I already have the pioneer avh p5700dvd flip-out dvd player installed in my car and now i bought the pioneer AVG DP1 to go with it. I need to know where to hook the the vehicle speed sensor wire to in my car. I also need to hook up a wire to the back lamp. if anyone can help me it'd be greatly appreciated as i would like to have installed before i leave friday for the ASS show.

Are you placing the unit in the trunk or front of the car. If you have it in the trunk just splice onto the wire going to the back up lamps. If you have a meter you can just push through the insulation of the wires going to the trunk. You will want the voltage that changes as the brake is pressed. If you are in the front of the car, there should be a sensor located on the gear shift. Pull off the console trim and look for it. It is possible that GM is different, but my ford and honda a proximity sensor located right on the shifter. Once again, if you have a meter you can check to see if it changes voltage (probably drops to nearly zero) when in park. If so, just splice it there. I have no idea what the speed sensor is. How does it refer to it in the manual. The only thing I have seen for dvd and navigation is a reverse lamp and your parking brake that need to be wired.

well this is for the vehicle performance meter that pioneer sells, it tells you speed, rpms, torque, hp, also has gps. I'll just stop down the local stereo shop. they want $7 to get me the diagram!

Why don't you just leave your car stock since you have one of the final 500s?
I wouldn't do poop to it if I had one.

:hide: yea wtf

I downloaded the pdf files for both units from pioneer. I don't see anything that mentions the speed sensor wire. Good luck with it and lett us know if you find out what and where it is located. It could be usefull for future post searches.