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jojima
12-11-2006, 02:17 AM
I recently installed a Pioneer AVIC-Z1 double din (2-din) DVD HDD Navigation unit in my Evo IX. I used the Orbital Prestige 2-DIN Dash Conversion Kit (http://www.orbitalperformancesystems.com/home.php). I just wanted to post up some tips for anyone else who wants to go this route. Install took a total of 5 hours including soldering and cleanup.

I have the matte black Orbital kit. The installation instructions that come with it are pretty good, so just follow those. It even has pictures! A couple things I wanted to point out.

- You have to stick the labels from your stock A/C bezel onto the Orbital A/C bezel. I had to trim my stickers a little bit to make them fit the Orbital bezel.
- The kit lets your use the stock radio mounting brackets, but you have to drill four mounting holes. The kit includes a paper template to help you drill the holes. Orbital could have included replacement brackets, but this was the cheaper route I guess.
- When you drill the new holes, cut away the stock tabs using an exacto or utility knife BEFORE you drill, the template will fit straighter and the holes won’t be crooked.

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The AVIC-Z1 has a lockout that prevents you from watching DVD’s or setting destinations while the vehicle is moving or when the parking brake is down. It can be bypassed. See http://www.sminntech.com/z1flash.html

Make sure to follow the rest of the Pioneer’s installation instructions to wire the adapter harness and install any accessories like Bluetooth, XM, or Sirius.

On the Lancer stereo harness I used, the orange wire is labeled as ILL, but after I installed it, the headlights didn’t dim the headunit. I reinstalled it with the Pioneer orange ILL wire hooked up to the stereo harness Orange/Black wire and it worked. This might be different depending on where you get your factory adapter harness. Test with multimeter before install.

I soldered my harness connections and wrapped them with heatshrink. You can use butt connectors too, but be sure to cover them with electrical tape or heatshrink, and wire tie both ends of the harness to reduce stress on the connections.

There is a bolt that’s perfect for a Chassis Ground on the metal brace directly behind where the head unit will go.

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GPS antennas work best away from other electronic devices and when there is no metal between the antenna and the sky. I’ve mounted GPS antenna’s underneath plastic parts of the vehicle’s dash before for stealth install and they’ve worked fine. I couldn’t find a good spot under the Evo’s dash, so I mounted it on the rear shelf.

On the shelf, the shoulder belt for the center passenger has a plastic cover with a square indentation that’s the perfect size for the mounting pad that Pioneer’s GPS antenna came with. I mounted the pad there with the included adhesive and stuck the antenna on top. I stuffed the wire behind the seats and down to the floorboard of the passenger side.

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You can remove the rear seats by pulling on a metal tab under the seat cushion and then taking the whole bench out. Route the GPS wire down the passenger side of the rear seats and meet up with the wire harness running along the door sill. I tapped into the Reverse light here. Underneath the right rear passenger seat, the wire harness is exposed and there is a Brown wire in the harness. Tap that wire with Pioneer’s Reverse sensor wire. Route that wire and the GPS wire back up to the front.

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Route the Reverse and GPS wires up along the door sill on the passenger side of the car. You don’t have to remove the kick panels; you can just tuck the wires underneath the edge of the panels to save effort.

The VSS, vehicle speed sensor, wire is pretty important. I tapped into that wire at the ECU. To get to the ECU, pop out the cover underneath the glove box by pushing the tabs. The cover will swing open. The VSS wire is in connector closest to the driver’s side in the ECU. It’s on Pin 10. It’s in the second row of wires, 3rd from the left side of the connector. Tap that wire using Pioneer’s included wire and tap and route it to the head unit.

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The Z1 also has a microphone for voice commands and Bluetooth cell phone. I stuck the mic with the included double-sided tape, on the steering column. The wire goes behind the steering column cover and over to the head unit.

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Finished install photos coming...

j_nizzle
12-11-2006, 10:51 AM
i think you just satisfied trinydex better than anyone else could have ever done even if he paid them! nice!

DTunedEvoX
12-11-2006, 11:45 AM
i think you just satisfied trinydex better than anyone else could have ever done even if he paid them! nice!


+1 Awesome right up - Makes me wanna go out and buy one just to try it based on example.

DruMMinStUd06
12-11-2006, 12:25 PM
Props to you for taking the time to document it...I was too lazy. :angel:

You can also tap the Reverse wire at the ECU while you do the VSS...thats what I had done.

antics22
12-14-2006, 02:38 AM
DruMMinStUd06, Would you mind sharing which wire at the ECU is the reverse wire?Â* I'm about to install my Eclipse Double DIN and this would help me out greatly... Thanks in advance!

