How to Install Double DIN Radio MK4 Jetta, GTI, Golf
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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This is my tutorial on how to install a Double DIN head unit /radio in a 1999-2005
*ORANGE WIRE NOT NEEDED*
Volkswagen Jetta, GTI, or certain Golf models.
You will need:
Metra MK4 Dash Kit
Metra MK4 Wiring Harness
2 Pairs of VW Radio Removal KEYS
VW Antenna Adapter (if you wish to keep FM)
Torx 20 Driver or Drill Bit
Extra wiring/solder/elec. tape
Tutorials on my channel:
Plasti Dipped wheels
Projector Retrofit How-To
Coming:
Full Audio install
and MORE!!
lol.. guy says "If you're an idiot and have a back up camera on a sedan" proceeds to say "I like to watch the videos while I'm driving" ..
I just replaced the radio on my 03 Jetta. This tutorial is very helpful. Two thing to note - You don't need the additional wire extensions as he mentions. No need for them. Actually, I had difficulty pushing the radio in place with all of the wire harness/connectors taking up space. I installed a double din radio. I had to pull it out 3-4 times to move all that stuff around to make room for the radio. Also, definitely connect the red power wire to the Yellow 75x nut as he describes. You gotta pull apart the underside panels like he mentions, but it only takes a few extra minutes. Thanks!
What did you do with the orange wire coming from the metra harness?
dude your car is missing a pedal
WTF man! Is a automatic car!
Daquan Jr. there's a 2 pedals
Daquan Jr. you are so stupid dont look t cars its better for you
judging by the profile pic, I call bait
lol
Best Adv I ever saw for getting your head put in by a professional. Thanks.
Great video....... Must say it saved a lot of headaches thanks. FYI as said in the video the space is very tight, in order to make more room I relocated the factory harness just to the left behind the dash. In addition I used crutchfield's harness and I did not have to run the red wire to the terminal under the dash.
ok you didn't show the orange wire nor the installation of to bypass wires for the dvd/videos
It works in mine too, I converted to 1din unit and had to do the same was planning on getting a proper harness but didn't. Have no issues to this day. Rocking the stock amp/speakers and LOVE IT. Kicks ass compared to factory head unit.
thank you! the "profession" installation of my pioneer unit spliced the red power into the yellow which drained my battery. after deducing it was the radio I removed the radio fuse which kept my battery full but no tunes. after I watched your vid I ran out to rewire the red to the wiper fuse and once again I can rock out to work ty ty ty!!!
i just got done installing now of these in a 04 jetta with monsoon system. And not all wires are color coded exactly on both sides. Most cars won't match on both. And also most importantly YOU DO HAVE SWITCHED POWER. I will check in the morning what color it is, but the stock unit has 1 constant power and 1 switched connection also call the ignition 12v wire. i sure hope you enjoy your stereo :)
That 6" extensions are useless, just makes the install so messy.
if anything the wires should be shorter than they came- so as to allow for a clean and neat install.
Nbs
Was gonna say the same thing. Just more wire to get cluttered. You can pull on factory harness enough that it’ll come all the way out of the dash compartment
Why do I need to extend every cable if the original cables already reach the old radio and the pioneer cable already adds additional length?
So you can waste your time of course!! Come on man get with the program. LMAO!! Just like soldering all your connections and then using electrical tape. If you really wanna make the radio sound good add 6.5 feet to every wire run it over to the passenger side and loop it around the airbag support brackets a couple times and then back to the radio. Don’t put it so it interferes with the deployment of the airbag. Keep the wires parallel with the dash. You will pick up 18 Watts per speaker by doing that !! Free power. It works because there’s a flux capacitor inside the airbag and it boosts any audio signal that comes close to it. Don’t believe me Google flux Capacitor passenger air bag find out for yourself. I had to upgrade my door speakers from the power increase.
@@timmyl2005 i dont know what to think of this
LMAO
Got my own MK4 Jetta a couple weeks back and used this video to guide me through my installation. Looking forward to the amp/sub install videos.
YOU HELPED ME A LOT! Thanks. I had the problem of the radio draining my battery when the car was off. The problem was that I had the red wires connected together instead of connecting it to that bolt. GREAT VIDD
So after this is all installed, how would you about taking it out again afterwards? Now you don't have the possibility of using the keys
Many things missing, by pass , orange wire details and the tape is not the best practice. overall scale 0 to 10 , ill give you a 6.5
Whats the reason for running the red wire to a different spot? My Kenwood works with the red connected to the adapter plugged into the stock harness. Bad news is my battery drains for some reason - does this red wire relocation prevent that?
