Pioneer NEX series Install

[gbleezy]

Does the 4200 need a bypass? My 8200 has a bypass built in and i thought all of the nex radios do? Theres a quick video on youtube on how to activate it. You hold a spot in5the lower left corner of the screen for 10 seconds and it activates.

Yeah, I bought this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VKQ6ECQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and it works

 

[Meccanoble]

For the brown harness that came with the GM5, I plugged the backup cam RCA to the dedicated backup cam RCA of the 4200nex but where do I plug the sub out and center RCA's from the harness on the 4200nex?

I tested this without the sub plugged in and sub still works. I dont think its necessary. When you go aftermarket sub or rather aftermarket amp for sub, I think this will be needed but will find out soon enough.

And yes 4200NEX requires the bypass shown above. Dont forget to delete the bluetooth phone list that came with car. If you dont, your radio will turn off when you get a bluetooth call that the car bluetooth recognizes before the radio bluetooth. Freaked me out at first.

 

[Johnb21]

I ended up tapping reverse light positive green wire and running it to the HU and now everything works fine. Not sure why the dark blue under steering wheel doesnt give a signal but got it to work the hard way.

I am having a similar camera issue with my NEX-4200 on my 2005 tahoe. Crutchfield told me to try and tap into a "light green" wire at the BCM. He seemed to think the light green was the reverse signal out of the BCM. I haven't tried yet....All I know is the reverse camera on my old avh 3800bhs worked just fine. Thoughts? Thanks!

 

[Meccanoble]

I ended up tapping directly to reverse light in the rear. All other options failed.

 

[mazdawg(Mikey)]

Does the 4200 need a bypass? My 8200 has a bypass built in and i thought all of the nex radios do? Theres a quick video on youtube on how to activate it. You hold a spot in5the lower left corner of the screen for 10 seconds and it activates.

It's weird the non nav units seem to not work with the bypass trick you're talking about.

 

[mazdawg(Mikey)]

I just installed this unit this weekend but have to go back in because I'm missing the RSE cable. I tested chrome cast and android auto and all works fine with my LG4. My main concern is phone charges slow. Still monitoring but seems like it charges and actually goes down in power when android auto is used. I'm using the OEM cables from unit to the arm rest. I wonder if this cable or the length is causing the issue. Tempted to get the cigarette lighter setup if it will make an improvement with charging. Will test a different cable connected to center console to see if it helps.

Not sure about android auto but apple CarPlay doesn't like long distance cords

 

[Meccanoble]

Yea you need to buy the 3 wire bypass to work with non navi units which is what I used. Its pretty cheap. I never used a cord longer than 6ft. I'm surprised it matters how long cord is.

 

[mazdawg(Mikey)]

Yea you need to buy the 3 wire bypass to work with non navi units which is what I used. Its pretty cheap. I never used a cord longer than 6ft. I'm surprised it matters how long cord is.

You can do the same thing with a relay. Essentially it's the same thing just in a smaller package. The remote wire triggers the relay which in return sends ground to the parking brake wire.

We've had issues doing flush mount USB extensions and them being too long and CarPlay not working. Seems like it loses data through the long run

 

[Meccanoble]

You can do the same thing with a relay. Essentially it's the same thing just in a smaller package. The remote wire triggers the relay which in return sends ground to the parking brake wire.

We've had issues doing flush mount USB extensions and them being too long and CarPlay not working. Seems like it loses data through the long run

You right about the relay. I saw some videos on how to set it up but got scared and felt the bypass was simpler/easier.

From a technical stand point, I guess it makes sense, similar to ethernet cords and if you make the length too long, you need a stronger or tighter stranded cord to allow enough room for data to cross. Carplay and Android Auto must require a lot of data since it does so much with the phone. I had a pretty descently long cord once and I remember android auto constantly disconnecting. I thought the cord was damaged but now you make me wonder...