Can I install a headunit in map pocket?

[aolm]

I want to install a headunit in the map pocket to drive my amp, sirius and ipod… enough with the bullsxxt "aux-in" workarounds. Has anyone done this install. I want to be able to close the tinted glass door and work headunit with remote.

[GeoGeek]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(aolm @ Jan 21 2007, 10:21 PM) [snapback]378839[/snapback]</div>

I want to install a headunit in the map pocket to drive my amp, sirius and ipod… enough with the bullsxxt "aux-in" workarounds. Has anyone done this install. I want to be able to close the tinted glass door and work headunit with remote.
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You don't have to use an aftermarket head unit. Vais makes a piece that will integrate a Sirius tuner & give you an Ipod interface, and it all works with your factory head unit & MFD. You can get RCA style inputs for your amp in many ways....simple line out converter (like the Scosche SLC4) or something more fancy like
an Audio Control LCT-6 or 8.

If your dead set on using the aftermarket head unit (and losing the interaction with the steering wheel controls & MFD) there are others out there who've done it....mostly with DVD-flip out screens in the map pocket, still others who've totally replaced the factory head unit & put in a Metra kit to adapt the factory location to fit their aftermarket head unit.

I chose to keep my factory head unit, but I added the Sirius Connect tuner (integrated with factory head unit & MFD) and put an Audio Control Three.1 in the map pocket. This gives me line-out converter (to feed my amps), three band EQ, subwoofer level control, fader, sub-bass EQ and a separate volume control
to tweak the input level sensitivity.

Do a search on "map pocket" to see examples of others who put something down there.
Good Luck!

[aolm]

Thanks for your response. It seems like any thing I add adds noise which I then amplify. I tried adding an “aux in” box wired directly into my head unit. It sees it as cd changer. The sound is flat. It sounds like there is a ground loop isolator working.

How did you integrate the Sirius connect to your headunit? (I have a 05) How are you feeding your Audio Control Three from the factory head unit? My experience is that speaker level outputs are noisy which get worse when you add the aux box thing in.

I currently have my Sirius Visor unit wired directly onto my amp and it sounds amazing. I did not know sat radio could sound so GREAT. I have obvious issues with volume control. I am looking to buy a head unit with clean preamp outs for a simple factory looking setup controlled by a wireless remote through my map pocket smoked glass. I do not believe anyone has ever done this. It makes sense to me…head unit with hard wired sat radio and ipod driving an amp through clean preamp outs.

[GeoGeek]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(aolm @ Jan 22 2007, 09:30 PM) [snapback]379269[/snapback]</div>

Thanks for your response. It seems like any thing I add adds noise which I then amplify. I tried adding an “aux in” box wired directly into my head unit. It sees it as cd changer. The sound is flat. It sounds like there is a ground loop isolator working.

How did you integrate the Sirius connect to your headunit? (I have a 05) How are you feeding your Audio Control Three from the factory head unit? My experience is that speaker level outputs are noisy which get worse when you add the aux box thing in.

I currently have my Sirius Visor unit wired directly onto my amp and it sounds amazing. I did not know sat radio could sound so GREAT. I have obvious issues with volume control. I am looking to buy a head unit with clean preamp outs for a simple factory looking setup controlled by a wireless remote through my map pocket smoked glass. I do not believe anyone has ever done this. It makes sense to me…head unit with hard wired sat radio and ipod driving an amp through clean preamp outs.
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Yep....sounds like you're looking for what many of us out here have been working towards.
Essentially, you need a pre-amp with some additional input capability.
In my system, I'm using the Sirius Connect tuner (made by Directed Electronics) that's actually made for the Toyota Solara (or Avalon, Land Cruiser, Scion Xb). I'm using the static Fix referenced in the sticky (under PriusChat's Audio & Electronics forum). This sat tuner is integrated with the Prius factory head unit, and preserves functionality of the steering wheel controls and integrates with the MFD (pre-sets vis the touch screen, artist & title displayed on the MFD). You can buy the tuner & fit kit online for about $250.

I'm taking the full range outputs out of the head unit (my Prius doesn't have the JBL external amp) and using them as input for the Audio Control Three.1 (which can take up to 100 watt inputs or more). The three.1 functions as a line level driver....giving you up to 4 volts of pre-amp output. From there
I run front, rear, & sub pairs of RCA jacks out to my amps. My Xtant 3300c has a Balanced line module
which gets rid of any pesky noise that might otherwise be there. Plus, because the Three.1 is a line level driver and has it's own volume knob, I can turn the gains way down on my amp.

I don't currently have iPod integration.....I just have an iPod shuffle I can use through the factory input that came in my 2006. Maybe someday...If I get a 30gig iPod, I'll need tolook into something more.
For now, it sounds great.....no noise, no complaints.
Cheers

[aolm]

I heard from "presto" that a standard din unit will fit in the map pocket.

[finkj]

Try factory interactive at www.factoryinteractive.com They have a fully integrated sirius unit kit for $299. It works great.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(aolm @ Jan 21 2007, 10:21 PM) [snapback]378839[/snapback]</div>

I want to install a headunit in the map pocket to drive my amp, sirius and ipod… enough with the bullsxxt "aux-in" workarounds. Has anyone done this install. I want to be able to close the tinted glass door and work headunit with remote.
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