Peripheral iPod Interface Installation - Tacoma Audio Haven

Per the instructions, the three green wires (pins 21&22) were cut on the radio cable. This was necessary to fit with the '07+ Toyota requirements.

Finding an appropriate iPod cable mounting location was important and we removed this small cubby tray on the right side of the steering wheel to place the cable/iPod.

It took some patience, but we were able to route the cable up from underneath the dash to the radio. Then we snapped the cubby tray back into place.

With the cable in place, we connected the iPod cable to the Peripheral interface box. The next step in the instructions told us to arrange the small DIP switches in the proper configuration as the website instructed. Problem was, the website didn't have any information on the configuration and we had to try all nine configurations. None of them worked and we almost overheated a 30G iPod. After talking with Peripheral's tech department, it was determined we had a faulty unit.

Day two saw us try the install again, this time with a new unit. It came direct from Peripheral and was preconfigured for our Tacoma. It worked like a charm and didn't get the iPod hot at all. We neatly tucked the box interface away from heat in the far right side of the radio compartment.

We tried several different iPods (2nd-gen Nano, 3rd-gen Nano, Video 30G) and all of them worked very well. The sound quality was great and the owner described it as "way better than the static you get when you have to tune in through a radio station using an FM Modulator."