I have a feeling you're going to be my hero by the time I get my install done. Thanks for the information!
I have some confusion, though...
I just bought myself a new 06 TSX with nav. I noticed you can optionally get the aux player (cassette or mp3cd) installed as well, with the same kit you mention using in your car (or rather, one very similar...just updated for the new model year). I don't see any mention of not being able to have XM, navigation and the aux player operating at the same time, and the audio interface on the car seems to suggest it's possible.
So in looking at the
SNHOND3, the device states the XM must be disconnected in order to work...and will only work in cars with navigation if the
HON03-F/MM adapter is used as a "navigation pass-thru". Since my car came with XM and the nav system, this implies i can keep my nav system with the combination of these two devices but would somehow have to disconnect the XM.
Looking at the
Blitzsafe HON/AUX DMX V.2X adapter, it say it will allow you to keep the XM but not the navigation system. This is backwards from the HON03-F/MM solution, strangely.
The install instructions (attached) for the Acura "audio attachment kit" refer to the bus cable included in the kit being plugged into the spot where the "vehicle 14-pin connector" plugs into normally in the back of the factory stereo, and then the "vehicle 14-pin connector" being plugged into a port on the cassette/mp3cd player unit. In this case it seems like the player unit itself provides a pass thru for....whatever it is that "vehicle 14-pin connector" carries.
So the question is what exactly is the "vehicle 14-pin connector" used for (nav, XM or both) and what each of the two solutions (HON/AUX DMX V.2X and the HON03-F/MM adapters) allows to "pass-thru" on each of their Y-adapters.
I'm also wondering if there are differences between the 06 model TSX and previous years. For instance, the 06 has bluetooth which (if I recall correctly) is new for the 06 model. I'm wondering if there are other differences as well, like maybe better support for operating nav, XM and and aux device at the same time.
At the end of the day, I'm unplugging one cable and using a Y-adapter to plug in two devices. This can't be unusual, as it's what Acura does for an optional aux player (albeit with an internal "Y-adapter" in the player device). Why does the Logjam Electronics site indicate it's more complicated that this?
Anybody?
- Chris