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Posted by: uberdruck Nov 8 2009, 07:16 AM

Installed this unit into my 2007 Elantra yesterday replacing the Pioneer DEH-P9850BT I had in there. The new unit fully supports my iPhone with a Parrot bluetooth kit built-in and of course can playback video from the iPod/iPhone on the large 7" touch screen.

Comparison of new and old:
http://img233.imageshack.us/i/img1304lu.jpg/ http://img5.imageshack.us/i/dehp9850bt.jpg/

Installation was pretty straight-forward but still took most of the day to get right. I cut the IR sender off my existing PAC SWI-X for the steering wheel controls and put a mono 3.5mm plug on it instead to plug into the back of the Alpine. I also ran the microphone cable up inside the driver's side A pillar and clipped the microphone to the top so it was closer. The bluetooth works great with my iPhone, even voice dialling.

The only hiccup with installation was having to take a hammer to the metal piece that is directly under the unit shown in the pic below.

http://img300.imageshack.us/i/img0008kq.jpg/

It was slightly too high so I had to bang it to bend it down a bit. It was also a tight fit cramming the entire tail of 15 RCA plugs into a cavity in the dash just to use two of them for my sub.

The surround used is the American Metra double DIN mounting kit that I've reused from my old deck. I had to attack it pretty severely with a Dremel when I first got it to get it to fit right as the shape of the Aussie model is a fair bit different to the US one. Unfortunately it warped in the extreme heat last summer (got up to at least 50c in the car parked in the sun one day) so looks like I'll have to do it all over again.

Some more photos:

http://img132.imageshack.us/i/img00161r.jpg/ http://img338.imageshack.us/i/img00131d.jpg/ http://img300.imageshack.us/i/img00121.jpg/ http://img132.imageshack.us/i/img00091d.jpg/

More info on the unit:
http://www.alpine.com.au/products/product.asp?modelID=424

Posted by: cobas Nov 8 2009, 08:38 AM

That looks awesome and if it did GPS navigation, it would kill the main reasons for doing the whole CarPC thing, IMO

Posted by: RHINESEL Nov 9 2009, 12:59 AM

Nice looking!

Posted by: popeye Nov 9 2009, 10:14 AM

QUOTE (cobas @ Nov 8 2009, 05:38 AM)

Posted by: ROG Nov 9 2009, 10:21 AM

nice work looks like it was a factory job

Posted by: sarge Nov 9 2009, 01:34 PM

Great work there!!

How's it doing in the sun filled south? Do you get much glare?

Posted by: TomVA Nov 9 2009, 07:44 PM

Looks great!

Posted by: uberdruck Nov 9 2009, 09:08 PM

Thanks for the comments.

I have an iPhone with TomTom on it already so yeah GPS wasn't something I was really looking for however you can add a GPS module to it and use it with the touch screen.

Very warm sunny day here today and the screen is handling the glare well. It's a matt finish like older laptop screens which helps a lot. The Pioneer unit I had before had a curved glossy bit of plastic over the screen so it was completely impossible to see driving in the day.

My only small complaint with the unit so far is that the up and down arrows move a "cursor" through the menu items on the page instead of just moving the page. Seems kind of redundant given that it's a completely TOUCH-based screen... I guess it's because the iXA-W404 has the same interface but has a knob and buttons as well...

Great video review of the unit with the imprint and navigation modules here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ogLzrX9XQ

Posted by: Malcolm Feb 14 2010, 03:58 PM

Looks good man very clean looking.

Posted by: Elhamy Mar 24 2010, 05:47 PM

looks fantastic , im looking for some basic DVD to replace my factory one

im just confused about the mounting kit i thought that any double din unit will be installed straight forward


my question is , is that mounting kit is really needed ? with any head unit or with some units only and how can i know if it is needed or not


Thanks

Posted by: uberdruck Mar 25 2010, 06:16 AM

The opening isn't a standard double DIN size so yeah the mounting kit is needed.
As you can see from the photos I posted there are substantial areas at the top and bottom the kit covers that would otherwise be gaps.

