Just got my PNAV-6019 DVD/GPS navigation system and i have a quick nubie question.

[Dr Plastic]

The unit is the Kenwood PNAV-6019 with the KNA-G510 Nav unit.

Both of these have you hook up a wire to the parking brake sensor wire.

The drawing shows the system hooking up to the wire coming off the sensor on the parking brake switch. The way I understand the drawing it shows the brake ON opening the connection to GROUND. With the brake OFF the switch closes the connection, making continuity to GROUND. Am I correct in understanding this correctly?

I know it is a safety thing but could I just leave the wire disconnected to operate the Nav and DVD system while in motion or must the wire be hooked to ground? I normaly drive with a navigator in the passenger seat and would like to be able to have her reenter info on the fly instead of having to pull over all the time.

Will the unit operate normally with these wires not connected?
I understood from previous posts that I could just hook the wire to chassis ground to make a permenent connection thus defeating the safety interlock.

TIA

Scott

 

[davesexplorer]

Normally they are ground wires, that must be grounded to work. Yours could be different though, as my Alpine unit requires a certain sequence of the parking brake and the brake pedal to work correctly, however this can be bypassed by using two switches or the PAC module. You could try grounding it first then move on to other options if needed.