2 Head Units?
 

So I recently purchased an in dash cd/dvd player and installed it into my car. I love it but the sound quality just isn't as good as my cd player and my subs don't hit as hard. I saw a pic on here a few weeks ago where it looked like someone had a cd player and dvd player both installed in their car, sorry couldn't find it while searching.

Anyways I plan on cutting into my trim below the hvac controls, probably where the cigarette lighter is and install my cd player there. I was wondering has anyone else tried this and would I simply just split all the speaker wires to hook both of the head units up? And for the radio im just going to hook it up into my cd player. Even if i mess up while cutting or if this doesnt work for some reason i can always get the trim for like 10 bucks from a junk yard.

So Good idea or Horrible idea?

never seen that, dnt even think it would work good. you probably saw the dvd/cd deck mounted below a screen above, which is only a screen not another deck.

nah im pretty confident they were to separate decks but you maybe right.

Why wouldnt it work good tho?

You cant wire two set of speaker leads into one speaker.

Why doesnt it work? well because your putting power into another units output section. Its like the no-go hole. You dont want anything pushed up there, do ya?

maybe he does? you dont know that :p

couldn't you use diodes at the speakers that prevent the power from going to the other deck. not sure what it would do for sound quality though

Im not sure. Its not D/C its A/C current. So i doubt it would work.

This is just a bad idea. Pick one or the other, or give it a try and blow them both up!

:lol:

This what you were thinking about?

that is SEX

Please keep things on topic this time Nate, I'm actually trying to help him.

And if you want the description of this its in the useless cup holder thread

if you had 2 separate, you COULD in theory accomplish it. But your looking at alot of high end circuit work, per speaker line. For no major benefit.

Sure diodes might isolate from backfeeding AC current..but you'd fry the speakers in no time.

in short... don't do it.

yes ttop that is the exact picture i was talking about

ill look into it a little more but ill probably take yas advice and not do it, thanks!

anyone with anymore info please post a reply

what he has was a headunit, and a carputer. (touch screen computer built into the car)

many people who do this, forgo the headunit and have all their music/speakers driven by the computer.

that picture was from 2fast4u (iirc)

sorry to kinda jack your thread but my moms 99 isuzu rodeo came stock with an indash 6 disc separate and just below the actual hu if that makes any sense. its been laying around for like 3 years and its in new condition. my question is is there any way to hook that into my pioneer hu? it has two aux ports if that matters at all and i can turn both on and off in the settings also if that helps.

ok im just throwin this out there dont be afraid to throw it right back at me.

BUT

My Dvd player has 2 set of rca outputs. (one set for the rear and one for the front) What if....

I have two different set rca cables plug into those leading them to some type of splitter and having that splitter plugged into my cd player's audio input then having my cd player hooked up to the speakers?

Would that work?

With amps for the subwoofers/ speakers I wouldn't think you'd see much of a difference in quality.. did you play with the settings on the amps to try an compensate?

the only thing that would accomplish, is destroying the RCA jacks on one or both of the headunits. Too much Voltage into them = BZZT! dead.

doh. didn't want to double post those two answers.. :glare:


most likely not. they usually have proprietary controls which tell them what to do/how to do it, and a special wire harness.

cd changers aren't friendly w/ aftermarket stuff.

clutch i played with it time and time again just doesnt sound as clear, noone else would probabaly notice but me but its my car haha

if anyone has any ideas they think would work post them

what would work? get a better headunit, with a better audio processor.

when i moved from pioneer to alpine, i saw a very noticeable difference in clarity....its just all in what parts are used.

yea i may have to brake down and do that cherrington

Which head units fit good in our cars and our dvd players as well

contact ryan. hes a dealer, and has tons more experience then me, with merch.

What you need is a media expander that works similar to a home receiver that allows you to hookup multiple sources to one central hub. I believe Alpine has something for this but it's not going to be cheap.

If your original CD player has better sound why won't you just stick with that one?

well its a cd player and the other is a cd/dvd player so of course id want the dvd player hooked up instead

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The N-806 is a pre-amp level (RCA-Leads), voltage sensitive device designed to switch the signal between two head pieces (i.e. Cassette Deck and CD Player or CD Player and MP3 Player) and an amplifier. The control trigger for the switch can be the electric antenna output lead from the deck.

will this work?

or anything similar to something like this maybe?

anybody know?

sell or trade your dvd head unit and get a different one...

Or just use your dvd deck as a source, and use your cd player has the reciever. Basically all the dvd deck would be doing is playing the video, and outputing the signal to the other deck using line level output.

i said that in a post above and someone said it wouldnt work, cherrington i think

get like alpine,clarion, pioneer. those are some good headunits. I would recommended alpine like cherryington said those radios are really clear i have one as well.

simple solution, two seats of rcas to the amp. its how the competition guys i saw did it. had a separate headunit to hold outside the car for bass race. just switched the RCAs on the amps before they started

Sorry about that, I was dead tired lol. Yes it will work, I did it on my old maxima. The only thing you will lose with this set up is the surround effects, but you are in a car anyway, so who cares?

AZFire the line level out would be the two set of RCA's for rear and front correct?

bump

without diodes in the splitting lines.. your risking burning out the rca's on the slave unit. (which will change depending on which your listening to)

what about an AB type switch?

I atempted with fiberglass = big fail. LOL

why bother putting all this effort toward it. Just save up and buy one GOOD dvd unit, and you'll be done.