My Pioneer AVH-P4200DVD installation

[Mattmilw]

This weekend I replaced the factory radio in my 2010 Edge. The factory unit was non-NAV, 6 CD,

and I replaced it with a Pioneer AVH-P4200DVD and Pioneer GEX-P920XM XM SAT receiver.

 

My reasons for the upgrade:

 

- Switch from Sirius to XM (my other cars have XM (multi radio discount), and XM has baseball).

- Very frustrated by the 1 line display of the factory radio. Very weak in my mind.

- I didn't mind giving up SYNC. I really didn't use it.

 

I was able to use the basic Metra 70-5520 harness. I was concerned about the radio powering off

immediately when the key was turned off, but it stays on until the door opens, or it times out. The

back up beeper still works, but it doesn't mute the radio. I can hear it fine however. I did have problems

with AM reception- very weak/static. I called Crutchfield and they had me wire the Metra Power Antenna

wire to the Pioneer System Control wire. That took care of it.

 

To retain my steering wheel controls, I used the Metra Axxess ASWC unit. I'm pretty impressed

with this unit. Only 4 wires to connect. It auto configured itself and worked first try. In this configuration,

the channel up - down just goes to the next station. I manually reprogrammed it to go to the next

preset. The only issue I'm having is I can't seem to assign functions to the bottom 2 SYNC buttons.

I'd like to assign MUTE to one of them.

 

The XM Module mounted in the same bracket as the OEM Sirius unit. I took the plastic housing off the

Sirius factory antenna connector, and connected it to the XM box. It doesn't snap in, but it's a tight fit.

Reception has been fine. I'm glad I didn't have to add another antenna.

 

To get the dvd to play without putting the parking brake on, all I did was wire the parking brake wire to a

toggle switch connected to ground. I keep the switch off (non grounded), until I get the screen that says

you can't view without putting the parking brake on. Flip the switch, and I'm good to go.

 

So far, I'm impressed with this radio. The screen is big and bright. It's pretty intuitive to use as well. Navigating

the XM tuner and my IPOD is very straight forward. It can be upgrade with a Bluetooth module and a NAV

module. Those will maybe be down the road.

 

I appreciate those that have done this before me, and posted pictures and part numbers and procedures. It

helped me have confidence that I could do this myself.

[sylynce]

Good work- glad to hear that the install went off without any real hitch.

How long did it take? Did you manage to take any pictures during the install?

[Mattmilw]

The installation could have been done in one day, but I split it up over two. I got a late start on Sunday and then ran out of daylight. I didn't take pictures. I would have liked to, but I was anxious to get the project completed.

[rwbronco]

This weekend I replaced the factory radio in my 2010 Edge. The factory unit was non-NAV, 6 CD,

and I replaced it with a Pioneer AVH-P4200DVD and Pioneer GEX-P920XM XM SAT receiver.

 

My reasons for the upgrade:

 

- Switch from Sirius to XM (my other cars have XM (multi radio discount), and XM has baseball).

- Very frustrated by the 1 line display of the factory radio. Very weak in my mind.

- I didn't mind giving up SYNC. I really didn't use it.

 

I was able to use the basic Metra 70-5520 harness. I was concerned about the radio powering off

immediately when the key was turned off, but it stays on until the door opens, or it times out. The

back up beeper still works, but it doesn't mute the radio. I can hear it fine however. I did have problems

with AM reception- very weak/static. I called Crutchfield and they had me wire the Metra Power Antenna

wire to the Pioneer System Control wire. That took care of it.

 

To retain my steering wheel controls, I used the Metra Axxess ASWC unit. I'm pretty impressed

with this unit. Only 4 wires to connect. It auto configured itself and worked first try. In this configuration,

the channel up - down just goes to the next station. I manually reprogrammed it to go to the next

preset. The only issue I'm having is I can't seem to assign functions to the bottom 2 SYNC buttons.

I'd like to assign MUTE to one of them.

 

The XM Module mounted in the same bracket as the OEM Sirius unit. I took the plastic housing off the

Sirius factory antenna connector, and connected it to the XM box. It doesn't snap in, but it's a tight fit.

Reception has been fine. I'm glad I didn't have to add another antenna.

 

To get the dvd to play without putting the parking brake on, all I did was wire the parking brake wire to a

toggle switch connected to ground. I keep the switch off (non grounded), until I get the screen that says

you can't view without putting the parking brake on. Flip the switch, and I'm good to go.

 

So far, I'm impressed with this radio. The screen is big and bright. It's pretty intuitive to use as well. Navigating

the XM tuner and my IPOD is very straight forward. It can be upgrade with a Bluetooth module and a NAV

module. Those will maybe be down the road.

 

I appreciate those that have done this before me, and posted pictures and part numbers and procedures. It

helped me have confidence that I could do this myself.

 

Can you link some of the sources you used? I'm a how-to guide collector and have lots of them on my sites and would like to add one because there's always 20 posts going at a time about "is it possible to swap out to a navigation etc"

 

edit: I will probably use some of the tips and information you gave us here in my guide and will link to this thread. Thanks for the little "this didn't work but I got it to by doing this" tips!

Edited September 8, 2010 by rwbronco

[Big Sam]

Could you be a little more specific about your AM fix? I have an aftermarket Sony with Sirius in my 2007 SE AWD and AM is almost non-existent. Not that I miss it much but it would be nice to have sometimes.

[Mattmilw]

Could you be a little more specific about your AM fix? I have an aftermarket Sony with Sirius in my 2007 SE AWD and AM is almost non-existent. Not that I miss it much but it would be nice to have sometimes.

 

When I initially wired the 2 harnesses together, I did not connect the blue wires. The blue wire in the Metra harness was labeled Power antenna. The blue wire in the Pioneer harness was labeled System Control. When I powered the HU up, the FM was fine but the AM was very faint and full of static. Per Crutchfield's suggestion, I connected these two wires, and voila, AM was loud and clear. Based on how they are labeled, I haven't a guess on why this fixed it.

 

I hope this helps.