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Hey guys,

Replaced my old headunit and putting in a New Kenwood. Qusetion?

How can I bypass the barking brake switch wire (for the DVD), so the DVD can play all the time? As my old DVD headunit did not have it ...lost
 
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With my old Jensen radio, there was a pink wire that you run to the parking brake. I simply didn't hook that wire up, so DVDs played all the time.

I would think there is a similar wire on your Kenwood.
 
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Musclemckeester said:
With my old Jensen radio, there was a pink wire that you run to the parking brake. I simply didn't hook that wire up, so DVDs played all the time.

I would think there is a similar wire on your Kenwood.
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Yes it dose have a wire and like my old one I did not hook it up but, the new headunit is picking up it's not hooked up.
 
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Now that you mention it, it seems like there was a code or something I still had to punch in. It's been too long though. Did you try Googling it?
 
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On my kenwood I ran that wire to ground and it worked perfect. My understanding is that Kenwoods are easier to bypasss then some other models.
 
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RubberFrog said:
On my kenwood I ran that wire to ground and it worked perfect. My understanding is that Kenwoods are easier to bypasss then some other models.
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Yeap, that is all I had to do...was ground it! Now I just have to find out why the VideoOut is not working? .... always something LOL!
 
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youtube the model, on the pioneer avh-....you gotta wire a relay in there its not as hard as you think but thats what i did with my fatherinlaws new jeep...
 
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All fixed and working fine.....thanks for the inputs!
 
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