Hi all;
Anyone have any info on bringing an Alpine 9811/13/15 from the US to
Europe? Will the RDS station identification work? Will the RDS tuning work?
Only thing that I have found out is that the frequency stepping is

Is there such a thing as a steering remote that will work with the Pioneer
DEH-3500MP? This has a jack for a wired remote in the back, and Pioneer sell
adapter kits to fit this to existing steering remotes that are built-in.
However, my car doesn't have this, and I was hoping to get ...

I.C.E. School now in effect.
Topic for this week is choosing speakers.
Many people choose component speakers with outboard crossover modules
for their sound quality and imaging advantages over other types of

Anyone heard anything about the Consumer Electronics Association
having new standards for true RMS output statements?
I saw a brief for a new Alpine headunit called the CDM-9821 with
as power rating of 16watts x 4. Under it was a disclaimer stating

I thought this looked intruiging.  Nice simple design and tons of
features.  Comments?
http://www.carsound.com/survey/CSandP_TrafficProRev.pdf

There have been a spate of price drops on these recently.  I'm thinking of
getting the ega2440 (220x2 or 880x1 @ 4ohms) for $170 to run my sub.  Is
this the deal that it appears to be?
Thanks

I just picked up an Alpine 9815 h/u and was wondering about the built-in
x-over.  I admit I'm not -that- experienced with x-overs with speakers.  My
speakers are MBQuarts DKD110 and DKD116's, sub is an Infinity 12"(forget the
model#). Since the unit has a built in x-over for ...

I am fiberglassing my spare tire well and am about 2/3 finished.  I
followed the instructions and used 140 drops of hardener for 10 oz of
resin and its good.  Today I continued but only used about 90 drops of
hardener for 10 oz of resin.  1 hour later its nice and hard, identical ...

I'm trying to understand wirings on a DEI Viper 560XV system.  Can
someone explain why it has three ignition outputs -- (pink) ignition
output, (pink/white) 2nd ignition, and (pink, smaller gauge wire)(-)
3rd ignition?

Mark Zarella wrote:
(begin quote)
How??  We've addressed the "distortion blows speakers" myth in here ad
nauseum, and have demonstrated it to be total trash.  Quite simply,

I have a 4 channel amp with 2 x 300W rms (bridged) channels. My kenwood
splits is running off two of the 4 channels.
So I have 1x300W rms available. I need a sub that won't be damage no matter
how loud I turn the volume. I don't want to pay a lot of money only to

Topic this week is charging systems. Last thread was great (please feel
free to post more if it is related) fellas lets keep it going.
The charging system is probably the most important subsystem in a car
audio setup. Alternators, batteries, capacitors. Where do they all fit

    Ok, the first thing to mention is that I am new at car stereo
stuff, but not incompitent. I have a 1992 Ford Taurus Sedan (Actually
it's a Sable LS, but same difference) with the Premium sound package.
    I originally got rid of the rear factory 6X8 speakers and got a

    I bought a new AudioControl Epic-160 on eBay.  I knew that I
wouldn't be getting a warranty with it, and that's no problem for me.
    But once it arrived, I noticed something weird.  It came in an
AudioControl box, with the factory label sealing the lid of the box.

How much better is it to build the box for your subs according to specs?
There seems to be many boxes available but I suppose it would be better to
build it yourself.
What benefit does it have when you use a spec box? Better bass quality?