AVH-4300/CDT install thread
Pioneer, Kenwood, and JVC would be my top picks. The JVC and Pioneer units are great bang for the buck. I am not a big fan of Sony. I used one of there nicer units that came in my DD truck and I was not impressed with the sound at all. I have a JVC in there now and it sounds great. Been using JVC for years in my vehicles. I do like Pioneer though but they have a more processed sound to me. I like to have a more natural sound and add to it if I need to.
The EQ function is a 10 band I think? I remember it was a large EQ not your basic high mid low. Anyway it works very well and is easy to access along with the other menus is very easy to operate and works well.
The EQ function is a 10 band I think? I remember it was a large EQ not your basic high mid low. Anyway it works very well and is easy to access along with the other menus is very easy to operate and works well.
I have an alpine now in my daily driver. It's probably a 2 year old HU, and to this day suprises me of all its capabilities and features. Was a $250 HU at the time so it was a pretty nice one and has really held up quite well. I really like alpine, but their prices on in dash dvd/nav units is quite out of my set price range. I'm looking for somethung under $500, preferably new, must have ipod cable/usb dock, bluetooth, and a customizable equalizer.
LilJay - Glad to hear you've got her back up in full service. Can't wait to get mine finally done!
I'm glad you are enjoying it. The cool thing is it will still sound like that years from now. I had a similar setup in my Trans Am. I no longer own the car but the current owner still has the same system in it and does not want to change a thing. That system has been in there for 4 years and it had been put through it's paces doing demonstrations and competitions. Never had to change much. Just upgraded the front speakers to see what the other ones sounded like and changed the subs a few times to see if I could make bigger numbers.
Something about a loud clear audio system on the right song that gets em going. Music emits emotion alot. Like when you hear that favorite song on the radio and your right foot gets into the gas. I always say you have to have the performance side of it in a car like this but you also have to have your tunes. To me both are important to have.
Vengeance Racing did most of the work on my Trans Am so it was of course a beast. I had the audio system in it to back up the performance as well.
Something about a loud clear audio system on the right song that gets em going. Music emits emotion alot. Like when you hear that favorite song on the radio and your right foot gets into the gas. I always say you have to have the performance side of it in a car like this but you also have to have your tunes. To me both are important to have.
Vengeance Racing did most of the work on my Trans Am so it was of course a beast. I had the audio system in it to back up the performance as well.
Good to know. I had a sony HU back a few years ago (maybe 6-7 years) and it was an Xplod model. Not going to lie, I bought it because it looked cool and at the time that was very important to me (16 years old...). I liked it for what it was, but wasn't a big fan of the preset equalizer and lack of custom settings. I've heard they've gotten much better in the past few years.
I have an alpine now in my daily driver. It's probably a 2 year old HU, and to this day suprises me of all its capabilities and features. Was a $250 HU at the time so it was a pretty nice one and has really held up quite well. I really like alpine, but their prices on in dash dvd/nav units is quite out of my set price range. I'm looking for somethung under $500, preferably new, must have ipod cable/usb dock, bluetooth, and a customizable equalizer.
LilJay - Glad to hear you've got her back up in full service. Can't wait to get mine finally done!
I have an alpine now in my daily driver. It's probably a 2 year old HU, and to this day suprises me of all its capabilities and features. Was a $250 HU at the time so it was a pretty nice one and has really held up quite well. I really like alpine, but their prices on in dash dvd/nav units is quite out of my set price range. I'm looking for somethung under $500, preferably new, must have ipod cable/usb dock, bluetooth, and a customizable equalizer.
LilJay - Glad to hear you've got her back up in full service. Can't wait to get mine finally done!
I really like the JVC KW-AVX640, 740 and 840 which if you use an iPhone you can add navigation to for free with the X-Motion ap on your iPhone that will display the navigation from the phone on the screen. 640 and 740 also have removable face plates.
Pioneer AVH-P2300, P3300BT (built in blue tooth) and the 4300DVD are all very good units as well especially for the money.
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I was really impressed by the 4300 for everything you get and the price. I don't need navigation, bluetooth or a camera but it's cool it's capable of doing it. It also has outputs so you can add other Tv's to it.
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Does anyone know if the auto EQ feature on the 4300 is anygood? I was reading about it in the manual and I was wanting some input before I went and bought the mic for it.
Thanks.
Thanks.
The auto EQ feature does work and is similar to the Alpine units that do that. IMO if you have a good ear you can tune it just as well. Half the people that I have talked to that use it or have used it did it then changed the settings later anyway.
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LOL, seems like you're like me - the only time I get to work on my Camaro/Jeep is when the wifey is sleep, which usually means about 12 midnight.
Nice work. I'd like to do the sound matting in the future. I bet it makes the car sound more solid, especially the doors.
Nice work. I'd like to do the sound matting in the future. I bet it makes the car sound more solid, especially the doors.
Bumping this. Liljay, can I get a pic of the HU installed in the car? A night shot with it on and everything would be ******* sweet as well, I can't shake this feeling that some time down the road I will be copying your exact setup. I was never a huge fan of the appearance of double din HU but something about all of this kinda swayed me a bit, just wanna see some day/night pics to confirm 
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Yeah I will grab one tonight when I get home and one in the morning. I've been so busy at work I haven't had time to put the rest of the interior back together.
One of the many cool features about the H/U is you can change the background color of the buttons. I have mine set to red to match the factory gauge colors.
One of the many cool features about the H/U is you can change the background color of the buttons. I have mine set to red to match the factory gauge colors.
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That's not a very good pic. I will get a better one tomorrow.
I got the interior back in it today finally. Everything except the center console. The car doesn't feel like a big POS like it has been.
I got the interior back in it today finally. Everything except the center console. The car doesn't feel like a big POS like it has been.
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Looks like it was meant to be there! One of these days I might get around to doing a sound system build in my car but I have a feeling that with almost 150,000 miles on the car that stuff is going to start 
and that's probably what I should be focused on right now in terms of money.
Besides my Alpine IDA-X100 does everything I need it to do and those CDTs up front and Bazooka subs showed me just how good a properly set up sound system can sound. Beats the pants off a bose system. :
Do those radios do RDS as well?
One of these days I might get around to doing a sound system build in my car but I have a feeling that with almost 150,000 miles on the car that stuff is going to start and that's probably what I should be focused on right now in terms of money. Besides my Alpine IDA-X100 does everything I need it to do and those CDTs up front and Bazooka subs showed me just how good a properly set up sound system can sound. Beats the pants off a bose system. :
Do those radios do RDS as well?
Looks good...time for me to pull the trigger. I had been wanting an upgrade from my jensen and just so happens my car got broken into Monday night and guess what got stolen. Glad it was my Four year old $250 jensen. Upgrading security system too.
