Hey everyone,
I thought I would post this write up in regard to installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2014 Nissan Versa Note. Also installing aftermarket speakers and the included backup camera. Also what you need to do to get hardwired steering wheel controls (no interface module required.
My mom's 2014 Nissan Versa Note started having issues with the factory CD player so she wanted a new head unit. I have installed two of the Sjoybring JOY-W022 into my friend's vehicles and they've worked great as a basic upgrade stereo with modern features. I had an extra one laying around that I had gotten for free from the company so I decided to install it in my mom's car.
I'm going to provide links for the products I used and give a brief overview of the installation process. There's plenty of good video guides out there for how to work with this generation of Versa and Versa Note, so I won't waste time/text on too much detail.
Sjoybring W022 Head Unit: https://a.co/d/4h8Ht8l
Stereo Wiring Harness: https://a.co/d/alNFK9z
Dash Kit: https://a.co/d/htqxmRj
Steering Wheel Control Harness: Axxess AX-NIS32BT | eBay
MbQuart 6.5" Speakers: https://a.co/d/9Vzj2IV
Speaker Adapter Brackets: https://a.co/d/dkWPICX
Speaker Harnesses: https://a.co/d/duARA5R
Backup Cam License Plate Bracket: https://a.co/d/grKyj5m
HEAD UNIT INSTALL:
I removed the head unit, which was the base model head unit with SWC and bluetooth functionality (orange-red numeric panel, CD player). I wired up the Red Wolf wiring harness to the new Sjoybring head unit. One thing I made sure to do was wire the SWC-1, SWC-2, and SWC-3 wires from the head unit to the corresponding wires on the harness. One of the reasons I chose this harness was that I verified it did include these wires (some of the other ones appear not to). The Metra 95-7621 dash kit was easy to install on the stereo. When installing the wired head unit into the car with the dash kit attached, I did have to flex the whole unit up a bit after it was screwed in so that the radio-dash bezel fit correctly over it. The harnesses attached perfectly. One thing to note, there are two red 12v ignition accessory wires on the Red wolf harness, and I attached the second one to the blue wire on the antenna harness to provide power for the antenna. With the stereo installed, I tested it and everything functioned normally, so I moved onto the speakers.
SPEAKER INSTALL: The factory speakers on the 14 Versa Note are 2ohms. I was afraid of them blowing the internal amp chip on the head unit, so I replaced them with some MBQuart 6.5" speaker (FKB116s). I had originally planned re-use the factory speaker brackets as I've done in some other vehicles, but unfortunately the brackets are built to be part of the speakers and it would have been too much work to try to alter them to work. So I got some Red Wolf brackets of the proper size and some speaker harnesses to make it easy. Once the brackets and harnesses were installed on the speakers, it was easy to install them. There's plenty of video guides out there that show how to remove the door panels, so follow one of those if you need extra help. But it's rather easy, there's just one screw inside of the handle on the arm rest, then one bolt underneath the armrest. After that the panel is just held in with clips, and I was careful not to break or lose any. When installing these brackets on the door panels, I just turned one bolt by hand so it caught the threads on one hole, then did the same once I lined the other two holes up. The brackets are universal, so you have to figure out which hole or part of the slotted-holes to use. The brackets also have a channel cut into the backside of them so you can run the speaker harness outside of the bracket to plug into the factory harness location. On the front doors you can easily route the factory harness to inside the door panel, but on the rear's that's not an option without cutting additional holes. Once the speakers were installed, I reinstalled the door panels.
STEERING WHEEL CONTROL FUNCTIONS:
In order to get the steering wheel control functions to work, you will need an additional harness. I was not able to find it still in stock on Amazon, so I had to go to eBay for it. The harness I used was the Axxess AX-NIS32BT (aka AXBTH-NIS) but you can also use the PAC BT-SWC-NI1 and I think there might be a few more brands that are the same thing. To install this harness you must access the factory Bluetooth module. To locate the bluetooth module, open up the hatchback and find the lower interiror panel on passenger side. First you must remove the carpet and the panel underneath of it, you can set those aside. Remove the portion of the weatherstrip seal on the bottom and passenger side, you don't need to remove the whole thing. Then, you'll need to remove the interior panel that goes around the latch for the hatchback door. It's held in by two clips near the spare tire gear, and then pull up on the whole panel to dislodge the 4 white clips hidden underneath. Now you can start working to dislodge the passenger side lower panel. Start by removing the two plastic covers at the bottom near the center of the panel. Inside those covers, you'll see two white clips with a phillips head cutout. Use a large Phillips screwdriver or a flat-head, turn those clips to the right about a quarter turn until you hear a soft click, then pull up on them to get them out. From here, you can start dislodging the panel. I started from the corner nearest to me, and I could feel the clips on the inside pop out. When the main few clips are popped out, the lower panel will start to separate from the upper panel around the small window. You don't need to remove the lower panel fully, just get it out enough to where you can flex it outwards and gain access to the bluetooth module. The bluetooth module is down in the corner on the back wall. The harness you need to undo is facing away from you and on the lower outside edge of the bluetooth module. I just had to do it by feeling with my hands. The tab to release the harness is rather small, and it can be difficult to press the tab and pull the harness out at the same time. It took me about twenty minutes and plenty of sweat drops before I was able to dislodge the harness. It might help to google "2014 Nissan Versa Note bluetooth module" and look at some pictures of one from eBay to get an idea of where the harness and release tabs are. Once the harness is dislodged, you can install the AX-NIS32BT harness, and then resintall the panels in the rear.
