Stupid Question- Harness below Cup Holder
#1
Stupid Question- Harness below Cup Holder
Ok so here's the deal. I am in the process of having my interior wrapped in 3M Anthracite and have the cup holder removed, and noticed there is a wire harness below it that plugs into the cup holder unit. Since the holder doesn't truly have any electrical components what is the purpose of it? Additionally, I've noticed since I unplugged this harness, my LuxLink has stopped responding. Any idea how this can be related?
#2
Easy mystery. Its for the mayday unit [ cell phone ] install there is no where to plug it in since we don't have the mayday device in the states. so instead of making a new harness with out it they just decided to leave it there and made a nice little plastic pocket to plug it in. I believe the wires run to the back of the trunk area around the navigation set up. I never looked for the unused harness but I would assume its there. It could be a handy wire harness since it does not terminate any where could save you the trouble of running a wire in the event you wanted to install say a back up camera on some other accessory
When I was installing my satellite radio in the console area I went crazy looking for where to plug that wire harness into. Come to find out there is reference to the MAYDAY device in the factory shop manual.
My car is a 2005 and the harness is in there
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When I was installing my satellite radio in the console area I went crazy looking for where to plug that wire harness into. Come to find out there is reference to the MAYDAY device in the factory shop manual.
My car is a 2005 and the harness is in there
Don't you just love this forum!!
Last edited by mrblister; 01-03-15 at 10:50 AM.
#4
Wow! That's great to know! Turns out it wasn't interfering with my LuxLink in the end. I just wasn't pressing the key sequence fast enough. Go figure. But awesome that we now know that the harness is a means that can be used as a possible bypass/direct wire connection to the trunk.
#6
Easy mystery. Its for the mayday unit [ cell phone ] install there is no where to plug it in since we don't have the mayday device in the states. so instead of making a new harness with out it they just decided to leave it there and made a nice little plastic pocket to plug it in. I believe the wires run to the back of the trunk area around the navigation set up. I never looked for the unused harness but I would assume its there. It could be a handy wire harness since it does not terminate any where could save you the trouble of running a wire in the event you wanted to install say a back up camera on some other accessory
When I was installing my satellite radio in the console area I went crazy looking for where to plug that wire harness into. Come to find out there is reference to the MAYDAY device in the factory shop manual.
My car is a 2005 and the harness is in there
Don't you just love this forum!!
When I was installing my satellite radio in the console area I went crazy looking for where to plug that wire harness into. Come to find out there is reference to the MAYDAY device in the factory shop manual.
My car is a 2005 and the harness is in there
Don't you just love this forum!!
#7
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Easy mystery. Its for the mayday unit [ cell phone ] install there is no where to plug it in since we don't have the mayday device in the states. so instead of making a new harness with out it they just decided to leave it there and made a nice little plastic pocket to plug it in. I believe the wires run to the back of the trunk area around the navigation set up. I never looked for the unused harness but I would assume its there. It could be a handy wire harness since it does not terminate any where could save you the trouble of running a wire in the event you wanted to install say a back up camera on some other accessory
When I was installing my satellite radio in the console area I went crazy looking for where to plug that wire harness into. Come to find out there is reference to the MAYDAY device in the factory shop manual.
My car is a 2005 and the harness is in there
Don't you just love this forum!!
When I was installing my satellite radio in the console area I went crazy looking for where to plug that wire harness into. Come to find out there is reference to the MAYDAY device in the factory shop manual.
My car is a 2005 and the harness is in there
Don't you just love this forum!!
Thanks for the tip - I didn't put two and two together but I saw the console connector when I put the Parrot Bluetooth in.
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#8
Very timely information! I'm about to install tye v2 NavTool with two cameras; one for backupmand another to view to the rear when on the track - a look at the GPS display is less distracting than looking up to the rear view mirror. A button switches between the two cameras and I was looking at where to run the wire to the trunk. I recently did the antenna DIY and saw a free connector in the rt. side of the trunk so I'll test for continuity between the console and rear free connectors.
Thanks for the tip - I didn't put two and two together but I saw the console connector when I put the Parrot Bluetooth in.
Thanks for the tip - I didn't put two and two together but I saw the console connector when I put the Parrot Bluetooth in.
#9
Lexus Test Driver
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When I set up my rear view camera I installed a override switch under dash so I could turn the camera on while driving forward as well as camera would automatically come on if I went in reverse If you wire in the toggle switch as I am recommending you will only need one camera. I went with a 1/3 ccd camera. I did not like the cmos quality of most that i found of course I did this 8 years ago so better cameras must be out there now
#10
The back up switch trigger the camera on when you back up .VIA the navtool. Then when I am going forward the back up camera is off. So the toggle switch just provides a trigger to turn the camera on and make the nav tool think the car is going backwards but its going forward and the camera is on so i can see what is behind me as i move forward, I am only using one camera In essence The toggle switch just duplicates the signal that the back up switch does when in reverse . If your using two camera then you should be able to figure out a way to activate the second camera either by my method or another
#11
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The back up switch trigger the camera on when you back up .VIA the navtool. Then when I am going forward the back up camera is off. So the toggle switch just provides a trigger to turn the camera on and make the nav tool think the car is going backwards but its going forward and the camera is on so i can see what is behind me as i move forward, I am only using one camera In essence The toggle switch just duplicates the signal that the back up switch does when in reverse . If your using two camera then you should be able to figure out a way to activate the second camera either by my method or another
How did you run the hot wire from the toggle button back to the NavTool device?
Where do you connect the parking brake wire to?
thanks much
#12
in my system
#15
You should be able to run the camera wires with out dropping the bumper .Lift the trunk panels out and you can reach where you need to go