after market stereo..
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after market stereo..
i know most of you think the stock one is good.. and this probably been discussed before but.. but wat if you really want a aftermarket stereo, like a colorful deck, where would be a possible spot to install one
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It wouldn't.
That's the whole thing. You would need to take out the entire console, get different temperature ***** and such and a custom fit enclosure (unless somebody manufactuers one to fit right).
You'll lose your volume controls as well (though that can be solved by wiring it somehow...).
All for blinky lights?
If you want to do aftermarket stuff that's fine it's very ready to do it, other than a head unit. Just replace the amp, speakers, and wire. Dynamat the doors and trunk and such. And you're set. The stock head unit will control everything JUST FINE (provided the right outputs are on it, which I'd gather they are), and you'll have kickass sound coming from the new speakers and amp you've installed.
But to replace the head unit just to get blinky lights... no, thanks I'll pass.
By the way wrong forum needs to be moved ! :D
That's the whole thing. You would need to take out the entire console, get different temperature ***** and such and a custom fit enclosure (unless somebody manufactuers one to fit right).
You'll lose your volume controls as well (though that can be solved by wiring it somehow...).
All for blinky lights?
If you want to do aftermarket stuff that's fine it's very ready to do it, other than a head unit. Just replace the amp, speakers, and wire. Dynamat the doors and trunk and such. And you're set. The stock head unit will control everything JUST FINE (provided the right outputs are on it, which I'd gather they are), and you'll have kickass sound coming from the new speakers and amp you've installed.
But to replace the head unit just to get blinky lights... no, thanks I'll pass.
By the way wrong forum needs to be moved ! :D
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good point good point.. i've been thinking that since im ordering a GS w/o the moonroof.. maybe i can remove the thing ont he room where the sunglasses compartment is and put a LCD screen there or something
hey i wonder if its possible to cut open the part where the Navi would normall go and make a custom box there or something
hey i wonder if its possible to cut open the part where the Navi would normall go and make a custom box there or something
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XM Radio and MP3 Support?
Will the stock head unit be XM compatible? I just put in a new head unit in my FD and it's XM compatible. Sure enough a week later I ordered the reciever. Between the head units ability to play back MP3's on CD/RWs and the XM I haven't touched the FM dial in a month. I hope the RX-8's head unit supports thease features. Does anyone know the manufacture of the head unit?
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Re: XM Radio and MP3 Support?
Originally posted by Superfan
Will the stock head unit be XM compatible?
Will the stock head unit be XM compatible?
I have toured the studios in DC for XM. A really cool place. 40+ studios in one building from small one person control/edit rooms to a full orchestra sound stage! And the master network control room has a "Captain Kirk" chair for the supervisor.
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Originally posted by Hercules
But to replace the head unit just to get blinky lights... no, thanks I'll pass.
But to replace the head unit just to get blinky lights... no, thanks I'll pass.
CD-Text (when you have as many CDs as I do, it is nearly impossible to remember if that song you want to hear is track 3 or track 4, with CD-Text, you just read the title of the track)
Higher quality RCA outputs. It hasn't been confirmed whether there will even be RCA outs from the stock head unit. If not, you'll be stuck with having to use speaker to line-level converters.
As for a steering wheel controls, you can do what a friend of mine did, he velcroed the remote control to the back of the steering wheel. Fingertip controls.
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The head unit should have at least Line-In, as I believe it is the same internals as the Mazda6 stereo. These stereos are a modular design, that will allow you to install either an MP3 player, or a Tape player in them. On the RX-8, it is the Lower half-moon section. I plan on trying to hack into this to get to the Line-In to connect my XM tuner. I am not getting the Nav, and I have the Delphi tuner, so I plan on installing it recessed into the Nav space's cover. This will hide the wires, as the base of the craddle will be inside the Nav space. I think this will end up with a really clean look, and allow me to just press teh Tape/MD button and then turn on the Delphi. I do with they would make an XM module for it, but like was mentioned above, FoMoCo is teamed with Sirius, not XM (YUCK!) hehe...
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The head unit should have at least Line-In, as I believe it is the same internals as the Mazda6 stereo. These stereos are a modular design, that will allow you to install either an MP3 player, or a Tape player in them. On the RX-8, it is the Lower half-moon section. I plan on trying to hack into this to get to the Line-In to connect my XM tuner. I am not getting the Nav, and I have the Delphi tuner, so I plan on installing it recessed into the Nav space's cover. This will hide the wires, as the base of the craddle will be inside the Nav space. I think this will end up with a really clean look, and allow me to just press teh Tape/MD button and then turn on the Delphi. I do with they would make an XM module for it, but like was mentioned above, FoMoCo is teamed with Sirius, not XM (YUCK!) hehe...
The head unit should have at least Line-In, as I believe it is the same internals as the Mazda6 stereo. These stereos are a modular design, that will allow you to install either an MP3 player, or a Tape player in them. On the RX-8, it is the Lower half-moon section. I plan on trying to hack into this to get to the Line-In to connect my XM tuner. I am not getting the Nav, and I have the Delphi tuner, so I plan on installing it recessed into the Nav space's cover. This will hide the wires, as the base of the craddle will be inside the Nav space. I think this will end up with a really clean look, and allow me to just press teh Tape/MD button and then turn on the Delphi. I do with they would make an XM module for it, but like was mentioned above, FoMoCo is teamed with Sirius, not XM (YUCK!) hehe...
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Its a lot different concept than Cable TV. A cable TV company is just the transmission medium for someone else's content. Sattelite radio companies (both of them) carry mostly they're own content. The content is what draws people to XM/Sirius. The great variety of music and talk without near the commercials that FM has.
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Originally posted by Hercules
But to replace the head unit just to get blinky lights... no, thanks I'll pass.
But to replace the head unit just to get blinky lights... no, thanks I'll pass.
Xm sounds hot only 10 bux a month?
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Even better than blinky lights are things like remote (my g/f uses it constantly) and a much more informative LCD for MP3 navigation. Moving through multiple "albums" and tracks would be a nightmare without enough text to show the path to the directory.
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