Navyguy said:

F150 Duke said:

Hello NavyGuy,

I'm actually not going to fix the sub connection on the truck until I get the BT unit in.

That way I can install the BT unit, fix the PAC, fix the sub connection (which is getting annoying b/c now I have static coming out of it), and then tidy up some wiring that is rattling around.

However, here are some links to installing the Z1 in an F150. This is what I used and I identified each "difficulty" along the way throughout these threads.

http://f150online.com/forums/showthread ... pioneer+z1

http://f150online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=237896

Duke

F150Duke,

Thanks for the information, but I already have the Z1 installed in my F150. I was asking about the PAC SWI-PS, but don't worry about it. My SWI-PS came in today and I have already installed it and it is working like a champ. I hope you get yours going when all of your stuff comes in and you install them. If you need anything let me know.

Navyguy

Oops... Sorry about that. I thought you meant the basic install. Yeah I just feel lazy and only want to have to open the dash one more time. Any hints on the pac install? So does it reall plug into a brown connector on one of the z1 harnesses?

Duke

F150 Duke said:

Navyguy said:

F150 Duke said:

Hello NavyGuy,

I'm actually not going to fix the sub connection on the truck until I get the BT unit in.

That way I can install the BT unit, fix the PAC, fix the sub connection (which is getting annoying b/c now I have static coming out of it), and then tidy up some wiring that is rattling around.

However, here are some links to installing the Z1 in an F150. This is what I used and I identified each "difficulty" along the way throughout these threads.

http://f150online.com/forums/showthread ... pioneer+z1

http://f150online.com/forums/showthread.php?t=237896

Duke

F150Duke,

Thanks for the information, but I already have the Z1 installed in my F150. I was asking about the PAC SWI-PS, but don't worry about it. My SWI-PS came in today and I have already installed it and it is working like a champ. I hope you get yours going when all of your stuff comes in and you install them. If you need anything let me know.

Navyguy

Oops... Sorry about that. I thought you meant the basic install. Yeah I just feel lazy and only want to have to open the dash one more time. Any hints on the pac install? So does it reall plug into a brown connector on one of the z1 harnesses?

Duke

Yes it does. It was kind of tight for me because I have the original HU inside the dash. So once I found the light blue/wire I was good. I tapped the lines going to the headlight flasher for pwr and gnd. Then I programmed it. It is a little of delay time but I am cool with that. I will admit programming it took about three times, because I was working outside in the sun here in Texas. I do not have a garage just a carport. Hope this helps.

Navyguy

Woah you have the Z1 and the OEM HU in? How did you pull that off?

Duke

F150 Duke said:

Woah you have the Z1 and the OEM HU in? How did you pull that off?

Duke

There is alot of space in the dash. The OEM HU is inside the dash faced up. I had to keep it to run the OEM entertainment unit.

F150 Duke said:

QUESTION #2: I wired the speed sensitive volume wire for the F150. How do I turn this feature on, on the headunit?

The vehicle speed wire (VSS) is not for that feature. That's not something that the Z1 does. The VSS sends a signal to the computer in the Z1 so that it knows how fast the car is going in real time, not just off of the relatively slow sampling rate from the satellites. This allows the unit to navigate using the 3D mode, giving it all of the inputs that it can have, thereby making it as accurate as possible.

ImolaVirus said:

F150 Duke said:

QUESTION #2: I wired the speed sensitive volume wire for the F150. How do I turn this feature on, on the headunit?

The vehicle speed wire (VSS) is not for that feature. That's not something that the Z1 does. The VSS sends a signal to the computer in the Z1 so that it knows how fast the car is going in real time, not just off of the relatively slow sampling rate from the satellites. This allows the unit to navigate using the 3D mode, giving it all of the inputs that it can have, thereby making it as accurate as possible.

bummer, I really liked that feature on my old HU. I find myself constantly adjusting the volume from idle at a light to highway speeds.

Duke

F150...I don't know if you ever figured out where your SWI plugs into, but it goes into one of the harnesses that has RCA connectors to it. On my Aviator, it was the only connection I used in that entire harness if I recall. The one you are looking for has a pigtail that matches the plug to the SWI and is labeled Wired Remote if I recall. Whatever it's labeled, it was self explanatory.

Thanks for the info. I have been waiting to do this and was going to wait till I could get a hold of the BT adapter but these things seem like they'll never be in stock. I might go ahead and do it because I'm having major issues with the stock sub.

For some reason I'm getting static across the sub when the radio is off and on. It's sporadic and then some times the sub won't do anything then others it's fine. I think it has something to do with the resistor I put it to stop the thump on startup.

I'm going to put a better setup in there to stop the thump based on Ducati's advice. We'll see if that helps the weird sub problems too.

I'd like to find someone to sell me the BT so I can do it all at once.

Duke

Hey Guys,

So I'm trying to fix this all right now.

I don't have anything that says "Wired Remote".

I do have something that says "System Remote Control" and it's a blue wire.

However, I was told earlier to cut that wire and put the 5V regulator thing in. Then the regulator connects to the harness that connects to the stock harness. I can't for the life of me find anything that says "Wired Remote" or has a brown connector for that matter coming off the Z1 wiring harness.

I'm really lost.

Duke

one of the harnesses that plugs into the back of the Z1 has a mini jack connector on it. This is the wired remote connector. I believe its on the harness that has the preamp RCA jacks on it. Its there for sure because I just finidhed putting one in my truck :)

Its not on the harness that has the speaker wires.. you have a second harness with the preamp connectors on it.. this is where you will find it.

I found the right plug.

Duke

Did you got it to work ?