What do I need to get and Android head unit installed?

silverx · 06-26-2018, 02:49 PM

I'm going to try it on my own either this afternoon or tomorrow first. Definitely appreciate your offer though. Just one more question about the steering wheel control. Did the harness you got enable you to use the controls without an aswc-1? Trying to understand before I head right into installing the aswc-1.

night blade · 06-27-2018, 07:27 AM

Yes, I had a spare ASWC-1 for this install but never required it, not sure if it's the harness from Joying or just how the deck works, but the steering wheel controls worked except for the phone buttons. Before the Joying I had a simple JVC double deck which required the AWSC-1, had a horrible time trying to get it to work.

Good luck, and remember to put a towel down to put the shift housing on! made that mistake first time and now I have scratches there

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silverx · 06-27-2018, 05:58 PM

So after the initial struggle of take apart the center console, thought it would be all plug and play. After not being able to get the Hu to power on, pulled out the multimeter to check fuses and wires.
Then looked up online to find out that the 2013 factor harness pins are different and don't match up with the metra harness.
Read people bought an extra harness to pull out pins to plug it, but I just started cutting wire to reroute to pin for ground.
Got the logo to flash for half a second and off again in acc mode. Engine on had the button illuminate with the logo flash again.
After hours of frustration called my. Brother over to take it home to have a look. Now I'm thinking the acc pin doesn't match up either lol.
Was not as simple as I thought it would be.

night blade · 06-28-2018, 07:12 AM

Nissan didn't make it easy for us 370z owners, they loved to change the layout of the pins each year. You might want to consider going with the Joying harness,

https://www.joyingauto.com/android-c...ssan-cars.html

That's the one I used.

bigaudiofanat · 07-02-2018, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by night blade

Nissan didn't make it easy for us 370z owners, they loved to change the layout of the pins each year. You might want to consider going with the Joying harness,

https://www.joyingauto.com/android-c...ssan-cars.html

That's the one I used.

They didn't change the pins every year. The biggest change happened in 15 when some models saw a change in steering control and power pins.

silverx · 06-28-2018, 10:19 PM

So I finally got almost everything set up except the aswc-1. First install i'd say was pretty difficult, but learned a lot the first time and it'll be easy from here.
Getting this static/white noise whenever the radio is on, i'm guessing that's the metra harness. Contacted metra, but definitely need to take another look at that.
After putting everything together I noticed that screen was shaky/flickering. Contacting joying and they provided me with an update which fixed the issue.
I haven't asked Joying if the nissan harness they sell is compatible with the bose system. I know I should switch out the bose system, but that's a project for another time lol.

06-27-2018, 07:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
night blade Base Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Pickering, Ontario Posts: 131 Drives: 2016 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 11	Yes, I had a spare ASWC-1 for this install but never required it, not sure if it's the harness from Joying or just how the deck works, but the steering wheel controls worked except for the phone buttons. Before the Joying I had a simple JVC double deck which required the AWSC-1, had a horrible time trying to get it to work. Good luck, and remember to put a towel down to put the shift housing on! made that mistake first time and now I have scratches there . __________________ 2016 Nissan 370z Base 6MT Pearl White \| RJM Performance 2012 Kia Sportage 6AT (the short bus)

06-28-2018, 07:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
night blade Base Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Pickering, Ontario Posts: 131 Drives: 2016 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 11	Nissan didn't make it easy for us 370z owners, they loved to change the layout of the pins each year. You might want to consider going with the Joying harness, https://www.joyingauto.com/android-c...ssan-cars.html That's the one I used. __________________ 2016 Nissan 370z Base 6MT Pearl White \| RJM Performance 2012 Kia Sportage 6AT (the short bus)

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06-26-2018, 02:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
silverx Base Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Toronto Posts: 9 Drives: 13 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 9	I'm going to try it on my own either this afternoon or tomorrow first. Definitely appreciate your offer though. Just one more question about the steering wheel control. Did the harness you got enable you to use the controls without an aswc-1? Trying to understand before I head right into installing the aswc-1.

06-27-2018, 05:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
silverx Base Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Toronto Posts: 9 Drives: 13 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 9	So after the initial struggle of take apart the center console, thought it would be all plug and play. After not being able to get the Hu to power on, pulled out the multimeter to check fuses and wires. Then looked up online to find out that the 2013 factor harness pins are different and don't match up with the metra harness. Read people bought an extra harness to pull out pins to plug it, but I just started cutting wire to reroute to pin for ground. Got the logo to flash for half a second and off again in acc mode. Engine on had the button illuminate with the logo flash again. After hours of frustration called my. Brother over to take it home to have a look. Now I'm thinking the acc pin doesn't match up either lol. Was not as simple as I thought it would be.

06-28-2018, 10:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
silverx Base Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Toronto Posts: 9 Drives: 13 Nissan 370z Rep Power: 9	So I finally got almost everything set up except the aswc-1. First install i'd say was pretty difficult, but learned a lot the first time and it'll be easy from here. Getting this static/white noise whenever the radio is on, i'm guessing that's the metra harness. Contacted metra, but definitely need to take another look at that. After putting everything together I noticed that screen was shaky/flickering. Contacting joying and they provided me with an update which fixed the issue. I haven't asked Joying if the nissan harness they sell is compatible with the bose system. I know I should switch out the bose system, but that's a project for another time lol.