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Old Mar 9, 2018 | 11:47 AM
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[QUOTE=doomi;1596749542]Not sure where his came from but check out the below. It's a corvette wallpaper creator with quite a few options.

http://solidlystated.com/design/corvette-logo-mobile-wallpaper-generator/[/QUOTE
That'll work..I want a nice one in installing the new head unit thus weekend and would love a nice logo to make it look like a factory head unit..
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That's a nice logo where did you get it ..
See this post.
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This site generates customized backgrounds:
That's a nice one..almost looks like it's stock.
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Old Mar 9, 2018 | 11:22 PM
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How does the the backup camera that comes with the pumpkin work? would i be better off buying a better one or is this one fine? also the external mic. I know they are not all created equal.How does the one that comes with the unit preform?
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There is no dedicated amplifier trigger wire, so connect the HU red ACC wire to the PAC red ACC wire and the PAC blue/white AMP wire.
On the GA2170 unit there is a blue/white wire coming from the HU saying "AMP CON". I soldered that to the blue/white from the PAC unit "Connect to remote wire from aftermarket radio for audio output".

Maybe I'm wrong here, and should do like bjmsam told us?
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On the GA2170 unit there is a blue/white wire coming from the HU saying "AMP CON". I soldered that to the blue/white from the PAC unit "Connect to remote wire from aftermarket radio for audio output".

Maybe I'm wrong here, and should do like bjmsam told us?

That is is how I wired mine up and all is working appropriately.
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Old Mar 14, 2018 | 10:38 PM
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Finished up. I had, then lost the chimes; and now hear a very very faint electronic buzzing sound with the volume almost off, so I think I need to pop the console back off and regroups. Had a faulty PAC RP5GM11 that caused some heartburn, but the second one seems to be working.




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Old Mar 15, 2018 | 05:11 AM
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[left]Finished up.
Looks great! Enjoy.
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On the GA2170. How did you hookup the steering wheel controls?

Mine is currently at:
GA2170 SW+ to pin 6 on the PAC (Yellow)
GA2170 SW- to pin 7 on the PAC (Green/White)

And not working yet...

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On the GA2170. How did you hookup the steering wheel controls?

Mine is currently at:
GA2170 SW+ to pin 6 on the PAC (Yellow)
GA2170 SW- to pin 7 on the PAC (Green/White)

And not working yet...
See below. I did this and then mapped the buttons within the head unit itself. Its somewhere in the settings menu i believe, cannot remember right now as its 04.50 AM where I'm at

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1. Correct. The HU does not have a dedicated amp trigger. The HU antenna trigger can be used as such, but there is a chance that it is not energized in some non-radio HU modes. GA2170 does have a blue trigger wire - just connect it with the PAC wire

2. Correct. The PAC harness brings its power in on the yellow wire and loops it back out on pin 6 to power the car SWC (purple wire on the car side of the connector). I believe yellow is constant power rather than switched, so I didn't care for that approach anyway (why energize the car SWC resistor tree when the ignition is off?). Cut that loop and connect the outbound yellow wire on pin 6 to the KEY1 wire. The SWC circuit becomes:

HU KEY1 <--> connector side PAC yellow pin 6 <--> car SWC purple pin 6 (+)
HU GND <--> connector side PAC green/white pin 7 <--> car SWC dark blue pin 7 (-)


1. No, the PAC SWC setting becomes irrelevant. I left mine set to 0 which PAC should have implemented as an unmolested pass-through to eliminate the need for this step.

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Got it to work:

GA2170 SW1 to pin 6 on the PAC (Yellow)
..................... pin 7 on the PAC (Green/White) to ground
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Old Apr 9, 2018 | 01:53 PM
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Got everything working but chimes... The connector is in the right spot on the PAC RP5 GM11 device, plugged into the "chimer", rotated volume to all levels, no ding-ding! Any ideas?
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Looks great! And you did a nice job documenting it all in your thread.
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Does Android Auto or that screen mirroring feature work?
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Old Aug 7, 2018 | 06:52 PM
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So I don't have an Android phone so I can't speak to Android play. But I can speak to the screen mirror and that works but I don't use it as all the feature with Android app it is more than sufficient for what I need I'm actually replying to this message in my car using Voice to text.
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Does Android Auto or that screen mirroring feature work?
It has both.

But with full Android OS I've never found a reason to use them. I'd rather use the OS on the head unit than mirror my phone.

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