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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 06:21 PM
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 06:25 PM
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gay....jk looks huge! i want a aftermarker head unit but dont wanna lose my steering wheel controls
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 06:26 PM
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i forget which company, but someone offers an adapter that you can keep your steering wheel controls.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ttranssam
gay....jk looks huge! i want a aftermarker head unit but dont wanna lose my steering wheel controls
you can buy an adapter that will regain your controls.

i have a pioneer deck with one those adapters and my controls work fine

i think the name of the device is pwi or swx or something like that cant remember
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by bobbyd
you can buy an adapter that will regain your controls.

i have a pioneer deck with one those adapters and my controls work fine

i think the name of the device is pwi or swx or something like that cant remember

Can you find out for sure I really want a DVD player but I don't want to lose my controls...
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 07:07 PM
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what ever floats your boat
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by GTABurnout
Can you find out for sure I really want a DVD player but I don't want to lose my controls...
found it the name is Pac SWI-X.....what brand hu do you want to put?
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 08:08 PM
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Cool head unit. But it blocks your a/c
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by RsSean
Cool head unit. But it blocks your a/c
Not everyone uses A/C ..

And i think its cool. but im more of an in-dash kind of guy.

I have the pioneer avic-d3. I bought the adapter from crutchfield to use my steering wheel controls ..
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bobbyd
found it the name is Pac SWI-X.....what brand hu do you want to put?
I have JVC in Dash DVD players in my two other cars so I was going to go that route. They are JVC but the work with reading video off USB ports which works well for me.
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 03:22 AM
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I like ur HU but as its been said it blocks ur A/C but any way it looks nice.


im still working on my project
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 05:21 AM
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nice choice on the ALPINE. Best headunit company bar none IMO
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Vndcatr
Not everyone uses A/C ..

And i think its cool. but im more of an in-dash kind of guy.

I have the pioneer avic-d3. I bought the adapter from crutchfield to use my steering wheel controls ..
That's true LOL
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