Description
You may have seen our videos on the 9″ android screen upgrade on youtube. If you have a 2007-2008, or a 2008-2009 Acura MDX then you will have no issues installing the system they sent. If your MDX has navigation and its from years 2010-2011 or 2012-2013 then the harnesses they sent will not work for your installation. You will instead need the harnesses being sold on this page. The harnesses that were sent with the android radio from your amazon, eBay or AliExpress seller will not fit your 2010-2013 Acura MDX. In our video we talk about repining the harness to make it work but we have found a better way. Instead of shipping you one harness for just power and the camera we now ship another harness for the audio as well.
You will receive two harnesses from us along with a 3ft RCA wire to connect everything together. The way audio is routed with our harnesses setup is through XM radio. So you will lose the ability to listen to the factory XM radio if you install our product. If your MDX is built for Canada it will not have XM and the audio harness will not work but the power harness will work. You can easily tell if you have XM because of the XM button on the radio and when you press it, it should ask you to sign up and play ads or let you listen to XM radio.
Please ensure you connect all the white harnesses that came with your android stereo to the stereo before making the connections we sent you.
The primary harness in this package is the power and camera harness, this will provide constant power, accessory power, ground, illumination and the backup camera video signal to the new android screen. Please beware that if the camera does not appear correctly when you first go into reverse its because you have to change the backup camera video format setting with the settings of the android screen. You can often find this setting behind the factory setup screen or by touching the screen while in reverse. You want to change the format from “AHD” to “CVBS” or “PAL” to get the factory camera to show up correctly. If you install a new camera this change is not necessary. This harness hooks into where the factory navigation screen was hooked into and plugs into the screen.
The second harness is the XM Audio harness, this harness hooks into the factory radio and you then run the provided RCAs from the harness to the Audio Out L (white) and Audio Out R (Red) RCAS on the back of the android stereo. If you have no audio after installation its because you probably connected to the AUX IN RCAs and not the Audio Out so double check that. Now after installation to listen to the android audio output make sure to raise the android screen radio volume to 37. Then hit the XM button on the factory radio and use the factory volume controls to reach the audio level you want. If you aren’t satisfied with the audio output, I hate to say it but welcome to the club, that is one of the shortfalls of the android screen.
Another common thing that trips people up after install is the Bluetooth setup. When you are setting up bluetooth it is best to disconnect and forget the built in bluetooth in the Acura for the best results. The HFL will just cause problems in the long run so its best to just disconnect it. It’s behind the center console attached to the rear vents. The panel comes off by pulling it, its just clips pressed into place.
These harnesses are all you will need to get the android navigation screen upgrade working in your Acura MDX from years 2010 to 2013 with the HDD button.
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