Why do Eclipse HU's cost less than Alpines?........

[ToyTundra 10+ year member]

i took my chances on ebay, now i have a paperweight. It lasted a year and a half, but it no longer reads CDs, and it'll cost too much to fix it and i can't deactivate ESN. I plan to run it until i have to disconncet my battery (ie it locks). But i'm gointo buy another when i like the styling.

I second authorized.

 

[thefunkybunch 10+ year member]

turn on/off thump as well from what I've heard.

i've never had an issue with that at all, though the amps i've always run have soft turn on circuits so there would be no thump anyways. but of all the eclipse decks i've had, i've never had an issue with thump, that would drive me nuts.

definitely buy it authorized. if by chance something does go wrong with it, you will be glad you did! not to mention if you need support or help setting it up, your local retailer will be much more helpful than some dude on ebay.

and whoever said the 9855 is great is smoking something serious and needs to share! i have a 9855 and have been grossly disappointed in the performance. needless to say it won't be in my car much longer... will probably switch to clarion and get some quality in there. i should have never gotten rid of my 8061, it absolutely smashed the alpine in every category.

 

[NE14MX 10+ year member]

Well I can't find one from an authorized dealer. I could wait until the CD5000's show up. But then it would be almost $600 after tax. I could get two 8445's online for about the same price. I had an 8454 and it worked perfectly but I hated how it looked in my dash. I seldom keep HU's for 3 years anyway. Will probably be removed for something else in about 16- 18 months.

 

[headless 10+ year member]

LOL. My first deck was a eclipse CD1001 (i think it was), built circa 1991. I had it in my car until last year when the poor bastard finally bit the dust. It had a 12 cd eclipse changer hooked up to it that NEVER freakin skipped from bumps... though it was old so was a bit sensitive to scratches. It was surprising to me it played CD-R's though, being so old. Anyway, it finally bit the dust so i got a CD8051 which worked flawlessly until i shorted the RCA shields against my distribution block (yes. Slick eh?) so i recently replaced it with a CD8454 which is continuing the legacy of badassity. (What's up with replacing the 8454 with an 8445 so soon, NE14?)

Re: the post earlier about sliding cd's around on the street and having them still play, i totally agree...i had a cd on my passenger side floorboard for 3 or 4 months getting rubbed around in the sand...popped it in after washing it off one day and played half the cd before it skipped... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

One thing i noticed, IMO go for the 8454 instead. The 8445 doesn't have the crossover capabilities of the 8454.

 

[NE14MX 10+ year member]

headless, I got a new car and just did not liek the way the 8454 would have looked in it. I just sold everything out of my old CRX, including the 8454 and wanted something that looked more compatible with the amber lighting on the interior. I didn't sell the 8454 for the purpose of getting an 8445. I just sold the 8454 b/c I wanted something else in the new car. I've seen pictures of one in a mazda3 and it looked pretty good. I've yet to fnd the perfect HU. They will all do something a little annoying to me and I will want to change it after a year or so.

Did teh manual arrive yet? I found teh blank registration card to the 8454 yesterday if you want it. Not sure how much good it will be now but let me know if you want it.

 

[jimmyjames1700 10+ year member]

No I haven't bought anything yet. My local shop doesn't have anything. Hell they barely have any 2006's. The 3 year warranty is a definate plus. My local CC only has the CD3000 and 2000. The other smaller shop only has the CD2000.
I'm sure the ebay ones carry no warranty. Do you think it would come with a warranty if I bought it from ebay and took it to teh dealer to have it installed? I don't feel like paying $550 for the 5K or $700 for the 7K but there are no others around me that I can find. If I can't find anything, I'll just take my chances and buy something online and install it myself.

There is no more three year warranty as of Feb 28. I think it propably has something to do with agreements between Eclipse and Crutchfield/Circuit City. I would think Circuit City more so, so that they would have the opertunity to sell a pure margin extended warranty w/ the deck.

The 06 Eclipse are hard to come by so far. My shop has only been receiving the CD2000 so far. Of course we have had the AVN7000's for some time but that is a little different.

