First off, my apologies to maasai4x4 for the thread-jack earlier, I decided maybe it was better to start my own thread instead of invading his, so I edited my other post before putting this up.
I spent the better part of Saturday sweating in my garage installing a new Pioneer AVH-P8400 with the back-up camera & parking brake bypass. I'm gonna fab-up my own USB & 3.5mm aux input using a spare blank-off switch plate & install it under the climate controls when I get the time, for now the USB extension cable routes into the glove box. I stopped by Micro Center & picked up a 64 gb USB flash drive on the way home from work tonight, I plan to load it up with tunes & see how it works tomorrow.
I don't have an iphone, so I can't speak to any of the "advanced app" functions, but my android bluetooth phone & audio work flawlessly so far. Internet scuttlebutt is that at some point Pioneer may provide firmware updates which will allow android users more of the features available to iphone types.
I popped a DVD in while driving with the family yesterday to test the player & it works great, though I probably won't really use it until the baby is old enough to have a forward facing seat. Then I may invest in some headrest monitors & take advantage of the dual zone features of the head unit so the lady & I don't have to be subjected to whatever kid program my girl wants to watch ad-nauseam.
I probably spent the most time installing the camera & routing the cable through existing holes & grommets so as to maintain water-tightness (as much as there is, anyway) and avoid making any new holes in the vehicle. The other biggest chore was tapping the reverse light circuit to connect the head unit so it switches to the camera display automatically when to shifting to reverse. This task was made much easier by having a digital copy of the EWD handy.
I still have all the OEM speakers, with the OEM amp behind the dash, unplugged. I'll probably replace all the speakers & install a 5 channel amp this winter, though I was actually surprised how decent it sounds with the 17 year old speakers, especially once I set the high pass filter at a 100hz cut-off.
Sorry the pics aren't great, it was too sunny out & I was using my cell phone camera.
Head unit in dash:
Microphone for hands free / bluetooth phone:
Detailed view of microphone mount:
Back-up / rear-view camera:
I spent the better part of Saturday sweating in my garage installing a new Pioneer AVH-P8400 with the back-up camera & parking brake bypass. I'm gonna fab-up my own USB & 3.5mm aux input using a spare blank-off switch plate & install it under the climate controls when I get the time, for now the USB extension cable routes into the glove box. I stopped by Micro Center & picked up a 64 gb USB flash drive on the way home from work tonight, I plan to load it up with tunes & see how it works tomorrow.
I don't have an iphone, so I can't speak to any of the "advanced app" functions, but my android bluetooth phone & audio work flawlessly so far. Internet scuttlebutt is that at some point Pioneer may provide firmware updates which will allow android users more of the features available to iphone types.
I popped a DVD in while driving with the family yesterday to test the player & it works great, though I probably won't really use it until the baby is old enough to have a forward facing seat. Then I may invest in some headrest monitors & take advantage of the dual zone features of the head unit so the lady & I don't have to be subjected to whatever kid program my girl wants to watch ad-nauseam.
I probably spent the most time installing the camera & routing the cable through existing holes & grommets so as to maintain water-tightness (as much as there is, anyway) and avoid making any new holes in the vehicle. The other biggest chore was tapping the reverse light circuit to connect the head unit so it switches to the camera display automatically when to shifting to reverse. This task was made much easier by having a digital copy of the EWD handy.
I still have all the OEM speakers, with the OEM amp behind the dash, unplugged. I'll probably replace all the speakers & install a 5 channel amp this winter, though I was actually surprised how decent it sounds with the 17 year old speakers, especially once I set the high pass filter at a 100hz cut-off.
Sorry the pics aren't great, it was too sunny out & I was using my cell phone camera.
Head unit in dash:
Microphone for hands free / bluetooth phone:
Detailed view of microphone mount:
Back-up / rear-view camera:
