3 quick questions for wiring the commander. Where did, you who have it, get power from? splice into the cig lighter? what did you hook the ACC wire to? and how did u ground it? thanks alot guys. hopefully this will be the last post about the commander for me, as i will wire it in tonight.

Craig

 

so, of all you guys who installed your commander, nobody can help me with this huh? i've searched on here to try and find a post on wiring this up. if anyone can help me, please let me know.

 

if i remeber correctly all you need is acc 12 vol battery and groung
you can ether take it behind the radio or of your ignition harness the color are

ignition harness
black/red acc
white 12 volt battery
ground any metal surface use groung terminal ring on a factory screw

Behind Radio
Radio 12v white/blue
Radio Ground black
Radio Ignition yellow/red

 

Sorry, I don't have XM. But for acc power you can get it from the cig lighter. I don't know if this will help but is it the wiring schemes for the amp and head unit.

Head Unit 439kb amp 87kb

 

thanks ortiz....
i have navi, but i assume that the wiring diagram for the amp is the same.
Craig

 

The sheme is for the amp is the same, and the Head Unit shown is the navi version.

 

I'm attempting the same thing. So when you say "take power" from either location, you mean splice into each wire? If I want use the power from the cig lighter and I'm installing in the "not an ashtray", I need to remove the outlet anyway?

Sorry for the stupid questions.

 

Damn double posts.

 

^^yeah you can just split the wires---I would use a clip from radioshack so you don't have to cut the wire. That way if you sell the car and want to keep the XM you can put the car back to normal easier.

I don't know what the clip is called but it is a \/\/ with wires in between the 2 v's and connects them. That way you don't have to strip them.