2009 - 2014 Nissan Maxima Installation Guide

Please follow the video to disassemble your factory radio:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxCuV7n9wp8

Please remove the OEM display, which was not shown in the video. 

Base model:

Installation for base model, where factory climate control looks like this:

After that, for base model where the OEM climate control is right under the screen, please use the picture below to connect the main harness:

1. Please locate this connector on the radio main harness. Disconnect the original connector on the radio then connect the new plug to the back of the factory CD player. 

2. On the other of the harness, please find this connector. Connect the radio original connector to this connector. 

3. Connect the other two connectors to the factory AC connector and the back of the CD player. The CD player will be retained and the rest of the CD player's connector should remain connected to their original place.

After that, please connect the small white connector with two green wire to a matching port at the back of the new radio. 

Please find the AUX harness in the package:

Connect the red and white male RCA on this harness to this harness:

Please locate these two female RCAs among other RCAs and connect the two male RCAs in the previous steps to these two female ones:

After that, please connect the AUX jack to the AUX port on the front panel:

Connect the rest of the connectors like USB to the back of the new radio. 

After finishing connecting the radio, we will proceed to check the settings for the climate control. Please go to setting - car setting(third one front the right of the options at the bottom) - passcode 3368 - car model - you will see a setting page looks like below. DO NOT follow the picture below, instead, please choose these settings:

CAN Box type: HC

Car Brand: Nissan

Car Model: Tean

CAN Box: Teana XV(Keep) OR XP/HC 09-12 (Third one) if the first one didn't work. 

*Swipe down from the top center and swipe down again, hit reboot after changing the settings. 

After that, please go to "Original car agreement" - scroll down to the bottom - toggle on "Temperature unit switch" - after that, please turn off vehicle then turn it back on. 

Middle trim. Factory comes with Bose system but no navigation. 

Please follow the video to disassemble your factory radio:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxCuV7n9wp8

When installing the radio, please keep the vehicle turned off. Do not turn on the vehicle before all the cables are properly connected.  

This installation does not keep the factory CD player. However, please remove the white plastic box that is attached to the OEM CD player and connect the white box back to the vehicle. 

After that, please connect the main radio harness to the vehicle connectors. Please note that only 4 white connectors and 1 grey connector (Radio antenna) behind the original CD player are used. The rest of the connectors including the screen connectors are not used. 

Connect cables number 1 to 9 to the back of the new display. Find matching ports to connect the cables. If the main harness has a yellow male RCA coming out of it, please connect it to the female RCA on  7. That male RCA is for factory backup camera. 

After all the cables are connected, please turn on the vehicle and test for sound and AC. If AC is not working properly, please turn off the vehicle and double check connections especially the white box. 

After finishing connecting the radio, we will proceed to check the settings for the climate control. Please go to setting - car setting(third one front the right of the options at the bottom) - passcode 3368 - car model - you will see a setting page looks like below. DO NOT follow the picture below, instead, please choose these settings:

CAN Box type: HC

Car Brand: Nissan

Car Model: Tean

CAN Box: XP/HC 09-12 (Third one)

*Swipe down from the top center and swipe down again, hit reboot after changing the settings. 

After that, please go to "Original car agreement" - scroll down to the bottom - toggle on "Temperature unit switch" - after that, please turn off vehicle then turn it back on. 

reboot the radio  after changing the settings or disconnect power core and reconnect. 

Partial speakers working:

This guide is for Maxima that does NOT have navigation but comes with Bose sound system.

If you only have front speakers working, please locate this 12 pin connector on the main harness.

This connector is your factory Bose connector. Please note that there are two empty slots above the two white wires and also two empty slots above the two grey wires. Please check factory side connector, there should be two wires on the factory side that connects to the two empty spots above the white wires and so does the two empty spots above the grey wires. These two sets of wires are rear speaker wires. 

After finding this connector, please find the main power connector:

Notice there are a solid green and a green wire with black strip next to the white wires. And also there are purple wires next to the grey wires. 

To make the rear speakers work, locate the two factory wires that connect to the empty slot above the two white wires on the 12 pin connector, T tap (Do not CUT!) the factory wire to the purple wire and purple with black strip wire on the 20 pin connector. Please connector the solid purple wire to the factory wire on the right hand side. Then connect the purple with black strip wire from the 20 pin connector to the factory wire on the left hand side. 

Repeat the same steps to connect the green wires on the 20 pin connector to the two empty spots above the grey wires. 

After connections are made, the rear speakers should be working.

The connector will look like this after modification.

Premium trim. Factory comes with navigation. 

Please find the harness below. Do NOT use the yellow cable on the main harness. Remember to include the single white connector with a male yellow RCA on the bottom right of the picture (blocked by the red sign)

Please check if the CANBUS decoder box is connected on the main harness. If not, please transfer the CANBUS decoder box to the main harness. Picture below shows the CANBUS decoder box. The harness shown in the picture below is NOT the right main harness.

Please connect the CANBUS decoder box to the white plug below:

On the factory radio, please remove the CD player but retain the white AC box as shown below:

After that, please connect the plugs circled in red to the factory CD connector:

Connect the single white plug with one yellow male RCA (bottom right corner of the picture above)  to the matching factory display connector. The male RCA connects to a yellow female RCA on the 10 pin white connector below. This white connector will connect to the back of the radio and it only has one female RCA on it. 

After that, connect the connectors circled in green to the back of the radio.

Transfer the factory hazard key and passenger air bag light to the new radio. Connect the factory AC panel back on and test for sound and AC functions. 

CarPlay can be access under apps - car auto. Connect bluetooth to the radio first then come to this car auto app and wait for connection.

Amplifier Turn On Settings: 

Please go to settings app, then follow the image to turn on the amp settings. If the amplifier is still not on, please make sure you are using the correct harness, then locate a 20 pin white plug with a yellow and a black wire on each side. Locate a pink wire on that plug, make feed 12V to the pink wire and there should be sound.