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Hook up an iPod Car Kit (PA11 NIS) in a Nissan

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If you bought a USA Spec iPod Interface (PA11-NIS) for your Nissan, you might find the instructions to be very broad, not actually telling you how to do things. Fortunately for you, others have been there, done that, and taken pictures of the process in the hopes that you won't face the same predicament that they did.

Step 1

Set parking brake and disconnect the negative battery cable to prevent any electrical short.

Step 2

Pull vent trim panel located above factory radio straight out. There are tabs on each side that will pop loose as you wiggle the vent straight out.

Step 3

Open the ash/ coin tray door. Remove the ash tray and one (1) phillips screw located in the ash tray cavity behind ash tray.

Step 4

Pry up both sides of gear shift trim panel to release four metal clips. Pull the trim panel down and away from the dash. Adjust the gear shift lever and work the trim panel away the from dash. Either disconnect the wiring harnesses and remove trim panel or just let it hang over the edge.

Step 5

Remove two (2) phillips/hex screws from brackets securing the top of the radio /temperature control assembly. Remove two (2) hex/phillips screws securing the bottom of the radio/temperature control assembly.

Step 6

Pull out the assembly and you will see the two plugs on the back of the radio Head Unit (HU) that match the plugs on the CAS-NIS (CAS-NIS is the name of the cable that comes with the PA11-NIS). Unplug those two male plugs and plug in the CAS-NIS cable plugs. There is also a female plug on the CAS-NIS cable. Connect the plug that was in the back of your factory stereo in the female plug on the CAS-NIS.

Step 7

Plug the round DIN plug on the other end of the CAS-NIS to the PA11-NIS adapter where it is labeled "RADIO".

Step 8

Plug in the iPod cable to the PA11-NIS where it is labeled "iPod" and plug the other end into your iPod.

Step 9

Before you continue, test everything to make sure that it works. If you connect the negative on your battery cable and turn your CD changer to disc 6 you should be able to play your iPod and hear it through your factory speakers.

Step 10

Put your radio back into the dash and run your cables to wherever you want to keep your PA11-NIS and your iPod.

Step 11

Put the four (4) phillips/hex screws back into the top and the bottom of the radio head unit.

Step 12

Snap the gear shift trim panel back into place.

Step 13

Screw in the phillips screw located in ash/coin tray cavity behind ash tray and put the ash tray back in the cavity.

Step 14

Push the vent trim panel straight back in until you hear the tabs snap back in.

Tips

Read through all of the instructions before starting the job. While figuring all this out may take 3 hours, these instructions should bring the time down to 45 minutes.
This process was demonstrated with a 2001 Nissan Maxima (Bose Stereo). Instructions may vary based on the model, year and type of stereo you're dealing with.