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CFrog stereo install

Well...

Princess got a new car stereo setup for Christmas. Her '99 Mystique had lost one speaker after another over the years, and of late she had no tunes at all. So I had a nice little Sony unit installed (CD/iPod, etc.) along with 4 Pioneer speakers, and she is absolutely lovin' it. For her, the Geek Squad at Best Buy did a good job on the install. They also found that the factory amp had blown, which may have been part or parcel of the problem in the first place. No matter, the factory unit was pumping out 3W and the amp kicked it up to 40W. Her Sony is now cruising at 50W all by itself, and Princess can listen to all of the tunes on her Nano.

Now, for CFrog, I decided to go with a local car stereo shop (no Geek Squad for ME). I thought about a separate amp with a subwoofer, but backed off of that. I'm more classical than rock, so I don't need a thoroughly boomin' bass. My ears like a natural bass and a full spectrum of sound, so I went with some nice Boston Acoustics all around. Besides, an amp and subwoofer would have taken up all usable space in the trunk.

The shop owner also talked me into a Kenwood X791 head unit, although I'm no fan of Kenwood. iPod cable is tucked in the glovebox. I got to spend a total of about 30 minutes so far with the manual, trying to figure out what-all this puppy can do, and the manual is CRAP. Definitely not written by an MIT engineer whose native language is English. Even so, I did manage to call up Dire Straits on my iPod on the way home and listened to most of Brothers in Arms. The setup sounds VERY good, even in a GT convertible.

So far, I am very pleased.

Now, if only I can figure out how to change the display from blue to green...

dwight

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I have a 10 band graphic eqalizer in the glove box (along with my FM Modulator for the DVD Player). And after some time with it, I dropped by the local (2 blocks away) window tint shop which shares space with the car stereo shop. After a short test of a Bazooka 6" internal amp sub, I am VERY glad I added it. I, too, am more into the music than the volume, and my interests range from classical to CW to soft rock, hard rock, heavy metal, etc (just leave out the RaP Crap and the real twangy cryin' in yer beer 'cause the ol' lady done took off with yer dawg and yer pickemup truck load o' beer so yer poppin' pills and drivin yer rig ta catch her so's you can get yer dawg and the beer back country :0) Anyways, the sub was a real improvement.

tinted glasses? :0)

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Spike

I had a similar problem myself with a Jensen CD player, I the case of the Jensen the display was an obnoxious turquoise, way too bright at night. I removed the circuit board from behind the LCD display and replaced the LED's with some green ones purchased at a local autoparts store. These things are normally used by the ricers to dress up their cars so they can look "cool" at night.

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Ironrod

With this Kenwood, I was able to switch over to an almost all-text display with a choice of three colors for the text - very light blue, a darker blue, and red. The knobs still glow blue, but I can live with it.

The screen-saver video of swimming dolphins was the first thing to go.

:()

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dwight

"dwight" wrote in news:2IedneZOlPR9SOHanZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

I think that unit has some kind of a pseudo-Gforce thing built in. It'll attempt to measure torque, speed, etc. or something like that.

Essential stuff for a car stereo... :p

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Joe

Indeed it does. Calculates horsepower, too. I saw that in the manual and skipped right over the whole mess. That's what the track is for.

dwight

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dwight

"dwight" wrote in news:HI2dncCS8I1QG-DanZ2dnUVZ_u- snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Now that you opened the door, inquiring minds will want to know - how much hp does it say CFrog has?

Make sure to take mesurements with different tunes playing. You might get more hp with AC/DC as compared to Celine Dion.

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Joe

Did it look "cool" when you were done??

-- "Yah know I hate it when forces gather in ma' fringe..." - Sheogorath

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WindsorFox

Awe man, you some people buy those Kenwood decks just to get that dolphin show! I'm completely redoing the stereo in my Mustang, not sure if Imma keep the Bazooka in it or not.

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WindsorFox

Cool, you got music and a G-Tech all in one ROFL!!

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WindsorFox

In order to use the program, I'd have to ask CFrog how much it weighs. And I don't pry.

dwight

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dwight

Just quietly put 3200 and move on....

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WindsorFox

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