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Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:38 pmby tangcla
So the next stage of audio upgrade, is whether I should:
* Remove the Mcintosh headunit and place my headunit there:
* Keep the Mcintosh in the centre console, and add the headunit between the aircon vents (a la factory satnav)
If anyone has photos of their installs, please do share, photos would really help my decisionmaking.
In particular, if you've used the upper double DIN mounts, how does that affect glare?
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:34 pmby pips06
No issues with glare. I wanted to keep the factory look so the unit runs through the aux-in on the macintosh.
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:14 pmby THERB3
That looks ace very neat install.
What system is that ?
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:39 pmby tangcla
Now you're making me re-think the headunit install in the Mcintosh position...
wonder how Aux-in works for a pre-facelift Mcintosh?
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:45 pmby teK--
I'm thinking of at some stage installing an Alpine media controller. (Basically a head unit that has no CD player mechanism, and only controls an ipod or usb drive). I get sick of having to change CDs all the time
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:12 pmby smythie
That looks great pips.
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:03 pmby Sentinel
Neat job pips. Did you have to cut the plastic to fit it?? i.e. is the install reversible?
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:45 pmby Ric
pips06 wrote:No issues with glare. I wanted to keep the factory look so the unit runs through the aux-in on the macintosh.
I'm pretty sure Clarence's McIntosh doesn't have Aux-in. That's only available from MY07 on.
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:54 pmby tangcla
Ric wrote:I'm pretty sure Clarence's McIntosh doesn't have Aux-in. That's only available from MY07 on.
I'm thinking that there might be aux-in in the way that the satnav interfaces with the Mcintosh (i.e. through the spare harness conector).
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:57 pmby CheesyMong
There is some posts on legacyGT on installing a 3.5mm jack on pre facelift libs it involved modifyinh the HU with a PCB board and some soldering
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:13 amby gumbyy
Heres my install:
Full thread about it
here.
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:00 pmby swingn
Replace Mac head unit with screen
Leave cubby & fill with gauges
That gets my vote
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:28 pmby tangcla
I'm leaning towards a screen up top.
For those who did the screen up top (looking at you pips06) what part number was required, and did you need to modify it to fit? It seems there are two part numbers, H0017AG915 and H0017AG932.
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:38 pmby THERB3
Intrested in doing the same as pips.
Need as much information as possible aswell as pics on the install.
Also if it can be done for a pre face lift model liberty.
Re: Aftermarket headunit: Remove Mcintosh, or use cubby area?
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:52 pmby tangcla
THERB3 wrote:Intrested in doing the same as pips.
Need as much information as possible aswell as pics on the install.
Also if it can be done for a pre face lift model liberty.
Definitely can be done on pre-facelift Liberty. Mark my words.
I'm picking up an Eclipse AVN726EA today.