i ran away from the sheep heard a year ago when i got out of the iPhone market. why would i want back in? :P

baaaaahhhhhh

Has anyone gotten this to work with the factory BOSE stereo that comes in the touring model? I know the radio itself will work with the provided harness from Crutchfield. I'm just looking for feedback on the sound quality when using stock BOSE speakers AND subwoofer.....

Is it better or worse than using the stock radio?

The majority of products found on shelves today have the iPod/iPhone dock connectors built-in, such as alarm clocks. Even newer vehicles have the dock connectors built-in. Aftermarket radios are iPod/iPhone compatible, labeled right on the box. Integrates very easily. Theres nothing wrong with being a sheep with an iPhone. It works, and its so easy to buy stuff that works with them. I'm not a fanboy by any means, but I do get each iPhone that comes out because they're always improving specs and I like to be up-to-date.

Now, if you don't want to be a sheep then trade in the Z on a Fiat or get that new Subaru BRZ that comes out in a few months:rolleyes:

thx footloose!:ugh2:

Lol you know I'm just playing

Is it possible to wire up 2 cameras with this headunit? One hooked up to the rearview camera input, and the other into the video input?

It's possible, but why would you want to?

I just want to be able to see on the right side of the car .. the blind spot area...

Isn't that what the mirrors are for?

And if you input 2 cams into it, you'll have to alternate between views, and if you're doing this while backing up, you're still going to not see everything... :ugh2:

I have the evo 3d. I use my old iPhone 3G for Pandora and iPod (with no phone service). I have the sprint mobile hotspot on my evo connected to the iPhone via wifi. It costs $30 a month for the mobile hotspot, but I use it frequently with my laptop and tablet. The setup works flawlessly. The only downer is you need to plug in your evo on longer trips because the hotspot will eat the battery. This would work with an iPod touch as well.

question for those who have installed this headunit on your own....how difficult would you say the task is???

Easy. On a Scale of 1-10 I'd give it a 2.

As long as you know how to properly disassemble the dash, and crimp the right wires together, it's really simple.

The hardest part is with the Metra Dash kit for a Double Din install, but if you just reuse your stock bracket, it's a synch. :tup:

the installs easy as far as taking everything apart and putting it back the wiring was a biatch for me! atleast the grounding and ebrake sensor and the backup cam power wiring.

Did you actually Do the ebrake sensor? I just bought one of the ebay relays and it works like a champ... SOOOOO much easier and only a few bucks so what the hell lol

I gotta get a back up cam before I run those wires though...

Hows everyones radio reception mine sucks and i got the stupid $20 schosche antenna adapter???

I didn't get one with this unit, but I might have previously I can't remember. But I have a plug that goes in the back that's like the larger DJ headset plug.

However yeah, normal radio reception is not too good. But listen to my iPod 95% of the time. Debating on whether or not to get the HD Radio adapter in time, or just breakdown and get Sat radio one day...

yea i got the same plug it has a huge plug and a blue cable. i listen to ipod more then anything but still sucks the radio reception is super weak. Yea i actually did the ebrake sensor until i can find someone to do the mod for me... i dont get along with wires lol. i have the back up cam works great. Also Boot up on the HU is spectacular no delay at all on mine i know some were saying they had a few minute bootup on other units mine is almost instant great!

Can someone confirm if I actually need antenna adapter because I have noticed that the stock radio reception is really bad as it is - so I assume that even with the schosche it does no better????

I use the Schoche antenna adapter and my radio is perfectly fine. :confused:

I have yet to lose reception listening to normal FM stations - I actually drop Pandora stations if anything. (AT&T after all :stirthepot:)

Yeah, the boot up on mine is almost instant... lol And no 'boot screen' just straight to my input. My only complaint is it immediately starts playing the ipot. So I have to time it to turn it off before the song starts lol.

I wish mine worked fine... did u install your radio by yourself? i plugged mine into the radio and then soldiered the blue cables but its garbage... stock was excellent...

Yup, installed it myself. If memory serves me - the antenna harness had a blue wire / white wire / orange wire. There were some posts a while back about people not connecting the orange wire to the main harness - which was the cause of their bad radio reception. May want to give that a try. :tiphat:

Well got mine installed today along with the Axxess ASWC. I had to do the manual programing of the Axxess ASWC.

Ill have to check... Congrats cdoxp800

Got my headunit installed with the Scosche adapter and the reception still sucks

No issue here. I used the same Scosche adapter. All I did was wire the blue wire from the Scosche adapter to the blue/white line wire (Remote Turn On) from the radio.

