DIY: Replace factory radio with double din aftermarket stereo for 2012 Ram 1500 SLT

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Thanks for posting this thread. It made the installation of my new Kenwood DDX372BT so much easier.
 

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Do you have to trim the 95-6511 mounting brackets? I can't get them to fit properly with out trimming them .
 

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for those of you who have the touch screen installed with sirius xm on it.....i had a kenwood touch screen installed and the screen would freeze on the sirius xm screen occasionally.....i swapped xm tuners thinkin it was that and even got a new radio adn nada........still froze when radio first came on......ive read that the factory xm antennas wont work as good with the new tuners........any thoughts on this?
 

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I have a 15 with a sxv200 tuner with my alpine hu and am using the factory antenna with zero issues

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I've got a 2009 1500 that I'm trying to put a kenwood ddx372bt in. The wiring harness I have only has one plug but when I unplugged the old HU it had something plugged in the middle one. What is that plug for? I couldn't find any wiring diagram online for this unit. It also had a second antenna plugged in. I'm guessing that's satellite? The kenwood I got doesn't have a second plug. Am I out of luck for satellite radio? Thanks for the help. Hope this works, I've never posted on a forum before.
 

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I've got a 2009 1500 that I'm trying to put a kenwood ddx372bt in. The wiring harness I have only has one plug but when I unplugged the old HU it had something plugged in the middle one. What is that plug for? I couldn't find any wiring diagram online for this unit. It also had a second antenna plugged in. I'm guessing that's satellite? The kenwood I got doesn't have a second plug. Am I out of luck for satellite radio? Thanks for the help. Hope this works, I've never posted on a forum before.

For a Kenwood you have to buy the add on satellite tuner but you can get an adapter to use the old sat. antenna
 

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OK thanks. So is that what the middle plug was for? The satellite radio also?
 

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OK thanks. So is that what the middle plug was for? The satellite radio also?

One is for the am / fm antenna and one is for the satellite, I cant remember which is which, I think the white was the am / fm on mine, trial and error wont hurt it if you mix them up.
 

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The mustard colored one is XM and the white one is FM the factory antenna connectors are keyed as well as color coded and cannot be plugged in incorrectly, not sure if the aftermarket adapters are though. The middle plug is for the uconnect microphone, your truck currently has uconnect Bluetooth I presume.

http://www.oemautopartsco.com/products/uconnect-module-jumper-cable
 
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The mustard colored one is XZM and the white one is FM. The middle is for the microphone?

Whoops, I didnt even notice the one he had his finger in was the one he was askingabout :crazy:

I agree it has to be the usb or something, mine had a actual usb port on it.
 

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Wiring Harness

I have a 2011 Ram and I am looking to pull the same stereo out and put in a Pioneer AVH-3300BT. My question is regarding the wiring harness. Is this particular harness necessary? What is the blue box for? I have installed stereos before but have never seen that kind of harness. On Amazon, that wiring harness is $65 but other harnesses without the box are advertised at around $8 for just the plug and wires. Plus the PAC website states the harness only outputs 2 channels so you have to splice them into 4 to the aftermarket stereo harness. The PAC website doesn't really say much to explain my question and was hoping for more detail here. Can anyone explain?

Standard Harness
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Harness In Question
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It's going here.
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I tried to see if it fit without cutting it and it didn't. Needed to cut it for it to expand open. The back end wouldn't squeeze in at all. Maybe if you just cut the top lip off it might have fit but I didn't try that.

I just did mine on Monday of last week and all I had to cut was the bottom of the metal frame.
 

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I have a 2011 Ram and I am looking to pull the same stereo out and put in a Pioneer AVH-3300BT. My question is regarding the wiring harness. Is this particular harness necessary? What is the blue box for? I have installed stereos before but have never seen that kind of harness. On Amazon, that wiring harness is $65 but other harnesses without the box are advertised at around $8 for just the plug and wires. Plus the PAC website states the harness only outputs 2 channels so you have to splice them into 4 to the aftermarket stereo harness. The PAC website doesn't really say much to explain my question and was hoping for more detail here. Can anyone explain?

Standard Harness
basic%20harness_zpshr8s27bt.jpg



Harness In Question
C2R-CHY4_zpscu19bill.jpg


It's going here.
20160606_120139-1_zpstbzb2lzd.jpg

To my understanding the blue box gives power to the radio since Ram uses a different style of power supply. You can use the non boxed one, and just run an ignition wire to the red wire on your radio harness, thats what I did.
 

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for those of you who have the touch screen installed with sirius xm on it.....i had a kenwood touch screen installed and the screen would freeze on the sirius xm screen occasionally.....i swapped xm tuners thinkin it was that and even got a new radio adn nada........still froze when radio first came on......ive read that the factory xm antennas wont work as good with the new tuners........any thoughts on this?

Any time I have installed the Sirus boxes they come with their own individual antenna that has to be ran separately.
 

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And This one. Dash DvD Cutout#1.jpg I had to do this for my pioneer dvd to fit.
 

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Would this guide work the same for installing a Kenwood DDX9902S?

Looking at this because i can upgrade my standard tailgate to a locking one with the Kenwood rear camera as well.
 
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