Kenwood DNX9140 Illumination to dim with instruments?

lordsii · 11-09-2011, 03:19 PM

Has anyone successfully installed the illumination setup for Kenwood HU to work with 2009 Nismo 370z instruments?

I tried setting it up in three different methods. None of them worked.

First, I connected illumination wire on Kenwood DNX9140 HU (orange/white) to Scosche harness adapter and this harness adapter connects to factory harness adapter (illumination wire basically connected to pin 9 on factory harness adapter). I then set the dimmer to "SYNC" in Kenwood HU setup. This method didnt work.

Second setup, I also hooked up the illumination wire straight to pin 8 (white wire) on factory harness adapter. So both pin 8 and pin 9 on factory harness adapter connected to illumination wire from HU. It didnt work also.

Lastly, I just disconnected (cut off) the orange wire from scosche adapter so that pin 9 is not connected to illumination wire and only pin 8 is. This wasn't successfully either.

Anyone has any idea on how to get it working properly? Thanks much!

secondnissan · 11-10-2011, 03:41 AM

My metra harness works just fine with my kenwood headunit. Metra only supplies one wire for illumination ( pin 9 ), which is then connected to the kenwood illumination wire. Try removing pin 8 from the scosche harness.

lordsii · 11-10-2011, 01:15 PM

Your setup is the same as my first one. There's no pin 8 on the scosche harness. It's just empty.

tjlazer · 07-30-2012, 09:09 PM

Did you ever figure this out? What you said here conflicts on what happened here:

Can't get head unit to dim with instruments

11-09-2011, 03:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
lordsii Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: California Posts: 22 Drives: 2009 Nismo 370z M6 Rep Power: 16	Kenwood DNX9140 Illumination to dim with instruments? Has anyone successfully installed the illumination setup for Kenwood HU to work with 2009 Nismo 370z instruments? I tried setting it up in three different methods. None of them worked. First, I connected illumination wire on Kenwood DNX9140 HU (orange/white) to Scosche harness adapter and this harness adapter connects to factory harness adapter (illumination wire basically connected to pin 9 on factory harness adapter). I then set the dimmer to "SYNC" in Kenwood HU setup. This method didnt work. Second setup, I also hooked up the illumination wire straight to pin 8 (white wire) on factory harness adapter. So both pin 8 and pin 9 on factory harness adapter connected to illumination wire from HU. It didnt work also. Lastly, I just disconnected (cut off) the orange wire from scosche adapter so that pin 9 is not connected to illumination wire and only pin 8 is. This wasn't successfully either. Anyone has any idea on how to get it working properly? Thanks much!

07-30-2012, 09:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
tjlazer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tacoma Age: 53 Posts: 2,496 Drives: Z34, R35 Rep Power: 20	Did you ever figure this out? What you said here conflicts on what happened here: Can't get head unit to dim with instruments __________________ 2009 370Z Monterey Blue,Nismo Conversion,RE-11's, K&N Typhoon intakes,Blue Kickplates,Homelink,FI 18" CBE,ERZ HFCs,Hotchkis sways, Swift Spec-R, EVO-R Highwing, UPREV

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11-10-2011, 03:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
secondnissan Base Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: chicago burbs Posts: 70 Drives: 10 370z 7at Rep Power: 14	My metra harness works just fine with my kenwood headunit. Metra only supplies one wire for illumination ( pin 9 ), which is then connected to the kenwood illumination wire. Try removing pin 8 from the scosche harness.

11-10-2011, 01:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
lordsii Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: California Posts: 22 Drives: 2009 Nismo 370z M6 Rep Power: 16	Your setup is the same as my first one. There's no pin 8 on the scosche harness. It's just empty.