass and cut video while driving if it's hooked up? I'd like to have this wire attached to get the speed correction, but don't want to lose the video..

The VSS has no affect on the bypass.

The VSS has no affect on the bypass.

I can definitely confirm this, too. I successfully completed my bypass last night and tested it on the highway at 60MPH. I made no changes to the VSS wiring.

I followed the instructions here (and on various YouTube Videos), and initially it didn't work -- I was getting the "system has detected an improper connection of parking brake lead" error message -- so I examined all of my connections and basically did the whole thing all over again. I also disconnected the unit from the car battery to do a 'Method 1' reset. The second time around it worked perfectly.

Here are the YouTube videos that should be viewed before doing a bypass...

This one really shows in good detail how to move the mute wire in the A/V RCA harness to the proper position. It answers the question about how to remove the pin without wrecking the harness (using a thin wire from a resistor or a twist-tie):

And this one gives you a complete picture of what you need to do -- moving the mute wire, connecting to brake lead and ground:

This was my first adventure in even opening up my dash panel myself... a great learning experience.

The VSS has no affect on the bypass.

I can definitely confirm this, too. I successfully completed my bypass last night and tested it on the highway at 60MPH. I made no changes to the VSS wiring.

 

I followed the instructions here (and on various YouTube Videos), and initially it didn't work -- I was getting the "system has detected an improper connection of parking brake lead" error message -- so I examined all of my connections and basically did the whole thing all over again. I also disconnected the unit from the car battery to do a 'Method 1' reset. The second time around it worked perfectly.

 

Here are the YouTube videos that should be viewed before doing a bypass...

 

This one really shows in good detail how to move the mute wire in the A/V RCA harness to the proper position. It answers the question about how to remove the pin without wrecking the harness (using a thin wire from a resistor or a twist-tie):

 

 

And this one gives you a complete picture of what you need to do -- moving the mute wire, connecting to brake lead and ground:

 

 

This was my first adventure in even opening up my dash panel myself... a great learning experience.

great response man.. Thanks alot.. I've already done the install/bypass, i just didn't hook up my vss wire yet because of this. i should be getting my traffic tuner in the next few days and will have to dive back in again, so i'll hook up the vss then.. Thanks!!