Need help with Kenwood

[scorp965]

I just installed a Kenwood KOS-V500 Carportal system in my 1994 Acura; the installation is as a standalone unit (no factory stereo), with the Kenwood KOS-L702 widescreen, Kenwood KNA-G510 navigation unit, Kenwood ipod cable, and Audiovox CNP2000UC + adapter cable for XM (what crutchfield said was compatible). All of the components are in the car, they're wired up, bolted in place, and don't seem to like communicating with one another.

The main unit went into the car with little hassle, I have AM/FM and ipod controls, the problem came when I tried to install navigation, and XM radio. With the modules connected, nothing seemed to happen - the 'nav' button on the Kenwood interface was greyed out, so I went into the menu and enabled nav - now the nav button works, but shows a blank screen with greyed out buttons, and nothing appeared on the menu for satellite radio. There is no mention of navigation in the KOS-V500 installation manual, the mention of XM radio says there should be a 'SAT' option, which does not exist. When I use the remote to manually select the source, I can select the 'navigation' source, and get nav - nav works fine, but I can't select it with the touchscreen button for nav. I see no way at all to access the installed XM radio.

The KNA-G510 manual doesn't mention installation at all, it just shows how to operate the menus once navigation is selected. The KOS-V500 manual doesn't say how to configure any of these components, so much for a 'advanced integration controller' - I have the source set to RGB in the V500 menu, but the 'nav' button does nothing for me. This is the Kenwood-recommended navi for this V500 system, so it should function fully, without issue; right now, I can access navi only through the hard button, and when I select the navigation source, I lose my audio, until I switch back with the hard button to audio, then I cannot display navigation. I see no way at all to access XM radio in any capacity, there is no 'SAT' source, despite the XM tuner being fully configured (for a V500), and being attached to the unit and its antenna.

How do I configure this V500 carportal (I gather its the standard Kenwood interface) to allow me to access navigation from the touchscreen (without fully switching sources with the hardbutton, and therby disabling my audio), and how do I access my XM radio? I have read all of my manuals front to back, and they all seem to ignore the process of actually configuring the components.

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[(Hayden) 10+ year member]

See if this manual has more then yours. you just need to select your product and it will DL

http://www.kenwoodusa.com/Support/Car_Entertainment_Owners_Manuals/#_

 

[scorp965]

Thank you for the response, this appears to be the same manual that came with my product(s) - the V500 manual shows how to select all sub menu's using the remote control, but doesn't go into detail about configuring any components. The G510 manual shows how to manipulate the menus, and how to wire the unit up, but doesn't go into any detail about configuring it to work with another kenwood system. The V500 manual only has two pages at the end, that show how everything is supposed to be hooked up - there is no mention of any kind of setup of the components into the system, perhaps this means it is supposed to setup itself, automatically, when a component is connected?

I went through all of my wiring harnesses again today, the ground for the XM module was on a painted surface, so I spliced it into another ground, which had a better connection to the chassis. When I restarted the system, a 'SAT' button had appeared on the Kenwood GUI, and when I selected it, XM radio seems to be working fine.

Now the only concern is Navi, which reacts as I described above. I can manually select the navigation source with either the remote control, or the L702 hard button, but I cannot access it from within the Kenwood touchscreen GUI - this is the unit Kenwood says I need for this system, so this button should work, but it does not, I can enable the button, through the AV configuration menu, but when I select it, it gives me a blank, grayed out screen - if I use the screen's V.SEL hard button, or the same button on the remote, after switching moniter sources twice I can access the navigation, which works perfectly once selected.

Does anyone have any tips on getting nav to work through the Kenwood interface? If it's setup like the XM, as soon as I plug the unit it, shouldn't this button become active, and work to select my nav? It does nothing for me, unless I manually configure it, then it doesn't work. There is no other interface for navi info, so it is communicating through its interface bus, as I can access it when I use the hard button (and hear voice through the speakers).