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03-11-2014, 05:41 PM | #851 | |
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03-11-2014, 06:59 PM | #852 | |
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No, I didn't see this. Thanks for pointing it out though. I kinda feel like a dick cause I sent you a couple email Guess I'll just have to be patient Thanks tho Last edited by bsp5019; 03-11-2014 at 07:17 PM. |
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03-11-2014, 07:55 PM | #853 | |
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03-11-2014, 11:17 PM | #854 | |
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03-12-2014, 10:55 AM | #855 |
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I looked through most of the thread and didn't see anything. I would like to simply swap the OEM speakers with upgraded speakers. Not looking for anything with additional volume, just would like speakers that don't sound like ****.
Is this possible with the OEM head unit or is it absolutely required to replace the head unit or add some sort of amp. I'm not a big loud music listener, but I really hate the sound quality of the factory speakers. |
03-12-2014, 11:10 AM | #856 | |
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The sound is crystal clear now, however, the low end (bass) response is completely non-existent. I list to classical music, country, and electronic dance music (pretty diverse selection). For classical and country, the sound has a lot of clarity and sounds great, since there isn't too much of a need for bass. However, I can not listen to electronic dance music for more than 5 minutes, since there is zero bass in this vehicle. Now before you go and get the Kicker Subwoofer accessory, read the review in these forums. There is not a single good review for it. It is expensive, and sound overpowering and terrible. Since not too many people have the new factory navigation on here, I am struggling to find what I can do to add an underseat subwoofer to the factory navigation and kicker speakers without spending $Texas and making a mess of a new car. I been struggling to find a simple solution, like using an older factory underseat subwoofer with the new navigation HU. I have been unable to get any info as of yet. |
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03-12-2014, 11:36 AM | #857 |
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wire colors from HU to speakers
Is there a link or anything available that details the wiring colors, that show from the HU all the way to the speakers.
I can see all kinds of exposed wires coming out underneath the steering column. After a lot of reading, it seems tapping to the fronts is the best plan for hooking up to a LOC or speaker-level inputs to a sub amp. My question is simply if these colors as detailed from the harness diagram, are the same that go through from out of the dash to the speaker. In one of the guides SVXdc had posted, he mentioned that in many models the wire colors change along the way to the speakers. Again, the reason I'm asking is I don't want to rip out the dash to get behind the HU. I'd like to tap from one of these exposed wires underneath the dash on the drivers side. Risky, I know, but this has to be easier for what I'm trying to do. I want to remove, unsnap the least number of interior parts as possible. 8 = white/black (speaker LF) 9 = blue/orange (speaker LF) 17 = green (speaker RF) 18 = brown/yellow (speaker RF) |
03-12-2014, 09:09 PM | #858 | |
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03-13-2014, 11:01 AM | #859 | |
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RE: wire colors from HU to speakers
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I've got a plan that will not involve any wire butchering...i will post pictures if it all works out. Again, the main goal is to remove as little as possible and not break/scratch anything in this process. SVXdc, your custom harness is obviously still the best idea. I personally am just not OK with ripping out all those panels on a brand new car. |
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03-13-2014, 11:32 AM | #860 |
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I have an 01 2.5 rs. I am struggling to get sound after replacing the head unit. Originally I had cut the wires and made the connections myself, however no sound. So I spent the three bucks and bought the wiring harness. I put everything back together, used the harness and still no sound.
