Hi YouTube my name's Jeff and you may have seen
video on fitting the Pioneer SPH-DA120
to my Toyota Land Cruiser.
Following that videos some sent me a question via website and it's a good question
"What do you do about the Parking Brake
safety feature on this particular model?"
"What do you do with the cable? How do you bypass the safety?"
A very good question... I took advice from
from an auto electrician who knows about these things when I fitted mine
and it's very simple answer and that's
that you just ground it. You take the green cable
and put it to the chassis. You earth it.
You put it to the negative side of
the battery if you like. It's as simple as that.
There's lots of daft things you can buy
to bypass these safety features
all can't of gadgets on the shelves.
People will tell you to set up a relay system, etc.
Well on this particular model its not
necessary - just ground it.
And that should answer the question. If you want to know a little more...
Well, what is a safety system for?
It's designed to stop people doing daft things.
A lot of these headunits can do all kinds of things.
Watch DVDs. Browse the Internet. Read books.
All manner of things.
And that's what they don't want you to do.
They don't want you driving
and watching a DVD.
So if you fit the safety cable it
will prevent you from doing that.
My view is the pioneer SPH DA120 has
doesn't have a DVD,
play games, etc
so theres nothing that I can see
that I shouldn't be able to access whilst driving.
Especially as this unit has Apple CarPlay.
It uses iPhone's Siri to take voice commands
You don't even need to take your eyes off the road
You can simply talk to the unit.
So I think a safety is Pants on this particular model.
I see nothing against bypassing the safety.
So again, the answer is, ground it!
What's grounding? In most vehicles
one of the battery terminals is placed to the vehicle chassis
and this is usually the negative terminal.
So to ground the green safety cable
just find a place on the chassis
like a nut or screw to attach it to
or simply use a negative from the wiring loom.
One tip though.
I think the instructions state you must
connects the safety correctly
otherwise it will invalidate the warranty.
So if you do, don't tell Pioneer ; )
If anything does go
and you need to get your money back just tell them it was fitted
correctly
by a professional blah blah blah...
Otherwise they'll use it as an excuse to NOT give you your money.
So that's it. Nice and quick.
Pioneer SPH Da120... ground the safety cable.
Just shove it to the chassis.
just keep it simple.
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Thanks again.
thankfully