Anyone installed an Alpine CDA9812 in their Clio ??

[Ex-User (19928)]

Just seeing whether or not someone can sum it up for me or do I have to read the book..:dead:

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

No one?

I am about to begin.

 

[MT AUDIO]

what you wanna know?

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Shortcuts.

I am assuming (waiting for a mate to drop my car back), that it's going to need a direct power supply to the battery, seeing as I'm planning on getting an/some amp(s), would it be wise to get a big power cable coming through to the cabin to save me having to mess around with that in future?

I can use an earth behind the dash somewhere I would've thought, other than that is it plug and play ?

 

[MT AUDIO]

you dont need to do a seperate earth or permanent live,its just plug and play

 

[MT AUDIO]

and if you are gonna run a power cable for amps,only run it for your amps

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Ok took it out there, doesn't plug and play, but then again there are only two wires going into the iso connector (red and blue).

Have just tried giving it an earth (holding it on the chassis below the lighter socket) and it powered up, but I think I can get away with pulling the earth wire out of the original ISO plug and taping them up.

 

[MT AUDIO]

DO IT PROPERLY

 

[bmh.01]

Got to agree there, theres plenty of earth points in the dash that you can use.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Just used the earth wire in the original plug. Didn't use tape.. But it's not going anywhere.

Ordering comps, amp and sub later if I make up my mind. Any suggestions ??

I don't want flagship, I just want the best for the money. I remember a mate saying get the Bostons on CAD,

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/boston-acoustics-p-4389.html

Sub and amp wise I'm not sure.

Preferably want the one amp to do both the comps and sub though.

 

[MT AUDIO]

either them or get phoenix gold rainbows

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

How about amp to power them and a sub ?

 

[MT AUDIO]

take a look at the jl stuff