EnginEar
01-11-2007, 01:48 PM
wow if only i had this diagram bfore my install. ive installed n unistalled my eclipse 2din. these pictures are extremely helpful for anyone taht is planning to wire.

PUNISHER
03-29-2008, 09:31 AM
I'm installing the Z2 right, just having trouble with Orbital relocation kit, the HVAC portion

nemosEVO
03-29-2008, 10:04 AM
Nicely done, looks good.

PUNISHER
03-30-2008, 10:41 AM
I have a question, my controls are locked when I drive, because it tells me that the brake sensor is improperly installed.

How do I make it play a DVD while driving? I plugged the brake sensor to ground

nemosEVO
03-30-2008, 06:07 PM
the pioneers somtimes need a switch... so you might need to snip the ground that normally goes to the e-brake in halfand conect it to a switch.it is kinda hard to explain so if it doesnt make sence let me know.

PUNISHER
03-31-2008, 12:06 AM
huh??

nemosEVO
03-31-2008, 02:30 AM
huh??


lol, sorry it is kinda hard to explain but really easy to do...

PUNISHER
04-03-2008, 04:42 PM
Finally installed it........ check it out... Also I managed to bypass it too... it was not that difficult, just time consuming finding how to do it.

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PUNISHER
04-03-2008, 04:51 PM
Heres how to bypass the Z1 or Z2 to enable all functions while driving... also to watch movies.Â* Got it from another forum.

It's known as the "2 wire bypass"

Wire #1:
Ground the light green parking brake sense wire from the Z1. If the light green parking brake sense wire is already connected to your vehicles parking brake switch wire, then disconnect it from the vehicles wiring and then ground it. Do not permanently ground the vehicles parking brake switch wire, just the light green sense wire from the Z1.

Wire #2:
Look on the back of the Z1, there are 3 main connectors.
As you are looking at it from the rear, the connector on the bottom right (closest to the FM antenna plug) is labeled on the back of the Z1 as "connector 2".
The 4 right most locations in that connector DO NOT have wires in them.
You need to add a wire to this position and ground it as well.

http://www.sminntech.com/images/avicz1newbypass.jpg
Ground this pin in "connector 2"

Personally I took the "cell phone mute" wire out of "connector 1" by taking a
jewlers screw driver and lift up on the white plastic connector part just behind the "metal tang"
in the connector. Some times with these connectors, you push on the metal tang to get the wire out,
with these connectors, lift up on the plastic tang retainer, don't push down on the tang.
It's much easier. I then inserted the cell phone mute wire into this position and grounded it.

NOTE: The "cell phone mute" wire has nothing to do with the Pioneer ND-BT1 (add-on bluetooth module). This wire is used if you install a 3rd party (non-Pioneer) speaker phone system so that it can interface to the Avic Z1. If you install a non-Pioneer cell phone interface then you will most likely use this wire to mute the Z1. If so, choose another wire. If you use the ND-BT1 you will NOT use this wire and it will be extra for your installation (which makes it an appropriate choice). Another choice is the "guide on" wire which is for turning off an external sound processor when the navigation voice speaks. This is another wire most people won't use in a standard install. It doesn't matter what wire you relocate into this location in Connector 2, just pick one that you don't use in your specific installation.

I did what you say to above and when I start driving around I get a pop up message about my parking brake not beeing connected properly and I get locked out again.

I get this a lot. You are not alone. What happened is that you didn't do "wire #2" correctly. In the instructions above, wire #1 is the parking brake wire. Grounding that will bypass the unit while you are not moving. Grounding wire #2 will keep the unit unlocked when you start moving. If wire #2 is not grounded properly then when you start moving it will lock you back out again and put up that pop up message. I know you think that you grounded that wire correctly, and most likely you did. Where most people have problems is in the connector itself. Either the terminal is not oriented correctly or it's not inserted all the way or something. But check and double check that connector. That's where every single problem I have seen has been. Trust me this procedure works and it works well. If it's not working then double check what you did. If you are still getting the pop up message, the only way to get rid of it is to press the recessed button to the right of the eject button (the button the opens the face of the Avic-Z1). This will lose your AM/FM radio presets but not much else.

nemosEVO
04-04-2008, 04:48 PM
Looks good... O0

PUNISHER
04-07-2008, 05:36 PM
Thanx, if anyone needs any help installing double dins... let me know.

endlessCT9Amr
09-07-2008, 11:17 PM
Anyone know the location and color of the reverse wire at the ECU? Think it would be easier to wire the VSS and reverse wire at the ECU harness, rather than separately.

PUNISHER
09-08-2008, 03:38 PM
I dunno, try and follow the wire... I never saw where it went.