The Great HU Install of 2023

Question for the group. I have a Kenwood DMX and when it was fully extended the L brackets had to be installed. I have since recessed the screen fully and to do that you remove the L brackets.

Do yall notice a screen vibration? Like a shimmer effect? Is there a fix or a step I missed?

 

Guys I hate to revive this but I need to pull the trigger on a new HU. I have a DDX9906XR and I need to either move to the 7 or the
DMX1057XR. My question about these big 9-10 inch panels to those that have them... Do the mounts for them ever go over time? I had a Dasaita and it vibrated and the screen stayed shaking and it drove me insane.. Here are my 2 Toyotas for FYI (its been a while since I posted)

 

I had the same question. I clicked with JBL, then filled my cart. Continued shopping, clicked without JBL for same head unit and installation parts and added to my cart. Comparing the two ‘options’ —> exact same installation part list!

might be a late response, but for posterity…..

 

What colour?

 

Off the top of my head, not sure. Would have to go back and dig through the wiring diagrams…

 

The JBL System is more speakers (10) with center and sub. The amp under the passenger seat feeds them all. So, if you leave the factory Amp alone I believe your speakers will all be fine as well.
I don't believe any after-Mfg makes an Amp to replace it with more power.
You would need a bunch of Amps to feed all the factory locations (2 x 4-channel, plus mono-sub, plus mono-center).
Might as well re-wire the entire sound system while you're at it and use 'real' speaker wire!

 

Several manufacturers make 8-channel amps that could be used. The JBL system has a woofer in lower door, and the door sail and side dash speakers are set up on a crossover for mid/high (so they are a single channel from the amp). That's how you end up with 12 speakers on an 8-channel system (the rear door is also a crossover with woofer/tweeter).

 

Looking for suggestions in this world, so with so many experts on these systems on here, figured I would ask to see if there is anything I am missing. I would like to add a rear camera to my truck camper, but the ONLY one that I can find that seems to be plug & play with the OEM Toyota plug at the rear of my truck is this honking thing from Camera Source:

https://www.camerasource.com/automo...ilter=6030&model_filter=6235&year_filter=6286

It is definitely the easiest solution to allow me to unplug the stock tailgate cam and plug in this thing when I have the camper loaded. I can't believe it's the only plug & play solution, but maybe it is. It's ugly & almost as much money as the damn Alpine camera (which I assume is better quality), but if I go to the Alpine, then I need to run a whole new cable to the head unit and buy a second camera for the OEM one in the tailgate as well to be able to swap between them as load & unload the camper. Just want to make sure I am exhausting all options. Any suggestions or input is appreciated.

 

(You have a catch-22 problem) OEM camera operates at 6V+, while aftermarket cameras typically operate at 12V+
If you can find a 6V aftermarket camera that mounts to the license bracket on your cab-over... problem solved (almost)
Snake it to the same location as the tail-gate camera plugs into the harness and make the plugs match, so you can switch them at will.

 

I am apparently an idiot and can’t figure out how to do the over the air update on the alpine ilx-f511. Does anyone have a step by step for dummies? I have tried connecting to the internet at the house and it says server connection failed. I can’t get my phone to connect as a hot spot…..I am positive it’s use error and the ota update is 6.0….sominwant to do that if possible.

 

So I AM an idiot, my firmware is up to date. Has anyone else had any issues with the head into freezing and not connecting to CarPlay? Mine has been acting up lately and was hoping a firmware would help but that’s obviously not the case