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Originally Posted by Terminator03
Since you have this stereo (similar model) what did you do with the green parking brake wire? I’ve read that some stereos allow for just grounding that, where others require a device to simulate the parking brake hookup. I’m installing in my daughter’s Camry today and was planning to just ground it, but thought I better ask so not to damage the unit. Also, her factory JBL radio has 2 antenna inputs. What do you do with the small one?
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Good questions! I actually just installed the Sony XAV-AX100 yesterday evening. I plan on a short writeup this evening with a few photos, but I'll try to answer your questions.
I did 100% absolutely nothing with the "parking brake" wire. I pulled it to the fuse panel where I was suppose to splice it. However, not being connected does not seem to affect CarPlay or the functions of the radio at all.
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suspect that Android Auto depends more on that wire than CarPlay does. Also, I [I]suspect[/] that if you try to play a video on the headunit from a USB drive, it would probably require the parking brake to be spliced.
I did not ground it or anything. Until I see a reason to do anything more, I'm leaving it exactly as is.
My stock Toyota radio had 2 antennas as well. It really threw me off for a while. I called Crutchfield, he basically said that (some) Toyotas have 2 antennas -- a short and a long one. I guess the factory radio can switch between the two. So far my radio seems to work as expected. You just use the bigger plug and set the smaller one aside.
