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Bypass after install

By Dbowperson · Jul 31, 2012in Hacks/Mods💬 2 posts👁️ 1,678 views
Posted Jul 31, 2012 · 21:31 UTC#1

Please pardon my ignorance, but I am new to the whole aftermarket stereo field. I just had an X940BT put into my '10 Ram. It was installed by a national stereo chain, and I asked them to bypass the E-Brake. What they did was to put a 40AMP relay in the wiring, but it did not over ride the speed monitor, so my video and certain nav features still cut out when I start driving. Is anyone familiar with what exactly they did, and can I just move the mute wire up and ground it to unlock everything, or should I pull out the relay and run the bypass like has been described at length? I see where the e-brake wire plugs into the 40Amp relay, then it looks like a ground that jumps between 2 terminals, and a dark blue wire on the 4th terminal, but I'm not sure where that goes. I can snap a pic if that would help.

 

Thanks.

 

Dave

Posted Jul 31, 2012 · 22:15 UTC#2

Never mind. Turns out half the work was already done for me. All I had to do was run a jumper wire from the hole above the Mute wire to one of the grounded terminals on the 40Amp relay. That grounded the parking brake wire with the jumper, so I did not have to cut or move anything. I like it because now if I ever have to take the radio in for warranty work, I can just pull the jumper wire and there's no evidence that I hacked it.