If you want a sweet deal on an 05 deck, check your local shop for a CD8445. Apparently that is the only 05 deck still in Eclipse's inventory and they are now beginning to blow them out. I think we will be selling the 6 units that we ordered for $350:crazy: Similar to what we did with the 8053 a year or so ago.

 

[headless 10+ year member]

headless, I got a new car and just did not liek the way the 8454 would have looked in it. I just sold everything out of my old CRX, including the 8454 and wanted something that looked more compatible with the amber lighting on the interior. I didn't sell the 8454 for the purpose of getting an 8445. I just sold the 8454 b/c I wanted something else in the new car. I've seen pictures of one in a mazda3 and it looked pretty good. I've yet to fnd the perfect HU. They will all do something a little annoying to me and I will want to change it after a year or so.
Did teh manual arrive yet? I found teh blank registration card to the 8454 yesterday if you want it. Not sure how much good it will be now but let me know if you want it.

Rock on man, i could see that. The old eclipse units were so extremely barebones, it's hard to get used to the new 'flashier' look. I'm digging the look of the 8454 though.

Please do send the registration card. The AUX input on the deck is not sending right channel stereo correctly all the time (it goes in an out based on how i hold the wire...bah!) and i want to send it back to get them to fix it. It's finicky about reading my cd's too, so i figure i'll get them to check that out while they're at it.

 

[mikegett 10+ year member]

Headless, you may try a premium minijack cable. I hated the minijacks due to there unreliability. After a few months of unplugging, they tend to create noise and loose connections. Monster cable and the ipod minijack cable seem to be pretty reliable in comparison to the walmart brands. If you suspect it is in the HU wire, tape the connection togeather and then bend it. I sent back a ipod twice thinking it was the problem.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I LOVE...LOVE my 9835. I owned one, I sold and bought a screen...then I bought another 9835 b/c I loved it so much.

Only thing I think I'd might get rid of my 9835 for is a new Eclipse CD7000...which I'll be ordering from CC accomodations pretty soon. I'll A/B them and decide which one to keep //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif...

nG

 

[headless 10+ year member]

Headless, you may try a premium minijack cable. I hated the minijacks due to there unreliability. After a few months of unplugging, they tend to create noise and loose connections. Monster cable and the ipod minijack cable seem to be pretty reliable in comparison to the walmart brands. If you suspect it is in the HU wire, tape the connection togeather and then bend it. I sent back a ipod twice thinking it was the problem.

Thanks for the info. I'm certain it's the deck though, i've traced the faulty connection to where the wire enters the deck itself. I've got it bent back on top of the deck right now, and as long as it's bent like that it works, but i'd like to get it so the wire isn't poking out above the deck on my dash, yanno? lol. The other problem is the thing is being insanely finicky about cd's, giving error 3 constantly. I've tried maybe 30 cd's, burned and not, and none of them read. Strange since it read cd's fine when i first got it in there (for 2 days or so). I'll try blowing some compressed air in the slot and see if it reads cd's any better, but even if it does, the problem with the aux in is irritating enough to send it back. The alternative is to use the digital aux in, but i'd have to have my Riocar modded for optical out to do that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Mynameismcgyver 10+ year member]

Got the 9827 and love it. Def going to look for a new HU soon though..Prolly an eclipse..Gotta change it up

 

[NE14MX 10+ year member]

Sent you a pm headless

 

[Fosgate Forever 10+ year member]

headless, I got a new car and just did not liek the way the 8454 would have looked in it. I just sold everything out of my old CRX, including the 8454 and wanted something that looked more compatible with the amber lighting on the interior. I didn't sell the 8454 for the purpose of getting an 8445. I just sold the 8454 b/c I wanted something else in the new car. I've seen pictures of one in a mazda3 and it looked pretty good. I've yet to fnd the perfect HU. They will all do something a little annoying to me and I will want to change it after a year or so.
Did teh manual arrive yet? I found teh blank registration card to the 8454 yesterday if you want it. Not sure how much good it will be now but let me know if you want it.

if your lookin for amber lightung go with a 7998