The AU get's an upgrade!!

[FRDGAL]

Here are some pictures of the stereo upgrade in the AU. A HUGE thanks goes to my good mate Rick (T2TL50) and Doug ofcourse and their mate (who's name I forget LOL) who helped with the install. It didn't take them long to get it all done. All works great and fit's perfectly. They did a top job!! There's an annoying rev interference at low volume but we'll sort that out. The whole setup cost me $480 and $20 for wiring and clips. Not too bad for a cheapie :

There is an Autobarn story to this but that's a whole new thread. All I'll say about that is "NEVER AGAIN!!!"

CLICKY FOR STEREO PICS

[4.9 EF Futura]

Me clicky und likey. Roof mount is a nice touch...

Love the stocky stereo... discarded like so much rubbish... banished to sit in the dirt amoungst the bark chips.

[Racecraft]

thats classy, suits the car and the price is very good

[FRDGAL]

Hahahaha that's not the stocky stereo banished to sit amongst the bark chips .. It's actually stage 1 of install. LOL look closely - it's the new in-dash screen awaiting it's partner, the DVD player :P

[4.9 EF Futura]

Originally Posted by Fairmont_Krissy

Hahahaha that's not the stocky stereo banished to sit amongst the bark chips .. It's actually stage 1 of install. LOL look closely - it's the new in-dash screen awaiting it's partner, the DVD player :P

Woops :

/starts cover up

Observant not a quality used to describe me Now that i look closely...

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How do the roof mounts communicate with head unit/vice versa??

[FRDGAL]

Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura

Woops :

/starts cover up

Observant not a quality used to describe me Now that i look closely...

/end

How do the roof mounts communicate with head unit/vice versa??

RCA plugs and a bit of wiring

Originally Posted by Racecraft

thats classy, suits the car and the price is very good

Thanks

[Qwikcorty]

krissy, what are you doing with the std cd player now? my no.5 button doesnt work.

[|2aebird]

How come so cheap, there seems to be alot of stuff there for so little money?! Looks very good indeed... Did you have to cut anything behind the dvd player to get it to fit?

[Stav]

Just the head unit is worth 400 dollars.That pricing is a steal.Not bad installation either.

[12]

Holy crap! They stipped your car! :hihi:. Looks neat as! Well done Rick, Doug and the little dude (sorry can't remember his name either). Me want DVD now :.


ps: What is that little red button? Is that the "Naawzz" button? :Reverend:

[FRDGAL]

Originally Posted by Qwikcorty

krissy, what are you doing with the std cd player now? my no.5 button doesnt work.

It's for sale. Feel free to PM with an offer :Up_to_som

Originally Posted by |2aebird

How come so cheap, there seems to be alot of stuff there for so little money?! Looks very good indeed... Did you have to cut anything behind the dvd player to get it to fit?

How come so cheap you ask? eBay mate!! It's usually the only place I buy anything really.

And yes a little cutting had to be done, nothing major. I handed a kitchen knife over to Rick - 3 seconds later he was done. If you want to know what he did exactly, PM him because I refused to watch my car being torn apart LOL so I didn't see most of what he did.

Originally Posted by 012

Holy crap! They stipped your car! : Looks neat as! Well done Rick, Doug and the little dude (sorry can't remember his name either). Me want DVD now :

ps: What is that little red button? Is that the "Naawzz" button? :Reverend:

I was in the kitchen cooking them lunch. Next thing you know my roof lining is in the house. I think I fainted - I don't remember :

That red light is courtesy of Autobarn when they installed my alarm : I told them not to because I have the flashing hand in the dash but noooooooo install it anyway ya pr**ks! The light is now disabled though thank god.

[GlennBA]

All of that stuff cost you $500??? thats a bargain.. seriously! Looks great ;)
I wonder, is it possible to get just a roof mount screen and have that working off a portable dvd player or ps2 or something? I wonder how much.. i'm useless at stuff like that but its certainly interesting at that price. You got a steal krissy, nice car you have ;)

[MrAUII]

Originally Posted by GlennAUII

All of that stuff cost you $500??? thats a bargain.. seriously! Looks great ;)
I wonder, is it possible to get just a roof mount screen and have that working off a portable dvd player or ps2 or something? I wonder how much.. i'm useless at stuff like that but its certainly interesting at that price. You got a steal krissy, nice car you have ;)

Would be very easy to do.

Nice install Krissy. I have exactly the same setup. An indash screen and roof mount. The annoying part is all the remote controls. I have one for the HU, indash screen, roof mount screen and PS2controller. I know my passengers love watching movies and music dvds.

[JC]

Originally Posted by GlennAUII

All of that stuff cost you $500??? thats a bargain.. seriously! Looks great ;)
I wonder, is it possible to get just a roof mount screen and have that working off a portable dvd player or ps2 or something? I wonder how much.. i'm useless at stuff like that but its certainly interesting at that price. You got a steal krissy, nice car you have ;)

Certainly is - that's what I have in my AU XR8. Roof mounted screen around $120, FM modulator for radio around $40, 240V inverter to run PS2 or Xbox around $60. All off ebay of course. The setup in the wagon cost me around $600 (roof mounted screen, JVC DVD head unit and passenger side home made visor screen).

But $500 for what Krissy got is an absolute bargain!

Also - there's a store on ebay that does twin 7" headrest screens in black leather for around the $400 mark - comes with the leather headrests and all, with a CF look surround. I'll see if I can find a link.

Krissy - nice wheel. Lol.

[JC]

Found the Leather Headrest screens - $395 including postage from HK. I have purchased other products from that seller and they were pretty good.

[carratt]

damn those leather headrests look awesome. Might be time for me to start thinking about an entertainment upgrade for the AU

[JC]

Yep - you can get them in beige too.

