Well after doing the entire NAV delete on my LX470, still no sound. I have tried all of the various harnesses. The amp appears to spin up and turn off. I guess I'm going to put it all back. I'm super disappointed.
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2002 LX470Finding a solution has to be easier than pulling it all out. where can you confirm you have power? replacing headunit and amp, or reusing amp?
Okay, so super frustrating, I hate when things should work, but don't!2002 LX470
Just replacing Head unit. Kept the amp.
Check with the local TLCA club. I think someone has done this swap.Well after doing the entire NAV delete on my LX470, still no sound. I have tried all of the various harnesses. The amp appears to spin up and turn off. I guess I'm going to put it all back. I'm super disappointed.
Beatsonic, plug and play harness. No guessing. But you pay for that. Beat-Sonic SLX-82AAD - https://www.beatsonicusa.com/beat-sonic-sla-82aad.html
I have. It is indeed plug-and-play. Depending on what the radio unit is that you are installing you will also need either a PAC audio TR-1 or TR-7 in order to bypass Fed restrictions on navigation/Carplay use while in motion.
Check with Crutchfield to see if Kenwood requires their video splitter for the corner cam to run alongside front and rear cameras. I do know Alpine requires it. I believe back in the day Kenwood required that as well with multiple cameras. So maybe that is still the same requirement.Ordered. You are a life saver, I can’t drive without my backup cams . Now I get to buy the Kenwood big boy and setup corner cams
Yes that is the last one it tried. Same issue. Radio fires up just fine, antenna works, amp starts and stops.Have you used one? $260 is cheap if it is a true plug and play. I wash getting ready to spend a WHOLE lot more time and money replacing my entire non-nav Levinson system.
Any way to do this and maintain the stock speakers?If the amp is turning on and off it is an amp problem. Not a harness issue. They are getting the correct voltage. The amp may just be going bad. Many of those systems had/were refurbished at dealers in their lifespan for these issues. May need to just do an amp bypass at that point. YotaMD has a great video on how to accomplish this without losing your mind or pulling out your hairs. I bypassed mine because I wanted to use a different amp anyway. I use the little tiny amps from ALpine and JL audio and they can be stashed in the dash or under the seat without giving up much space. They offer a lot more power and clarity as well. There has been an immense amount of changes since the invention of the iPhone in 2007 with digital music that these old systems are not really equipped to handle. Most of the time the sound is lower volume or muffled when piped through OEM systems.
No all speakers are stock. I was under the impression that if o swapped out the ML amp, I would have to replace the stock speakers as well?No. The stock speakers use a different resistance level than aftermarket speakers. I believe the OEM speaker pods run a 2 or 3ohm resistance and aftermarket are typically 4 ohms. Although, I do know of a JBL set of aftermarkets that are 2ohm that we used to replace the OEM 1st gen sequoia woofers with in the front doors so you might be able to make that work as well. Again, it all depends on resistence. If it is different you run the risk of overheating the factory amplifier which may also be causing the random cut-off now that I am thinking about that. If you have a voltage meter check resistance. That might be the issue. Hot damn! my brain works sometimes. How do ya like that?