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The last part of the gallery shows the Parking Brake wire and the Ground wire.

 

You can use the wire tap that is already on the parking brake wire to tap into the ground wire shown. You could also use a tap to connect the Mute wire to the ground wire.

 

I have confirmed this and you only have to use that one wire to ground. I tapped into the ground on the wiring harness in case I ever need to change the other harness (if I get that new truck I'm eyeing).

I replaced the negative pin in the ISO connector and I placed negative and hand brake cable together into the iso connector. So you don't need to screw it anywhere.

Sorry for my english

what would i do if i am having to use a gm integration adapter? How would i do the bypass

how would you wire a switch in on this bypass... since the 'law' states that it has to be wired to the parking brake so that I can't use the movie feature while in drive? I would just like a 'safeguard' that allows me to flip a switch somewhere and put it in its 'factory' mode in case a cop pulls me over and claims that I was watching a movie...

I am curious if I do the mute wire move, and wire the parking brake wire to the parking brake, and then a ground wire to a switch and then a wire from the switch to the parking brake wire if that would fry anything or not.

Conceptually it would be in the factory installation mode, unless I flip a switch which then grounds that parking brake wire..

Any thoughts? also instead of searching.. why is the mute wire move/ground necessary? ... I know I'm lazy

Very nice write up.

Hi all.

I just had the D3 installed in my 2008 F150 pickup. I have read dozens of pages on this forum concerning this one hack, but I still have a couple of questions and comments.

1. No one who has installed this unit AND posted has commented on if the factory mute function works correctly after the hack. Someone asked about that function. The function I am referring to is the ability to hold down the volume knob continuously and after a second or two, the sound mutes. Reply if you know the answer.

2. I would also like to know if, after perofrming this hack, there are any other muting problems. Others have asked this question, but I still have not seen an answer. Problems such as the BT-Tel properly muting audio with an incoming call? Others issues?

3. Should the BT work correctly (with the additional BT module installed) with or without the hack (i.e., as per factory install)? Let me explain....I see no reason that, if one were to not have the parking brake applied in a "by the book" install, the BT menu items/buttons would not be accessible. Well, when I select BT-TEL the screen that pops up afterwards is 100% blank except the clock and tel icon in the upper left. Does not sound correct to me. And yes I do have the BT module installed.

4. A question about the hack: Please pardon my ignorance, but am I correct in saying that the mute wire (in its new slot), and the parking brake wire (in its factory location) both have to be grounded?

5. Can the mute wire, parking brake and unit's main ground wire all be grounded at the same location (or even spliced together to a longer wire and then grounded)?

One last thing.....

6. For the person above who asked about a on/off switch for this bypass. My installer did just that......my unit is not grounded to the parking brake. It is wired to a toggle switch. But, believe it or not......I have no idea where the switch is.....yeah I know....wetawded. I called him up and he told me he installed so many units that he forgot where my hidden button is in my truck. Now I have to drive back to him 45 mins from home (each way) just for him to show me the button. Ridiculous. But I must tay the rest of the install looks great.

Chow for now..sorry for the novel.

1. Yes it works. Nothing to do with the mute wire.

2. No. And I don't think you understand the original purpose of this mute wire. If you are using a third party car phone or handsfree kit, they have a wire that you connect to the Pioneer mute wire and it sends a trigger to mute the Pioneer radio when it needs to. Here is the thing...how many people still use those car phones built in to the car. Or how many people are going to use a third party handsfree kit when Pioneer makes one that integrates with the deck? The answer ALMOST NONE. Thats the only reason we move the mute wire...Because almost nobody needs it anyways. The mute wire has nothing to do with the ability to mute your radio, or the deck muting during bluetooth or anything like that. Its just a useless wire

3. The bluetooth functions are limited while you are in motion when hooked up properly. The reason? Because they don't want morons staring at the touchscreen and typing in a phone number or going through the address book at 45 mph while plowing through a family in a crosswalk. If you don't bypass it, you can choose from one of the preset numbers you program in, or dial from the phone. Otherwise you have to pull over.

4. Yes

5. Yes

6. He is an idiot

Perfectly answered. Thanks.

Rock on this helped bypass my wifes D3.

Thank you soo much.

joe r

Hope this works. just finished doing it. Only took me about 10 mins to complete it.

Thank you very very much for the workaround.

Hope this works. just finished doing it. Only took me about 10 mins to complete it.

 

Thank you very very much for the workaround.

As long as you followed the install instructions you should be golden.

joe r

i bought the deck off a friend and the parking brake wire is missing?? what else can i do?

After going over 10 MPH the screen disables the viewing of movies. Checked all wires and I have reset the unit multiple times. It works while driving for as long as I do not stop my car and than it seems to know there is a mod done to the system... Anyone else ever have this problem?