Awesome video man. Helped me out a ton! I saved myself so much money installing it your way
"Constant" means the wire is always hot, even when the car is off. "Switched" means the wire is hot only when the key is turned on. You can just run short wires to the constant and switched wire on the harness. Why would you need to run 4 foot long wires under the steering wheel?
+Billy Joe There is no switched wire on the factory VW harness. He even said this in the vid.
Yeah, for whatever reason, VW decided to be jackasses, and, rather than have a true switched power line, it sends a signal to the factory stereo that tells it to turn itself off. Aftermarket stereos have no idea what to do with this signal, so they just stay on constantly. That's why you have to wire them to an actual switched power source within the car. There are electronic devices that will receive this signal, and simulate what the factory stereo would do, though.
YES - There IS a switched connector on the harness........ i have a '02 GTI & miraculously my stereo doesn't work unless my key is on..... he just has the wrong harness
Or you spent $50-$60 on a useless interface kit and he spent $15 and ran an extra wire.
No, I spent $8 on a harness adapter & mine works PERFECT
What did you do with the orange wire? A reply would be very appreciated!
I was wondering the same thing because I was about to hook a head unit in my VW Passat
Me too, he said he'd show us.
Orange is illumination
Orange and red wire can go together
Okay, so I did something wrong, but I already snapped the radio into place, and I can't seem to pull it back out. I tried using the tools to pull the stock radio out, but they're not catching on anything. How do I remove the aftermarket radio?
Hammer and chisel. Less you have a sawsall
Are you a "professional" installer? I'm not a fan of butt connectors, electrical tape, and excess wiring. Those are the reasons why I do my own installs now. At least you used a factory harness adaptor. Most shops just hack off the factory harness and butt the wires on. Making future upgrades or OEM difficult. Good video though. I'll deff refer to it when i do my upgrade. Also for anyone who doesn't want to spend $10 on removal keys, I've used metal nail files with success. For about $1 or less a piece it's a lot cheaper.
Very helpful video. Hands down one of the best on UA-cam.
Where does the other long ass wire go? Red goes under the dash right? So where does the orange one go?
For the 4ft extensions, you do both white/ orange and red, and the red goes to 75x, correct? So where does the Orange/ white wire go?
I don't understand why you had to extend all those wires a couple of inches? there is always plenty of length when adding a wire harness.. and i'm not sure if its a cheaper wire harness problem but I've installed the harness with steering wheel controls and didn't have to run that extra power on wire anywhere.
snowboard13gcuz really? I installed my alipine radio and it never turns off because I didn't do that 😂
Then you have the wrong harness too, My GTI seems to work perfectly fine like any other radio, in ANY other car......
This video worked great to help me do a diy replacement on my head unit.
OMFG, no... You do not put the fuse at the radio, you put the fuse as close as you can to where you grab power from.. THIS is how cars catch on fire..
You spent all that time soldering the connections, and you didn't heat shrink them? C'mon, electrical tape is amateur hour.
Im happy somebody said this. I hope anyone that decides to do this does it correctly.
Correct
You don’t know what your talking about. I always put the fuse as far away from my radio as I can. I run the wires from the battery to the trunk on the drivers side then up the passenger side and to the rear of the radio. Then put the fuse behind the airbag so if I need to change the fuse I have to remove the airbag. Plus if I can’t make the car payment I have all that fuse I mean wire to remove my car payment. LoL. Ps. I solder all the connections and use butt connectors 1/2 inch from the radio. Trim the pioneer harness as short as possible pioneer wires have to much resistance .
Thanks a lot for the video. Was looking around forums and was getting all types of confusing mixed instructions.
What about the orange one
Awesome video, gave me the confidence and knowledge to do the same to my Golf. Thank you.
DON'T DO IT !!! This way is NOT the right way to do it.......... Obviously he said what happened to his ' competition truck '............. probably caught on fire for his jeri-rigging electrical
How do you change speeds without the clutch? I didn't see any flappy paddles?
I didn't need the keys I figured how to remove it so what did you do with the 4 foot red wire that was on the orange wire
This was to great help!! You deserve some kind of recognition so i subbed, keep the mk4 vids coming!
I installed a new double din pioneer in my car, but now it is draining the battery after one night... I'm not sure what I should do. Should I change it and get a new more powerful battery? I installed the audio just the way it was shown in this video and did not use the orange wire. Please help!
Yes genius our cars do have switched accessory power you just have to run the red wire to a switched location of power at the fuse box or you can do what this guy does and manually turn your radio on and off every time you want to use it like a Honda Civic kid
did steering wheel controls work with that?
