I just checked and it shows backordered but they usually refill out of stock stuff within days tops.
$459.99 from them vs $599.99 plus tax(showing $539.99 on sale right now) from best buy. Very easy to install and sonic gives you the adapter to plug stereos in with normally when you buy a stereo from them. Paid $20 at bestbuy when I bought mine for the adapter harness.
I just went to best buy and bought it lol. I left for work early this morning and decided I wanted it today. Impulse buying sucks.
Whats with this firmwire update thing your talking about?
Also, If i dont hook up the parking brake sensor wire, is the DVD player still going to work or am I going to have to ground it out?
The party bus I like that! Ill be up that way sometime, just dont know when.
Crowz can probably chime in a bit better on this as he has the unit but I do know if you don't hook up the parking brake sensor wire it won't allow video playback while the vehicle is in motion. Least that is how it was with my Alpin W205. From what I have seen to bypass the dvd lockout is different on each unit, for the Alpine a Pac TR-7 module can be used, for some Jensen units a code can be punched in, and for older Pioneers I believe they can be simply grounded.
EDIT: just did some google searching and it appears that all you need to do is ground the parking brake lead and the unit should be fully functional.
Unzip it after downloading it.
Then burn a cd with the file you got out of the zip. Nothing else. Just that one file.
Now for the tricky/risky part. They recommend cranking the vehicle before doing this since the battery going weak can cause the unit to get corrupted. I didnt, I trust my batteries
I put the key in the accessory position and turned on the radio, well actually it was already on and came on when turning the key. Anyways, once the stereo is on eject any disk you have in it. Insert the update disk you just made. Sit back and wait for it to get done updating, when it completes it reboots the radio. There is a bar graph that goes across while its updating. Just leave it alone till it gets done and reboots. It then comes back up playing music or with the normal menus. Eject the firmware cd at that point and put it back in the house, you wont need it again.
Thanks for your help crowz! I got it installed today(with parking brake grounded),i-pod interface hooked up(wow it works so much nicer than my alpine setup), but I am not 100% happy with the trim ring it came with it. Did u cut the one it came with or did u find another one that fit better? I tried to cut it, and it came out ok, but its not perfect like i would have wanted it. I ended up using a hot knife to melt the plastic to get enough room to mount it. I like how its working so far just need to learn all the features.
Your ahead of me on the trim ring. I havent gotten around to mounting mine. Im going to grind it down to fit eventually. Send me a pic or link to a pic of yours so I can see how it looks
Also make sure you update the firmware if you havent yet. Ipod and stuff is pretty buggy without the update.
I just checked out that sonic electronics place. They have the navigation add-on unit for 250$ cheaper than best buy, so I know where I am getting that at, they also have the remote for only 25$.
I am going to do the firmware update due to the fact my ipod indeed messes up right now. When I first start up my truck, the ipod will be on the artist I was listening to before I got out of the truck, but if i change it, it will say disconnected then it will re power up and work fine. Ill post up some pictures of the trim ring when i get a chance.
Ive never owned jvc but everyone I know that has wished they hadnt. I personally wont buy jvc products but the reason I try not to normally tell someone not to get jvc stuff is Ive never owned any myself. But otheres experiences seem to back up yours BMacD.
I would but the thought of me having to roll the window down for LEO because of the tint and having that dirty movie on scares me. Weird thing is, I have had it installed over a week and have watched 2 movies on it lol.
I have watched a few more movies in it now, waiting for people watching a movie rules. You never get bored lol. Here is the picture installed, I finally got around to finding my camera so I can take some video of my ticking noise which I have not gotten around to yet but here is the picture.
Sonic electronics still does not have the remote in stock, I have been waiting since I got it the dvd player!!!
Sweet install, I still havent put the face ring on mine
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