carlosbiggos Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 One more question Harwood- did you bother wiring up the purple "reverse gear signal input" wire? And what did you do with the yellow "mute" wire? (Ok, technically that's two questions). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 reverse is only needed if you have a reversing camera, mute is only for if you wanted to install a stand alone parrot or other handsfree system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosbiggos Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Yeah, i was gonna leave these wires hangin, as i'll never get a camera (i'm a bloke, i know the dimensions of my car), and i figured the mute was for other equipment. Thought i'd better check though given that one of the wires i'd planned to leave loose needs earthing. Cheers Harwood, you've been mega helpful yet again! Keep rockin'!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris CW Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 From what Car Audio Centre said the Tsunami has affected the 3300BT stock aswell, everywhere is bumping up their prices now. I think they'll release a new model in March time anyway As for fitting, did you guys use the cage that come with it or screw it down with the brackets already in the celica? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosbiggos Posted December 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Car Audio Centre was the second place to let me down. Try to get me to have this instead: http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=kenwood+ddx4028bt&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=WWb&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1440&bih=779&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsfd&tbnid=LAFPoicxAd5ETM:&imgrefurl=http://www.kenwood-electronics.co.uk/products/car/multimedia/receivers/DDX4028BT/&docid=Z6aKm9Ziu_yBoM&imgurl=http://images.kenwood.eu/files/image/2057/8/original/DDX4028BT_iPod_GER.jpg&w=1024&h=640&ei=xFf2TtqaA4be8QP1zJShAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=166&vpy=156&dur=1534&hovh=177&hovw=284&tx=157&ty=97&sig=116656427867171835291&page=1&tbnh=109&tbnw=175&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0 It's a nice unit, with a bigger screen. It doesn't have an SD card slot though, which is key for me. I also don't like the fact that it has a dial on it, ruining the flush look. As for fitting i'm gonna use the celica brackets. I was gonna use the cage until today when i took out the stock head unit and decided it seems more simple and logical to use the stock brackets. Might just be the way i personally view it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 standard radio brackets do the job, you can get the cage in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris CW Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Yeah just had another look at the unit (got to open my present early lol) and can see now the brackets will do the job! Never liked cages to be honest, I like the way its bolted to the car with the brackets! Means if some dickhead does break into the motor they won't get away with the HU as easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 when i fitted mine into my celica, i had to use some washers on the bolts to make the front of the radio flush with the center console HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosbiggos Posted December 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Ok so i've hit another snag and it's a rather annoying. This is what the unit will look like in my dash: Harwood, you said to me last year "the surround for the original factory head unit just fits around the pioneer so it fits nice and flush". I've just looked at a few pictures and i can see it looks good. Problem is, my stock head unit doesn't have a surround: I'm assuming yours was a pre-facelift stereo, which was different as i've seen. So i think i'm gonna have to source a pre-facelift stereo surround ASAP, cause i cant leave it like that, it looks awful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisSilver Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Carl - I'm exactly the same chap, need the surround! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian1985 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 You need this mate http://www.caraudioc...2006_c-1950.htm You might get it cheaper on ebay not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosbiggos Posted December 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 I'm being sorted out for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian1985 Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 even better!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisSilver Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 There's a slight gap along the top and bottom too. Is there not one that's an entire surround to get it flush? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris CW Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 I've used the Toyota/Sony surround that goes all the way around, but I've cut the bottom off as there's no room for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defrag Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) I've yet to see a double din unit that will fit exactly right using the Toyota side infills. They either stick out too much or look sunken, I had to put a few washers on my retaining bolts just to shove out a few mm. Doesn't help that different manufacturers have different hieghts for buttons/knobs which means that preference changes dependign on model. As for the gap top and bottom, I used some of that self adhesive draft sealent tape just block the annoying view of the wires - even though the gap was small, it annoyed me lots Can't resist a pic (even though its dark and you can't see the fitment ) Edited December 28, 2011 by defrag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harwood Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 my 3200bt went in perfectly with the standard pre-facelift sony surround. i didn't even have to alter it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlosbiggos Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 I've used the Toyota/Sony surround that goes all the way around, but I've cut the bottom off as there's no room for it Now i'm confused then. I assumed it was the pre-facelift models that had the sony head unit, that had a surround. But i see yours is an 04 plate. As can be seen in my picture above my head unit isn't a sony one, nor does it have a surround. So did they just randomly keep changing the stock head units around or what?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisSilver Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 A pre-face lift facia is the thing to get then!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lta Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) No you need the facia from the cars that came with the Sony headunit, I think it was an optional upgrade. A damn nightmare to get hold of. Edited December 28, 2011 by lta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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