[FRDGAL]

Originally Posted by GlennAUII

You got a steal krissy, nice car you have ;)

Thanks

Originally Posted by MrAUII

The annoying part is all the remote controls.

Yeah I've got 3 now arrgghhhh!

Originally Posted by JCXR8

But $500 for what Krissy got is an absolute bargain!

Well it would have cost me more with the postage (which was about $45.00) but there was a little hiccup and in the end I got it posted for free and Autobarn wanted $280 to install plus they wanted me to pay for a wiring loom so if it wasn't for Rick, it would have cost me quite alot more. Lol a wiring loom - geezus I gave Rick $20 and he came back with everything needed plus 100mtrs of wire and change LOL.

Originally Posted by JCXR8

Krissy - nice wheel. Lol.

Got that right :Up_to_som

Originally Posted by carratt

damn those leather headrests look awesome. Might be time for me to start thinking about an entertainment upgrade for the AU

Do it Brad - do it!!

[TheSneakiness]

Must say, looks very nice Krissy. Got it done for the right money too.

[GlennBA]

Originally Posted by JCXR8

Certainly is - that's what I have in my AU XR8. Roof mounted screen around $120, FM modulator for radio around $40, 240V inverter to run PS2 or Xbox around $60. All off ebay of course. The setup in the wagon cost me around $600 (roof mounted screen, JVC DVD head unit and passenger side home made visor screen).

So something LIKE THIS would work ok if i got a power inverter for my ps2? Whats an fm modulator? I'm really.. really bad at this type of thing..
Would it work with my standard AUII CD player?

[GK]

Looks great Krissy. Good job boys.

It sounds like Rick and co are worth their weight in gold!

GK

[FRDGAL]

Originally Posted by GlennAUII

So something LIKE THIS would work ok if i got a power inverter for my ps2? Whats an fm modulator? I'm really.. really bad at this type of thing..

You might find this handy then. Scroll down the page a bit and look in the 'Wiring & Accessories' section..

http://electronixwarehouse.com/products.htm

[JC]

Originally Posted by GlennAUII

So something LIKE THIS would work ok if i got a power inverter for my ps2? Whats an fm modulator? I'm really.. really bad at this type of thing..
Would it work with my standard AUII CD player?

Yep, that'll do the job but you can get an 8" screen that swivels (like Krissy's) for $120 to $150 - plus postage. Like this 8" screen.

The FM modulator takes the RCA plugs from your PS2 for the audio out and converts it to an FM signal, which connects in between your aerial and CD tuner. You tune it in to one of 2 or 4 stations (usually around FM88.3 or so), so you get the sound through your current CD tuner & speakers.

If you get an inverter, make sure it's at least 300W, Like this one: 300W Inverter . I actually have this one in my XR8 and it works great.

F_K - sorry for making your thread a tutorial!

[Velociraptor]

Very nice Krissy , btw whats that mirror for on passenger side rear grab handle? :

[GlennBA]

Originally Posted by JCXR8

Yep, that'll do the job but you can get an 8" screen that swivels (like Krissy's) for $120 to $150 - plus postage. Like this 8" screen.

The FM modulator takes the RCA plugs from your PS2 for the audio out and converts it to an FM signal, which connects in between your aerial and CD tuner. You tune it in to one of 2 or 4 stations (usually around FM88.3 or so), so you get the sound through your current CD tuner & speakers.

If you get an inverter, make sure it's at least 300W, Like this one: 300W Inverter . I actually have this one in my XR8 and it works great.

F_K - sorry for making your thread a tutorial!

beautiful...
JCXR8 you would be one handy fella to have on MSN lol.. Thanks for the help.
Looks like the next thing i'll be saving for is the in car dvd setup.

Glenn

[JC]

Originally Posted by GlennAUII

beautiful...
JCXR8 you would be one handy fella to have on MSN lol.. Thanks for the help.
Looks like the next thing i'll be saving for is the in car dvd setup.

Glenn

I know as much about getting on MSN or ICQ or whatever else it's called as you do about 8" screens! LOL. We all have our strengths & interests.

[FRDGAL]

Originally Posted by JCXR8

F_K - sorry for making your thread a tutorial!

Nah go for it mate. It's a bit of learning for those of us that don't know much when it comes to this stuff.

Originally Posted by Velociraptor

btw whats that mirror for on passenger side rear grab handle? :

It's top secret stuff mate :Up_to_som

Nah, I use to use it when I had my daughter in the baby capsule. When she was in the capsule, her feet faced towards the back window which meant I couldn't actually see her head. That mirror (when angled right) able'd me to see her face from the drivers seat.

[TheSneakiness]

Krissy, another question...

How clear is the picture on the screen on the in-dash TFT?

[dansedgli]

That looks great! Makes me all motivated to fit my touchscreen and laptop to the car!

Originally Posted by JCXR8

If you get an inverter, make sure it's at least 300W, Like this one: 300W Inverter . I actually have this one in my XR8 and it works great.

Nice! Looks like the xbox is going in the car as well!

[FRDGAL]

Originally Posted by AUII_SE_Ute

Krissy, another question...

How clear is the picture on the screen on the in-dash TFT?

See I don't really like answering questions like this because what's clear to me might not be to you LOL. Nah, it's clear if you're looking dead centre at it. Obviously, when you're driving you're looking at it on a slight angle and you know how when you look at a TFT screen on an angle, it's kinda funny? But then again, I haven't adjusted any of the settings on the screen yet so might be that it's not bright enough

Hmmmmm I might play around with the settings today and see if it's different. I'll get back to you on this..

**DISCLAIMER**
No I do not drive with the dash screen open nor has the screen been tricked into thinking that the handbrake is actually on :Up_to_som