2016 Subaru Impreza Radio Upgrade (Sony XAV-AX3250)

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Hey there everyone! decided to give my fiancé her Christmas present a little early this past year and upgraded her OEM Subaru radio head unit to a Sony XAV-AX3250 head unit from best buy. After scouring the internet and forums and not finding any substantive videos on how to install an aftermarket head unit, i figured id make an attempt at making a installation video for others out there! Below are the parts that I used as well as the newer wiring harness adapter for Sony units that is now available for 2015+ Subaru Impreza's and crosstreks. Not sure if this also applies to legacy's or any of their SUV's. If you have any questions about the installation process feel free to leave a comment and I'll do my best to answer your questions!
Scosche double DIN head dash kit: www.crutchfield.com/p_142SU20...
Sony Head unit: www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-6-9...
Antenna adapter plug: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Autoharness house aftermarket headunit adapter harness for subaru 28-pin connector: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
70-1761 autoharness house adapter for pioneer units (i purchased this but did not use it): www.autoharnesshouse.com/AHH-...
Amazon link for pioneer adapter: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
70-1761 plugs with open wires: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
USB adapter wire: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
THE FOLLOWING ADAPTER I DID NOT USE AS IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE WHEN I PURCHASED THE ADAPTERS THAT I USED, I WOULD RECOMMEND USING THIS ADAPTER INSTEAD OF THE PIONEER ONE IF YOU ARE INSTALLING A SONY HEADUNIT INTO YOUR SUBARU.
New wiring harness from autoharness house for sony headunits: www.amazon.com/dp/B0999K65HX
Autoharness house link for sony adapter: www.autoharnesshouse.com/AHH-...

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@Batesandrw 9 ай бұрын

I’ve just bought the AX 3250 from the U.K. Really like Sony.

@TurnUpMyAudio 7 ай бұрын

awesome.

@herselfboy 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this detailed video. For the apple car play or music, could you connect your smart phone through the USB ports the Subaru has already provided? I did not see how it worked in this video.

@knuckleheadsgarage4627 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I used the USB adapter that I explained in the video with the weird square plug end and with the original USB port in my fiancé's cars arm rest it charged the phone but did not connect to use apple car play. Only after I went inside to complain to her about it did I figure out that her car has had this problem the entire time even with the OEM radio. So I deduced that the USB plug in her car is faulty and instead used the USB wire provided with the unit, just fished it through to the passenger side behind the glove box and onto the floor.

@herselfboy 2 жыл бұрын

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 thank you!

@joseluiscayupehernandez1540 Жыл бұрын

subaru have other ground for the handle control.dont need a external controller. Sorry for my english.

@hockeyfan4843 5 ай бұрын

How do you like the sound quality?

@slappyman50 Жыл бұрын

How did you wire the backup camera? I currently have my camera powered with the reverse light in the rear of the car.

@knuckleheadsgarage4627 Жыл бұрын

Sorry for being a little late with replying to you on this video! My fiance's car came factory with a reverse camera and all i had to do was plug in the yellow A/V style plug into the radio for the actual video feed, The purple and white striped wire that i had to cut and solder into the harness i believe was just the signal wire to tell the radio to transition over to the reverse camera feed. I believe that signal comes through the stock 28-pin harness that is built into the car's OEM harness. Hope this helps a little bit!

@RDRS_Phoenix 2 жыл бұрын

Which radio did you select when you flashed the Maestro RR module on the Weblink Desktop app? I got this exact radio and it isn't one of the available radios to choose from

@knuckleheadsgarage4627 2 жыл бұрын

I went with the ax3000, everything but the answer and hang up steering wheel control buttons work and my fiance said she had problems with those buttons with the old radio anyway

@RDRS_Phoenix 2 жыл бұрын

@@knuckleheadsgarage4627 thanks for the quick response! Also, I used the USB retention adapter to retain my factory USB ports but the radio says “USB hub not supported.” My car has two USB ports and one AUX port, so I’m not sure if that makes a difference.

@knuckleheadsgarage4627 2 жыл бұрын

@@RDRS_Phoenix hmmmm yea i wonder if because the sony unit only has one usb input, having 2 from your car is confusing it.

@oly4490 23 күн бұрын

Does the Sony XAV-AX3250 come with a microphone? Thanks

@knuckleheadsgarage4627 7 күн бұрын

This one did come with a microphone when i purchased it.

@revansland Жыл бұрын

Did anyone mention the red 3.5 MM connector is for the steering wheel control and the blue 3.5 MM connector is for the microphone, you must have figured that out when the handsfree mic didn't work?

@knuckleheadsgarage4627 6 ай бұрын

Sorry its been a minute since i wired this in but i believe you are correct. sorry i forgot to mention this. Had a couple of mishaps during the install with the unit being bad and the battery on my wifes car dying from too much testing to solve the issues that the bad unit was causing, it slipped my mind to finish recording the installation process and to mention that. Hence the clip at the end from a couple months after the initial install. Thanks for the comment!

@ethanfeenstra2864 10 ай бұрын

What does the parking brake connect to? Where can I find that cable

@adustrex101 7 ай бұрын

I’m currently trying to figure this out and was wondering if u had found a solution to that?

@knuckleheadsgarage4627 6 ай бұрын

Apologies for the late reply, i cannot remember wiring in the parking brake wire. I believe everything worked without having to connect that wire. I know on my supra for the pioneer unit that came with that car, the parking brake wire was basically a ground to allow the DVD functionality to be used. I just used one of the bolts that mount around the shifter to act as a ground for that wire and had a toggle switch wired in from the previous owner so i dont have to actually pull the parking brake to use the DVD function. Sorry i cannot fully remember if / how i used the parking brake cable! if i did connect it to anything and remember i'll reply to your comment again.

@quintontomalin1828 Жыл бұрын

How did you wire the maestro

@knuckleheadsgarage4627 6 ай бұрын

There was an existing plug on the auto harness house connection that plugged right into the maestro unit. the only thing i had to do, since the harness i used was originally for a pioneer unit and not a sony unit, was provide power to the maestro unit. That was done with cutting a wire that was meant for power to a plug that was specific to pioneer head units and soldering it into the existing auxiliary power supply wire to the head unit. See the video at around 15:10 that shows the plug and how i wired it in. hope this helps!

@vpnconsult Жыл бұрын

Is it not to deep?

@knuckleheadsgarage4627 6 ай бұрын

Nope, the scosche faceplate has some thickness where the radio goes in so there is no gaps between the face plate and the radio istelf. The buttons on the lower part of the radio just barely poke out to make it so that you can still press them. If you find its too "sunken in" for you liking then the extra screw holes for the adjustability are what you'd need to do to make the depth to your liking. Hope this helped!