Pioneer AVIC D-3 Upgrade

[kbrandsma]

I purchased the Pioneer AVIC D-3 and was trying to confirm the hook-up for the rear speaker kit. The rear speakers are currently installed in my CDR-220 Radio via the brown plug to the middle slot in the rear of the radio.

Has anyone done this HU upgrade and if so did you also connect your rear speakers and if so where?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Kevfra]

Here is what I did when installing the AVIC D3 plus rear speakers:

There are three sets of RCA style connectors coming from the AVIC, and these are Front, Rear, Bass. Use the Front and Rear set connecting to your stock factory plugs that were attached to your Becker, assumming you have the 4x40 amp. This will drive the dash speakers and door speakers. The AVIC itself puts out the same amount of power as the Porsche amp so use the AVIC speaker wires for your rear speakers without an amp. With this configuration I had to set the AVIC fader controls to plus 4 on the front and zero on the rear because there is plenty of power. The balance and tone are fabulous although a big part of this is because I upgraded my speakers, and the rear speakers I installed are 10x4.5 so that's a lot of speaker cone. You really want to be good about matching your speakers to the power - I see a lot of people buying 150watt speakers because it seems impressive, but with you only have 25 watts to drive them there won't be sound worth listening to. Hope that helps, ask away if you have questions!

[kbrandsma]

My Pioneer AVIC D-3 came with the Blue Tooth Adapter and Ipod Adapter. Any ideas on where to place the BTB-200 and where to tap into power at?

[Kevfra]

My rule is - when the top needs to be closed it's time for me to drive my other car. So for that reason I haven't taken any great pains with the BlueTooth feature. However it will be required in California come this July so I did install it. I used a DMM to find a circuit that goes hot with key on, and the one I selected is normally used for the heated seat option. Mounted the mic along the left side of steering colume where it is closest to me and can't readily be seen - the thing is kind of ugly. Not that I'm too pleased with the looks of the GPS antenna which I placed right next to the alarm LEDs.

By the way on my Sebring convertible I placed the mic above the windshield just next to the visor, figuring that'd pick up my voice best. Wrong. It picks up wind howl enough to drown out anything I say. I had to move it to the instrument cluster where it works fine...if the top is closed.