Some of you lucky dogs have acquired a PGHHD2 harness from a very special place. Thank you to Peripheral for giving us exclusive access to this unreleased harness.

These pre-release harnesses do not come with instructions. Because of that I have put together a few simple guidelines. These are not installation instructions. As always we recommend that this install be completed by a professional installer.

STEP 1

Locate your XM/NavTraffic tuner in the trunk of your TL. It will be behind the carpet liner on the passenger side. It is held in by three 10mm bolts. Loosen the bolts and pull the tuner box out so that you can see the harness plugs. This picture below shows the tuner box unmounted.....



STEP 2

Unplug the bigger of the two black plugs. Insert your Peripheral PGHHD2 harness in line with this plug. Meaning that the female side of your PGHHD2 plugs into the male harness on the car and the male side of your PGHHD2 plugs into the XM/NavTraffic tuner box.




STEP 3

There are 4 numbered dip switches on your PXAMG module. They should all be in the UP or OFF position when the PXAMG is shipped. Flip dip switch two DOWN to the ON position. Plug in your Peripheral PXAMG to the corresponding plug on your PGHHD2 harness.



STEP 4

Place the iPod end of your Peripheral iPod cable where you want it. Be sure you have enough slack. Working your way toward the trunk, and your PXAMG, run the length of the cable down the passenger side of the car. Be sure to use plentiful quality zip ties and bob them with Snap On flush cutters.



STEP 5

At some point in running your iPod cable to the trunk you will need to plug in your gray iPod cable extension. You will want to secure this connection with quality electrical tape or an appropriate length of heat shrink. Remove your lower rear seat cushion. Run the cable into the trunk and grab it from the trunk side. Pull it through but leave enough slack so that it's not tight.

STEP 6

Plug your gray iPod cable into the outer 8 pin receptacle on the PXAMG. Secure the cable so that the plug does not pull out. For this a larger zip tie is proper. Snip snip again with your Snap On EP145A flush cutters, made in Sweden, patent number 9.400.878-6. Secure the PXAMG to a solid surface of your preference. Return your XM/NavTaffic tuner to it's home and tighten the 10mm bolts. Return the trunk liner to it's former residence.



Your installation is complete. Turn your car on and enjoy. The operators manual for the Peripheral Media Gateway with PGHHD2 is not available yet. However here is a link to the PGHHD1 manual in PDF format..... http://peripheralelectronics.com/per...HD1_manual.pdf
DO NOT follow the install instructions in the PGHHD1 manual.

Please think about your questions at least 8 times before you post it. If your question is nonsense I will make a video about it and post it on YouTube like this video here.....
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20090528121357715

 

Thanks for the write up. My only question is for this unit on the Non-Navi radio will it display artist and song info on the screen?

 

Yes. The Peripheral Media Gateway will definitely show you the iPod info on your radio screen. It's pretty sweet.

 

Cool thanks I have been waiting for this to come out. no one could tell me if i displayed the info. I need to pick one of these up.

 

Acurazine members have exclusive pricing. Click the link on my signature for pricing and order info.

 

Travis, you're a pretty awesome dude...

 

Thanks Travis~Your the Bomb

 

Thank you fellas. Much appreciated. I updated the video link so that you don't have to sign up to watch it. I've watched it too many times. So funny.

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20090528121357715

 

hey Travis looks great.thanks for everything.without you none of us would have this harness yet.thanks for all your hard work.p.s.that video almost made me pee.haha

 

In installed mine two nights ago. Everything was fairly easy to install and a few hours later I had music playing out of my ipod. Thanks Travis for all your help in making this happen. Also, just as a side note, I have an older ipod (4th gen when they first came out with the click wheel) and the 5V cable is charging it when the ipod is not being used. I wasn't really expecting that but it was a good suprise. It dosn't charge when the ipod is playing music though, but thats ok.

 

Thanks Travis - The (large) band-aid in Step 2 says it all.

 

LMFAO!

Uncald4 is the "shit man"! @ 41 seconds in the video

 

Ha ha! Yeah... a Z06 Vette bit me the day before. It's been a while since an American gashed me. It's usually imports with their sharp incisors.

Hells yeah! I love that video. Watched it too many times. Always makes me laugh. Hell... I'm gonna watch it now.

 

nice.

my DIY is pretty helpful as well
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-audio-bluetooth-electronics-navigation-94/i-058-playa4reals-peripheral-pxamg-install-3g-type-s-698771/

 

Your thread is better. I would not have posted this thread but I was obligated to provide instructions for a product that normally would come with them. Just doing my duty.

