Question on Wiring the Accessory Valet
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Question on Wiring the Accessory Valet
I currently have the dash open doing some aftermarket HU work and I am going to install an accessory valet from Top Down Technologies. The purple wire on the valet needs to tie into the serial data line.
Does anyone know the wire color on the stock Bose radio connector (which I do not use) that is the serial data line so I can tap into it?
Thanks!!
Does anyone know the wire color on the stock Bose radio connector (which I do not use) that is the serial data line so I can tap into it?
Thanks!!
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Yea I tried to read the RAP schematics in there but they are a little busy for me to follow and hard to read. Was hoping someone with an eye for those drawings could tell me what color the wire is for the serial data line that's in the radio plug cluster.
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C5 schematics are HERE, look at pin-out for C1/C2.
It should be the ORANGE wire at pin 16 of C2 (the big gray plug), but make sure the adjacent wire colors match with the prints, and be aware that there are other orange wires back there that will fry your AV if you connect to the wrong one.
Just FYI, under the dash you're looking for the purple wire at pin 2 of the data plug.
It should be the ORANGE wire at pin 16 of C2 (the big gray plug), but make sure the adjacent wire colors match with the prints, and be aware that there are other orange wires back there that will fry your AV if you connect to the wrong one.
Just FYI, under the dash you're looking for the purple wire at pin 2 of the data plug.
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C5 schematics are HERE, look at pin-out for C1/C2.
It should be the ORANGE wire at pin 16 of C2 (the big gray plug), but make sure the adjacent wire colors match with the prints, and be aware that there are other orange wires back there that will fry your AV if you connect to the wrong one.
Just FYI, under the dash you're looking for the purple wire at pin 2 of the data plug.
It should be the ORANGE wire at pin 16 of C2 (the big gray plug), but make sure the adjacent wire colors match with the prints, and be aware that there are other orange wires back there that will fry your AV if you connect to the wrong one.
Just FYI, under the dash you're looking for the purple wire at pin 2 of the data plug.
That is exactly what I was looking for. THANK YOU!!
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From: Rocklin CA
C5 schematics are HERE, look at pin-out for C1/C2.
It should be the ORANGE wire at pin 16 of C2 (the big gray plug), but make sure the adjacent wire colors match with the prints, and be aware that there are other orange wires back there that will fry your AV if you connect to the wrong one.
Just FYI, under the dash you're looking for the purple wire at pin 2 of the data plug.
It should be the ORANGE wire at pin 16 of C2 (the big gray plug), but make sure the adjacent wire colors match with the prints, and be aware that there are other orange wires back there that will fry your AV if you connect to the wrong one.
Just FYI, under the dash you're looking for the purple wire at pin 2 of the data plug.
Thanks Markcz!
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Thanks. It's my understanding that the Metra interface retains the RAP function as well. I have the PAC, so I either need to get the Metra or the Accessory Valet to get that function back. Hmmmm. I noticed that my Window valet no longer turns the HU on. I sort of miss that.
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One other point I will make, and you can probably figure out why I am addressing it 
Make sure both doors are fully closed when you check your wiring after making all the the connections and turning on the HU for a test run. If they are not closed the HU will not retain power when you turn off the car and you just may think you wired something wrong and spend a half hour looking for the problem which was simply a door ajar!
Make sure both doors are fully closed when you check your wiring after making all the the connections and turning on the HU for a test run. If they are not closed the HU will not retain power when you turn off the car and you just may think you wired something wrong and spend a half hour looking for the problem which was simply a door ajar!
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One other point I will make, and you can probably figure out why I am addressing it Make sure both doors are fully closed when you check your wiring after making all the the connections and turning on the HU for a test run. If they are not closed the HU will not retain power when you turn off the car and you just may think you wired something wrong and spend a half hour looking for the problem which was simply a door ajar!
Make sure both doors are fully closed when you check your wiring after making all the the connections and turning on the HU for a test run. If they are not closed the HU will not retain power when you turn off the car and you just may think you wired something wrong and spend a half hour looking for the problem which was simply a door ajar!
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