Please! :) :)

better grounding? i dont understand... where can i find a better ground?
please help. :P

My amp manual mention something like,
When using the speaker(high-level)input,the back wire must be grounded at the radio. failure to do so will result in noise and/or improper operation.

but my amp didnt come with any wire....

can someone help me understand this please,i really want to hook my front speakers to the amp,i left 2ch doing nothing atm :(

You can use any 2amp and above eletrical wire that is available from KMART.

recommended is 8gauge wire.

Find any bolt and use it, most bolts are to the body of the car anyway. for mine I just used the boot hinge bolts, and put the wire to that. Generally any attachment will do, just as long as its attached to the body. I used to get stereo noise because a ground that I use was actually attached to the back of the stereo which did not touch the car body.

scrape away some of the paint at the grounding point to ensure proper electrical contact

lextcy - what was the source of those diagrams? Getting wiring diagrams seems to have been a bit of a black art... especially ones which detail how the sat nav is wired up.

I replaced my factory head unit with an aftermarket one meaning my sat nav now no longer powers up - i'm interested in finding out what I'd have to do to remedy this... but not sure what the dependencies are with the factory head unit system...

Case closed! :angry: i am going to get a aftermarket HU,i couldnt get rid of that stupid engine noise!!!! :angry: can someone post some pic if you have a aftermarket HU installed in your ride? i just want to see what will it looks like,thanks

:-)

voice, those diagrams are those used by lexus workshop. its in a book called lexus is200/300 electrical wiring diagram supplement
as for the satnav, a guy named fargo on is300.net and UK lexus owners club has made a device which allows you to keep the satnav working but you need to have the stock amp installed still
heres a link
http://fargosys.com/html/sat_nav_bypass_module.html

alee, are you sure you have everything grounded properly? getting a new HU might not help

what i am getting is buzzing noise coming out from the speakers when i started the engine,thats what the audio place tell me when i told them i am going to use high level input,they dont recommand it at all... <_<

heres mine
sorry for the bad pic taken from a fone

cant see :(

what cant u see ?

your pic :)

Could we get an aftermarket Head Unit install post started here? With pics? Since i have recently been victimised by ERR3, the threat of OEM headunit failure is looming.
Perhaps we could get some pics of those of you with aftermarket installs? And some testimonials on what was acheived? Better sound - how much better? Has anyone managed to intergrate the factory amp and speakers with an aftermarket HU? It's been said that there are few/no aftermarket units that can 'talk' to the OEM amp like the OEM headunit can. Apparently they share a special bond... :blink:

No factory amp in mine, so no hassle there. Headunit gives me RCA inputs so I can run my pocket pc tunes though it. All good.

mines exactly the same as jasestu

JVC KD-SHX705

5V pre RCA, i got it hook up with a 4 channels amp with 12" sub,sounds 101% better. B)

Any pics of what the JVC looks like in your dash?

Thanks for your pics Jasestu, very professional i might add - night and day, no flash glare. Take note people!!

anyone have a ps2 or xbox installed?

Will take some pic when i have time :P

well heres mine from a pxt fone tho :(

Yeah, I've dabbled in photography a bit so know a few good lighting tricks... :)

As an aside, we really need to get the seach function going on this board - here's an earlier discussion which has some aftermarket pics:

CDR, CDRW and aftermarket head units

Don't go there! The Altezza is an awesome car don't distract people with silly pretend computer games when they're sitting in the real thing!

You'll find my Sony single DIN unit (complete with flash reflections :lol: ) in the thread Pinned: "Err3" Common Problems

Heres my stereo. Nothing great.

heres mine!

why the heck not - heres mine.

Nice Deck/screen! NICE! :o :o

I.C.E

Was gonna put a screen in my car,but none of those allow me to take the face off :(
Nice ""ICE"" lextcy

yea - how did u get that effect lextcy ..?? froze it upside down ..?? haha :D :rolleyes: looks cool !

what do u mean - Alee79..?? "... but none of those allow me to take the face off"

u talkin bout the DIN face plate ..??
I have another new 2-piece coming in soon to cater for my seat warmers - so my one will be up for sale. got it from frylai 2 months ago.

most of those aftermarket headunit come with detachable face, but not DVD player or those screen like yours.

So how do you install the aftermarket HU? Re-wire new speaker cables from HU?

No one here in the uk does a connector that goes from the Altezza to HU (ISO connector??)

Any help guys n girls??

all i did was cut the plug off and crimp sum lugs on the wires and join it that way

We've had this "show me head units" and "how's the stock sound system set up" sort of question a few times.. Since the search function isn't too flash here, perhaps a mod can take the time to tidy up the posts and make some stickys?

Better yet, for the static information such as this, we can drop all this info on the website and direct people there.
I started the thread after doing a search because i knew a few people had installs but hadn't posted pics, and because i figured a thread with all the pics in one place might be a good idea.

I had the install done twice ...
the first time was good - it worked and i was satisfied, but all those unwanted wires at the back - i just couldnt live with ...
so out it goes again ... everything was chopped up, shortened to the exact required length and re-wired.
the factory amp looks like to be going next :D thats such a pissy looking thing.

dammit ! never though i would be doing audio in the car !

Factory amp is a bitch to get out! i tell ya!

What do you guys do about your seat wrmer switches with the aftermarket fascia?