EDIT: But I have the cool video!

 

That video is hilarious

 

Got mine installed in under 1 hour, but I have issues and/or questions, posted in the other thread.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showpos...&postcount=197

 

I answered your Q's.

 

Thanks Travis, not the answers I had hoped for but I'm still happy to finally have it working.

 

Travis,

One more question - I'm using an iPhone 3G and as I said iPod functionality is working but how about other media playback. For example, can I play music via Pandora thru this same connection....? I think not because the screen of the device itself does not display the normal screen but one that shows it's under another systems control.

 

That's what AUX1 is for on your iSimple. It leaves the iPod unlocked, gives you audio through the radio and you can still change tracks from radio/steering wheel. Just no TEXT on the nav screen.

 

The rest of the pre-ordered PGHHD2 harnesses and kits will be shipping next week. Peripheral was kind enough to send me enough of this new harness to fill all the orders for AZ members.

 

A bunch of the PGHHD2 harnesses were shipped Friday. The rest will be shipped tomorrow.

Many people have ordered the new kit without the iPod cable extension. It can be installed without the extension by running the given 11 ft cable up the center hump into the console. But if you plan on running the cable up the kick panel be sure to order the extension cable. Otherwise it will not reach.

 

sorry about that post before. how did you remove the interior trim? did you need to remove the backseat to get at the trim?

 

When I did the install I just pulled the back seat bottom up. Was pretty easy.

 

Is this in the garage? i was looking for it yesterday when i was doing install but couldnt find it. Took a really long time searching to find this thread.

All is well now though, got it working flawlessly, no lag or anythinng its amazing.

 

Perfect! I'll have to make this thread easier to find.

 

I have 3 PGHHD2 harnesses on hand that are not spoken for. Git 'em!

 

After all that waiting now there is a glut of cables on the market....

My install went off without a hitch. Thanks Travis.

The only thing that I have a question about is with the steering wheel controls, I have to hold down the controls until the beep is heard. It would be more convenient for me if the PXAMG responded to the short control press. Can this be reconfigured or is this a feature?

 

There are 3 available cables in the world. Which is kinda the same as a glut.

It's your radio that needs to be set differently. Some people have their up/down settings on category up/down instead of station for XM. Switch it back to station instead of category.

 

I was wondering the same thing about the steering wheel buttons. My friend has the PXAMG on his 2005 TL, and his works with the short press.
How do you change that setting? I cant think of what button will do it.

 

I don't know how to change that. I tried to figure it out on my wife's Accord yesterday. No luck. I had installed this on a 2007 Civic Si w/NAVI and the steering wheel buttons did the same but I was able to switch it. Don't remember how.



FYI... all 3 off the available PGHHD2 kits are sold.

 

I tried everything with regards to XM Modes but no luck. I guess the short control press selects the next preset and the long control press selects the next XM channel. The PXAMG must map the IPOD next song the same as selecting the next XM channel. This is probably a feature.

 

I wonder if they can change that through the PXAMG module. FW update?

I was playing with it at lunch today, it seems that when you push the CH- on the steering wheel, it goes into browse mode. CH+ did absolutely nothing. I forgot which XM mode I was on, but it doesnt work how we want either way.

 

I'm having some trouble figuring out the removal of the wire routing cover for the interior. Is it just a matter of brute force pulling this thing up so I can hide the cable underneath?

From what I've read so far I only know that there are some pins holding it down and too much force can break them. Any tips?

 

Do you expect to get more of the PGHHD2 cables soon? I was hoping to drop in to Best Buy this weekend and take care of this and a few other components in one fell swoop. Thank you!

 

I always plan on getting more soon. When they show up is always a surprise. The people that have pre-ordered are always first in line.

 

I got it in today and had it installed in about 1 hour. I need to figure out how to run the wire better so it is longer.

You mentioned aux1 mode, is there a way I can have both hooked up so switching is easy.

I'd like to know how to switch the steering wheel behavior too.

 

Awesome! I am going to order today, but wanted to ask one quick question.... I called peripheral, and they said that the new iSimple's are shipping with the cord that charges iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2G. Do you have any info regarding this? Let me know so I can order appropriately. Thanks!

 

I'm not sure what you mean. You have access to both IPOD mode and AUX1 mode all the time. All you have to do is turn the TUNE knob when entering the XM source. Your 4 sub sources are IPOD, AUX1, AUX2 and SAT.

All of the current Peripheral kits now come with the newer cable which works with all iPods. The older kits came with the older cable and you had to purchase the cable separately.