Ok, for those who don't remember my whole dilemma.....long story short, I had my D3 installed at Circuit City and they didn't know how to hook up the VSS. After 6 trips to and from the shop with documents from AVIC 411 in hand, they finally told me it was a faulty unit and that I would have to send it back to Pioneer.
I took it to another, non-box store, installer who took...oh, about 5 minutes to properly hook up the VSS ....AND he showed me how Circuit City never hooked up the car's factory sub woofer correctly.......Another thing they showed me... and here is the kicker....the installers at Circuit City never used a kit to mount my D3 into my 07 Ford Escape. There is one screw on the right of the unit holding it into my dash....ONE FREAKIN SCREW...
Needless to say....I am not going back to Circuity City, or any other box store again..... Thanks to everyone on here who offered their advise and information through my ordeal...and yes, it was an ordeal.
Later!!!