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1052 messages, Last post on Nov 07, 2009 at 6:43 AM
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Buy the way, my system was installed by the owner himself. He does not have a huge shop but does some serious custom work. When installing the system he had to take apart a lot of panels. I had Honda Dealer install a rearview camera and Auto/Day/night mirror. You should see how many clips they broke from the panels and they did not wrap any of the wiring to protect against rattles. Also there were grease marks on a lot of pieces. Luckily the DVD installer fixed all that as a matter of courtesy. He also cleaned up all the grease marks. The difference is that the owner of the DVD store is concerned about his reputation of his business where that kid at the Honda dealer (so called technician) could care less. Heck, he even mounted my camera backwards. I guess my advice is that you need to find a place that you can trust with your vehicle. If you see young kids doing the work - forget it. |
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| Thanks for the intel. I am having the system installed 31 Jan. Fingers crossed. | |
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Does anyone here have installed a remote car starter on a Pilot? I wanted to install one on my Pilot but the manual said we should not install any electrical device into the car. If you have installed one, please let me know if you have any problem with the Pilot security system or anything else. Thanks in advance. |
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When I picked up my 04 Pilot, I discovered that they had thrown in a separation net. I am assuming that the chrome eyelets in the cargo area are for attaching this net. Is that true? When I attach the four corners of the net to the chrome eyelets, it is laying flat in the cargo area (useless). I envisioned a separation net as being vertical in the cargo area (like a tennis net). When I read the 'Carrying Cargo' section of the users manual it only briefly mentions the use of a separation net and offers no diagrams. What am I missing here? TB |
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Well, got the headrest dvd installed by Sound Advice here in Florida. A division of Tweeter corporation. The installation was a disaster from this upscale store. I paid $300.00 for this, "no worries", installation. More importantly for this forum of what is liked and not liked: 1) I don't like the headrest monitors as they are too close to the second row viewers. 2) AUX. AUDIO ADAPTER CABLE (sysadmin1, we have talked about this at length), while giving superior sound than that of the fm modulator, does not take away the annoying ignition whine noise over the speakers. I don't know if this noise is because of the placement of the, "brains", of the system. Which was placed underneath the drivers seat. I think that is the unit that is picking up a lot of rf noise. I don't know if you had an all - in - one ceiling mounted unit that you would have this noise because I think the, "brains", would be all up on the ceiling, well away from any rf signals. Any installers out there that might have an idea of why/where/how this ignition noise can be defeated? The, "upscale", "unbelievably professional and knowledgeable", installation shop of Sound Advice is talking about an inline filter. Would better placement of the central hookup unit of all the wires, the, "brains", help alleviate this ignition noise problem? Disappointed in Florida |
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| Ignition noise being heard on the speakers is usually an indication of a bad ground. So I would first check and resecure all the ground wires they have installed on your new system. | |
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I think their next step is to put a ground loop isolator in. While this does take out the noise associated with this phenomenon of ambient noise (electricity) being generated from closely associated electronic parts, it does not fix a bad ground. I will re-check the connections that are not behind the radio stack to insure no loose connections. I will have them re-check behind the radio stack. My feeling is that they will write it off as the uniqueness of the car. That ignition noise will be different from one car to another, even in the same brand, etc... In the end, I know it is an issue of shielding. A loose connection does prevent proper shielding. But I don't think they are going to isolate and fix it. |
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Called Best Buy the other day and unit is still not in. Hope to have installed sometime January. Hope I don't run inti any issues like yours. Will try to lean on them with all these issues and impress upon them the importance of getting this stuff all right and testing it propery before delivering it to me. Will let you know. |
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As it turns out, you and I are installing the exact same system. Same vissuallogic (something like that) company. My monitors say epic on them, so I thought that was what they were. But the mfr is the same as what is in best buy. I originally thought I was paying much more than what you had posted. But I sat down and broke it all down. In the end, we are paying the same. I am paying more for installation, but am getting the parts cheaper. Who cares, anyway. The important thing is that now I have an ignition/alternator hummm. Which is annoying as hell. They say they will take care of it. Lets see. In short, I really have not enjoyed this experience as much as I thought I would. I think they promised the world with their fancy installation promises to justify the high cost of install. And came up very short. So it hasnt been much fun. When I get back to the states, I will be finishing the job, one way or another. I'll let you know. |
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