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draper
22-01-07, 05:10 PM
has anyone got a headunit with fold out screen there mk2 nova ?? i want 1 but was looking at the stereo space and im not sure if the screen will foul the dash when it slides out. i know you can get screens with multi angle but im not sure if this would still give a good enough angle to view the screen ?? i dont want one stuck somewhere on the dash either or in the vents as i want the dash to look original

Lucky Luke!
22-01-07, 07:47 PM
I've done one before, had to space the unit like fook to get it at a decent angle, looks good when its out, looks **** when its in, best bet is a seperate screen mounted somewhere else, i.e, sunvisors!

draper
22-01-07, 08:06 PM
yeah i thought as much, prob go the sunvisor route as i can get them trimmed leather to match the seats. cheers pal

Lucky Luke!
22-01-07, 08:08 PM
do ya know how to get them wired up there okay? if your feeling really fancy re locate the h/unit facia somewhere else as well.

draper
22-01-07, 08:20 PM
ive seen that done, with the face plate in the visor ?? dunno where to put it tho without it looking tacky or bodged

mikey14sr
22-01-07, 08:25 PM
An old mate of mine had one in his gsi about 6 years ago, he fitted it in place of the dash vents because it was different at the time. Only took a few hours to work it out.

draper
22-01-07, 08:32 PM
yeah but i dont like them just stuck there, plus if some twocer looks thru your window, sees youve got a screen its pretty obvious youve got something else there

Asa-James
22-01-07, 09:55 PM
i dont know how much room is on the mk 2 dash, but would a double din fit? a lad at work just fitted a smart one in his scooby, double din touch-screen bolt in jobbie. just a thought...

draper
22-01-07, 09:59 PM
but i want the dash to remain standard so NO cutting out holes/losing vents :wall:

Lucky Luke!
23-01-07, 07:25 PM
Re loacting stuff is easy, you need to be able to solder and ideally have a second source of music, i.e changer or i pod, oh and lots of telephone cable.

Looks good tho when done proper...

draper
23-01-07, 07:34 PM
but where could it go and look factory fit ??

Lucky Luke!
24-01-07, 08:01 PM
Dont! go proper stealth.

Standard h/unit in the din position just so it looks original, screen in one headrest, h/unit fascia in the other

draper
24-01-07, 08:08 PM
headrest, would be fun changing tracks lol could put it in the sunvisor ?? or in the drivers doorcard

Lucky Luke!
24-01-07, 08:17 PM
Problem with drivers door card is that its constantly opening, puts alot of strain on the wires, i know a sunvisor opens as well, but its not as much distance...

draper
24-01-07, 08:19 PM
yeah i see what your saying, surely if enough slack was on the cable it should be ok. how many cores are needed ??

Lucky Luke!
24-01-07, 08:22 PM
depends usually between 12 and 16, look at the pins on your fascia and you'll see!

draper
24-01-07, 08:26 PM
good idea lol i could try and get some flat multicore cable from work, its designed to be used on cranes and movable booms so should be ok - ill look into it since im wanting the doorcards trimmed in leather anyway

Lucky Luke!
24-01-07, 08:48 PM
Sounds like a plan! lol

Either that stuff or 2 lengths of phone cable is pretty good.

Riggy
24-01-07, 08:51 PM
lol i was wondering about this some time back , but didnt know if it would fit so i bought this one

http://www.weijtec.nl/images/kd-avx1_a_e.jpg

plus it gone down from ?500 to ?350 now lol

draper
24-01-07, 08:53 PM
yeah, ill practice on an old headunit ive got lying around - is just a simple case of soldering the cable as a extension of the pins (if ya get me lol)

draper
24-01-07, 08:53 PM
lol i was wondering about this some time back , but didnt know if it would fit so i bought this one

http://www.weijtec.nl/images/kd-avx1_a_e.jpg

plus it gone down from ?500 to ?350 now lol

i like that 1, didnt realise it had come down in price

Riggy
24-01-07, 08:55 PM
aye is a nice unit and has loads of inputs and outputs for screens amps etc etc

draper
24-01-07, 08:57 PM
do you know the model number ?

Riggy
24-01-07, 08:59 PM
Kd-avx1

Riggy
24-01-07, 09:10 PM
lol just nipped out to take it out of car for the night so took a pic aswell

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/riggy4/24012007117.jpg

draper
24-01-07, 09:22 PM
nice, is the screen picture clear ??

Riggy
24-01-07, 09:24 PM
yeah suprisingly its quite good , ive watched a few films on it when ive been up on the moors etc etc lol

draper
24-01-07, 09:35 PM
watched, or made lol


doggers deux ??

Lucky Luke!
25-01-07, 06:11 PM
Its an okay unit but there are a few things to consider, the screen is about the same as a mobile phone and if you think of the postioning, who wants to crane there neck to watch a film the same size as a phone???

draper
25-01-07, 06:14 PM
tbh i wont be using that screen as ill be having screens in th evisors (thats my choice now) and i think the face is gonna sit in the doorcard

any other recomendations for headunits luke ?? around the ?300 mark ideally

Lucky Luke!
25-01-07, 06:46 PM
Depends what ya want really, the best suggestion is the Alpine 9857R, with a Ipod input plus is a manual flip down not a motorised one so no issues there!

Retails around the ?200 mark on car audio security.

Just remember that you cant really use the cd drive in it.

Get a separate DVD player and run the audio into the h/unit.

draper
25-01-07, 07:43 PM
why cant i use the CD drive ??

Lucky Luke!
25-01-07, 07:55 PM
Cos it gets a bit complicated cos the cd drive only eject and will let you insert new discs when the flap is down so you'd have to find a way of operating the pin that senses it without the facsia on.

draper
25-01-07, 07:59 PM
i never thought of that, makes sense really. im either gonna have a ps2 or dvd player anyway so now a major concern i suppose - just that i wanted to add to the set-up as and when i could afford it rather than buying it all in 1 go

Lucky Luke!
25-01-07, 08:13 PM
Yeah, the alternative is to connect a disc changer to the unit as running the audio via a ps2 or seperate dvd is gonna sounds rubbish. Best bet is to connect an ipod