here are 2 pics of my head unit i installed yesterday...lemme tell you wat a PITA...but i did it right.....yay!!!...here ya go...

 

Not bad....

but I have XM so I win.

 

sooo...i dont pay for radio like u :shifty:
thats wat FM is for but not too pricey cause its free

 

Because I dont have to deal with commercials.

 

yeah but you have to deal with crappy stations and crappy songs... i have xm too, but in 2 cars so i guess that means i win except i hate it. got it as a gift with 2 years paid.

 

looks sick nice and umm purple =O

 

it was the flash....its black when no light is on it.....its black and blue screen.....

and i listen to cd's ......im eventually going to hook my ipod up to it once i get it fixed....the touch pad doesnt work but the buttons do....

 

sony. rofl @ u
haha

 

dont listen to the bashers dude. its a really nice unit. my older brother has it in his riced out civic... that put aside... its still a really nice unit. i was planning on getting it in my stang but it was to pricey for me... very good job bro! :clap:

 

it was in my taru-*** before and it still kicks ***...and it was pricey...350 new and i got it 2 days after it came out....and here are my subs (gift from parents..i wouldve gone MTX or something other than sony for subs) half-a$$ed sub job....i just wanted to hear wat they sounded like before the final thing...still alll that was in my otehr car

 

Hey pure,,how hard was it to wire up the head unit? i take it you got a kit?

 

ok..here is a picture of the "professional" wiring of my taurus(picture 1 and 2).....lemme tell ya...when i bought the new wire harnesses....holy crap..i vowed never to take my car to get wired any where ever again....the harnesses i bought pluged right together..no splicing of the wire.....(pic 3 )...i was dissappointed in Best buy.....remember that folks....nvr take to any place like best buy....

edit: that lone blue thing in the second pic was for my subs....


it was really easy to hookup and install the head unit into a bracket....just gotta be fearless and do it yourself.....next is rear speakers and subs...

 

cool...ya im still interested in that deck..im wondering about the wiring too,,,how it works with the Mach system and all. I have no clue what harness to buy..lol :bash:

 

ill pull apart my deck tommorow morning...there are 2 parts u need....one of them is the Metra Vehicle Wiring Harness (80-1771)...the other i forget wat it was...but it was also made my metra......its a gay setup but its well worth it....the only concern is that u have a mach system....i have a non mach so it was a plug and play....just ask a circuit city or best buy rep wat u should do..they have the know it all about htat stuff but they suck at installation....

 

awesome! i always wondered, do u need to buy those plastic "sections" for the deck and below it?

 

nothing will ever satisfy you unless it has 300000000 db and shatters windows

 

is that a retorhicle question or are u being serious...if ur being serious.....u need that little space for the 2x7 deck to fit into a 4x7 hole (2001-2004).....in the 1999-2000 its a direct fit since it has 2 2x7 holes

 

what? i dont think ur understanding me...


see how its divided into 2 sections, and theres plastic sperating the two sections, where does that plastic come from?

 

that cubby space is one solid plastic unit that holds the cd player in place.

 

its part of the Dash Kit.....Metra Dash Kit

it also fills the hole where the small head unit doesnt cover....its a nice compartment for an ipod

 

thats what i wanted to know

 

hah...ok...but stangspeed....i highly recomend getting that head unit.....its a nice unit for 200....i know people will say dont get sony..but sony makes really nice products....but make sure it will work cause of the mach system

 

not the best buy around here... the best buy i went to is FULL of retards! i went to like 9 out of the 10 guys in the car audio department and each one was a retard... they didnt know SHYT... AT ALL!! i can not express enough that they didnt know anything! some of them try and confuse you and get all complicated... but they still dont know anything. finally i talked to the MANAGER of the car audio department and he got my car setup... i replaced the head unit and the door and rear speakers.... the installation went well but only because the HEAD installer did mine... he told me later on that most the guys dont know what there doing... haha! best buy is just retarded overall. :dots: :dots:

 

hahah that sux.....one of my buddies works there and knows a hell of a lot so i got everything i needed...and for like free too...hehe...pays ot know people..

but overall im happy w/ my head unit

 

If the back of your Mach unit looks like this


The you can use the Metra 70-5521


Thats what I used to replace mine...

 

Update: i just hard wired my ipod to my radio and it kicks major a$$

 

I have the headunit right below that one, like the 7700 series one. Those two pioneers kick some serious ***, great head unit.

 

yea..thats is an expensive headunit.....pioneer is the ****...but i have a sony...a step down but o well

 

ok im pulling my hair out right about now..my g-friend surprised me with a new deck for christmas..alittle late but what the heck. ok i bought the harness adapter for my car i wired everything together from the unit harness to the factory harness...no freaking sound coming out...wtf? do i have to do somethnig with the amps or what? im lost now... :censored:

 

If you have the Mach 460 or 1000, i think it's a lot harder than that. If it's just the normal headunit, than yea, just hook up them wires