Eclipse 8445 Question

[Istari1 10+ year member]

Just got this HU installed, so far I really like it - beats my older Alpine 7995 (i believe that was the model). Anyway, where I have the deck installed in kind of low, so having the face open makes it much easier for me to read usually. Problem is that I non of the buttons work (except close) with the face open. Is this normal? Anyway around it? I am guessing they don't want you to leave the face open and this is their deterrent. Also I have not been able to get the i-esrv website to work very well. When I start at the main adjustment menu I pick the 8445, then it gives me no speaker options except 4+sub. Not sure if it just doesnt like Firefox or what, but when I try to go thru IE I cant even log into the site. Weird.

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[crimson_sky 10+ year member]

Same thing with mine, none of the buttons work when the face is open. Now for the problem with eiserv, there is only one option for the 8445, 4+sub and you only get to choose simple. With the 8455 you get more options and can independently adjust each speaker. What I have heard is that you can change your cd player corresponding to your username, so just change from the 8445 to the 8455. I have tried this but the cd player doesnt recognize the file when I've tried downloading it in. One suggestion was to change the filename thats compatible with the 8445.

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Did you try holding down the "Disp" button? should tilt the screen quite a bit.

 

[Istari1 10+ year member]

Hmm, nope you sure the 8445 does that? Didnt say anything about that in the manual, I'll go try it.

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

My 8443 does and I thought it was fairly similar but it is just a guess //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[ak47clown 10+ year member]

i've wondered this myself-just tried the disp thing and that didn't work but i'm assuming that there's a push switch that disables the controls when the face is open-if you could find it and jam it closed it should work but i'm assuming that it's probably behind the gears...