Confusion wiring up my Sony XAV-AX8100 to my 2017 Honda Pilot LX

Discussion in 'Car Audio Head Units' started by Franzcatch, May 18, 2025.

  1. Franzcatch

    Franzcatch New Member

    My factory receiver is the smaller display version, and doesn't have carplay or android auto. So, I'm upgrading to the Sony XAV-AX8100.

    I bought an install guide from Crutchfield, but it either has information I wasn't expecting, is missing info, or is confusing.

    Basically, to answer the below questions, I need the pinout of all of the wires coming into the Honda factory wiring harness because it seems I will have to tap into some directly as they didn't come into the Metra wiring harness I got.

    *** Question 1 - The backup camera ***
    The Crutchfield guide says "Reverse (+) - below dash fuse box, 14-pin plug (D), pin 21 - brown".

    I have a wiring harness for this. Ground to ground red to red, and then it has RCA cables coming out of it. I capped off the Red and White, and the Yellow just goes into the Yellow video-in jack on the receiver.

    The Sony unit has a purple/white-stripe "Reverse In" wire. If my vehicle already turns on the factory backup camera when I shift to reverse, wouldn't this wire be in the incoming factory wiring harness? Which wire is it?

    *** Question 2 - The steering wheel ***
    The Sony unit has a 3.5mm input for this, and included a 3.5mm wire with 3 connections - Input 1, Input 2, and Ground. Where do I connect Input 1/2 to the incoming factory wires?

    Also, with this, it seems that there is no need for a Metra Steering Wheel Control Interface, right?

    *** Question 3 - The speakers ***
    Googling the Pilot LX, there is come confusion about exactly how many speakers the LX has. It seems there are 6 speakers, though.

    The Sony unit only has a 4 channel output. But I figured I could just wire the front 2 dash tweeters and the front 2 door speakers in parallel with the first 2 channels. Then I could hook the 2 back speakers to the 2 back channels. There is a sub - which I am hoping maybe the car has a built-in amp already for?

    Any help/ideas with this would be much appreciated.

    Thanks!!!