To program the steering wheel controls on the Sjoybring W022, you go to Setup> Steering Wheel. Hold the button you wish to program on the steering wheel, and while holding tap the corresponding function on the screen. When you're done programming all the button, hit OK to save the programming. Then test the buttons. I was able to get all the buttons on the steering wheel to work: Source, Track Up and Down, Volume Up and Down, and Phone Answer and Phone Hang-up.
BACKUP CAMERA INSTALLATION:
The backup cam installation was relatively straightforward in most aspects. On the stereo you just plug the RCA extension into the Rear Cam port, and connect the small red wire to the "Back Car Control" wire on the Sjoybring stereo. You run it all the way to back so that it comes out in the middle on the top of the hatchback opening. At this point, I spliced some extra red and black speaker wire into the reverse bulb on the driver's tail light wiring. I chose to ground the negative wire with a ring terminal rather than splice into the negative bulb wire. You have to run these wires up and snake it through the rubber grommet tube that connects the body of the car to the hatchback door (see photos below). From here, it's a matter of snaking the wires inside the hatchback panel. I used a combination of extra speaker wire and welding wire to assist in this process. There's a few plastic covers/stickers you can pull off along the way to expose small holes. You can use these holes to move your wire along the inner channel. The space is tight in this inner channel, so be patient and just keep working at it. I mounted the camera using a license plate camera mount. I did have to drill a hole to put the camera wire through to the inside of the hatchback panel. I was worried about running out of wire, so I did everything I could to use as little wire/cable while running it throughout the car. I had just enough to do everything without any extensions to the RCA cable. I was able to put everything back in place and the end result is you can't tell I ever took anything apart. The whole process for the camera took me probably 3.5 hours, working patiently and taking some short breaks.
Notes:
I didn't take any pictures of the bluetooth harness installation, because honestly the camera wouldn't be able to see much of anything anyways. If you want to get a better idea of where the various clips and fasteners are on the panels, download the Factory Service manual from Nico Club, and look at the INT section of the manual. This will also be helpful if you want to see how the door panels are uninstalled.
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I thought I would post this write up in regard to installing an aftermarket head unit in a 2014 Nissan Versa Note. Also installing aftermarket speakers and the included backup camera. Also what you need to do to get hardwired steering wheel controls (no interface module required.
My mom's 2014 Nissan Versa Note started having issues with the factory CD player so she wanted a new head unit. I have installed two of the Sjoybring JOY-W022 into my friend's vehicles and they've worked great as a basic upgrade stereo with modern features. I had an extra one laying around that I had gotten for free from the company so I decided to install it in my mom's car.
I'm going to provide links for the products I used and give a brief overview of the installation process. There's plenty of good video guides out there for how to work with this generation of Versa and Versa Note, so I won't waste time/text on too much detail.
Sjoybring W022 Head Unit: https://a.co/d/4h8Ht8l
Stereo Wiring Harness: https://a.co/d/alNFK9z
Dash Kit: https://a.co/d/htqxmRj
Steering Wheel Control Harness: Axxess AX-NIS32BT | eBay
MbQuart 6.5" Speakers: https://a.co/d/9Vzj2IV
Speaker Adapter Brackets: https://a.co/d/dkWPICX
Speaker Harnesses: https://a.co/d/duARA5R
Backup Cam License Plate Bracket: https://a.co/d/grKyj5m
HEAD UNIT INSTALL:
I removed the head unit, which was the base model head unit with SWC and bluetooth functionality (orange-red numeric panel, CD player). I wired up the Red Wolf wiring harness to the new Sjoybring head unit. One thing I made sure to do was wire the SWC-1, SWC-2, and SWC-3 wires from the head unit to the corresponding wires on the harness. One of the reasons I chose this harness was that I verified it did include these wires (some of the other ones appear not to). The Metra 95-7621 dash kit was easy to install on the stereo. When installing the wired head unit into the car with the dash kit attached, I did have to flex the whole unit up a bit after it was screwed in so that the radio-dash bezel fit correctly over it. The harnesses attached perfectly. One thing to note, there are two red 12v ignition accessory wires on the Red wolf harness, and I attached the second one to the blue wire on the antenna harness to provide power for the antenna. With the stereo installed, I tested it and everything functioned normally, so I moved onto the speakers.
