I installed the AVIC-Z1 in my 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited X with the help of a professional installer.

We took the old radio out, performing surgery on the Jeep to fit the AVIC-Z1, the whole was to small. He hard wired the speakers, power and took the ignition from the cig. lighter. The VSS we picked up next to the computer in the engine compartment. The GPS antenna I left on to of the radio, covert by a plastic cover.

All works great including the by-pass.

The only problem is the iPod, all the controls work, but no sound.

Turn the IP-bus cable around.

And pics?

Turn the IP-bus cable around.

I will post some pictures tomorrow.

Any chance you can give me contact info on your installer? I'm sure if I get my installer ti have a short chat w/him, I can get this unit into my Jeep.

I will ask him in the morning.

You have to switch the ends of the IP bus cable going from the iPod unit to the Z1.

When the cable is backwards, you get control but no sound. If I remember correctly, out is black, so you would need to put the black end of the IP bus into the black 'out' of the iPod box, and the blue end of the IP bus into the blue 'in' of the Z1.

The color of the ipbus cable doesn't really matter, just make sure the end going to the ipod interface is plugged into the blue port of the interface.

I will ask him in the morning.

The color of the ipbus cable doesn't really matter, just make sure the end going to the ipod interface is plugged into the blue port of the interface.

Actually I'm pretty sure it does. I had the correct ports on both devices (ipod and Z1) but I had the colors backwards on the cable (even in the correct ports) and I had the same problem, controls and no audio. This is what I remember going back to April 06 when I installed mine and had the same problem. I'm not about to rip my Z1 out to double check my memory though

No it really doesn't my coworker and I got into a nice heated arguement about this. So we grabbed the stuff off the wall. Hooked the cable up backwards and it worked like a champ. Just gotta make sure it's in the right port on the interface is all.

Thanks guy's I will check it tomorrow, I made it easy to get too.

Come on now ducatiboy, don't you want to run out and check it quickly?

Thanks guy's I will check it tomorrow, I made it easy to get too.

 

Come on now ducatiboy, don't you want to run out and check it quickly?

No not really. I could have accidentally reverse the wire and plugged it into the wrong port as well. I know I had the colors reversed, but I thought I had it in the right ports, but I pulled them out and revered the cable and when I plugged it back in I thought I plugged the cable back into the same ports but colors reversed and it worked.

If cntrylvr79 tested this, then he is right. I'm going off what I thought I did 10 months ago.

I have to take pictures anyway and by taken it apart again I will be able to get more detailed ones.

Here is a link to the install pictures of the unit, minus the camera, which I did not get yet.

http://www.pbase.com/em_ct/avic-z1

Here is a link to the Jeep forum with some more detail

http://www.jk-forum.com/showthread.php?t=3058

PS I had iPod wire reversed.

So your Nav Antenna is installed under the dash and not outside?

How is that working for you?

.....PS I had iPod wire reversed.

It happens. Glad it all worked out for you. Looks good, and that's a lot of plastic to cut out. Hows it work as a frisbee? Something we like to do at work when we cut large chunks of plastic out of a car....

So your Nav Antenna is installed under the dash and not outside?

 

How is that working for you?

It is working as well as one can expect from this type of GPS system. I tried different locations, on dash, on roof and there are no discernible differences in signal strength. Don't forget, the cover is plastic, the roof is fiber glass and in summer it’s a rag top or no top at all.

I one thing I know is GPS's, I have them ever since they came on the market. I have them on my laptop, boat, Gold Wing, PDA, truck, car and hooked up to my camera so I can see where the picture was take.

I would have preferred a SIRF system, like most of my others are. Even my camera has a SIRF III receiver; I just turn it on and put in my pocket, around my neck or bag. Works all the time, even inside buildings or parking garages.

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Cutting all that stuff out, sure made the Jeep go faster.

I'm just wondering. Does anyone else see a problem with putting a magnet (gps antenna) that close (on the top of the z1) to a hard disk drive?

I mean, a hd magnetize particles to record data. I'm just wondering if a magnet that close might mess things up.

Not really, the drive and radio is enclosed in a metal case and well shielded.