The relay is almost as easy as a toggle switch. Hook up the parking brake wire to the relay so when the 12 hits the relay the contact will be made to ground for the parking brake wire coming out of the back of your radio. Do not leave your wires exposed! Personally, I can't make my daily commute without cracking up to ELF while eating my cereal and talking on my cell phone while checking email on the laptop on the way to work... Just kidding folks. Find a ⦠This item does not get rid of my startup warning either, which is what I was really looking for. Any one have ideas for this? You can twist the parking brake wire coming off the head unit into the ground wire (or ground it somewhere). /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif But my DVD is wired to use. Save Share. The reason it needs to be on the parking brake wire is because when the car is "not in motion" the e-brake will be on to allow you to watch video. JVC DD Video/Parking Brake Bypass Hello all, I purchased a JVC KWâV830BT for my Ram, just wondering if anyone knows if there is anything specific on how to bypass the parking brake wire for video or how to do so? Cookies help us deliver our Services. So I get to take it apart to plug that in after work. In most cases its either a 12v+ or a ground and the parking brake itself is the switch. Cost $10, I think, arrived in a few days, I soldered it up and it works just fine. Strip the ends off of the wire that is supposed to be connected to the parking brake, the ground for the dvd player and the ground wire from the car. 2. And I figured since I have to take it apart anyway I would do this now. Actually, in either 03 or 04, they started using two wires, one ran to a separate grounding point, instead of grounding through the park brake control assembly. I can't find it anywhere...I only found the two wires wrapped in the black wire loom stuff and neither of those two wires gave any power when the Parking Brake is on.?!? Connect the green wire from your MicroBypass to your Pioneers green parking brake wire. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies.Learn More. I do not want to watch videos while driving, but my vehicle is a bit older, 2006 Ford E-450 and I am concerned that if not done correctly some things may not work right or not even play a DVD when parked. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. first off, ground the parking brake wire (the pink one) ok, now turn the system on, and change to the radio mode. Waste of $12. On many head units, you don't even need to do that, you can simply connect the wire to ground. I have a Maestro for steering wheel integration, but that's only because I already had it. If so, how would I go about this? Our tech recommends you install the bypass wiring during your initial install so you do not have to go through the install process twice. 2020 F-350 4x4 King Ranch, 6.7L PowerStroke. But now I realize that pictures etc. So I didn't know which one to use. I used a prob to see which wire lit up when the switch was thrown but neither one did. Step 4 Connect the three wires by twisting them together and covering them with an end cap if you have one, or electrical tape if you don't. How much good is a DVD system that you can only watch when the emergency brake is applied anyway!?! Since my ipod is so old it cant update past 3.1.3. 3. This unit has a newer harness that has the parking break wire included as part of the harness rather than a fixed wire off the back of the HU. You have to take the center console/armrest cover ⦠Assuming pioneer still requires the park brake on-off-on. good luck. Either 1 of the above 3 wires can be tapped to connect to the ground wire of the wiring harness for your car. Granted, I haven't tested it using a DVD, but I haven't had the unit say I have to have the brake engaged. It said I needed an app from the store to run it but that I had to update my Ipod to ios 6 to do so. Anytime. Any and all help is appreciated. When the parking brake is not set, you whould see an open circuit or infinite ohms. All you need is a ground, reverse signal wire, and the e-brake wire from the screen. You need to tap it directly into the parking brake wire that comes out wherever your brake is in your car. I didn't bother with it yesterday since I wasn't planning on watching movies or anything so I did not think it mattered to me. I can't help with the parking brake wire issue, but I can say I just installed the predecessor to your unit, the 4100, and purchased a brake bypass from eBay. At all as I wanted to be about to run the video while moving but sound... 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