i broke my HU

[NIGHTMAREuki]

so i'll looking for something new now, has to have USB and AUX inputs work with steering wheel controlls and play all audio CD's thats it, nothing more. right now i'm looking at single din, b/c double din that i found has funky looking colors

HUs
http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?g=300&i=133CQRX400&tp=5684
http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?g=300&i=130DEHP500&tp=5684

here are the questions, what will i need to have all of it work? except the following:

http://www.autotoys.com/x/product.php?productid=1767
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http://www.autotoys.com/x/product.php?productid=8407


thanks!

these too?
harness http://www.autotoys.com/x/product.php?productid=1381
antenna adapter http://www.autotoys.com/x/product.php?productid=1385

and what about steering wheel mounted controls?

[97SMG]

Bose or non-bose?

[NIGHTMAREuki]

Bose

[97SMG]

Straight off the org.


"How do I make the steering wheel controls work with an aftermarket headunit?"

This is a two step process. First you have to obtain the PAC-SWI adapter from Crutchfield or some other mobile audio dealer. This will allow you to utilize the radio functions on the steering wheel.
Secondly, to regain use of the trip computer (the one with temp, DTE, MPG, etc.) you have to first locate the small wiring harness you removed from the stock deck, but diudn't use in the install of your aftermarket deck. This is a small harness with 4-5 wires in it. One of these wires is brown with a white stripe/marking. This wire must be cut from the harness, the stripped and grounded. I recommend grounding it to the large metal peice below the vents (you can use a small screw or electrical tape), or any other grounding site. This will now give you full use of all steering wheel controls.

Theres a few other company's that offer the same unit for the steering wheel controls..

[97SMG]

Also post 22 will answer most of your questions..

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=45746

[NIGHTMAREuki]

thanks, any input on HUs?

[00beauty]

i dont know how far u are from bestbuy in skokie. The one in village crossing. I just bought three decks from them. They have kenwood on clearance. I belive the model number is the 435. I got it for 89.99 brand new in the box. It has aux output and usb

[00beauty]

also depending if ur intrested in dvd decks. I have a dual 8183 for sale brand new in the box. It has a 7 inch monitor bluetooth. It does have aux. But u dont need it if u have a ipod. It comes with the ipod cable.

[NIGHTMAREuki]

http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/products/2008/113/h113KDCX492-f_mt.jpeg

should be here within a week

[Kowalski]

am i the only one that is annoyed by all the permanent advertising on radios of features... they could have made the text line longer or added more buttons, but no, they need to remind you of features you know you have every time you look at it...

[Mr Grey]

I'm a lil confused Andy...what you mean?

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

every radio has all it's features listed RIGHT on the ****ing faceplate! Pisses me off too.
Have the xm and sirius logos, hd radio then mp3 logo and sat radio and all that useless ****...

[Mr Grey]

Touche' def clutters the face plenty. I too see no need for any of that when most of them have a certain standard of features.

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

and its all on the ****ing box when you buy it. You know what you bought, that's why you picked that certain unit. No need to plaster it all over the faceplate...

[NIGHTMAREuki]

lol, i agree. no need for that

[DasTeknoViking]

when u buy a real HU there r no letters on it.

[NIGHTMAREuki]

i'm gona need help taking apart the dashboard when installing it, anyone wana help out with the process maybe???

this may be next saturday-sunday..... accompanied with beer

[NIGHTMAREuki]

so no one here knows how to take apart the dash in 5.5 gen?

[Mr Grey]

I never owned one, so I'm not much help. It's very similar to the 4th from what I have heard/seen. Not only that, you're asking when most people have plans or are out of town. :squint:

[NIGHTMAREuki]

its not this week, its on 12th-13th

[Mr Grey]

I stand corrected. Then beats me :gotme:

[97SMG]

so no one here knows how to take apart the dash in 5.5 gen?


Pretty simple dude...... I will help you if and only if you stop posting pointless shiet j/k (could careless)

[Kowalski]

start by popping out the shifter trim and then it's a one directional puzzle from there...

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

when u buy a real HU there r no letters on it.

sorry, I forgot that only $1k+ touchscreen navi/dvd in dash screens are the ONLY real HUs. My bad...

[NIGHTMAREuki]

sorry, I forgot that only $1k+ touchscreen navi/dvd in dash screens are the ONLY real HUs. My bad...

even those have labels on them

[NIGHTMAREuki]

400


this is how it looks in real life :)

[DasTeknoViking]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b138/bikinpunk/civic%20install/w505/review/IMG_2382.jpg

No advertising of "features" found here...

Alpine does high end stuff right.

My double din Kenwood in my Acura has a ton of writting but I didn't care, it needed a radio and i can care less if it says Dupa Jas on the front or Polaks Are Morons.... I woulda still bought that bish cause it was cheap and it does what I need it to do.

Peace

[NIGHTMAREuki]

i wouldnt care either if it said "Polaks Are Morons":hide:, i bought it b/c it has USB and AUX in front......

[DasTeknoViking]

http://runaspire.com/vip/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/4b725bb582ddbfbb2730592d9c35417c.jpg

I have the model right below that one I posted a picture of, diff between this and mine is that has a USB port in the front and AUX, where mine has just AUX. I don't have anything USB other than maybe a flash card to stick into it..... i got the iPOD hook up for it and its working great. Pretty neat head unit, but it has "too much writting on it" so it won't please you bishes.

[NIGHTMAREuki]

me like this, but for some reason website says it wont fit even though its double DIN

http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/products/2008/113/h113DPX503-f_dg.jpeg
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_113DPX503/Kenwood-DPX503.html?search=Kenwood+DPX503&tp=5684

[DasTeknoViking]

I aint ever buying Kenwood again..... the one I put in my old Legend sounded like shit compared to the bad Eclipse that was in there before.... Eclipse had a bad CD player.

Stick to Alpine.... and maybe Pioneer.

[kerosene]

Yes, Kenwood is cheap and expensive, there are many units that you can get for that cost.

[DasTeknoViking]

Crutchfield has the 700 series Pioneer for 499 shipped.... has navi and all.

But ya gotta move out of the hood to have that.... or they gonna steal it in no time again.

[kerosene]

the 90 is 640 on ebay way more worth it $ and tech wise

[NIGHTMAREuki]

well the one they they jacked was kenwood exelon, and gave me no problems, i hooked up 16Gb flash drive to it with like 30 folders that had pics programs and it found music and didn't bitch @ me.

the thing is i don't need neither navi nor HD radio, the only thing stopping me from getting PIONEER FH-P8000BT is that it doesn't have the front USB
http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/products/2008/130/p130P8000BT-F_dg.jpeg

[DasTeknoViking]

Pioneer looks much better, I really like that HU... and you can run a USB cable from behind it and tuck away the cable in the center console somewhere.

[NIGHTMAREuki]

you can run a USB cable from behind it and tuck away the cable in the center console somewhere.

thats the only problem i'm worrying about, this one looks much cleaner than kenwood, but the convenience of USB up front without hustle has me up in the air right now, just b/c it will fill the whole dash i will not have any space to put the connector around it for a clean look, and don't want to cut holes right in front of my face

[kerosene]

hide it behind the hu or put it in the glove box..

[DasTeknoViking]

Personally I think USB stick sticking out of the HUs face looks friggn ugly and retarded.... I would run a USB cable and stick it in the arm rest. They got a small cut out in there for a cable to put through. I know this because I ran my iPOD cable through the center console and up into the arm rest where the iPOD always sat and never moved.

This gives you the convenience of doing iPOD or USB at any time. Pioneer > Kenwood.