3car

and I love it. however, I have NEVER had a deck that was so difficult to operate. basic functions such as setting the presets are complicated. the built in eq and crossover kicks a$$.




I have a pair of modded Boston Acoustic 5.25's in the stock dash location, a pair od pioneer 4 way 6x9's behind the rear panels, and a cerwin vega 10" sub. next install will probably be an alpine 5 channel amp.

wvuviv30

how did you get 5.25" to fit in the stock location?

3car

I should have taken pics. the stock speaker housings/amps were removed. the speakers themselves were modded as shown below. the drivers side speaker mounts in the actual dash, with help from some brackets i built out of 1/2" side 1/16 thick steel. fairly simple. the passenger side speaker mounts to the inside of the dash cover panel that you remove when replacing the head unit, also with some fabbed brackets. they are in the stock locations, but not mounted like the stock speakers.

87TurboYota

3Car, you still selling your old deck?

ewarnerusa

my Kenwood is the most complicated thing I've ever dealt with, too. Very nonintuitive. A major complaint of mine. Plus the laser is wimpy or something, it will skip discs with the mildest of scratches or fingerprints. I've got the KDC-MPV5025 CD/MP3 receiver. Other than being difficult to operate, its many features are awesome.

X-AWDriver

I have the Alpine CDA-9833 and I was a bit intimidated since it looked complicated but I was surprised how easy it was to use and I liked that the subwoofer control was 1 button push away since bass response varies CD to CD and radio.

I tried a couple of Kenwoods and a Clarion first and the Alpine and Pioneer HUs seemed to be the most user friendly.

t009166

i agree with x-awd as I too have a 9833 and it is sweet!

Keggo

I just bought the KDC-MP628... LOVE IT!! WOO! Anyway... I'm having probs with the rear speakers... they'll play music when I'm listening to the radio, but, they won't be on when I listen to a cd... wtf? Anyway... here's my deck (I bought it yesterday)