Is there any chance of having the ability to manage the dimmer on an aftermarket head unit? My new deck is great but is a bit bright at night.

 

if the head unit has the capability. What model is it?

 

It has a dimmer lead. Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X693. I followed the instructions on for the harness wiring but no luck. Maybe that connection is bad?

 

Double check wiring instructions... some head units come with an illumination and a dimmer wire... some both have to be hooked up, while others only 1. You may also have to enable the dimmer feature in the head units settings menu.

 

^^^^^^ what he/she said ^^^^^^

 

be careful when doing this however, i have personally witnessed an entire display rendered useless because of an improper install. when they hooked it up and tried to use the dimmer function, the whole thing went dark and now theres no more display at all. i tried removing it and re-connecting everything except the dimmer/illumination option, just to get it to work somewhat after the guy effed it up, and no luck. not saying it happens a lot, but it definitely can