Stereo & Electronics - Double din won't fit?!?!?

Just got my double din kenwood ddx719 today and it won't fit in the hole... What is the deal??

go to 6 liter eater and they have a double din kit

I trimmed the plastics so the unit fits but the mounting brackets are fucked up... Now what? Got this from double d mods

Well I got it in but it's crooked... See what I can do once the bezel gets here hopefully it will fit

Did you trim the plastic plate that was under the radio I had to to get my pioneer to sit right in the bezel

You have to cut out the plastic plate under the radio out to get it to fit right and then trim the metal brackets that DoubleD sent you on the sides so they fit properly. That hole was never designed for a double din so you have to get a little creative to make it fit. Once your bezel gets to you then you can do some finer adjustments to make it all fit perfect with the new bezel.

go to 6 liter eater and they have a double din kit He didnt say the bezel doesn't fit, he said the radio didn't fit in the hole. A double din kit from 6 liter eater has nothing to do with that. The double din kit from 6 liter is a new bezel that fits around the double din radio, just like the one he already ordered from DoubleD.

I trimmed the plastics so the unit fits but the mounting brackets are fucked up... Now what? Got this from double d mods

she might have grabbed the Camaro brackets. I am sorry. They look very similar and we ship out 20 or so kits a day so easy mistake on our end and not intentional.


You must as Dave pointed out cut out the mounting cage area to allow for the double din to fit into the car.

Call me as well if you need help

Its not something where you can just slide the radio into the car. You will have to to do some cutting to allow for the double din to fit

He didnt say the bezel doesn't fit, he said the radio didn't fit in the hole. A double din kit from 6 liter eater has nothing to do with that. The double din kit from 6 liter is a new bezel that fits around the double din radio, just like the one he already ordered from DoubleD.

Thanks Dave

I ended up getting it in last night after many frustrations as is obvious. Sorry about that lol it should work for now untill I get the bezel and then I'll have to go get some more brackets because I cut the ones received all to hell. I did have to cut the tray and the tabs on top as I found in another search now I just need to install the amp and sub tonight. Should be no problem as I ran RCA and remote already... Is there a certain positive and negative on the sub pre out for this unit? Both the terminals are black with no such markings. I guess it's hit or miss?

I ended up getting it in last night after many frustrations as is obvious. Sorry about that lol it should work for now untill I get the bezel and then I'll have to go get some more brackets because I cut the ones received all to hell. I did have to cut the tray and the tabs on top as I found in another search now I just need to install the amp and sub tonight. Should be no problem as I ran RCA and remote already... Is there a certain positive and negative on the sub pre out for this unit? Both the terminals are black with no such markings. I guess it's hit or miss?

reffer to your user manual more more wiring info

we will send you some more brackets with the bezel

I did look at the manual and I couldn't find anything will look again in a few hours though

RCA cables don't have positive and negative since both are carried by the coaxial cable. The center conductor is positive and the outer shield is negative.

Oh I did not know that... So it doesn't matter which way they hook up? I know usually you would go red to red and black to black but the preput has two black outports

The two RCA ports must be for two different connections or speakers because each port has the necessary positive and negative for a single connection.

EDIT: I just looked at the owner/installation manual for the DDX719 and it appears that it is set up to accept two sub outputs on the cable with the dual RCA jacks. For a single sub you can use either one - they are both monaural pre-amp signal.

Have some pictures of what your problem was? I'm debating going double din

So I only need to plug in one cable? Not both of them? Now I am really confused lol

The problem I had is that the double din was too tall to fit in the hole for the stock stereo... There are little plastic "fins" on the top of the hole directly under the vents that needed to be cut down and the plastic tray on the bottom needed to be cut out. Once that was out of the way and te unit fit I had to use some L brackets to physically mount the unit to the car... I will be getting some brackets that are larger in order to accept all four screws instead of only two as well once the bezel arrives from double d. Double d mods is a great business to buy from as Dennis helped me out with everything the only problems I had are on my end so don't think that it is on the business side that things got fucked up!

Two cables? If you have a single sub connected to a single monaural amp then you should only have one RCA cable. If you're using a stereo amp for your sub then you would have left and right input RCA cables in which case you can plug in both. It doesn't matter because both get the same mono signal.

It's good I got it working

Dave do u use the garmin navigation app? I bought the damn thing but it won't display on the screen pretty upset about spending money and it not working

Dave do u use the garmin navigation app? I bought the damn thing but it won't display on the screen pretty upset about spending money and it not working

did you download the app to mirror the image and which Garmin app did you buy?

here is links to the Garmin maps on Kenwood website.
http://www.kenwoodusa.com/Car_Entertainment/Mobile_Video_n_Navigation/Mobile_Video/DDX719

I use the motionX app for navigation not the garmin. Butt to get either one to mirror onto the screen you have to have the iPod cable for the kenwood that plugs into the back of the radio. Plug it into the cable start the app on your phone and it pops right up on your screen. It works really good and easy.

I bought the garmin app from the website and yes I have the cable and I bought the other 50 dollar part that is supposed to allow it to mirror maybe because I had the app running before I plugged it in?

You only need one cable and it's the one that plugs into the iPod jack and the USB jack on the back of the radio.

I gt it to work I had to press the "app" button on the iPod menu

What all did you have to do to get yours to fit? I'm battling mine in my camaro right now. I got everything from double d mods too. I cut the tray out and it doesnt seem to be sitting down far enough but its resting on top of the ac controls. How are you supporting the back side of the head unit? I waited to start until i got my bezel in so i have everything to do it.

If you cut the bottom tray out and it's resting on the heater controls then you should be low enough. As far as supporting the back side, I didn't see any real need. Between it sitting on the heater controls and the front support brackets mine was rock solid.

I cut the lower tray out and if its held up in the back then it seemed to work out better. granted that was just a test fit to see where i was at and not everything was screwed in tight. I got pretty much the exact same set up as you did dspdave.