Recent content by sukemecuke

hmmm jumped several vehicles from my yellow top with no probs.

I have heard alpine has issues with getting the monitor to work while in motion for DVDs. I hear its pretty tough to bypass. Although I personally don't care, once again I just hate being told what I can and can't do.

I am getting it more for the NAV then the DVD.

So any wire that is associated with this parking brake thingy on the unit needs to go to a ground? If not necessary then I don't want any more switches than I have in my jeep.

I would personally go with the optima yellow top. I can attest to it. I have a yellow top and had 4 100W lights on my jeep and accidently left them on while at work one day, FOR 8 HOURS. Came out and my jeep started like nothing happened. I have also ran these lights for hours at a time while...

yeah I have heard that on some units. I guess the only way to test it is to get the unit and try it.

Yeah I have looked at other units myself and seen others being better at certain things. However its that Garmin GPS that sold me on that unit. Yeah I think I found out how to bypass the parking brake thing. There is a very very good chance that the DVD player will never be used while driving...

ground that green parking brake wire? I haven't bought this unit yet, plan on ordering it in the next week or so. Basically wanna get ALL my research and questions done before I drop at least 1k on a unit. To me thats alot of money on something so small. So far everything has checked off to be a...

Nope not at all. My wife in the passenger seat however might want to. I actually like driving especially long distances, so I don't get bored. I just enjoy the ride. However I ski alot and there really isn't anywhere close. Which means winter time I spend hours upon hours in my car with my...

XXV 05 its the 25th anniversary model.

I know I know its illegal........ In any event is there any way to bypass the parking brake on the kenwood XXV05? I have heard ground the green parking brake wire.....then heard that hasn't worked. I personally don't want to just start grounding wires on my expensive head unit, ya know? Thanks...

******thread -Jack***** quick question that really doesn't deserve its own thread on dynamat. I know this reduces vibrations due to systems with a good hit, but does this also reduce outside noise coming in? i.e. engine noise, road noise, tire noise etc

WOW!!!! Thanks boss you helped a ton. That was the needle that broke the camels back I am sooo gettin that unit now. I just sold my trail jeep and freed up some funds to attain this item. Now I just need to find out if there is a way to bypass the parking brake feature. Searched the net up and...

Does anyone have any of the kenwood in dash nav/dvd combos with the optional garmin GPS? If you have you updated your maps, and if you did how hard was it to do so? I know it says it has an SD slot, but how do you possibly update something from SD? Without buying a garmin update SD card.

Thanks guys I appreciate all the help. I have been out of the radio sceen for quite sometime. Been into building lifted jeeps, and workin on sportbikes. Coming back in with all the new technology is kinda overwhelming. I briefly thought about the carputer thing, but started reading about it and...