Couple of installation questions

[acubsfan 10+ year member]

If anyone has a second, I have a couple of questions I could use a hand with.

Right now, I am running an Alpine 9835, Alpine MRV-F407 pushing Rainbow SLC Kick component set, and a Kicker ZX300.1 pushing an Infinity Perfect 12 in a sealed enclosure.

To be honest, I am not sure if this is the correct forum, but I was hoping to somehow get my steering wheel controls functional again, and I had originally thought I could pick up one of the PAC SWI Jack interfaces and I would be set. However, upon reading the compatibility a bit more, I realized that the 9835 is not listed as a compatible deck. Has anyone had any experience using this interface with this deck. If anyone knows whether or not this will work, please let me know.

I am installing in a 06 Nissan Altima, and as far as grounding I am having trouble finding a decent spot to drill through in the trunk/backseat area where I can easily get to the underneath to clean it and apply primer for rust protection. There seems to be other paneling and stuff anywhere I am looking at near the edges of the vehicle. I drilled into the the panel under the back seat into the wheel well, but the metal seems pretty week and I am still having alternator noise. I picked up one of those JL lugs to use, but I am afraid this is worthless if I am not grounding it in a good location to begin with. If anyone with a similar vehicle and can recommend a good spot, that would be cool. I am getting ready to rerun my power wire from the battery back to the trunk as I am swapping out my 4 gauge with 1/0. Do you think it would be easier to just invest in another length of wire and run my ground directly off the battery rather than trying to diagnose it?

Also, if it means anything, I had the Alpine amp running by itself at first and had no noise. It began after installing the Kicker. I have since then swapped out the kicker with two other amplifiers to ensure it wasn't the amp itself. I suppose I might have some wires to close or touching even but I also believe the location of the ground could be improved regardless.

Thanks for your help.

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[standbackimapro 10+ year member]

Well the engine whine could be caused by the RCAS and power wire being to close to each other, they should be about 18" apart.

As for using the steering wheel controls, only certain head units will work with that, you would have to get one of the radios that the cable says it will work with.

 

[acubsfan 10+ year member]

Yeah, despite the fact that I route my rca's and speaker wire on the opposite side of the car as my power, I think that the wires are pretty close underneath my back seat.

As far as the adapter, I know it doesn't explicitly say it works with the 9835, but I was wondering if someone had tried and it and found that it worked. I know that technically the Alpine Ipod Adapter isn't supposed to be compatible with the older decks like the 7996, but it actually works ( although not fully functional ).

 

[acubsfan 10+ year member]

Still wondering if anyone has tried this PAC interface with an Alpine 9835.

 

[bigaudiofanatic 10+ year member]

I did it in my friends car and it was like he had factory controls again.

 

[JLranger 10+ year member]

They work you just have to wire them up!

 

[acubsfan 10+ year member]

I believe that they work. It's just that my deck (9835) is not listed as compatible, so I was wondering if anyone actually used the swi-jack with the 9835. Can anyone actually verify that this combination will or will not work?