I have the Bose head unit, would it be best to replace that, or to install this in the Cubby hole area?

With the bose, you'll have to remove the entire stereo and start from scratch... :ugh2:

Either that or spend a lot extra to get someone to rewire everything...

I'm afraid removing the Bose may hurt the resale value of my 40th?

Only if you put something crappier in to replace it. :icon17:

Will it not have the same value as stock, perhaps... it might be less, or if you put in a quality system it might be more...

But if you're worried about resale, why do anything to the car? The best way to sell/trade is to keep it stock all together.

OK. My radio reception was really bad so I tried connecting the blue antenna adapter lead to the blue-white amp trigger lead and SUCCESS, the radio ROCKS!

Pray for me, now I'm hooking up the back up cam, easy, and the steering wheel adapter which I'm not at all clear on.

Except for a couple of odds and ends the install is done and it sounds FABULOUS! I've got Polk DB6501 component speakers (6.5" woofers plus separate tweeters) in the doors and dash, 3.5" Infinity 2-ways in the B pillars, a mono amp (between the aluminum cross bar and the rear shock towers) and a 10" Pioneer compact sub in a custom spare tire mount. I really like the B pillar speakers and the sub is OUTSTANDING. The Polk speakers sound even better now that the are part of a system. The back-up camera is superb, the ipod interface works, I didn't get Pandora or SAT radio (I'm not interested in pay services), Bluetooth (I just retired-the phone hardly rings), HD Radio (HD reception in this area sucks), I got what I needed at an affordable price.

I know that as good as this is, it is nowhere as good as the heavy duty systems that many of you are installing. But I kept all my cargo space and have a great system. Thanks to all of you, your posts were an essential resource in this project.

Hey, Guard Dad.

I just got the 4300DVD unit myself. I should be installing the Polks thsi weekend, maybe early next week. All in all, your setup sounds very similar to what Im looking to do. Maybe with the exception of the 2-ways in the B pillars. Do you think they make a difference? Thats something I could probably do now... Im doing the amp and sub in december, most likely.

Well I've been playing around with the various settings and, for me, the B pillar speakers are a real winner. I know that these speakers (B pillar) are not universally loved but I like the clarity they provide for the vocals. The fact that they move the sound stage toward the center of the car doesn't bother me, besides, once the sub is thumping away behind you you're "on stage" with the performers anyway. I'm really glad I stumbled onto these speakers (Infinity Reference 3032cf), they were affordable and sound great.

Notes:

1. I didn't use the large cutoff capacitors.
2. I was a little nervous that the seat belts would rub against the back side of the speaker and damage the belts so I took a piece of scrap leather (about 5"x6" ) and attached it to the B pillar on either side of the seat belt in very loose loop. It doesn't really guide the belt all it does is provide a soft surface between the back of the speaker and the seat belt.
3. These speakers have a special design that maximizes the area of the speaker but this means that they don't easily mount to the back side (inside) of an enclosure they are more easily mounted on the front side (outside) of an enclosure. I slightly enlarged the mounting holes on the speakers, slightly trimmed the mounting bosses on the B pillar trim and "floated" the speakers on two of the factory mounting bosses and then sealed the space/gap (3/16-1/4") between the speaker frame and the B pillar trim with small strips of Rammat/Dynamat, making sure that nothing touched the speaker cone.
3. Don't get greedy and try to install speakers larger than 3.5", it's not worth the trouble, there's not much room to work with.
4. Be sure to remove the felt insert in the factory speaker grill and trim off the plastic "bumps" on the back side of the factory grills.

How do you turn off this unit? When I choose Source Off.. the LEDs still remains lit.

It turns off when the car turns off.

I know but I want to turn it off while the car is on. Cant we do that like other headunits?

I don't know if you can turn the whole unit off like you're asking, if I want to have it off, I just switch it to the SD CARD Source which blanks out the screen and Mute the sound. No big deal.

If you want it completely off, my guess you'd have to put in a switch for the acc power to kill it?? :confused:

It's no big deal if I can't turn it off, but it's interesting; first headunit that I've encountered that does not have a way to power off.

Has anyone tried using the SD Card feature with this unit? The reason I ask is, Im wondering if I must arrange the files in a specific folder format in order for everything to be accesible from the screen (i guess similar to how the libraries look when connecting the iphone).

I tried connecting a USB drive the other to the USB cable, and while it saw everything in the drive, I couldnt navigate through the content. I kept having to press forward on the unit in order to go from track to track - blindly.