Recent content by SterlingArcher

I had this problem as well when installing my AVH-4000NEX. The only thing I found to work is to disconnect the power completely along with everything else so it's not connected to the car whatsoever, wait a minute or two to internally reset, and then reconnect everything and power back on. Half...

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123825779-The-CX-5-LED-Lighting-Thread That thread has all kinds of LED lighting suggestions and discussions. But if you're talking about the amber lighting in the Climate Control/Clock/etc, then yes I haven't seen much about changing those colors...

as tibimakai said above, the OEM microphone has a specific plug that's powered. Can't use it for aftermarket. The install of the aftermarket mic can be really easy if you don't mind having it out in the open somewhere, but if you want to hide it in the map lights where the existing OEM mic is...

CX5Gris, yes I am. Everything is OEM except for the microphone in the map lights and head unit. The backup camera, Bose amp, 9-speakers, and antenna are all original.

Going to an autoshop, Best Buy, or the like that has example head units to test is a good way to know what you're getting. After my own personal research, I found the Pioneer AVH-4000NEX to be one of the best I could buy for what I personally wanted in a head unit. It doesn't have navigation...

Something you may consider is re-calibrating the entire SWC module, as it seems like it doesn't recognize the buttons at all. In addition to tibimakai's suggestion, I'll post here what I've posted in another thread (...

I discovered when programming my SWC that, for the radio, Track +/- does the incremental frequencies and Preset +/- does the programmed stations for my Pioneer. Kinda self-explanatory but when I programmed mine the first time I did it backwards than what I originally wanted. That said, looking...

In my experience, the phone buttons don't do anything unless you have a call incoming (press "answer" to pick up) or want to end a current call (press "hang up" to end). That's how it is on my Pioneer setup. My voice button on the steering wheel is a mute button, and on long press activates...

I also don't have factory navigation either, but you'll need to connect those wires together for the BT SWC to function. On my unit, the blue wire from the vehicle connector and the green wire from the interface connector came with bullet connectors on the ends, so that you can simply plug them...

Setting up the SWC is a pain in the ass. Half the time the SWC module doesn't work. What I've found is that sometimes you need to unplug the interface connector, wait a few minutes, and re-plug it in just to reset it. And when you replug it in, wiggle it around and push it in HARD to make sure...

My PAC harness looks exactly like that, the only difference being that mine has no orange wire coming out of the interface connector. Weird, I know.

After talking to a PAC rep via phone about the RP4-MZ11 harness, he said that there should only be one orange/white wire coming out of the vehicle connector and no orange wire coming out of the interface connector. Multiple times I kept saying that the instruction manual said that there should...

RedBaron: I'm looking at my Interface connector right now and there's no orange wire at all coming out of it. Only orange wires at all are an orange/white on the Vehicle connector, and the orange/white coming from the Pioneer. I'm on hold with PAC right now to ask about this.

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123830899-How-to-wire-LED-Door-Sills I installed blue LED lighting in the footwells as well as LED door sills to my CX-5 a month or two ago. The thread I linked above is a good starting guide of how to do it and where to wire into. It's wired so...

I saw your spreadsheet regarding interconnects on the AVH-4000NEX install thread, and I noticed that on my PAC RP4-MZ11 that there is an orange wire connected between the Interface connector (connects to SWC module) and Vehicle connector (connects to Mazda OEM connector). Do I splice the...