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It probably can. I just tailed off the +12v lighter socket on the back of the console instead. The wires are right there. I was saying the alpine amp senses audio input to turn on, so you wont need to connect a 3rd "12v+ remote wire" to trigger it on.
Here is the wiring colors. I would save this image.
Damn dude, many thanks. You just helped me $230 lighter haha
No problem. I was in your situation and it took me forever to piece together a good fix that wasnt a complete audio revamp. I've been thinking about posting a guide for anyone else who hates factory Sony system. It's severely lacking in power, once you give it a boost it sounds great.
Shoot me a message if you run into any problems doing it. There are some switches on the alpine you may need to mess with for crossovers and to use speaker level inputs instead of RCA, but its covered in the manual. It's a pretty straight forward install once you get the console out.
No problem. I was in your situation and it took me forever to piece together a good fix that wasnt a complete audio revamp. I've been thinking about posting a guide for anyone else who hates factory Sony system. It's severely lacking in power, once you give it a boost it sounds great.
Shoot me a message if you run into any problems doing it. There are some switches on the alpine you may need to mess with for crossovers and to use speaker level inputs instead of RCA, but its covered in the manual. It's a pretty straight forward install once you get the console out.
Alright, will do. Thanks again. And you should at least do a post to talk about this neat little device. It's the right price and the right deal for someone who just wants a little more.
It's a lot more difficult than a typical install. Since you have the sony system, The headunit only has a DSP signal output (2-wires) to the factory amplifier located under the center console. The way I did it was to grab the outputs to each speaker from the amplifier under the center console and hook them into the speaker level inputs of an aftermarket amplifier. The factory amp will still do all of the decoding and provide you with a speaker level output to each speaker. You then run the output of the new amplifier to the speakers using the existing speaker wiring. Basically, you are splicing in between the factory amp and the speakers to boost the signal.
I did this in my 2011 using an alpine power pack, and it worked great.
Headunit --> Factory amp --> speaker level input of new amp ---> speakers
. Does anyone have a diagram of the DSP wires needed to tap into
