Gen 6 jbl radio swap

Hey everyone,

I have looked high and low to find an answer to this problem i am faced with :confused: . I have a 2007 Camry XLE with the JBL premium system w/o nav, but i want to change it to my in-dash that i took out of my other car. The problem: how can you successfully complete this. I have purchased a kit from Metra TYTO-01 that is suppose to allow the factory amp to work with the aftermarket radio, but when i plugged it all up i got no sound from the speakers, everything else worked though. I can't seem to figure out a way to connect this aftermarket Kenwood kvt717dvd into my camry. Is there another plug that i can use in the car that would by pass the amp, although i'd prefer to keep it since it works in sync with the audio in the car, until i change out the speakers.

Any ideas/Suggestions???? Anyone????

Thanks,

Rob

I think the Metra harness you got is for Toyota vehicle equipped with JBL up to 2006, I could be wrong.

Have you seen this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/2007-TOYOTA-CAMRY-JBL-RADIO-WIRE-HARNESS-INTEGRATES-AMP_W0QQitemZ150023097697QQcmdZViewItem

yes that is the exact one i have...but it doesn't seem to work well. i contacted the seller to see if this unit i have may be defected....is there any other way to by-pass the system?

connect the speakers directly to the headunit... you can unhook the speakers inputs at the amp and reroute them to the headunit or u can just run all new wires. I would just run all new wires straight from the speakers to the headunit personally.

connect the speakers directly to the headunit... you can unhook the speakers inputs at the amp and reroute them to the headunit or u can just run all new wires. I would just run all new wires straight from the speakers to the headunit personally.

Or bypass the JBL system altogether and get an amp.

i thought about rewiring but i am not going to go through all that since i am not replacing the factory speakers as of yet. How do i go about by-passing. I was looking for an additional plug but could find one. And all i have gotten from the wire color codes is the 4 speaker wires from the 20-pin connector in the rear of the radio. On the amp, what are the wire colors? and how would that work into a 4-ohm load if the car has "8 speakers" are they each a 2ohm load wired in series?

I doubt that those factory jbl speakers are 2 ohm. they are probably 8 ohm speakers wired in parallel to get 4 ohm load to each channel. or the jbl amp is probably 2 ohm stable and the speakers are 4 ohm. I don't know what the wire colors are to the amp, but all u have to do is start disconnecting the negative wires (probably go be the only wires going to the amp that have strips on them) and see what speaker stops working and go from there. I still say wire straight from the speaker is the best way even if u plan on keeping the factory speakers.

...I still say wire straight from the speaker is the best way even if u plan on keeping the factory speakers.

Only if your H/U can match the output of the JBL amp. If your H/U is underpowered for the speakers they will blow. Lack of power will blow a speaker quicker than too much power (assuming the distortion levels are the same).

Only if your H/U can match the output of the JBL amp. If your H/U is underpowered for the speakers they will blow. Lack of power will blow a speaker quicker than too much power (assuming the distortion levels are the same).

not because of lack of power, distortion is the only reason them speakers will blow from his headunit. and the only way he is going to get enough distortion to blow them speakers is if he is blasting his music beyon the capabilities of his h/u. as long as he doesn't do that and recognizes the volume level where distortion enters the system and dont turn the volume past that point, those speakers and that built in amp inside the h/u will be fine. lack of power doesn't blow speakers, distortion kills speakers. that's why you can kill a speaker no matter if its overpowered, underpowered, or power to specs, because of distortion.

not because of lack of power, distortion is the only reason them speakers will blow from his headunit. and the only way he is going to get enough distortion to blow them speakers is if he is blasting his music beyon the capabilities of his h/u. as long as he doesn't do that and recognizes the volume level where distortion enters the system and dont turn the volume past that point, those speakers and that built in amp inside the h/u will be fine. lack of power doesn't blow speakers, distortion kills speakers. that's why you can kill a speaker no matter if its overpowered, underpowered, or power to specs, because of distortion.

An underpowered speaker when pushed, even without distortion will overstrain and pop.

An underpowered speaker when pushed, even without distortion will overstrain and pop.

if you push a speaker with an underpower amp, believe me there is distortion in the system