Recent content by ChrisR

Thanks. This is the one I ordered that hopefully will work. I guess I will find out when I install it

I have a 2013 Fiat 500 Abarth (with Beats factory audio) into which I am planning to install a Clarion NZ503 NAV HU and Alpine amps/speakers. When I talked to the service manager at the local Fiat dealer and told her what I was planning, her response was "fine, but your odometer is going to...

Just finished the install of an all-Alpine system in my '11 F150, INA-W910 HU, 2 PDX-F4 4 channel amps, Alpine 10" subs and SPR-69 co-ax rear doors, Alpine SPR-60C components in the front. Have the system more or less tuned now and the one thing I can't seem to get past is the mid-range on the...

ok, so I did it this weekend, rewired the two 4 ohm DVC subs to run off each of the four channels of my 4 channel Alpine PDX-F4 amp. That about 100W per coil, 200W per sub into 4 ohms, using the right outputs for one sub, the left outputs for the other. Significant improvement over running the...

Funny you should mention that, during the week I had time to chew over (with what little brain cpu cycles I had to spare) a way of using the Alpine mic that came with the 910 HU and had sort of fomulated a scheme to do just that (fab something using the existing headliner mic location). The...

Good question -- partially for simplicity and cosmetics (they look great side by side), but mainly because the place I ordered them from gave me a SMOKIN deal if I ordered two. I figured, for that price, I could get creative and make it work. Which is, in fact, the way it is working out Good...

No, actually I commented because this post came up on a search I did for "Alpine IMPRINT". And I happen to work at Dell in Round Rock. And if there is a person runninfg a shop in Round Rock that is a subject matter expert on mobile audio tuning with regards to Alpine systems, I might want to...

When I sourced the subs for the Alpine system in my truck, I bought Alpine SWS1043D DVC subs because they were 4 ohm and in the right RMS range for bridged mode on a Alpine PDX-F4 amp. I bought two of the PDX-F4's because I wanted the same amp for the door speakers and the subs, in bridged mode...

That is cool, I live just north of Georgetown and work in Round Rock. What is the name of his shop? I just installed an all-Alpine system in my 2011 F150 and would like to get his impression on it and how it can be optimized/tuned for better SQ. Feel free to shoot me a PM.

Is there a site from which one can download firmware updates for the Alpine INA-910 HU? The unit has an ability to update via SD card so, having just installed one of these units, I would like to check wheat the latest firmware is and update it if needed. I would also think that for the NAV...

Yeah, it's the Sirius antenna, routes by glove box, probably up B-pillar to the receiver unit on the roof passenger side. Don't use Sirius with my new system (with HD Radio, why?) but may come in handy some way, somehow. On the microphone, I'll trace the wire from the headliner. Or ID the color...

I found the cause of the problem. It was excessive solder on the ring terminal of the main ground wire to a distribution block causing a poor ground. Apparently only affected the ground wire that branched off to the door speaker amp. I re-did all the wiring using as little solder as possible and...

I just installed an Alpine INA-910 in my 2011 F150. Everything is hooked up except the microphone and the rear view camera. I would like to use the existing microphone that came with the SYNC system originally in the truck (which is now in the corner of my garage with bugs crawling all over it)...

I just finished the install on my all-Alpine system tonight -- 2 Alpine PDX-F4's, Alpine 910 NAV HU, door speakers are Alpine comps in the front and type-R's in the rear. One of the amps is bridged to run the two subs, the other is running the four door speakers. System ran fine for couple...

LMAO at the creative use of adjectives in the product description: "built-in vacuum tube amplifier for all the retro-sounding overtones you so desperately desire"