I have three questions 1. The orange wires that went into the CD player are just for illumination and I don't need them anymore right? 2. I have an extra blue wire for a power antenna, but I don't have a power antenatal so I can just tape this off right? 3. I have a brown wire that is in the 14 spot which doesn't come up on any wiring diagram. Does anybody know what this is? Ok one more.. Do,I need to reconnect the cig lighter and the center console plugs first? Are there connections to the woofer or reR speakers there? Thanks.. I'm three days into a project which should have taken 2 hours max. |
03-14-2014, 06:56 AM | #861 | |
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You may have seen thread(s) where people start at the passenger door and start peeling off panels just so they could get a better grip on one side of the HU fascia, but that is not necessary! Look through the links in post #1 of my 'Stock HU info' thread here on NASIOC -- you'll find many examples. Basically, once you get any corner of the fascia to pop out, the rest is very easy. If your weather is still cold, just take a trip to a store and back to heat up your interior before you start. I don't know what method you're planning to "tap" into your speaker wires without "butchering", but I can't imagine anything that would provide high-quality connections with less effort than connecting behind the HU. Trust me -- from comments I've received from people over the years, you don't want to go yanking on those tightly-bound harness bundles under the dash and out around the kick panels. Last edited by SVXdc; 03-15-2014 at 07:02 PM. |
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03-14-2014, 07:12 AM | #862 | |
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A) Cut off the long leg (the "T") of your older OEM sub T-harness, and graft that onto my combined harness. So you'll be converting the older T-harness into one for the FT nav.The advantage of 'B' is that you preserve the old T-harness, so in the likely event that you decide to remove the OEM sub, its harness will still be intact for the person you sell it to. Even if the sub dies (or arrives DOA from wherever you bought it), there will always still be people interested in buying a whole OEM T-harness. If you go with 'A', people will also be interested in buying the portion with the 14- or 20-pin connectors that you cut off. As for 'how hard to install', it's really not very difficult. See Subaru's and other people's install guides (see post #1 in my 'Subaru stock HU into' thread). |
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03-14-2014, 07:27 AM | #863 | |
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See this thread: Steering Wheel Interface - MY04 Outback (answers worked out around posts 17-25 there). |
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03-14-2014, 07:30 AM | #864 | |
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03-14-2014, 07:34 AM | #865 |
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I have a 2014 wrx and I've just installed the 2014 crosstrek radio model CM631UD. From what I've heard, this unit should have the sub output in the rear of the unit. If this is correct, which harness would I need? I want to install either the oem underseat subwoofer or the kicker optional subwoofer.
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03-14-2014, 07:43 AM | #866 | |
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But since you started by cutting off the factory radio harness, I suspect you've blown the fuse in the engine bay for the +12V Battery lead (constant-on power, pin #6). You wouldn't be the first person that's happened to. You'll find a few other things in your car no longer work also. I can confirm that your 2001 does not have either an antenna booster amplifier or a motorized power antenna (so no need for pin 14 on the car's original 14-pin radio harness). If you're saying there was a factory brown wire there, I have no idea what that is. |
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03-14-2014, 07:44 AM | #867 |
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David can you please respond to my email. I have been waiting for a response since Feb.27 about the USB harness I purchased from you.
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03-14-2014, 07:48 AM | #868 | |
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However, to add Subaru's under-seat or Kicker subs, you don't need that -- those subs simply connect between the car's factory radio harness and the HU's socket. See post #4 in my 'Subaru stock HU Info' thread. |
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03-20-2014, 12:00 AM | #869 |
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wow they updated this headunit quite a bit. I got the same thing in my 2013wrx but I don't have that Aha weather app. I wonder how I can upgrade my firmware. I can't find info on how to do it.
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03-21-2014, 09:22 AM | #870 |
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I have this HU also on my Hybrid it's a 622 (FM622US). I already have some complaints about it. Primarily is I want a way to sort the options on the screen. I want to get rid of the AHA for one thing by putting it on the last page. Is there a way to get to any secret menu or just more info on modding it???
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03-23-2014, 08:57 PM | #871 |
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Help with this connector
New here, was directed to come and join by a friend, so I am hoping someone here can help.
