2011 Ram 1500 SLT light switch?

[franknsled]

My new stereo needs a wire to the park light control to dim the screen at night. How do I get to the switch? It's hard to get to. How do I remove the front bezel and vent cover to get at it from the front? Or is there a better way to wire it?

 

[SitKneelBend]

If in not mistaken, that's a very old school way of doing it. I believe those things are commands sent over the CANBUS now. Typically, radios pair with adapters to interpret those signals correctly instead of running additional wires.

 

[franknsled]

You are correct. But this is a Soundstream VR651-B and it doesn't have the capability to receive data from the computer. There are 2 pink wires labelled headlight and dimmer. I was told by the seller to connect the headlight wire to the park light circuit. Thought it would be easier to get to the headlight switch(probably wrong) then to get a wire out thru the firewall(can't hardly see the firewall) .

 

[franknsled]

So finally got the switch out(those bezels are tight!). Which wire do I tap into for the park lights? Or should I just go to the fuse box under the hood?