civicdrivr

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I work for IBM. Its a fun job but demanding at times.

Rapture

Wow, seriously? I'm not judging anyone at all for being on facebook or twitter. I simply said I don't want to go on it. You're the one giving me crap, saying I "must have no life". Then you seal it off with "Please try not to judge" so I definitely wouldn't say I'm the hypocrite in this situation

Also, a good amount of my posts are Acura-related. This place isn't solely for chatting it up in Ramblings, I also come here to make threads like this one and get insight and info on all things related to my CL. If taking an active interest in my own car means I have no life then so be it

ParaSurfer1979

Remeber you wer the one that stated people "waste there time there" which kinda imply people hav eno life but to be on those sites. Its funny to see you definding yourself on why you are on this Acura social site. Im done though. This guys thread isnt about facebook/twitter. I just couldn't pas up the opportunity to comment.

Happy Holidays

StreetKA

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I have a FB and i know that i waste too much time sitting there. its something that i want to do sometimes just to keep in touch with my friends from my country that i did see for like 3 years now also i use it to share funny stuff pictures links videos. I dont have TV i really dont want it.

Rapture

Wow, I think you're even worse than StonedCL. I'm not gonna even bother anymore.

Anyways, considering just going the non-navi route. All of the ones I see are ridiculously overpriced. How do these get priced so high? Don't stand alone GPS units cost less than $200 or so? The ones I see are all in the $600+ range.

civicdrivr

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Yea, I guess its the all in one factor that pushes the prices up. Thats why Im building a car-pc. Same price, many more features.

OperationDarkie

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I guess I am the only one still using the stock head unit, it is the original unit I had when I bought the car.

OperationDarkie

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Oh and I also don't use facebook either, waste of time to me.

Too many e-Thug wannabes or just straight haters, besides I don't want to have to tell people what the heck I'm doing 24/7. :P

civicdrivr

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Im running the OEM now since my POS Pioneer died over the summer. Thats why Im building the CarPC.

StreetKA

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I still have stock HU but CD is not working i only use cassette adapter for my iphone to listen pandora

Rapture

Personally I WISH I could use the stock unit. Not just for the 6 disc changer, but moreso for the stock look.

ParaSurfer1979

You can still maintain a stock look but this gives you the opportunity to add ipod/usb/aux hookup, mp3/wma CD playback and most importantly bluetooth since most states its illegal to converse in your car w/o one. Another thing is navigation with traffic/weather. Oh and I forgot XM/Sirius radio. It all updates the car to todays technologies.

KA8TLRL

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x2.

Rapture

Shameful bump.

Any way to keep the steering wheel controls with an aftermarket HU? I checked crutchfield and they don't have anything that's compatible with our car... according to them. Finally got all my other car stuff take care of, so I can now focus on the CD player.

Nersh7

PAC audio sells a unviersal module to work with it. It's about $50.

AnthraciteTypeS

yup just installed one.

http://www.amazon.com/SWI-PS-Steerin...3111319&sr=1-2

Still doesn't work at times and other times its perfect. kinda like my stock controls before the module, intermittent to say the least. So frustrating...

MD03CL-S

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Did you ever pick a HU to go with? My stock one just crapped out on me a couple weeks ago and my CD's are stuck in it. I'm going to consider going aftermarket now.

Have not really put time into trying to fix it yet. Read that unplugging the battery for a few may help?

ParaSurfer1979

There are add-on kits from some so you can keep the controls. Call Crutchfield to see which decks they carry that have this. Are you getting Double-Din screen/Fold-out so you can have Navi/XM Traffic?

Rapture

Yeah I think I'm going with this one:

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_130AVHP...-P2300DVD.html

and yeah as far as quick fixes for the stock CD player, it's really up in the air. I could have a couple discs jammed in there, so I just turn it off, leave it for a little while, then when I come back a couple days later, they all work. There's really no rhyme or reason to any of it. IMO a good reason to get rid of it

OperationDarkie

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LOL same shit happened to me except I was on myspace to keep in touch with friends I had in the military then next thing I know they said myspace was dead and went to facebook, I was like fuck that.

MD03CL-S

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If I do get one it will be a double-din. Not definite yet, will see what ends up happening with the stock HU first. If I can get it working (at least temporarily) I'll keep it for a bit longer. If not, then I will have to start my search on what's best to get.

Rapture

Haha, just got mine done! FINALLY!

I decided to say screw it to the power steering interface thing. Even though I shelled out money for it, when it came time to install it, I just thought it wasn't worth it. Oh well.

Anyways, from the time I started to the time I 100% finished, it totalled NINE HOURS. No joke. I kept soldering the wrong wires around, calling crutchfield tech support, doing what they told me, calling them again when it didn't work, and the 2nd guy tells me the exact opposite, etc.... Plus all steps involved in taking out the old one and putting in the new one (all the paneling..)

Well anyways, it works now, and I'm happy Swear, my OEM CD Changer had FIVE discs stuck in it! Now I just gotta crack that open and dig out my discs. I tried unplugging the battery, waiting a bit, then plugging it back in, but when I tried to eject them, I got a "CHEC" error display, followed by ER-E1.

anyways, just wanted to update. I might post pics soon too

civicdrivr

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9 hours

ParaSurfer1979

Why didn't you just purchase the interface to let you use steering wheel controls? I'm just gonna change my speakers to get added clarity from the stock ELS amp with more efficient speakers (90db+). Good luck on you project.

Rapture

I did buy that PWS module w/e thing. After all the work with installing the receiver, it just seemed like a little bit of a hassle just to be able to use the steering wheel controls.

Either way, I'm keeping my stock receiver so if this Pioneer ever craps out on me, I can switch back easily

and yeah 9 hours. It was the first time I took off all the console paneling and all, so I was nervous I'd snap the little plastic clips and hinges. Then I soldered the harness to the "Input" side on the PAC-SOEM piece, then called Crutchfield tech support and they told me it goes on "Output" instead. Once all the soldering was done, had to go back and forth with tech support 2 more times until I finally got it to work.

..... then I realized 90% of the sound was coming out of the right front speaker. I had to dig back in and find out I somehow accidentally messed with the independent level control knobs on the SOEM.

Anyways, I dunno if it's all in my head, but it does already sound 10x better than the stock unit. Not to mention I had to crack open the stock unit to dig out the 4 (not 5) CDs that were stuck in there.... and one of them was snapped! It has a big split in it thanks to the damn stock piece

elacura02

Looking to dump OEM for upgraded technology in my '02 cl type s. Anyone have a Kenwood DDX418 installed or similar, how do you like it? Any pics or different suggestions? I was also thinking of changing out the components and 6x9 with Alpines.

Local shop is quoting me $775 + tax, which includes kit, harness, head unit and keeping the volume control with current streering wheel. Does this sound fair?? This does not include speaker installs.

Rapture

Not too sure about the Kenwood unit, but altogether with my Pioneer + pac-soem adapter + steering wheel interface (which I didn't install....) came to almost $500. My head unit was $350 or 400, I forget.

Assuming the Kenwood you want is roughly priced the same as my Pioneer, I'd say that's a bit steep. Especially considering it doesn't include speaker install.