Eclipse avn726e install

[Pillsbry10]

well i got a sweet deal on an eclipse head unit...here are some pics

what wires need to be hooked up so i can play dvds and drive?

what wires for the steering wheel controls?

 

[VaBchXRunner]

wires for steering wheel should be plug and play in the back of the unit.
watch movies while driving, ground the e brake wire!

 

[blackx-runner]

Some of the eclipse units are plug and play with the factory harness, so you may just be able to plug straight in for the steering controls with no issues. As for playing DVDs you should just have to connect the parking brake wire to a ground. There will probably also be a VSS wire you will need to connect.

 

[VaBchXRunner]

too slow....

 

[blackx-runner]

too slow....

I was searching for a thread showing the VSS wire location but I failed. :thumbdown:

 

[Pillsbry10]

ok guys got the parking brake part handled...just had to hook that wire to ground for it to work.

there isnt a plug on the back of my unit for the steering wheel controls...the unit will run them but i need to splice in the wires.

any clue which wire goes to what... the wires on the unit are orange and brown, just need to know what wire on the truck they go to.

may have found what im looking for

pin 6 on the Toyota steering wheel harness (white with red stripe) goes to a ground.

pin 7 on the Toyota steering wheel harness (purple with white stripe) goes to the brown with black stripe wire on the Eclipse.

pin 8 on the Toyota steering wheel harness (yellow with blackish stripe) goes to the brown wire on the Eclipse

 

[x20Runner05]

Very nice unit man, nice install. That suprises me that its not plug n play for steering control. Cuz i have a older n cheaper eclipse unit and it was all plug n play.

 

[J_StradaXR]

Here you go my friend, Pac steering wheel controls :top:

http://www.pac-audio.com/SWI/

 

[Pillsbry10]

Apparently my eclipse is the only one not plug and play.

The above wires are correct and it works perfectly. Thanks guys!

No module needed... Good thing those are expensive.

 

[Pillsbry10]

just picked up a sirius xm tuner for it on ebay for 50.00 + shipping

i already have a standalone sirius unit in my truck, but it will be nice to have one directly connected to my headunit instead. itll look a lot cleaner.

 

[rich017]

The 726E is not compatible for direct plug N' Play. Just ground the e-brake wire, and the VSS is a violet/white wire behind the coin tray that flips out to the left of the steering wheel. Just splice into that and the Navi will work MUCH better.

Congrats on a BA unit. The AVN726E is pretty hard to come by since Eclipse pulled out of aftermarket car audio a couple months after they released this unit.

 

[Pillsbry10]

the navi seems to work just fine without the vss hooked up.

i got everything needed for 600

 

[rich017]

the navi seems to work just fine without the vss hooked up.

i got everything needed for 600

That's good. I had the model before this and without the VSS hooked up, the navi would take forever to keep up with where I actually was. Hooked it up and it worked like it should.

 

[Pillsbry10]

took a few daytime pics yesterday. the dash kit that came with it was missing a piece that held the clock/hazard stuff in. so i picked up a scosche dash kit off ebay for 25.00 came with a free wiring harness which i dont need if anyone needs one.

this kit is the non textured style and is made really well, its way better than the metra kit that i had. looks way more stock even though its not textured.

also got my satellite tuner installed, need to figure out where im going to mount it though. for now its just in the glove box. its a little retarded that sirius charged me 15.00 dollars to transfer my service from one tuner to another. oh well, its the world we live in now.