My double din radio turns off when the car is stopped or parked, do you know what might cause this? I have a mk4 golf
I’ve gotta 02 Jetta tdi I made into a speaker car but stock stereo has 3 different harnesses a blue/green, brown and black. Can’t seem to find any sort of connections that will work
Mine only powers up if I wire both the red wiring harness wires to the one going to under the steering. So three all wired together. And it doesn't store the info or clock. Any help?
I'm having trouble finding what harness you bought. I have a 2004 jetta gli with the monsoon system and I cant find the correct harness. And I already bought my double din unit. do the wire colors have to match the harness? Thanks
Wait, you said I could tap into the fuse box but then you talk about taping into the yellow connector under the dash? Which one do I tap into the Yellow screw under the dash or the fuse box? This is very confusing please let me know. Thanks!
I’m having a lot of trouble getting the unit to fit into the dash. Any tips? Ideas? The wires and everything are blocking it.
I love the vw jetta I do know that Alpine also makes a very good Double din sterio as will if your wife is looking for one to . Best buy sells em you can also get em cheap on ebay
Did it click when the radio was pushed into place, or is there a screw holding it in on the side? how would you remove it
Ok guys the wire that goes to the fuse is the red one and the one that goes to the 75x is the yellow one that stays on the whole time :) the orange wire is for the illuminator
Where does the illuminator hook up?
On the vw harness it's orange cable
aye man I got a problem I hope u can help me with it the problem is I connected my radio and it sounded great n later I didn't have any sound in my speakers the radio is working great I have to disconnect it from the adaptor that goes connected to the car I plug it out n than in and than I get the sound again and later on it does the same again and once again I have to disconnect it and than connect it again what problem do you think this is ?
I have a 2000 golf 1.8 t and it has the moonsoon amp i order the plug but it comes different from the one you have it has a red extra plug it does fit the car wireplug but it wont turn on the amp any help
While it's true that the orange wire isn't NECESSARY, it can be used. It's use is to dim the headunit LEDs with the dimmer switch on the dash.
why can't I find anything about the single din monsoon stereo? crutchfield recommended me the wrong harness from what I see, there's three plugs on my stereo and only two plug spots on the adapter harness
ok i just installed my head unit did everything as seen in the video but my head unit wont hold any memory, so everything i start my jetta i have to setup the radio again please help me !
Thanks alot man, it was bothering me that my headunit was about an inch from going in completely.. i was able to tell there wasn't much room in the back with the wires being there but extending the wires makes complete sense. Quick question though, when i was taking the monsoon headunit out the (am.fm) wire's end piece cracked.. is there anyway i can get it to work without the top piece?
I recently installed a new stereo and the bottom isn't flush, would you know what to look for to fix my problem?
I'm curious if your car was able to scan codes after this install? Please me know. I my car has the same head unit but is wired awkwardly and it won't read codes because of the K line issue. Please get back to me I need to know ASAP. Thanks in advance.
What’s up bro I got a problem I installed a alpine double din radio ine z928hd but my settings button it’s not bright so I set it up right please help thank u
Great video and super straight forward!
AHHH sweet! never saw this!! this was up before i was a subscriber.. Thanks for the upload dude! Cheers!
I heard sometimes, installing a new radio on Jetta, it sometimes messes up the remote and brakes- is that true?
I'll change the radius of my Volkswagen Jetta 2000, I observed as the installation is done, but I have a question later I want to incorporate some screens in resting head, but I want to know how easy it is to disassemble the kit installation for to incorporate other my radio systems.
Great video..just one question. Do you solder the harness wires together or just tape them? I can't wait to do this on my GTI!
where did you put all the wires at? im having a real issue getting all of the wires inside and being able to get the radio and my pocket inside??
Tank you my friend very nice video
my mk4 is even more beautiful now
Do you know how to bypass the brake because my stereo was working okay but I restarted it and I think that deleted the bypass for the bro do I have to go on the settings for the stereo
Will that harness work on a 03 mk4 gti. the guy at best buy was telling me i need to buy a really expensive one
You're a life saver man! Thanks so much helped a ton!
So we're does the extended orange/white wire go?..
Can someone assist me, I am hopefully doing this within the next week or so maybe a couple days from now. Where and how do I wire in the parking brake bypass?
Thank you in advance
Looks awesome, good job. That Jetta is gonna look dope!
Nice clean install.. its funny how its ur first try of the radio but it already came with a CD in it... lol..
I'm putting in a Jensen vx7020 double din with nav.Help!The wiring harness from the deck has a pink wire that is labeled to go the the e-brake. However the wiring harness I ordered doesn't have a corresponding wire....Also the harness I ordered to tie the deck to the Jetta only has 3 brown, not 4... Is this a problem? Can I mount the gps antenna behind the deck? Or under the dash?
the e-brake wire is usually used as a security device for head-units with DVD. They want to make sure you're not watching movies while driving ;)
So by wiring the red wire to the yellow 75x will it stop the battery from draining ?
