Audio & Video Tech General discussion of audio and video for the Ford Ranger.

i know its been covered before, but which double din kit do i need?

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you @$$holes keep convincing me to spend more money hahaha
 
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That 7" screen is worth it.
 
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thats what i'm thinkin... haha
 
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My friend has that headunit in his 05' F-150 and it's soo sick. If I already had a nav I would've gotten that one.
 
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i think i'm decided lol plus that free 1-3 day delivery is soundin sweet.
 
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Getting the 7"?
 
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Don't buy from crutchfield, that place is way overpriced.
find me a site that will ship it to me as quick for free with all the correct adapters to plug into my stock wiring. lol and i'll buy from there
 
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Even with 2 day shipping you won't be paying that much. And get that wiring adapter on amazon, I just got mine in 3 days priority mail for 10 bucks.

But hey its your cash, if you want to pay more go for it. I'm just like getting the best deal possible lol
 
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no i hear ya. if i do that, im just not sure which adapter to go with lol.
 
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Both Metras and Scosche site will tell you. If it comes out to only like 20 more I'd order form Crutchfield but normally its like 75-100 more.
 
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hmmm. still not sure what to go with.

is there any chance i could use the adapter thats already in there for my jensen vm9312?

i suck at car audio so bear with me
 
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Yeah definitely you can. The harness coming from the radio is pretty universal so you just have to cut the Jensen part off and use the part that actually plugs into the stock wiring.
 
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so basically cut the wires going to the jensen headunit and wire them to the new one?
 
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Exactly. Did you install it previously? Some places you take it too don't use wiring adapters and just cut off the stock plug and wire it straight to the radio harness. My truck was done like that before I got it and now it looks like a hack job back there.
 
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i didn't wire it. had a friend do it though. and i had a kit from crutchfield. so the stock harness is still there luckily. lol

but i feel that if i was able to wirei n my OHC even though the wire colors on the writeup were completely different then the wire colors on my 07, i can wire up a freakin head unit haha

i was just always intimidated by how many wires there are
 
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Naw stereos are easy, the wire colors of the 2 harnesses will even match. Did mine yesterday in 15 minutes with soldering and heat shrinking.
 
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good stuff!

and on the pioneers, how does it work to enable the playing of DVD's while moving?

on my jensen you just had to type in a code with the remote to enable that..
 
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I'm not sure on the P series. On the AVICs all you had to do was move the mute wire a pin over and then ground it. I'll google it real quick.
 
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Nevermind, doesn't look near as easy as the AVICs

YouTube - avh-p4100dvd bypass
 
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There's usually a wire that disables video while moving, just ground that wire.

EDIT: I'm too slow
 
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There's usually a wire that disables video while moving, just ground that wire.
No, these units are different. This is how it needs to be done:

just use a 5 wire relay. 86 and 87 to ground. 85 to remote and 30 to parking break input (lt. green wire)

you cant just ground the green wire. it needs a delay which they relay will provide.
 
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ehhh lol nvm. something i can live without. haha
 



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