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Matt. My Aswc-1 has been connected but does not function properly. It seems to read the aftermarket stereo but only volume up works. Volume down,search up and down do not. Any suggestions? Does the ground wire from aswc-1 go grounded directly to chassis? The brown wire on the 3.5mm is connected to the swc wire(green,blue on Jvc deck) and pink wire is connected to pin11 whilst blue and pink wire is connected to pin9. Does pink wire and pin 11wire require a ground wire connected to chassis as well? Vehicle is mercedes w209 Any help would be appreciated!

amazing dude! followed step by step and solved my problem on my pioneer! keep up the solid videos!

same boat with my 2015 STI.sounds like crap due to amp.

Thanks sir

so when did u change amplifier?

Do you have the HK audio system in your Outback?

I know this is an older video, but I cannot get the steering wheel controls to work, 2014 legacy. Whether I reset it and just hold up, or put it to manual programming mode, and go through all the buttons it won’t work. Using a dual brand HU, with the 2 full outputs

Thanks for this video, I am confused how you got the reverse trigger to work? I thought the reverse trigger behind the stereo is 6v and you need 12v to work. Can you explain it? Does your back up camera work ONLY when vehicle in reverse? or you can activate rear camera while driving forward?

I am pleased to report the quality has gone down further in terms of their packing. They still have no instructions - I did not get a packing list so I do not know what I am supposed to have. I received the WRONG driver side rail. It does not align with any of the holes. For some reason one of the cross bars is untreated --it looks like it is the one behind the screen - So I will have 8 black and one Aluminum colored ?!?

Great series thanks for sharing

Hello, any chance to connect aftermarket camera to oem navi monitor ?

Where’s the link to those other videos?

Saved me so much time looking for a rattle that was coming from the subwoofer. Finally figured out it was the GAS CAP COVER and I didn't have to rip all this stuff out. Super easy to do though with good explanation thanks!

I'm running into the same situation with the mislabeled blue and white wire. What are you connecting the "Forrester only" wire to?

HAVE NO FRONT WHEEL DRIVE OR ABS BRAKES IT SLIDES THROUGH INTERSECTION MASTER CYLINDER AND BREAK BOOSTER BOTH REPLACED AND ARE NO BETTER

Saved me a headache, thanks!

What part number for the park bypass?

It's annoying.. maybe I'm spoiled but adding links in the description is so clutch. This is not clutch.

hello what about the Navigation is it install or not

I realized this is super old video but your directions on pins and whatnot are the most clear I could find. Thanks brotha !!!

Thank you for your video, do you know how to connect the original factory reverse developer?

Hello, I have a problem that we connected the faucet to the power supply and other cables simply do not fit it and there is no sound whether it is possible to buy some adapter on eBay or Amazon ?

I love that extractor. It's honestly (imo) the best on the market as of right now. *11 years experience being an automotive detailer.

Speaking as a nurse, I appreciate your desire to want to give back to the profession. You did an awesome job.

I have a 2011 with hk but no nav. Harness i bought works but i have no sound. I tested a speaker by bypassing the amp and it works so my head unit is working. Any suggestions?

Interesting video, thanks for making it. Looking into doing this for my Outback. But how did you connect the stripped wires to the subwoofer? It looked like you stripped the old wires but did you solder them to component plugs, to connect to the subwoofer?

I talked to Crutchfield today looking for a backup camera wiring adapter (trying to reuse the existing wiring on a new camera), and they told me that because of the starlink system on these that they don't sell parts or recommend updating the factory radio. I think he said something about the front speakers run through the amp and could fry some component... I'm not sure. I bought the components, but I'm still waiting on the antenna adapter to come so I'm holding off on it trying this for a few days.

It wouldn't be possible to reuse the existing backup camera wiring?

Hi Mate. Thank you for this video. Though I have a question. To which exact cable did you econnect the "forester only" blue-white cable? I have bought myself chinese android audio. It boots but no sound. Stearing from the wheel works on standard cable-harness given by chinese manufacturer. And there is no aditional electronics attached to this cable-harness. Seems like this harness is missing some wire to initialize H/K amplifier.

Loved the explanation of how to get to the sub..."you remove it, in a nut shell". so do I need to search nut shell lol. just busting on you since it's kinda important. It would have been nice to see it

So it was only like 3 wires you connect from the metra swc interface to the cars wiring?

This is such a 90s dude who turned Suburban Dad who likes his tunes when going to and from work!!! lol!!!

All I gather is you're upset they didn't provide Subaru specific removal instructions.

Not sure if youve changed ypur setup, but using something like the lc2i pro loc will allow you to correct the bass rolloff from factory systems. Definitely would help. Also, probably would want a an enclosure for a sub like that or tey to look for an infinite baffle sub (assuming he oem sub wasn't fully enclosed, looks like ot was just shoved in the cavity of the car lol)

Hey I just wanted to add a new comment saying thanks for this. I tackled this yesterday and your video gave me the confidence to try. Aside from my harness being completely different than yours and requiring a different Metra kit, it works great. The amp turn on wire goes to the 24 pin connector (second pin from the right on the top). The reverse trigger wire is pin #3 (third one over from the left) on the green connector. (I just stuffed the wire from the radio in there). I spent about 2 hours trying to get the steering wheel controls working without the expensive magic box with no luck. Unlike other youtube videos that say just hook up the radio SWC wires with the metra SWC wires, it didn't work in my car. So I am getting the expensive magic box sent from amazon. Thank you!!!!

Hey Thanks for this. It gave me the confidence to tackle the rear camera install. However, I did get a kit with a square camera, and it still didn't fit the Subaru bracket (the holes were too far appart on the bracket. So I just did the same thing you did and drilled a hole in the plastic. Thanks for your ideas!

Well I tried tackling this this morning. Not a single plug in the metra kit you listed matches my 2010 outback. That was a whole lot of work for nothing LOL

Wow that's a lot of work to get to the camera. I'm guessing it's impossible to do otherwise? Seems daunting.

at 14:28 you say "this is the only thing that should be coming out of this harness" but I have a blue wire and the metra instructions say to connect it to power antenna (+) from the radio's harness. Was I not supposed to do that?

FYI: Some head units support steering wheel controls without the need for the expensive little box. My Atoto F7 WE I just purchased has it built in. You just need to tie it's steering wheel wire into your harness.

WOW Thank you for this!!!! You rock! Been wanting to swap out this Harman Kardan FOR-EVER.

I did this on mine as well but my front speakers don’t turn on now, any tips?

Hey man, great videos! Can you post a video to remove the factory amp? I have a 2012 Subaru 3.6R and have unplugged everything and it is still bolted into the floor. Any tips or tricks?

Can you explain about the sound again i have the same problem try to listen what u saying but I can’t understand

A shop told me yesterday that no one on the planet can do this and i know i sure can’t but now i’m sad 😂

How many ohms is the factory sub?

Have you done a video on your fender flares? I'm looking to install some on my 2010 Outback.

Where your ground cable comes from?

I have the other harmon kardon system that came with the 2.5i limted version of the car. Currently my stock sub is blown and i’m trying to replace. Would sound quality be fine with for instance a Skar 8inch 4ohm sub and the stock amp? And do you know how many watts I’m looking at without upgrading power?

I wonder if putting the JL in a box instead of where the factory one was would sound better.Even without the amp upgrade I gotta think it would ,no? I have an ascent and was curious about this whole project .Good video !