Hows the viewing angle? I'm thinking of getting one with a tilt screen because it seems that you wouldn't have the best angle with the screen flat in the dash.
Would you happen to have a wire diagram of the original monsoon head unit wiring? Unfortunately must hardwire due to previous owners laziness
Hey I have a 2002 Jetta GL is this the same process do you know? I'm searching for new radio want something similar to this. I didn't know how different it would be.
Thanks!
HI, it is totally necessary to count the 2 long wires to fuse and bolt? What about... Also mic for bluetooth? You help me with that?
Can the red and orange wire both go to that 75x bolt under the dash or does one have to go to the fuse no matter what?
What wire did you run to the fuse box? Was that necessary or can I got straight to the yellow screw?
Does it still hook up to the amp that's in the trunk of the car and can you still use the steering wheel controls
So you can't use the radio when the ignition is ON? (Engine off)
just wanted to say that i work at fry's and i have worked in a 03 jetta.. they do have a switchable in the car... if you take the panels around the key off and find the black wire from the ignition and splice into that... BAM switchable power... i know becouse i hooked that wire up to a JL amp for a friends jetta. grate vid
ok there are 3 green wires a sold green a green with black stripe and a light green where do you put the lime green ?
So you have one of the 4ft extension wires going to the wiper fuse, and one going to the 75x nut? Does it matter what one?
Question will you have to buy the PAC harness for the monsoon amp to work I see that you didn't I was just wondering if you had to or not thanks
Once the pioneer sits inside the plastic surround/cage/install kit thing, how does it stay in place, the video cut before it was fully pressed in. Is there a click? You said it would be difficult to take out, so maybe i should wait until my amp and sub are connected to the unit before putting on the plastic piece ? Thanks
I read that there is a security feature on the cars that causes the deck to not turn on if the dash kit is not pushed in all the way. Be sure you push it in until you hear clicks...
How about if you wanted to do the opposite? Remove the after market double din radio? Would it be the same?
I have a question I want to install a new headunit and I keep seeing that I need to get a module or something can someone tell me what that is?
You need a navstar module from nasa to complete the install. It helps with the gps.
why extend the orange wire if its not needed? did u use the purple and white wire?
I bought the removal keys and man am I having a hard time. Is there a trick or anything you did (wiggle in a certain angle) to get them in.
My keyfob doesn't work anymore, I also cant open my gas cap or trunk with my buttons on my door (2008 Volkswagen Golf GTI)
Question I have the exact same unit in my 02 gti and it used to power up just turning the key but all the sudden it stop working where can I start checking for the problem
What kind of gas are you using try 93 octane for a few days it should fix your ur problem.
hey would a Pioneer AppRadio 2 / Metra 95-9012 Double DIN Installation Dash Kit / Metra 70-1784 Radio Wiring Harness / Metra 40-VW54 VW Amplified Antenna Adapter / SPH-DA100 PARKING BRAKE BYPASS all work with my 2001 mk4 gti?
thanks again for the video. You showed me the bolt and nut under the dash which is where I attached the wire that made the area around my 10amp fuse too large. Now I can't put a usual 10amp fuse in there without it falling out! Any ideas on how to make it stick muscleammo? Thanks again.
Where do you tuck the harness? I cant seem to find a spot, it seems too tight.
Awesome tutorial - one question - is that long red wire absolutely necessary? I'm not quite clear on it's purpose. Is that the new radio's main power source?
I was installing a 7 inch dd Pionneer today on my 02 gti. I have the same kit as in the video, but cant manage to get the stereo in; It only goes a lil over halfway in. Im thinking it could be from all the wires from the back of the dd? Help
kinda confused me. the long 4 foot red wire goes underneath the yellow bolt or on the side with the fuses?
what did you do with the orange wire
Connect it to the flux capacitor wire. Stay under 88 mph. Less you have your shoe laces tied tight if not get Velcro shoes from Walmart.
I understand wiring red "switch power" to 75x, but what's up with the orange "illumination" wire? You added the 4 foot wire, but didn't show where it goes. Can I just wire it to the harness? 75x? Or should I splice into "dash adjustment switch" middle wire?
Hello ,, how do you remove the Vwk1015 after installation? in case that I need to sell the head unit?
hi I've been looking on ebay for the parking by pass I can't find it any suggestions?
so at first you say connect the red power wire to the fuse and than you attach it to the 75mm Bolt so which is it bolt or fuse ?
Michael Watkins He's saying either one is fine. You don't need to do both. Choose which way you're going to do it, then do that. Don't do both.