Guys, working on finishing up my Avin install today. Had a few issues, no illumination and a backup cam issue. Thought I would tackle the illumination issue during my daughter's first nap. The DIY posted doesn't address it other than to say it needs +12v.

Well, I was disappointed after installing originally and not having any illumination so I had a poke around to where I could find a switched +12v to operate with headlight switch + dimming. The obvious source is the lighter/ashtray LED. This is exceedingly difficult to get to without pulling the center console (which I had just had out *facepalm*). So I traced the wires on that plug (cig LED plug) as I could just see them through the ashtray area after pulling out the ashtray. The +12v is green/red and ground is brown. So I pulled the shifter handle and the shifter surround. Low and behold the green/red wire goes to the shifter surround.

So there you have it fellas. Run a small gauge wire from your Fakra orange behind the head unit down behind the climate controls, behind ashtray area, and up through the shifter area. Tap it into the green/red wire in the black plug on the shifter surround and you are set. Took me about 20 minutes with tapping, insulating, and zip tying after 5 minutes of head unit removal.

Hope that helps someone.

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