As a frequent recipient of the knowledge found on 'Mud, but a rare contributor I thought I would take a few minutes to share the most recent upgrade to the LC. Following a ski trip to Breckenridge this past March the factory head unit decided that the CD player would need some help if it were to continue playing those old fashioned (according to my iPod toting kids) music discs; i.e. insert one and lightly jam a second behind to encourage the first disc to load. This worked well in warm weather but was unsucessful when temps dropped below 50. The factory antenna quit working 2 years ago but my commute is 4 miles one way and the local stations came in fine so I left unwell enough alone.
Skip to mid-July and 5 days before a 1600 mile trip from NWA to New Orleans, Gulf Shores and Destin and there is sudden panic from the passengers that the hours on the road are going to be unbearable with the sub-par performing stereo.
I am by no means an audiophile or video guru so I turned to 'Mud, checked what others had done and jumped on Crutchfield.com.
I won't bore anyone with the details b/c it has been said and done before, but the install went without a hitch and Crutchfield supplied everything I needed when I told them what I was looking to do with the equipment.
As installed the unit will play a DVD that can be viewed in the HU and headrests at the same time or will playback DVD from the HU to headrests only while sourcing CD/Sirius/iPod/Tuner for the front of the cabin all while running the Garmin GPS to William's Plum Street Snowballs. The amp was chosen for its dimensions and so I could fade the sound to the front while the kids watched movies in the back. My son figured out the wireless headphones while my daughter taught me how the Kenwood remote worked.
All in all it took about 5 hours to run the wires (seemed like 500 feet or more?) and button the dash back up before we hit the highway. Over the course of 6 days on the road the unit worked flawlessly and we managed to move 1/2 a dozen Red Box movies around the South-picking one up here and dropping it there when grabbing another.
I just want to say thanks to everyone who has posted their installs and reviews as it made the process manageable for someone with limited stereo knowledge.
Skip to mid-July and 5 days before a 1600 mile trip from NWA to New Orleans, Gulf Shores and Destin and there is sudden panic from the passengers that the hours on the road are going to be unbearable with the sub-par performing stereo.
I am by no means an audiophile or video guru so I turned to 'Mud, checked what others had done and jumped on Crutchfield.com.
I won't bore anyone with the details b/c it has been said and done before, but the install went without a hitch and Crutchfield supplied everything I needed when I told them what I was looking to do with the equipment.
As installed the unit will play a DVD that can be viewed in the HU and headrests at the same time or will playback DVD from the HU to headrests only while sourcing CD/Sirius/iPod/Tuner for the front of the cabin all while running the Garmin GPS to William's Plum Street Snowballs. The amp was chosen for its dimensions and so I could fade the sound to the front while the kids watched movies in the back. My son figured out the wireless headphones while my daughter taught me how the Kenwood remote worked.
All in all it took about 5 hours to run the wires (seemed like 500 feet or more?) and button the dash back up before we hit the highway. Over the course of 6 days on the road the unit worked flawlessly and we managed to move 1/2 a dozen Red Box movies around the South-picking one up here and dropping it there when grabbing another.
I just want to say thanks to everyone who has posted their installs and reviews as it made the process manageable for someone with limited stereo knowledge.
