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labelled A: this is the spot where you will plug in the factory antenna plug. its pretty simple. at least that looks like where youd plug it in. it should be just a single hole but its hard to tell from the picture. the thing i labelled with a question mark looks like just a screw hole but its hard to tell unless you get a better picture. maybe the antenna plug goes in there but i doubt it. i think it goes in where i labelled A
labelled B: these are where you would plug your cables into. as you can see there are 3 sets. two of them should be labelled out and are spots you would plug rca cables that would run to an amp, and the last set should be labelled in. you want to plug your ipod wires into the in set of holes.
labelled C: this is the spot where your alpine harness will connect. your alpine harness will plug in there with a bunch of wires sticking out. when you get your aftermarket harness from the store, plug that into your stock harness, then connect those aftermarket harness wires to your alpine harness wires. you can tape, solder, or crimp them. it doesnt really matter. crimping is usually the best because they stay solid but can be undone if you want to change your deck out one day. i also attached another picture to show how that setup should somewhat look like.
i dont think i seen you mention if you are installing a full system with an amp and sub. if you are theres a bit more you should know.
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you will have orange wires coming out of both harnesses. some are solid orange, some are orange and white. dont connect any of them. they are usually called illumination and or dimmer wires. you dont need them. you will only risk burning out some of your dash lights by doing it. take all of those from both sides, tape the ends off and make sure none of them connect to each other.
also, take the black ground wire from the aftermarket harness and tape that off as well. then take the black ground from your alpine harness, put a little ring terminal on the end, and directly connect that to any piece good solid piece of metal somewhere inside there so your deck is grounded directly to the chassis and NOT grounded to the ground wire. if you connect the two you will run into problems later on like i did when you get a bad ground loop that ruins your sound quality big time.
labelled A: this is the spot where you will plug in the factory antenna plug. its pretty simple. at least that looks like where youd plug it in. it should be just a single hole but its hard to tell from the picture. the thing i labelled with a question mark looks like just a screw hole but its hard to tell unless you get a better picture. maybe the antenna plug goes in there but i doubt it. i think it goes in where i labelled A
labelled B: these are where you would plug your cables into. as you can see there are 3 sets. two of them should be labelled out and are spots you would plug rca cables that would run to an amp, and the last set should be labelled in. you want to plug your ipod wires into the in set of holes.
labelled C: this is the spot where your alpine harness will connect. your alpine harness will plug in there with a bunch of wires sticking out. when you get your aftermarket harness from the store, plug that into your stock harness, then connect those aftermarket harness wires to your alpine harness wires. you can tape, solder, or crimp them. it doesnt really matter. crimping is usually the best because they stay solid but can be undone if you want to change your deck out one day. i also attached another picture to show how that setup should somewhat look like.
i dont think i seen you mention if you are installing a full system with an amp and sub. if you are theres a bit more you should know.
The labelled B part says (from the Top) F,R,SW.....where would i plug the ipod?
EDIT: nevermind...i had to buy a AUX input adapter that hooks into the cd changer outlet.
Does the deck have an aux. input? If it does not you can't hook an ipod up to it this way. You might want to double check that. I suggest you use the iPod interface that comes with the deck as it is much safer. All three of those plugs seem like outs to me.
like i said get the wire which hooks up to the cd changer input if your headunit has that capability. its either gonna be a hit or miss with this wire ive tried a couple. first wire i tried connected cd changer port to ipod dock connector, problem encountered... i couldnt change the volume on either my ipod or the headunit. second wire i tried hooked up cd changer port to headphone jack, volume could be changed but music only played through the front speakers. just a heads up.
btw i have an alpine 9831 and ipod touch 2g so your results might vary
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Last edited by EggRollBandit05; 07-03-2009 at 05:14 AM.
did you get the wiring portion of it with the harnesses all done? or are you pretty clear with the little picture i drew up?
yeah man that really helped alot.
also i dont believe my ipod will be controlled through the head unit. and having it under a seat or in the glove box would be a pain. AND its only a 3 and a half foot cord
