So i bought a Clarion NX500 dvd/nav unit and need help identifying a wire. I need to connect the stereo to the parking brake signal cord. I have gotten the center console out so I can get to the wires. I just don't know which one I need to tap. The wire from the stereo is a grass green color, not sure if that matters.

If anyone can tell me which wire is the parking brake signal cord, that'd be sweet!!

 

Not sure about the wire identification, but this guy makes a parking brake bypass just for the Clarion units..

http://cgi.ebay.com/CLARION-AUTOMATIC-VIDEO-BYPASS-HACK-NP400-VX401-NX501-/380335327320

Can't recommend watching movies on the go or anything, but with some of these bypass modules you don't have to splice into the factory parking brake or brake light wiring at all.

 

I had a NX409 in my civic and the above bypass unit worked great. I think it was about 4 wires. It will come with instructions. You will just have to know which wires to tap into. You won't need to tap into the parking brake with this bypass unit.

 

I was talking to a friend who installed the same unit and he bought a 2 switch from pepboys to bypass this. He ran the parking brake cable from the stereo to the switch and then just ran a ground wire to the second connector.

I don't have heated seats so Im thinking i could just install the switch in that spot. Quick, easy and cheap!!

Thanks for the responses!!

 

^No problem!