AVIC-D3 install in 05 silverado

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Mar 11, 2008 | 02:42 PM

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Oh God! Don't do that! I just did this install and it is a pain to get that thing back in after taking it out!

Just wondering...did you have a problem with the illumination? The Metra GMOS-04 wiring harness has an orange wire for illumination (so the HU knows when the headlights are on so it can dim) and an orange/white wire for dimmer. I tried both these wires and got nothing! So with furthur inspection I noticed the illumination wire was matching up to NOTHING (no connection) in the stock wiring harness! So I opted to simply run a wire behind the cluster to the headlight switch, works great now!

Nah, I already took it back out once to put my ipod cable on and it was simple.

Nope, didnt mess with the Illuminator it lights up so im good

Mar 13, 2008 | 11:41 AM

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I had to hack up a bunch of crap inside my dash to get it to fit in all the way. I eventually just took the top dash cover off to organize everything and mount the GPS antenna under there. I paid $200 for a damn adapter to work with onstar and the door chimes- and the door chimes still dont work

Mar 13, 2008 | 05:25 PM

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I eventually just took the top dash cover off to organize everything and mount the GPS antenna under there.

So how did you take the top of the dash off? Does it just pop off? How hard to put back on?

Mar 19, 2008 | 10:01 AM

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So how did you take the top of the dash off? Does it just pop off? How hard to put back on?

Why would the dash cover need to come off? My GPS antenna is mounted under the dash next to the winsheild behind the radio and I got to it easily.

Mar 26, 2008 | 06:02 AM

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http://avic411.com/forum/viewtopic.p...lassic&start=0

i like the idea of using the factory XM tuner bracket.. wonder if u can buy one of these from the stealership?

May 28, 2008 | 11:39 PM

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im wiring mine now. there is a vss wire on the gmos-01 harness. its blue/pink. im putting that to the d3's pink wire

Jun 4, 2008 | 09:33 AM

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Why would the dash cover need to come off? My GPS antenna is mounted under the dash next to the winsheild behind the radio and I got to it easily.

I took it off just to organize all the wires and crap under there. I put the antenna up near the front left so it gets a better signal, I probably could have reached up under there to do it but taking the dash off only takes like 5 minutes