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Drewski

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    06 LGT LTD 5MT Stage 2
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    I am an enginerd for the auto industry

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  1. Hey Drewski,

     

    Saw your thread on the JDM McIntosh radio.

     

    Do you know how to change the frequency range on a JDM McIntosh radio?

    Tried the "hold down AM thing and it didn't work.

     

    Thanks for any help you can give.

     

    JALegacy

  2. Hey dude. Not much. Have not been around. Sold the LGT. Interested in a set of housings and projectors? I have another set of lights for a retro, but never built them. LMK if you have any interest, and if so what you think they are worth.
  3. Wasup man whats new?
  4. I am a bit confused here... the HVAC schematic you are showing is from the RHD McIntosh unit, right? Do you have the one for our USDM radio also? I am just looking at the possibility of making an "adapter box" that will take the signals from the McIntosh unit and get them on the correct wires for the US vehicle's circuits. If we have both schematics - and assuming that the HVAC "brain" operates the same [parameters, software and bus type] on both the JDM and USDM vehicles then there is no reason we can't do this.
  5. it is in the head I would assume, when I plugged it in the radio portions worked. It was the HVAC that was goofy. I can't wait to get that bugger back here so I can play with it some more. With the schematics that are posted I am thinking that we should be able to "do this".
  6. it is going to be in the Clarion OEM booth. OEM booth Used to be "invite only" for OEM people, not sure if it is that way this year or not.... stop by and check'r out and let me know - I won't be making the trip out to the Vegas this year
  7. Thank you to everyone who is responding on this thread. Sorry that the "hampster fell off the wheel" on my side, but the one and only sample I have to work on is now installed in a display and is being shipped out west for "show season", and CES. When it gets back here in the spring I will be playing with this more... I just wanted to let everyone know the situation so you weren't wonder WTH happened on my end. Still trying to get another sample to play with though... if I can get one before the other one gets back I will start into this trasnplant sooner. Stay tuned! Cheers, Drew
  8. Cool stuff! I have never been much on the retail side, but plenty on the OEM side. I think it'd be fun to work at an aftermarket dealer, but the OEM side has it's advantages. Yea, some of the ProAudio line in the older Clarion amps were of interesting build.... very interesting design as compared to the McIntosh, yes, very interesting. The new Clarion amps... not so much. But certain PA series amps from years past had some ROCK solid build going on.... anyway... good to have more audio-heads here!
  9. Clarion no more own McIntosh Happened December of 04 I do beleive. Clarion fully owned them previously as you stated, but then they seperated. Clarion maintains some of their OEM accounts for them still, and supplies some internal parts and mechanisms (even fully built radios to the McIntosh spec in some cases) to them - but they are actually fully seperated entites business-wise. But the fact that you know there was/is a Clarion-McIntosh connection in the first place is good!! How did you happen to know that? PM if you don't feel like broadcasting too much on the forums. Cheers Subaru Brethern, Drew
  10. "My Run-In with the JDM McIntosh radio" I happen to work for an audio company. Which one is not important... but I get to play with a lot of OEM and aftermarket goodies. Anyhow, yesterday this little bugger arrived and it looked like it might fit - so I pulled my dash apart and had at it. Mechanically, it fits mounting is no issue - I tried it. Screws match up and everything. BONUS! Radio-wise it is functional. Everything powers up, and operates fine with exception made to the FM tuner since Japan uses different frequencies than the USSA does. I do believe that the freq's can be changed though since this unit has a "world tuner". Onto the crappy part. The HVAC. I can live with "mirror imaged" controls, but when you plug in the connector, nothing happens. Basically there are 5 connections to the USDM radio. An Antenna, a ground pin, a big white audio connector, and two small black 8-pin connectors (assuming that these are for HVAC). The JDM McIntosh radio takes everything that the USDM car has plug-wise, except for ONE of the 8Pin black plugs. I am assuming it is for the HVAC. Anyone know where I can get the pinout for: a) the USDM car-side plugs (namely the two black 8 pins) b) the JDM pin out on the HVAC portion (the plug is on the bottom half of the unit unlike the USDM where the plugs are ALL up top radio side). I am assuming Calsonic makes it since it is badged Kenwood (funny, Kenwood/Calsonic making the control head on the HVAC and Clarion making the McIntosh radio parts... what an odd state of affairs!) I am confident I can make this headunit work in a USDM vehicle, but I need to get these pinouts in order to do it. This is of course assuming that the HVAC module in the vehicles are running the same data bus as the JDM vehicle. Why do I want to do this? Couple of reasons. #1 is for the iPod interface. The Clarion iPod box works flawless with this JDM head. #2 is looks. Just look at how dang hot it is! So much nicer finish than the USDM part. So, stay tuned... if anyone can get me pinouts, I have car and I have part and I have electronics lab, and I am willing to "try it". I did search for about 3 hours yesterday for the pinouts, but to no avail. Just in case someone wants to say "did you try the search button?" Anyhow - if I get the pinouts and get it running, I can do a full write up on how to do it... I have no idea what it would cost to do, I am guessing these heads are not cheap - but just being able to "do it" would be pretty dang cool. -Drew
  11. I did the full Clarion 5.1 DVD system in my Jeep Grand Cherokee when I had it. I LOVED it. Sounded awesome. Of course, I am going to do the Clarion set up in the Suby also, but I have not decided if I am going to do this radio hack up custom job, or if I will chicken out and do the cubby pod route with the new "MAX-NAX" system from Clarion. It does DVD and Navi and all that sort of stuff - plus the iPod interface on it is just amazing. Way easier to op than the Kenwood, Pioneer or Alpine. Personal preference though.
  12. that is beautiful work. I was hoping to do something similar in the future...but I need to get a second radio/HVAC panel to chop up so I am not rushed working on the one and only I have at the moment Thanks for the inspiration!
  13. yes it does. I did that. the fogs will be on when your parking lights are on (or headlights) and the fog switch is on. Pretty significant mod for lighting control. It allows me to cruise around w/ just my HID fogs on with the parking lights. How I roll, pretty much all the time. Looks neat-o IMHO.
  14. DEERKILLER - PROPS TO YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION!!! I did your mod this afternoon. It works brilliantly. I wanted to do this so I could run HID's in my H3 fogs and have them not keep turning on and off with the high beams (it is bad enough that my high beam HIDs have to suffer like that!) I am now running 6 HIDs on the front of my LGT, the projectors are a horrible (long story) retrofit using TLs. Those are coming out soon in favor of the more appropriate sized FX projectors. The high beam reflectors are selectable to come on or off with the high beams in the bi xenon projectors (I only use these on the back roads when looking for deer) and now the fogs are running HID too. For ballasts, I am running varible 35-70 watt custom moded Densos on the TL Bi Xenons, and the 9005 reflectors and standard Densos for the H3s. Generally I do not really turn up the power on the main lights unless I am in BFE (I live in a rural area with a LOT of wild life that likes to jump out at you at night... these lights are NOT city use lights, ever - only when there is no chance of blinding oncoming traffic) Anyway... thank you again for sharing this valuable information. I really appreciated it. Here are some pics snapped a few minutes ago after buttoning up the H3 install: http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c107/phisch13/lEGACYhid5.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c107/phisch13/LegacyHID4.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c107/phisch13/LegacyHID3.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c107/phisch13/LegacyHID2.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c107/phisch13/LegacyHID1.jpg Drew
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