This installation guide is intended to be used to assist you during the installation of your
Sony 8100 Tundra Plug and Play Bundle from Trail Grid Pro.
Sony Installation Video
Installing your bundle
1. The Body – Consists of the head unit, matte or gloss black dash kit and our custom wiring harness.
- Make all your vehicle connections as noted in the document below. We’ve drawn a red box around the vehicle connectors you’ll be using for your installation, which are 1, 3 & the OBD-2 port. Vehicle connectors 2, 4 & 5 will not be used.
- All the plugs are keyed plugs, which means they only fit their match on the Toyota side. All you’re doing is matching plugs – it may look like a lot of wires but it’s simple.
- Retaining Clips: Transfer the 3 clips from the top of your factory dash kit to your new Metra dash kit. These will be needed to secure your new bundle.
You will be using vehicle connectors 1, 3 & OBD2
- Next, secure the backup camera connection harness labeled TOYCAM2-6V (connect the female side of the TOYCAM2-6V to the factory video harness), Sirius/XM satellite connection (if applicable), AM/FM antenna connection, Sony supplied microphone and the USB/AUX port (AXUSB35-SKT)
- DO NOT POWER ON YOUR HEAD-UNIT BEFORE ALL CONNECTIONS ARE MADE. This will cause an error when the PAC module is trying to calibrate to your vehicle.
More Install Tips Regarding The Components Of Your Sony Bundle
To secure your backup camera connection, ensure the female side of the backup camera harness labeled TOYCAM-2 is plugged into the factory video connection. The connectors are keyed, so they’ll only fit their mate.
The yellow male RCA from the TOYCAM-2 harness will be plugged into video in port on the back of the head unit.
Your factory AM/FM antenna will plug into the lower left hand corner of the rear of the head unit chassis.
Our bundle adds a USB/AUX port location under your head unit for connection for Apple CarPlay & Android Auto. Please ensure you plug in the USB plug from the head unit into our USB/AUX port.
The AUX will be unused in this application.
You will need to use the provided Sony microphone with our bundle. We also include our Sony Microphone Mount so that you may place the Sony microphone in the headliner console, if you choose.
You may also mount the Sony microphone on top of the steering column with the provided double sided tape and mount.
2007-2013: : If you selected “Maintain Sirius/XM” at checkout you’ll receive the SXV300 Sirius XM Tuner.
The SXV300 tuner will be mounted on the back of your bundle, and plugged into the back of the Sony radio.
The antenna will be in the parts bag in your box.
You will need to use the provided satellite antenna in the kit. The antenna will need to be mounted on the outside of the vehicle for optimal signal.
Our recommendation is to run the antenna wire along the top of the doors towards the back of the vehicle and mount the magnetic antenna on the roof.
Troubleshooting
Using a factory phone cable when making your connection for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto is a MUST. When I say factory, I mean just like the cable that originally came with your phone. It cannot be a cable that you bought from Amazon or from the grocery store – those are only charging cables in most cases, not charging and data cables. Also, remember – phone cables don’t last forever. If you ever have connectivity issues in the future – I’d try to swap your cable for a new one.
Download the Android Auto app from the GooglePlay. If you’re experiencing issues with Android Auto, here is a decent video that walks you through some troubleshooting of Android Auto. The head unit shown in this video is not a Sony, so just focus on the general troubleshooting aspects.
You can restore the interface to factory default settings by pressing and holding the programming button on the side of the module until the status LED starts blinking red. Once the LED starts blinking red, release the button. You must release the button while the LED is blinking red in order to perform the reset. Please note, the LED will go through two stages before it starts blinking red. First it will blink green, then amber, then red.
This reset will restore the following settings to their factory defaults:
- SWC Mapping
- Parking Brake Output Settings
- Factory Amplifier Settings
- Real Fade will be reset to on
Dip Switch Settings
If after completing these steps you’re not able to function all your steering wheel controls (answer on specifically), on the PAC module change the dip switches on the side of the module to 1, 2 & 3 as “on” and 4 as “off”. Currently, they are set to the exact opposite of that with 4 as “on” and 1, 2 & 3 as “off” – so you’ll just be reversing them.