I am trying to find some information on this 8 pin black and white connector. This connector is used in Alpine navigation units, which came factory in Honda Accords. It turns out, this connector is also used in some Subaru vehicles, for an aux or a subwoofer connection. Is there anyone in the forum who can perhaps tell me who makes it, or the model or part number of the connector? This is the connector from my Alpine navigation dvd drive [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] |
03-28-2014, 12:06 PM | #872 |
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I bought a 2011 STI that was ordered with navigation and the media hub from the factory by the previous owner. In my center console, I have the aux pod with three RCA A/V inputs and a female USB A port. I want to be able to play music from my phone through the car's system, but since I have an Android phone, the "media" option in the head unit won't recognize my phone when I use the USB port, and as far as I can tell, the A/V inputs will only work if they detect a video signal in addition to right and left audio. I tried using a working R/L RCA-to-3.5mm stereo cable with my phone and got nothing but silence out of the car. I couldn't even get the AUX/Video option to display on the headunit. When I navigated to the "connections" tab in the hidden dealer diagnostics menu, the "AUX" option displayed "NC" (not connected?).
After digging through the forums and finding a lot of good info in SXVdc's many posts on many Subaru forums, I convinced myself that replacing my aux pod (p/n H621SFG610) with the 3.5mm stereo + USB pod (p/n H621SAJ220) would do the trick. I pulled my console apart, unplugged the harness from the existing pod and plugged it into my new aux pod. I plugged a 3.5mm stereo patch cable into the pod and into my phone and I was excited to see that the headunit was now displaying an AUX/Video option. Navigating back to the dealer diagnostics menu, the "AUX" option now displayed "connected". At this point, I was feeling like I had this thing solved. After queuing up some music on my phone, though, I only got sound out of the passenger speakers. Navigating through the EQ, fader, and setup menus yielded nothing. I tried two more known working patch cables and still only got sound on the passenger side. So now I'm left thinking one of two things. One would be that the new aux pod I bought from the dealer yesterday is no good. I think this is really unlikely, but I have no good way to verify this. The other thought is that there's something unique to the media hub harness that won't work with the aux pod I bought. The six pin connectors in the back are identical, and it would seem silly for Subaru to lay them out differently (with the exception of the video input), but I can't be sure. Without a wiring diagram of both pods and the media hub harness, I have no good way of verifying this either. I guess my question is this: does anyone know any reason why the aux input pod with the 3.5mm stereo jack and USB port would be incompatible with the media hub/navi combo? If they are incompatible, is there a way to add a standard 3.5mm aux input without replacing the headunit? If I have to go that far, that will be one more incentive to put a Nexus tablet in the dash. |
03-30-2014, 09:58 AM | #873 | |
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SVXdc I sent you an e-mail a few days ago about what I would like to purchase for my 2015 WRX STi launch edition. Is this something you can help me with or is the car too new? I provided all the information in the e-mail, but here it is again for reference:
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04-23-2014, 12:11 AM | #874 | |
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Did anyone answer this question - will the H621SFG700 media hub work with the Kenwood sat nav? This is a looooong post and I can't seem to find a response anywhere unfortunately. |
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05-27-2014, 09:39 AM | #875 |
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Does anyone know if the diagrams from modifiiedlife (.com) are reliable/accurate?
I attached a high level converter to the stock headunit based on their info. Want to make sure theyre a reliable source of info. also, I just found out that the 'antenna' wire(yellow/black) from the stock head unit will only work on am/fm? so it cant be used to power on the aftermarket amplifier. Which wire could I tap into for the remote lead of the amp? This is a 2012 subaru impreza 2.0 base model, aftermarket amp and sub, high level input converter. thanks EDIT: the wiring i have is LR+ red/black LR- white/red RR+ red/white RR- gray/green plus the remote lead to yellow/black The info Ihad seems incorrect. On the ae 6420 pin out page (cant link not enough posts) the positives and negatives are reversed from what I have, but the diagram is listed as 2008-2011....? Can anyone confirm the actual correct wires? Thanks again Last edited by moldy1; 05-27-2014 at 10:35 AM. |
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