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Old 06-15-2008, 04:27 PM   #11 (permalink)
 
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The tweeters up on the dash must have their own high pass filters, as they sound really tinny no mater the eq. The eq controls work mainly on the door speakers. Can anyone confirm, please?
Most likely they do, or you would have blown them already ;)

Congratulations on buying what is probably one of the best aftermarket stereos for this car. You're going to love it

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Old 06-15-2008, 07:47 PM   #12 (permalink)
 
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I didn't take any pictures, but I'll be glad to later in the week. On my maiden voyage I was getting audio drop-outs which makes me think there's a loose connection so I'll have to pop the unit out and check all my connections. I pretty much just crammed all the wires behind the unit, so I'll have to really neaten up my install and also find a better place for the XM radio module.
I was wrong about the XM presets by the way. There are 3 (?) banks of presets accessible by a screen button called "bands".
I must admit it is pretty cool to have DVD capability. I especially enjoyed playing a DVD audio disk of the Beatles' Love (The re-mix for the Cirqu Du Soleil show). The player shows a nice screen with the title of the song playing. I also tried playing a live concert DVD of Journey.
As for the fit, the dash kit I bought worked perfectly and looks great. I got a wiring harness and an antenna adapter also. Other than some soldering, it was a pretty easy install. Now it's on to the speakers, as you can really hear the deficiencies of the stock "premium stereo" speakers now. Needs a better powered sub-woofer too.
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Old 06-15-2008, 08:04 PM   #13 (permalink)
 
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As for the fit, the dash kit I bought worked perfectly and looks great.
Who makes the kit that you bought?
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Old 06-15-2008, 11:17 PM   #14 (permalink)
 
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well american international,metra,scosche all makes kits for the smarts. i think most of the kits people are using are from AI
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Old 06-15-2008, 11:23 PM   #15 (permalink)
 
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Yes we're aware of all of those but we were interested to know which kit specifically he was using ;)
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The AI Kit. I'll post pics after the weekend - I'm going to take the unit out, check all connections and relocate the XM module, neaten up the wiring.
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Where did you buy the wiring harness. Im looking into doing the same install
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Ai makes a harness for smarts now. u can just go to ur local stereo shop and get a vw harness. its the same just pins in diff place for some wires.
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$150/month?

You urbanites obviously haven't heard of Smart's new Urban Stealth Technology:

http://www.youtube.com/v/ViAC78bAhc4
OMG, that is so funny. ROFL, that made my morning.
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Ai makes a harness for smarts now. u can just go to ur local stereo shop and get a vw harness. its the same just pins in diff place for some wires.
does anyone know what the yellow plug does. and is there some one that has the wires aready figured out like whats Pos neg and speaker lay out
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