Thread: Relocating headunit and extending faceplate somewhere else.

Well, a reason to keep the headunit is channel seperation, something not done too well by soundcards. Plus HPF, HPF, ability to control woofer dynamically is a ++. That doesnt look like fun for me as i have a pioneer HU and all the solderpoints are RIGHT next to eachother. BTW, yes that is the correct way to solder, but it only works good with rosin core solder. just my 2.

I have fine channel seperation with my Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX.
I can control each channel in 4.1 mode. I just don't have a center channel.

I have two amps in my trunk and all the preamps can be controlled via software using the Creative control panel.

The Soundblaster does have a High Pass Filter on it, and so do my amps.

I guess you'd have to hear my system to believe it.

Also if you ever modded a PS2, then those solder points are real close, less than 1mm apart.

my 2 cents: it is tinning when you tin the tip of the iron & when you tin the wire end & when you tin the terminal. The main reason for tinning is that you don't want to tranfer to much heat to the components, & tinning allows you to solder with just enough heat, & then when both sides are prepped(tinned) you will need minimal amount of heat to join the two. also note that while hot glue can work, it does have a VERY low melting point & in car temps can & do rise enough to at least soften it too much. This type of extending has been used for years & the pro way of doing it would involve epoxy for a permanent solution or another way is silicone. silicone is great because it is stiff enough to support non agressive handling while still being able to service the connection in the future, but if you do it right the first time epoxy will eliminate the need for you to ever have to screw with it again...keep in mind that with silicone it will take several days for the middle to solidify depending on how thick it is applied & STAY AWAY FROM HIGH HEAT SILICONE as some have been known to use metalic particals, bad news for this type of use...

Should be the same, just make sure you mount it well.

two questions, potentially stupid.

First of all, I wanted to know if in the application it would be smarter to use a grounded soldering iron. If the thing your soldering is not live, is it really at major rist of esd for the soldering iron?

Secondly, would it be possible for you to split each connection to two wires, that way you could use two identical faceplates at once?

Using a grounded soldering iron is not neccesary for this app. Only for really sensitive devices.

If you use two faceplates, then you risk drawing alot of amps out of the headunit and might overheat/burn it out. Let me know if you attempt to try it.

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glad to see more people doing this, I've seen this done to cars for years now....and yes, even in the rearview location. It's possible and perfectly legal as long as you put a rearview back in the car....lol

glad to see more people getting into custom work on their car stereos!