This is a photo of my first single-DIN head deck without the dash kit.
http://img688.imageshack.us/i/headdeckbefore.jpg/
As you can see there are big gaps all around it. Whilst driving I could see straight through to the wiring at the back.

Also be aware the Alpine I've got doesn't have any sort of CD/DVD drive in it. It only plays video from iPod and music from iPod or USB...

Posted by: Elhamy Mar 26 2010, 04:41 AM

http://img515.imageshack.us/i/capturezz.png/

it is mention in the mounting kit's manual that i have cut the bar of the factory trim panel , would you please give me more details as you already installed it yourself



sorry for my many questions

Posted by: uberdruck Mar 27 2010, 06:12 AM

My car is an Australian model and it came with a completely different stereo to the US and most of the rest of the world. Here the factory stereo is a single DIN with a pocket underneath. You can see the factory pocket in the last photo I posted.

The US model has the radio itself separate to the controls with a piece of trim between. To install a double DIN unit you would need to remove the piece of trim from between them, making it into one big opening.

To install a kit from the US in my car I had to shape the kit a lot with a dremel as it wasn't quite the same shape as the opening I have. It was very frustrating.

Posted by: Elhamy Mar 27 2010, 09:47 AM

BTW i found 2 versions Metra 95-7332 and Metra 95-7326

which one i will need to fit a double din radio " pioneer AVH-3100DVD"


please i need your help as im about to ship this mounting kit to Egypt and will cost me too much and i don't want to get the wrong one

QUOTE (uberdruck @ Mar 27 2010, 01:12 PM)

Posted by: uberdruck Mar 28 2010, 07:53 AM

The one I bought was the Metra 95-7326. The other one is for cars without a radio at all and looks like it is for a more square opening.

Please be aware that none of the kits available seem to fit properly in Elantras with the single DIN radio and large pocket standard. They're all made for the American model cars with the separate radio and controls.

To install I had to cut quite a lot off both the car's trim and the install kit with a dremel. There are two bits at the back of the dash trim that the original pocket screws into which had to be removed, then I had to remove the two semi-circle tabs from the bottom sides of the install kit that normally go where the controls stick out to the sides on the American cars, then I had to reshape it to fit in the dash properly as the opening is slightly different.

It really wasn't an easy process! There may be an easier way but there is nothing available down here I had to buy the Metra kit off the US eBay site and have it shipped to Australia so I didn't have the luxury of shopping around and looking at what's available.

Posted by: Elhamy Mar 28 2010, 08:15 AM

thanks Bro

anyway i gave up on the idea and installed a cheap kenwood cd/USB player " DPX-MP5110U" it doesn't fit perfectly but looks nice specially at night

regarding the other metra's kit i think i will fit in our cars perfectly , check the manual below

you will notice that model works with cars with pockets like the one i highlighted in yellow

http://img37.imageshack.us/i/capture2ve.png/


for MOD please stick this thread i think it worth it

Posted by: uberdruck Mar 28 2010, 08:30 AM

Looking at the photo from the top of the document you got that image from http://documents.victorytechnologies.com/documents/product/12388.pdf the opening is almost completely straight and square. The opening in my car is way more curved than that so I still don't think it would be a straight fit for my car at least. I would love to get my hands on a radio delete version of the dash trim.

Nice looking deck, post up some photos if you're able.

Posted by: Alex2004GT Mar 28 2010, 11:09 AM

Install looks great man.

Posted by: Elhamy Mar 28 2010, 03:06 PM

http://img180.imageshack.us/i/picgeneratorphp.jpg/

i found this unit that include a DVD player USB and built in bluetooth and GPS

i may get one if i got a good appraisal this year

Note: the price of this unit is 365 $ "motevomobile.com"

Posted by: hyundave Oct 4 2011, 04:43 PM

On the HD Elantra - where is the best place to attach your wire to the parking brake wire?