SPEAKER INSTALL: The factory speakers on the 14 Versa Note are 2ohms. I was afraid of them blowing the internal amp chip on the head unit, so I replaced them with some MBQuart 6.5" speaker (FKB116s). I had originally planned re-use the factory speaker brackets as I've done in some other vehicles, but unfortunately the brackets are built to be part of the speakers and it would have been too much work to try to alter them to work. So I got some Red Wolf brackets of the proper size and some speaker harnesses to make it easy. Once the brackets and harnesses were installed on the speakers, it was easy to install them. There's plenty of video guides out there that show how to remove the door panels, so follow one of those if you need extra help. But it's rather easy, there's just one screw inside of the handle on the arm rest, then one bolt underneath the armrest. After that the panel is just held in with clips, and I was careful not to break or lose any. When installing these brackets on the door panels, I just turned one bolt by hand so it caught the threads on one hole, then did the same once I lined the other two holes up. The brackets are universal, so you have to figure out which hole or part of the slotted-holes to use. The brackets also have a channel cut into the backside of them so you can run the speaker harness outside of the bracket to plug into the factory harness location. On the front doors you can easily route the factory harness to inside the door panel, but on the rear's that's not an option without cutting additional holes. Once the speakers were installed, I reinstalled the door panels.
STEERING WHEEL CONTROL FUNCTIONS:
In order to get the steering wheel control functions to work, you will need an additional harness. I was not able to find it still in stock on Amazon, so I had to go to eBay for it. The harness I used was the Axxess AX-NIS32BT (aka AXBTH-NIS) but you can also use the PAC BT-SWC-NI1 and I think there might be a few more brands that are the same thing. To install this harness you must access the factory Bluetooth module. To locate the bluetooth module, open up the hatchback and find the lower interiror panel on passenger side. First you must remove the carpet and the panel underneath of it, you can set those aside. Remove the portion of the weatherstrip seal on the bottom and passenger side, you don't need to remove the whole thing. Then, you'll need to remove the interior panel that goes around the latch for the hatchback door. It's held in by two clips near the spare tire gear, and then pull up on the whole panel to dislodge the 4 white clips hidden underneath. Now you can start working to dislodge the passenger side lower panel. Start by removing the two plastic covers at the bottom near the center of the panel. Inside those covers, you'll see two white clips with a phillips head cutout. Use a large Phillips screwdriver or a flat-head, turn those clips to the right about a quarter turn until you hear a soft click, then pull up on them to get them out. From here, you can start dislodging the panel. I started from the corner nearest to me, and I could feel the clips on the inside pop out. When the main few clips are popped out, the lower panel will start to separate from the upper panel around the small window. You don't need to remove the lower panel fully, just get it out enough to where you can flex it outwards and gain access to the bluetooth module. The bluetooth module is down in the corner on the back wall. The harness you need to undo is facing away from you and on the lower outside edge of the bluetooth module. I just had to do it by feeling with my hands. The tab to release the harness is rather small, and it can be difficult to press the tab and pull the harness out at the same time. It took me about twenty minutes and plenty of sweat drops before I was able to dislodge the harness. It might help to google "2014 Nissan Versa Note bluetooth module" and look at some pictures of one from eBay to get an idea of where the harness and release tabs are. Once the harness is dislodged, you can install the AX-NIS32BT harness, and then resintall the panels in the rear.
To program the steering wheel controls on the Sjoybring W022, you go to Setup> Steering Wheel. Hold the button you wish to program on the steering wheel, and while holding tap the corresponding function on the screen. When you're done programming all the button, hit OK to save the programming. Then test the buttons. I was able to get all the buttons on the steering wheel to work: Source, Track Up and Down, Volume Up and Down, and Phone Answer and Phone Hang-up.
BACKUP CAMERA INSTALLATION:
The backup cam installation was relatively straightforward in most aspects. On the stereo you just plug the RCA extension into the Rear Cam port, and connect the small red wire to the "Back Car Control" wire on the Sjoybring stereo. You run it all the way to back so that it comes out in the middle on the top of the hatchback opening. At this point, I spliced some extra red and black speaker wire into the reverse bulb on the driver's tail light wiring. I chose to ground the negative wire with a ring terminal rather than splice into the negative bulb wire. You have to run these wires up and snake it through the rubber grommet tube that connects the body of the car to the hatchback door (see photos below). From here, it's a matter of snaking the wires inside the hatchback panel. I used a combination of extra speaker wire and welding wire to assist in this process. There's a few plastic covers/stickers you can pull off along the way to expose small holes. You can use these holes to move your wire along the inner channel. The space is tight in this inner channel, so be patient and just keep working at it. I mounted the camera using a license plate camera mount. I did have to drill a hole to put the camera wire through to the inside of the hatchback panel. I was worried about running out of wire, so I did everything I could to use as little wire/cable while running it throughout the car. I had just enough to do everything without any extensions to the RCA cable. I was able to put everything back in place and the end result is you can't tell I ever took anything apart. The whole process for the camera took me probably 3.5 hours, working patiently and taking some short breaks.
Notes:
I didn't take any pictures of the bluetooth harness installation, because honestly the camera wouldn't be able to see much of anything anyways. If you want to get a better idea of where the various clips and fasteners are on the panels, download the Factory Service manual from Nico Club, and look at the INT section of the manual. This will also be helpful if you want to see how the door panels are uninstalled.
