mk4 deck install

[dJ]

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hahaha, yeah and it will mess up your ignition. I did that by accident :O

[Tiki]

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just make sure you leave the k wire disconnected or youll throw a cel, its the blue/white one on the wire harness i believe

[dJ]

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Sick thanks a lot!

[ricosuave]

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^ thanks, I needed this too!

[ryukin2000]

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Aight. I didn't think there would be a difference. Anyone know which fuse I need to tape into for the acc wire? Also, what is the use if this wire anyways?

you need to run your ACC wire with an Inline 5 amp fuse to your Key sense wire at the Steering column. this way your aftermarket will act like your stock radio. your deck will stay on even after you turn off the engine and will only turn off after you pull the key out from the key cylinder. search up pioneer D3 on the Vortex. has a good detailed diy and how to tap into the wires you need.

[dJ]

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Aight. I didn't think there would be a difference. Anyone know which fuse I need to tape into for the acc wire? Also, what is the use if this wire anyways?

[stefan]

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i think the harness is relative to the deck you had, not the deck you are getting. i would think you;d be ok.

[dJ]

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Ok, now I got a quick question here. I got a Pioneer DH8000BT that is a double din that I am going to install next week. Do I have to go out and get a different harness as well? I got a single din harness in with my Alpine deck at the moment, do I have to get a different one though for a double din Pioneer?

[Tiki]

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went and got a completely different harness and it went right in

[Stonewall]

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Deck installs are easy, if you are bending thing you have the wrong harness. If you had a double DIN it is likely the acc wire is not in the harness but it is easy to run a new one from under the dash. I would help you out but I am tapped out for time these days.

[VW337]

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I put one in on monday night and it went in no problem. Keep in mind that there is two different harnesses, one for a factory single din and one for a factory double din. The wiring harness I used was for the single din and it went together no problem. I also put one in my GTI last year which is factory double din and I used the double din harness and it also went together fairly easy without any bending of the pins.

[Satnam]

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there is no ACC signal in the harness (the other problem you will run into, after you get the proper harness adapter - about $20)
The $130 module probably makes an ACCessory signal from the CAN bus.

You can tap off a fuse (can't remember which one off the top of my head), so don't buy the module.

first get the proper harness adapter and wire the deck up to it, then you will need to connect the ACC wire from the deck to the fuse.

[Compton]

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What kinda of deck are you installing? monsoon or aftermarket?

Cause when i bought my car it came with an aftermarket cd player, i swapped it out for a double din monsoon which did not work, in order to make it work you had to buy a bunch of harnesses, in the end it would of not dimmed with the rest of the dash.

Give us some more info so we can help u out

[Tiki]

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possible, but when i phoned and said it didnt work they all of a sudden say that i need that $130 module which i know i dont need cause you just bypass it.

[stefan]

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i have a feeling you ended up with the wrong one. Is there like a monsoon/non-monsoon variant that is simmilar, and maybe ended up with the wrong one?