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Old 02-25-2011, 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by TONY206
I received my new Kenwood KDC-X994 today and decided to wire things up. I couldn't get it to to work, but I only tried a few times. 1995-02 Pontiac is listed in the booklet as compatible, so I will check my wires and retry tomorrow.

I gave up and decided to get drunk and watch Top Gear.

The Kenwood and new CDT CL-62 CFs up front are definitely a huge upgrade from stock. I didn't even mess with the equalizer yet.
Wuh-oh...

Well, hopefully I have mine wired correctly. My stupid HU is now scheduled to be here Monday, which of course will be at night. I despise UPS greatly.

It should work though. I've read several reviews regarding this interface specifically installed on 4th gens.
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Originally Posted by GSus
Wuh-oh...

Well, hopefully I have mine wired correctly. My stupid HU is now scheduled to be here Monday, which of course will be at night. I despise UPS greatly.

It should work though. I've read several reviews regarding this interface specifically installed on 4th gens.
Kenwood/Eclipse units have to be wired in with a female adapter (included) because they don't have have the steering wheel input jack, so it was a little confusing at first.

I'll report back tonight after trying some more.
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That's right. I don't know what I was thinking.
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Looking at the directions online now and I'm pretty sure I missed this step:

"Connect the Orange/Green wire of the ASWC to pin 14 of the vehicle. Below is a picture of what the connector in the vehicle looks like:"
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hope it works out , Its only been 2 weeks I've had my new HU installed , and ı gotta admit I miss the steering wheel controls dearly lol ..
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Originally Posted by TONY206
Looking at the directions online now and I'm pretty sure I missed this step:

"Connect the Orange/Green wire of the ASWC to pin 14 of the vehicle. Below is a picture of what the connector in the vehicle looks like:"
Well, keep an eye out. There's two wires that are similar... An orange w/ green stripe, and a green w/ orange stripe. At a quick glance they almost look the same.
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Originally Posted by TONY206
Looking at the directions online now and I'm pretty sure I missed this step:

"Connect the Orange/Green wire of the ASWC to pin 14 of the vehicle. Below is a picture of what the connector in the vehicle looks like:"
Originally Posted by GSus
Well, keep an eye out. There's two wires that are similar... An orange w/ green stripe, and a green w/ orange stripe. At a quick glance they almost look the same.
Yup, I missed this. Wired that in, connected head unit, ignition on, hold vol up until the Axxess stops flashing, wait a a few seconds, and it's working!

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^^**** yeah!! LOL!
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Please tell me the "mute" works. Volume and mute are the only reasons I want to retain these features, lol
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Originally Posted by GSus
Please tell me the "mute" works. Volume and mute are the only reasons I want to retain these features, lol
Seek and volume work as should and I think the rest are dependent on the head unit. When I press mute it turns it very low and it says ATT on my deck, but it is not muted (a Kenwood feature?). When I press AM/FM it pauses the song (I was using a USB drive). When I pressed PLAY it changed the source.
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That's good.

If any of those other features bother you, I believe you can go back and manually program each button to do whatever you like.
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Kenwood head units don't have a Mute capability as such. They "Attenuate" the sound level - reduce it to a fraction of its original level. That means the mute button is doing the closest thing to muting that Kenwood provides.
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I used the PAC SWI on my Sony HU. Everything works fine except when I try to use the seek buttons on the iPod input it advances to the next playlist instead of the next track on the same playlist.

Some of the buttons on it are broken anyway and I'm looking at the Kenwood KDC-BT945U as a possible upgrade.
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luv my AXXESS in my 2000 bird.......easier than a easy button
Old 10-27-2011, 01:27 PM
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Has anybody place the PAC SWI-PS on a 97 trans am? The instructions are listed for an 89 firebird. Will these instructions still work on a 97? Do I have to use all those resistors? THe instructions are little unclear. Thanks
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if I read it right on their web site its for non-amplified systems. anybody know if thats true?
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Originally Posted by LT1poncho
Has anybody place the PAC SWI-PS on a 97 trans am? The instructions are listed for an 89 firebird. Will these instructions still work on a 97? Do I have to use all those resistors? THe instructions are little unclear. Thanks
The 97 uses exactly the same connections as a 98-02. No resistors are necessary.
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Originally Posted by JOHNNY59
if I read it right on their web site its for non-amplified systems. anybody know if thats true?
The Monsoon "system" is not an amplified system for purposes of this adapter. It uses an ordinary Delco head unit just like those in any other GM vehicle of the time. Amplified systems refers to things like Bose and Infinity which are integrated systems where the head unit won't work without the specific amplifier... although I have no idea what amplified or not would have to do with a wired remote control.
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Thanks Whitebird. Is there a second interface module needed? CAN-SWI I believe. The instructions mention this but I have not seen anyone else talk about it in the forums. Thanks
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No additional parts are necessary - the SWI-PS is all you need to connect a compatible head unit so that the steering wheel controls will work.



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