Bypass worked fine for me. Only problem I had was when I removed the mute wire, the solder slid off, leaving just bare wire. That created too loose of a connection when I placed it in the new slot, and it fell out. Not having a soldering iron, I stripped off more insulation and folded the wire in half to increase it's size. It works fine so far.
I appreciate the posts and messages from all of you - especially cntrylvr79 and Reach.
I'm ready to go and install (will do the whole shebang myself sometime this week). I already got the harnesses ready (mute wire switched and attached to parking brake wire from D-3 & attached to ground on harness and D-3 harness).
I still have a couple of questions though:
1. Does anyone know where the speed sensor and which wire I need to connect to in a 1999 Honda Odyssey?
2. Same vehicle - where is the reverse signal wire?
Other than these two wires - I'm ready to go. Still waiting on some infinity reference speakers and install tools from Crutchfield. Not only do they have the 15% off pioneer deal - they have $50 off $250 which is good for speakers / amps whatever of any brand.
Again thanks for the help and if anyone knows where the speed sensor and/or reverse wires are in my Odyssey - PLEASE let me know.
r123
Can you use the T-Tap that came on the parking brake wire and just close it onto the Mute/or/Ground? Or is that not recommended for warranty purposes(just like how we should move the mute back to it's original spot for warranty).
we tried the drk-green/white stripe and the vehicle diagnostics still reads 0 any ideas? it is conected to pink wire on avicz1.
it will read 0 still if you are not moving the car. Try driving the car around. It should increase as you go faster.
I just finished installing the D3 in my 07 Maxima, and the bypass worked perfectly. A big thanks goes out to cntrylvr79, for helping me locate the VSS wire.
r123, I have NEVER done anything with mobile electronics, it was extremely simple to follow the picture (ONCE BEST BUY INSTALLED THE WHOLE THING). I just simply stripped the ground wire and twisted off the mute and parking brake wire......I also had to cut the parking brake wire that Best Buy installed. If i didnt cut the parking brake wire it still would of worked but the "brake" light would have remained on. Hope that helps....feel free to ask anything else
when you "stripped the ground wire and twisted off the mute and parking brake wire" do you have any pictures of the final connection. the diagram on the first page of this thread shows where to put the mute wire... but i just want to make sure i ground the mute and parking break wires successfully.
also... is it clear which wire is the ground wire? (is it just black?) thanks!
just installed my d3 in a 05 corolla. bypass worked for me, ipod is great and now im waiting for my bluetooth unit to come in. this site is bad ass, i found all the information needed to set up the bypass and the vss wire in my toyota. big thanks to all avic 411 people.
-DRFT84-
can someone please post pics of how what the final connection should look like? with the grounded wires?
i know that the first post has a picture of what to connect... but i think it would be really great to have a "before" and "after" pic for those of us who hesitate to cut and solder wires 
This site is awesome 
now i can entertain while i drive so my drive is more peaceful thanks again
Worked for me
Ok so i have a very newbie question and i was looking for it and i did not find it being answered so i do apologize before hand, anyways...i have a ground wire with the pin from an old pioneer deck, can i just insert into the empty slot ground it with the PB and put a switch, yes i wanna do a switch, and be on my very merry way....i have done like 3 or 4 d3 installs already, i have a small company i am trying to start up on long island, and eveyone was asking me about it. soo let me know what you guys think or am i just talking out of my a$$...
if by pin you mean that metal crimp, then yes. So long as its the right size. The only reason why people relocate the wire is because people dont have wires on hand, and the mute wire is pretty useless in most cases.
