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12-01-2007, 12:11 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: San Antonio
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I grounded the RCAs just like in your pic. It definitely cleaned up the sound. I also made another change while I was there. I was feeding the line out with a 3-way dongle I made to each of my amps so it still didn't have the separation it should. I mounted my EQ in the trunk with the line out feeding the EQ and from there to each of the amps; front, rear, sub. It sounds awesome now. Thanks Mitch.
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12-02-2007, 12:44 AM
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High Voltage
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Motorcity
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Just a FYI for you guys:
There is a member 'crosslakesales' on ebay that has a ton of the Visteon models.
Just snagged one for $67.50 brand new
So my HD investment so far is $67.50 + $11shipping + $24 mitch's cable which total comes to $102.50
Its amazing how fast technology moves. Just 6 months ago I bought the standard HQCT for $150 shipped. It worked ok, but not good enough to make me happy with my tuner solution.
From what I am reading HD is quite amazing for a free broadcast and I checked and all the stations around me are broadcast in HD so I'm really looking forward to getting this all set up 
Until my hardware arrives my skin will just have to wait in limbo 
Last edited by blk02si; 12-02-2007 at 01:08 AM.
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12-02-2007, 04:25 PM
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#93
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,128
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remember to make the hardware mod, ground those RCAs!!
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/1137915-post21.html
makes a big difference
-Mitch
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12-02-2007, 06:59 PM
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High Voltage
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Motorcity
Posts: 1,969
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Will do mitch, I was planning on grounding the chassis of the HD tuner to the chassis that the rest of my hardware is grounded to. I agree that a system will sound much cleaner with proper grounds. Thx for the pic of what you grounded.
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12-02-2007, 07:02 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 591
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blk> can you give us a comparison of the HQCT vs. the VisteonHD (and the Visteon in normal FM mode).
Im thinking of getting one of these, but Australia doesnt make use of HD radio. We will be using DAB in 2009 (or so).
Cheers
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12-02-2007, 11:58 PM
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#96
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 97
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payment sent - can't WAIT to have radio in the car again
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12-03-2007, 09:01 AM
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Terminal flasher
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Woodbridge, VA
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Quote: Originally Posted by Iceman_jkh  blk> can you give us a comparison of the HQCT vs. the VisteonHD (and the Visteon in normal FM mode).
Im thinking of getting one of these, but Australia doesnt make use of HD radio. We will be using DAB in 2009 (or so).
Cheers
The visteon model is the same component as the directed unit just rebranded and for all intensive purposes it sounds just like a head unit in terms of its fm reception and production. THAT is what i wanted more than anything. The HQCT was a nice "carputer" radio. This is a radio in itself.
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12-03-2007, 09:09 AM
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High Voltage
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Motorcity
Posts: 1,969
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Just got my cable in the mail this morning, thank you for the super fast shipping Mitch! As soon as I get my tuner I will let you guys know how it goes and give my feedback.
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12-03-2007, 09:10 AM
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One Sharp Cheddar
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: West Allis, WI
Posts: 1,558
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Just bought mine as well a couple days ago off ebay. Should be here this week.
Can not wait....
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12-03-2007, 09:22 AM
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High Voltage
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Motorcity
Posts: 1,969
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Are you guys hooking your tuners up to your DC>DC power supplies or are you running this directly off one of the cars circuits? The way it is designed looks like it was made to plug into the cig lighter or something which means it will have a voltage stabilizing circuit built in.
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12-03-2007, 09:31 AM
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Terminal flasher
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Woodbridge, VA
Posts: 6,307
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it works with the the cig lighter. No need to waste precious wattage on your PSU.
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12-03-2007, 10:32 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Posts: 3,745
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WooHoo! Got the HD Radio working! Come to find out it was an old com port left over in my rr.ini from when I had an XM tuner installed! Duh!
Anyhow, its working perfectly, and was able to get the skin completed for it.
Thanks Mitch for the hard work into the software and cable!
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12-03-2007, 04:20 PM
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#103
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Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 36
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Looking forward to the new DFX HD support!
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12-04-2007, 02:27 PM
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#104
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One Sharp Cheddar
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: West Allis, WI
Posts: 1,558
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Inspired by JohnWPB DFX HD Skin I re-did my HD radio skin. I never was happy with it.
Much more functional now and more user friendly.
Let me know what you think
Last edited by ThunderStick; 12-14-2007 at 10:16 PM.
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12-04-2007, 02:31 PM
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One Sharp Cheddar
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: West Allis, WI
Posts: 1,558
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I have not gotten my tuner yet so I am not sure road runners "RADIOBAND" command will work with this setup. Just asking because there were a lot of people asking how to change the BAND.
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