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Regarding the stereo, I'm unable to set the fader to rear bias, as is my preference. Is that on purpose? The setting is there but nothing happens. Manual says something about "if available" which makes no sense to me.

Originally Posted by nox

Which stereo did you get and did you get the full adapter harness? When I did my '99 fader worked fine.

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This one:



I dont know about a full adapter harness, it was the one they so.d me at Crutchfield. Only other thing I put in was the PACS adapter for,the buttons on the steering wheel.

Crap, pic won't show. It's the one from post #14. Sorry, on mobile now.

Originally Posted by nox

Does it allow you to change fader at all? If so, fade all the one one direction, and balance all the way one direction, see what happens. Change balance to opposite setting, see what happens.

As far as adapter harness, crutchfield should sell the steering adapter kit and the wiring adapter kit. It should be plug and play, the adapter to radio and adapter to factory wiring.

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Balance works normally, fader not at all. It's weird. Crutchfield sold the harness and the PACS thingie seperately.

Are you saying there's a different harness that does it all without splicing, etc?

A cursory search of pioneer radios is that a ground fault can cause some features to fail. Try reinstalling your radio and pulling negative battery terminal for 1 minute.

Edit:
Check your owners manual, there is a post install initialization setup on pioneers, some ship from the factory with the wrong output mode enabled which will cause your issue.

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Originally Posted by nox

A cursory search of pioneer radios is that a ground fault can cause some features to fail. Try reinstalling your radio and pulling negative battery terminal for 1 minute.

Edit:
Check your owners manual, there is a post install initialization setup on pioneers, some ship from the factory with the wrong output mode enabled which will cause your issue.

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Thanks, that's very helpful- I'll bet it is down to a little electrical gremlin, I'll reset it

@nox, thank you very much! I did the reset you mentioned, it was in the manual, but I never saw it. Probably too excited to get it installed. Everything works perfectly now, I really appreciate your help!

Originally Posted by nox

Its all good, now all you need is to get those new speakers to bump.

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I grabbed some new speakers for the front doors and some of the little tweeters along with rears and some leds on a Black Friday sale. Now I just need enough time away from my four year old to get them installed!

Originally Posted by nox

The hard part on the fronts is the door panels. I'd advise getting extra pins as they break ridiculously easily when pulling the panel. With tweeters the hard part will be feeding the wires through the door, string and a weight of some kind will be your friend.

As for the rears, be careful with the pull tabs on the bottom of the bench seat as they like to break off. When replacing the rear shelf be extremely careful as it like to fold under the shroud for the breaklight instead of into the groove.

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thanks man. I've had the rears out before and the door panels have been off for replacing a switch. But the advice on the tweeters is much appreciated since I've never had them out.

Here's the goodies I bought BTW, looking forward to getting them all installed!

Originally Posted by nox

The only potential issue is the dome on the tweeters. Not sure the clearance on them.

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I think the domes come off, Crutchfield said they're direct fit.

With the LEDs in the interior, the radios dimmed at night looks washed out. Can I just cut the illumination wire to the stereo? Not sure which wire it is, but I've done it on other cars.

Cut it or disconnect it.

2000 Pontiac Grand Prix Car Stereo Wiring Guide
Car Radio Illumination Wire: Brown