Installing Kenwood DNX892 and Camera
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Installing Kenwood DNX892 and Camera
So since I have got use to back up cameras in my other cars I have decided to upgrade my 08 Z nav to a Kenwood DNX892 with back up camera,XM module and necessary harnesses to retain RAp and SW controls.The Kenwood has a bigger screen and Garmin NAv to boot.The clock in my stock Nav unit was doing the eastern zone reset all the time anyways,even though it was not that aggravating in reality.
Just finished rebuilding my seats and installing manual pump up lumbar pillows behind the seat cushions.Much nicer.
Just finished rebuilding my seats and installing manual pump up lumbar pillows behind the seat cushions.Much nicer.
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So since I have got use to back up cameras in my other cars I have decided to upgrade my 08 Z nav to a Kenwood DNX892 with back up camera,XM module and necessary harnesses to retain RAp and SW controls.The Kenwood has a bigger screen and Garmin NAv to boot.The clock in my stock Nav unit was doing the eastern zone reset all the time anyways,even though it was not that aggravating in reality.
Just finished rebuilding my seats and installing manual pump up lumbar pillows behind the seat cushions.Much nicer.
Just finished rebuilding my seats and installing manual pump up lumbar pillows behind the seat cushions.Much nicer.
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Take a lot of pics and share! 😊
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Rear cameras are relatively simple to route and yes they just get routed on either side of the car.Mine is going to be a license plate mount with LEDS for nite vision.I would think a front mount will be more difficult to route due to the firewall,but maybe there is an easy hole with grommet already somewhere in the firewall to make it easy??
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Rear cameras are relatively simple to route and yes they just get routed on either side of the car.Mine is going to be a license plate mount with LEDS for nite vision.I would think a front mount will be more difficult to route due to the firewall,but maybe there is an easy hole with grommet already somewhere in the firewall to make it easy??
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Tech Contributor
There's also a gromet behind the battery that you can somewhat easily shove a few more wires through, but you have to remove the battery to get at it.
Rear camera is easy, wires get shoved under the carpet on the way to the back, then just drill a hole in the rear wall behind the vertical 'carpet'.
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This pic is from the engine, I thought I had a good one from inside the door but this one is as good as it gets. Poke a small hole in the accordion gizmo and run the cables in through the 3x5" plastic cover under the dash. If the hole is on the bottom you won't have to worry about water leaking in, just be sure to leave enough slack in the wires.
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This pic is from the engine, I thought I had a good one from inside the door but this one is as good as it gets. Poke a small hole in the accordion gizmo and run the cables in through the 3x5" plastic cover under the dash. If the hole is on the bottom you won't have to worry about water leaking in, just be sure to leave enough slack in the wires.
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Tech Contributor
This pic is from my last car. The wire coming out of the fuse box is just an add-a-fuse tap on normal switched power in the engine compartment. I was using it for my concealed radar detector.
The jumper that loops around inside the fuse box is there to have my fogs come on whenever the bright lights are on. How to is in post 25 of THIS THREAD
If you're replacing the radio I'd suggest using an interface adapter so you can keep RAP and the chimes. Use the adapter trigger wire to pull in a relay with fused B+ on the contacts and you can power anything you want to and have it come on/off with the radio power.
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Ok so I got the DNX892 installed and everything seems to be working.Still getting Familiar with the unit.Got XM fired up and Cell paired.I installed the corvette flags and script for the splash wallpaper screen.There is three screens for home you can scroll through and the last screen has three icons I would like to delete off the screen so whan My music is playing and I go back to the home screen,all I see is the wallpaper I installed.Anyway of deleting the icons I do not need.
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