Sony XAV-AX100

**toby.becker** · 03-30-2019 01:01 AM

Undergoing a head unit swap and looking for additional info on the install for the Sony XAV-AX100. I ordered the install kit from Crutchfield and the install directions are lacking to say the least.
Has anyone done this swap before? My searches have come up with absolutely nothing. My main question is - which connections from the wiring harness match up with the Crutchfield wiring harness, and is the connection port in the rear of the head unit needed/used? Haven't looked at it too extensively because it is damn near April and still snowing in Kansas

Mainly looking for people with experience with this unit on this platform to provide information.

**toby.becker** · 03-30-2019 06:28 PM

Bump

**csobel** · 03-31-2019 08:02 AM

Interested as well... I’m going to be ordering one soon.

**toby.becker** · 03-31-2019 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by csobel

Interested as well... I’m going to be ordering one soon.

It's a nice unit for the price, just not sure how to go about the install without having to make a custom harness

**chris86vw** · 04-01-2019 10:39 AM

I cant imagine they have done this different than any other sony radio, what did Crutchfield supply to you with the install kit?

There should be a sony harness and a crutchfield harness( likely a metra) https://www.crutchfield.com/g_103000...s.html?tp=2977

In Bose equipped cars it should come with a metra harness that has RCAs (it might just be one kit actually), those RCAs will plug into the amp out connections on the radio itself. You'll just need to then attach the power, ground, amp/antenna wires from the metra harness to the other harness. For the amp (look at that link above) you'll just take the factory amp connection at the radio and plug it into that red block.. other end to the rca outs on the new radio like noted above.. done. The other block you'll ignore all the line level speaker wires (the LF+ LF- etc etc) and only do the power/ground wires.

If you don't have a factory amp you'll ditch the red harness with the rcas. You will then take the wiring from the sony radio (its basically universal on all aftermarket radios) and the black harness above and you will splice LF+ on metra to LF+ on sony harness.. repeat repeat repeat. Crimp caps are best for this due to how harnesses sit in the dash, they look like twist caps you'd use in home wiring but are crimps.

you will end up with a harness that looks like this (just use the crimp caps not butt connectors, and if you solder I will delete this post) if you have non BOSE (came out of a car I parted) You plug the one end into the radio and one end into the factory connectors no making of any sort of custom harness. If you do have bose it will look like this only you don' have to waste crimps doing all the speaker wires (can't hurt just to prevent any sort of shorting/interference)

**toby.becker** · 04-04-2019 10:09 PM

This is what I'm looking at. The 3 from the metra harness seem to plug in pretty straight forward, but that leaves me with 3 additional plug ins with no where to plug then in. Also seems to be a power source on the back of the head unit but nothing to plug into that. 20190404_183650.jpeg

**chris86vw** · 04-05-2019 05:21 AM

What are you calling the 3 extra plugs?

Does the black metra connection fit 2 plugs? Some do I forget if that is how these work. It may be notched or slightly wider on half for one black plug.

Are you including the two red on the side? Those aren't stock so they can come out.

Plug what you can into the metra harness and post what's left.

**toby.becker** · 04-05-2019 10:51 AM

Yes was counting the 2 on the side. I'll post pics of what's left/not plugged in tonight.

**WEBER** · 04-06-2019 07:27 AM

It may be a little late, but installed mine with the harness and install kit from enfig. Super easy, made for the stereo and awesome quality.

https://enfigcarstereo.com/radio-ins...year=2000-2001

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**toby.becker** · 04-07-2019 11:37 AM

This is what I'm looking at now. One red connection that doesn't seem to go anywhere and still not getting power to the head unit. Pls send help. Snapchat-1037859407.jpg Snapchat-1086278613.jpg Snapchat-627823638.jpg

**chris86vw** · 04-07-2019 04:05 PM

You don't have the harness plugged into the radio that came with the radio. That's why you have no power. All you have is sound to the amp plugged in.

Why is rher a black connector in the red one?

Take a photo of exactly what came in the radio box and the harness crutchfield sent you on a table out of the car.

You seem to be not understanding some very basic stuff of how this install works and just randomly plugging things in.

**chris86vw** · 04-07-2019 04:08 PM

You don't have the harness plugged into the radio that came with the radio do you? If so did you actually crimp those connections I don't see any. . That's why you have no power if you didn't do that.

Why is rher a black connector in the red one? Ha e you looked at the label with the wiring printed in the stock radio?

Take a photo of exactly what came in the radio box and the harness crutchfield sent you on a table out of the car.

**slowSfaux** · 04-09-2019 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by chris86vw

You don't have the harness plugged into the radio that came with the radio. That's why you have no power. All you have is sound to the amp plugged in.

Why is rher a black connector in the red one?

Take a photo of exactly what came in the radio box and the harness crutchfield sent you on a table out of the car.

You seem to be not understanding some very basic stuff of how this install works and just randomly plugging things in.

Haha this pretty much summed up exactly what I was thinking to myself while I was looking at the photos.

**m_haiser** · 04-09-2019 02:37 PM

ive said it before, ill say it again. this poor car

**toby.becker** · 04-09-2019 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by slowSfaux

Haha this pretty much summed up exactly what I was thinking to myself while I was looking at the photos.

There was no harness that came with the radio. Theres a factory harness and the one I got from crutchfield that *should* work

**toby.becker** · 04-09-2019 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by m_haiser

ive said it before, ill say it again. this poor car

Blow me

**chris86vw** · 04-10-2019 04:21 AM

Originally Posted by toby.becker

There was no harness that came with the radio. Theres a factory harness and the one I got from crutchfield that *should* work

Check the box and actually read the directions

**wbrunner23** · 04-19-2019 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by WEBER

It may be a little late, but installed mine with the harness and install kit from enfig. Super easy, made for the stereo and awesome quality.

https://enfigcarstereo.com/radio-ins...year=2000-2001

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Do you have any pictures of yours installed? Any shots at night? Interested to see how it works with the rest of the interior.

**wbrunner23** · 05-01-2019 09:16 AM

Updates?

**WEBER** · 05-07-2019 08:33 PM

Originally Posted by wbrunner23

Do you have any pictures of yours installed? Any shots at night? Interested to see how it works with the rest of the interior.

Almost forgot about you!

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**wbrunner23** · 05-08-2019 08:38 AM

I kinda wish it would fill more horizontal space, but it looks pretty good, WEBER. If the Home, >>, & << buttons were in red, it would be perfect.

Tell me about the faceplate, please

**MetalMan** · 05-08-2019 08:50 AM

Faceplate kinda looks like the one Enfig sells?
https://enfigcarstereo.com/ENFIG_RMK5_A4B5DD.html

**Alex1188** · 05-09-2019 09:32 AM

Originally Posted by wbrunner23

I kinda wish it would fill more horizontal space, but it looks pretty good, WEBER. If the Home, >>, & << buttons were in red, it would be perfect.

Tell me about the faceplate, please

Have the XAV AX 200 in mine. If you update the firmware you are able to change the RGB lighting on those units.