The pin for the mute wire is ALOT smaller than the pins in a standard pioneer harness.
can someone please post pics of how what the final connection should look like? with the wires grounded?
i want to make sure i do this correctly...
thanks!
ok so i did my bypass today on my d3 and i did it a little bit different. i bought a switch for likes 3 bucks, took the parking park connected to one end then grounded out the other line, fliped the switch and works great, watched movies and placed addresses in no problem while going about 50 mph, i physically didnt do it cuz it is a lilttle dangerous but my buddy did and it works great...i mean just letting people know how i did and seems to work out pretty good without removing the mute wire or anything like that...let me know what you guys think....
ok so i did my bypass today on my d3 and i did it a little bit different. i bought a switch for likes 3 bucks, took the parking park connected to one end then grounded out the other line, fliped the switch and works great, watched movies and placed addresses in no problem while going about 50 mph, i physically didnt do it cuz it is a lilttle dangerous but my buddy did and it works great...i mean just letting people know how i did and seems to work out pretty good without removing the mute wire or anything like that...let me know what you guys think....
Give it time you'll get locked out eventually. The mute wire MUST be moved and grounded for the bypass to work contiually.
quick question - I just had my avic d3 installed yesterday, and I told the guy about the bypass you guys have been showing. He said that there isnt any open slots in my connector to move the yellow wire to. He said hes gone on this forum and looked at the pics, and my harness looks a little different. Could he be right? I would look myself, but ive never messed with wiring in a car before so im not really sure how to get the HU out :\
I guess if all else fails I could buy the bypass on ebay..but thats $30+shipping
haha the ebay byoass is somce1 copying pics from here and selling them 2 idiots fro 30
Installer is yanking your chain...
yeah installer is a closet idiot trying to pretend like he knows something. Definite coocho.
Hey fellas, newbie here with a few questions regarding setup and bypass. I originally had the N1 which the installer did the bypass to a toggle switch to turn on and off as I pleased. Well the N1 was stolen and I replaced it with the D3. This new installer grounded it to the same toggle switch but the dvd still doesn't play. After reading this post I see that there is more involved (like moving and grounding the mute wire). Now after giving you all history here are my questions.
1. With the unit now hooked to the toogle if I'm stopped and turn it off the dvd won't play, when turned on the dvd will play(this is fine). Reading this post does he now only need to move the mute and ground it and that's it or are there other wires? This post went from 2 wires being grounded to someone mentioning 3 wires (remember i'm a newbie)?
2. With the current setup I noticed that some of my navi menu option disable when driving then when I stop they enable again. Is this by design or is something installed incorrectly?
3. I noticed that my parking brake sensor in the navi menu says off is this because the green wire wasn't grounded...could this be the cause to question 2?
From my understand so I can give this to the installer...move the mute wire to the slot above and ground it and the parking brake wire (green or light green wire). Once this is done all will work?
Sorry for the long post...just a newbie needing clarification. Thanks in advance.
i guess i spoke to soon about my bypass, but i did however successfully perform the bypass and it works great. I attached it to a switch because i know my luck, as soon as i leave my friends house, a cop is following me so i flip the switch and he goes away, goes to show never me to careful. anyways, to take the mute wire is very easy if you have the righ tools ie eye glass mini screw driver and carefully move it out, gently pull it out place it in the emptl slot all the way in, ground it out with the parking park wire bada bing bada boom, you are all set.....thanks again to everyone this forum is awesome...
quick question - I just had my avic d3 installed yesterday, and I told the guy about the bypass you guys have been showing. He said that there isnt any open slots in my connector to move the yellow wire to. He said hes gone on this forum and looked at the pics, and my harness looks a little different. Could he be right? I would look myself, but ive never messed with wiring in a car before so im not really sure how to get the HU out :\
I guess if all else fails I could buy the bypass on ebay..but thats $30+shipping
Your installer probably isn't MECP certified or if he is, then he is BS'ing you. In order to do the bypass, the initial steps are to be done on your second avic harness (The one with the RCA's in it). The 1st Avic harness does not have a mute lead on it. Hence you take the mute lead and place it into the pin above it. Then you ground that wire and also the parking brake wire. You can ground both of these together if you can make them reach. Why are so many of you making this seem like ROCKET SCIENCE. You have a picture and a step-by-step procedure. WTF?