Metra Axxess (ASWC) Interface

Read the avic411.com forums.

The Z110BT and Z120BT (ironically with the BT for Bluetooth) really are very very poor when it comes to BT. There is no fix - so if you use it for calls, you will sound like you are in a convertible with the top down.

I run a MyTouch Slide (Android Tmobile HTC product), and it works fine - I also thought all Android devices worked (???)...

 

I just used the

• Metra ASWC.
• Metra 70-8114 - SWC Harness w/RCA

in the install of my Sony HU. They where super easy to install. No programing or splicing was required and I really liked that the 70-8114 allowed me to keep the AUX connector in the console.
The steering wheel controls just worked as I would of expected them too.

 

How did the seek (up and down) buttons work out? I've heard tell that while in radio mode it can do either Seek or Preset Change (up or down), but that selecting Preset Change limits these buttons behavior in other modes. Such as not being able to jump backwards and forwards between tracks on cd's or an iPod connection. Looking at the manual it certainly seems to be the case. I wonder if this is true of the PAC-SWI as well.

 

Just installed the axxess, with the metra 70-8114 harness.

My HU is a pioneer AVH-3200 DVD.

The install is easy. Both car and HU are detected.

Buttons worked, but not the same way they did with oem radio.

- Seek up and down buttons now do a search of +0.5 MHz and -0.5 MHz if pressed. If they are "press and hold" then seek upwards of downwards until a station is found.

With the oem radio these buttons did a preset station + or -. I would prefer this.

- Mode button now cycles sd-->usb-->radio-->sd. Before, this button cycled fm1-->fm2-->fm3


The manual says the buttons are programable the way we want, maybe i try to do.

 

Is it the RCAs that allow for the use of the existing aux input from the console (retains its function)? Or some other wire(s) from the 70-8114?

Did you simply use the wiring suggested from the Axxess website?

 

Since you installed nearly the same HU as I have (avh-p3200bt) I am really interested to know if you also retained the use of the aux input in the armrest console? Also, did you use the wiring for your HU as described from the Axxess website or some other? I am using the Metra wiring harness 70-8114 and I assume you had done the same. Let me know if you have any more specific write ups I have missed since I seem to be doing a similar install as yours with the Pioneer product. My only difference is that I am installing a wireless system for the BU cam in my '11 as you may have noted from a different post.

Thank you