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#166733 - 20/06/2003 14:57 Looking at an upcoming Xterra install....
mwest old hand Registered: 01/05/2003 Posts: 768 Loc: Ada, Oklahoma	Good evening all... I'm selling my Spyder, and in the process ending up with a Nissan Xterra. However it doesn't seem like anyone's done it before or at least they're not very proud of it. I've checked Xterra forums with no real result. Anyone out there have their empeg in an Xterra? _________________________ -Michael West
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#166734 - 21/06/2003 18:46 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: mwest]
mwest old hand Registered: 01/05/2003 Posts: 768 Loc: Ada, Oklahoma	I've hit a snag... My sister had a Sony CDX-C5000X laying around so I hooked everything up to find no sound. On inspection the inputs that I thought said aux say bus. Any ideas? The player outputs just fine so its not the wiring harness. Unfortunately the Sony website has the manual to my hu pointed at the wrong place. _________________________ -Michael West
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#166735 - 21/06/2003 20:46 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: mwest]
tfabris carpal tunnel Registered: 20/12/1999 Posts: 31571 Loc: Seattle, WA	I think there's adapters for the Sony bus input that'll turn it into an Aux? _________________________ Tony Fabris
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#166736 - 21/06/2003 23:53 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: tfabris]
cookie_77 member Registered: 08/03/2002 Posts: 145	http://www.connects2.co.uk/ C.
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#166737 - 24/06/2003 19:47 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: mwest]
jbradshw journeyman Registered: 20/02/2002 Posts: 72 Loc: Atlanta, GA	Well I can't give any comments on the Xterra, but I have a Pathfinder which is double-din. If the Xterras are too (which I'm pretty sure they are) then the install is pretty much cake. The hardest part I had was squeezing both mounting brackets (3rd party HU and Empeg) together in the space. _________________________ One of the last MK2's from SonicBlue... Blue/60gig S/N: 030103111
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#166738 - 25/06/2003 07:38 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: tfabris]
JBjorgen carpal tunnel Registered: 19/01/2002 Posts: 3583 Loc: Columbus, OH	I think there's adapters for the Sony bus input that'll turn it into an Aux? True...but they're pretty pricey. Search for the Sony XA-107 (I think discontinued but try ebay) or the XA-300 if the unit has a Unilink port on it. EDIT: here's a XA-300 on ebay Edited by Meatballman (25/06/2003 07:44) _________________________ ~ John
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#166739 - 25/06/2003 17:39 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: JBjorgen]
mwest old hand Registered: 01/05/2003 Posts: 768 Loc: Ada, Oklahoma	I'm going with the XA-300, very cool. Its one of those Sony creations that's really cool, but I never would have shelled out the cash unless they basically made me. _________________________ -Michael West
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#166740 - 25/06/2003 19:44 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: mwest]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Interesting... it's got a USB port on it as well. If you ever need to plug a laptop in then it'll be easy.
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#166741 - 26/06/2003 06:18 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: tman]
mwest old hand Registered: 01/05/2003 Posts: 768 Loc: Ada, Oklahoma	Right, this thing has got 2 aux in's, a usb port, and an 1/8 out port with its own volume control which runs separately from the main stereo. Meaning if I'm listen to the news on the radio a passenger could still be listening to the empeg. _________________________ -Michael West
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#166742 - 02/07/2003 19:34 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: mwest]
FireFox31 pooh-bah Registered: 19/09/2002 Posts: 2494 Loc: East Coast, USA	Yeah, Sony made all kinds of cool switching stuff, but it seems like it's discontinued. There was the Sony source switcher (XA-700?) but that's gone. I had to go with the Precision Instrument Electronics MPSS-400 (or something) to do my switching. Works well though. _________________________ - FireFox31 110gig MKIIa (30+80), Eutronix lights, 32 meg stacked RAM, Filener orange gel lens, Greenlights Lit Buttons green set
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#166743 - 02/07/2003 19:58 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: FireFox31]
msaeger carpal tunnel Registered: 23/09/2000 Posts: 3608 Loc: Minnetonka, MN	Precision Instrument Electronics MPSS-400 (or something) Got a link to it ? _________________________ Matt
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#166744 - 04/07/2003 07:00 Re: Looking at an upcoming Xterra install.... [Re: msaeger]
Yang addict Registered: 14/01/2002 Posts: 443 Loc: Raleigh, NC	Perhaps he meant the MPSS-4?
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