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Old Mar 29, 2019 | 01:11 PM
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So I ordered this, then thought, how the hell do I get the USB from the back of the radio to the front of my Fairing? How did you guys do that?
 
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Buy a USB cord?
 
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I've got plenty of those. The question is how do I her it from inside the Fairing (to attach to the back of the radio) to outside of the Fairing? Or am I missing that there is an external USB on the front of the radio? If that's the case I'll feel pretty stupid for posting this.
 
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Old Mar 29, 2019 | 01:33 PM
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How do I get the wire from the back of the radio to where it is accessible on the front ?



 
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If it’s 14 and up drill a hole in back of glove box and feed it through. 13 and down drill a hole wherever you want
I’m pretty sure there’s two I believeCheck manual or look at the unit ����
 
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Glove box works for me.
 
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Or come out where the bars come out on the side if your using a phone cradle on the bars.
Be sure to tape your connections together in the fairing.
 
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Like Frenchie said, if it's a Rushmore, you just remove the existing usb cord from the cubby hole and insert the Sony usb cord through the same hole. The usb cords on the Sony XAV-AX500 are about 3 ft. long. Real simple.
 
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Good info. Ill just replace the existing USB from the glove box.
 
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Like Frenchie said, if it's a Rushmore, you just remove the existing usb cord from the cubby hole and insert the Sony usb cord through the same hole. The usb cords on the Sony XAV-AX500 are about 3 ft. long. Real simple.
Thats what I did. I removed plug holding stock HU usb and ran both of the Sony usb cables with the plug through existing hole to the same cubby hole. Then I connect dedicated phone foe AA NAV to USB1 and thumb drive with music to usb2.

no need to drill a hole or change routing from stock path.
 
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