Hey guys,

I'm sitting ehre trying to wire up my Pioneer AVIC-F700BT, and I'm running itno a few issues. First, I bought the correct metra harness and everything for the Shaker 500, and it has a lead for the switched power. So I connected the wires together and everything, tossed them in, and.. nothing. For some reason, there's no wire running to teh switched power port in the OEM harness. So, i started looking online, and found that it's a grey/yellow wire.. nothing like that at all in the stereo harnessess, and I can't find it in the regular harnesses either. Anyone have any information on this? I also cannot find any information on what rear backup light wire I need to tap into, and I also (when plugging the F700BT switched into the constant for a test), cannot get any menus to pull up. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

 

A little update.. still trying to find a switched 12V+.

However, I've found that my bypass isn't working for some reason, so I had to attach my parking brake wire to the park brake positive wire, and that opened up the menus.

 

take a volt meter, turn ur key to run, and start probin wires, when u find one that has power, turn the key off and see if it still does, keep doin that till u find a wire with power in run and not in off

 

Don't have a voltmeter, friend. =(

 

if you have no switched wire then it will not matter if your bypass works or not huh?

Ford went to what is called a data-bus system some time ago which removes the ignition wire from the radio. The easiest place to get a ignition wire is in the steering column or the fuse panel.

 

u can get one for like 5bucks if your gunna be doing even one wiring job like this even it pays off....... id suggest it

 

Yup. A voltometer will definitely be the next upgrade to my toolbox. I've tried testing it in my passenger fusebox, and have found a few constants, but no switched yets. Anyone know which ones to try?

Thanks

 

the one that says radio? lol

 

Hey gang. I finally got this down. After trying unsuccessfully to tap every grey/yellow wire I could find, I finally went to the fuse box in the passenger kick panel. Stuck the wire into the accessories fuse hole, stuck the fuse in over it, and voila. Like magic. =)