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Old 04-12-2008, 12:33 AM   #1
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Default New Kenwood Head Set

Just replaced the 6 CD Head Unit with a Kenwood DVD Player. Got my old one on Ebay.. I installed it myself, and it wasn`t easy..
Had to tig brackets on the Head Units tin cage support and fit a Aluminium
( Polished ) bracket at the rear..
Used a Cat10 so that the steering wheel controls would still work with the Kenwood..
Added a Bluetooth Plugin unit for the kenwood and while i was at it i installed a rear ccd reverse camera..
Having a 8 GB USB Stick gave me around 2000 MP`3`s
Very happy with the result..
I`ll try and download some pics if it doen`t work i`ll use Photobucket

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Old 04-12-2008, 06:43 AM   #2
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looks the goods mate nice to hear you found a way to support the unit fully i put a alpine iva 202e in mine which is a double din unit much easier to fit and when i was pulling the old single din sony unit out i was disgusted in how it was held in double sided tape anyone lol
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Old 04-12-2008, 07:06 AM   #3
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Good work, looks very sharp. Any chance of a photo of the screen with the reverse camera on? to give us an idea of the view angle from its mounted position?
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Old 04-12-2008, 09:33 AM   #4
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GOod work there mate
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Old 04-12-2008, 01:39 PM   #5
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Looks good mate.

How much did the Cat10 set you back?
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Old 04-12-2008, 02:33 PM   #6
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sbcb.. I`ll take some pics for you...I`m able to see the roof of my carport and the sides are very wide, i get a very good rear view..
Sean-87.. The Cat10 cost me $200 from JB HIFI
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Old 04-12-2008, 02:41 PM   #7
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HHMMM
How is it that iv`e seen other posts with many large clean pics and i`m only able to put a few low resolution pics?? Tried to put more pics but the site tells me iv`e gone past my half meg limit??
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Old 04-12-2008, 11:42 PM   #8
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Looks awesome mate. If it's not to much trouble could u provide some photos of the brackets? I'm doing my head in trying to fit my new single DIN DVD!!! Cheers.
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Doing it right now..AYEYOU
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Old 05-12-2008, 12:13 AM   #10
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Some more pics of the reverse Cam in action...Cat10 for the steering wheel controls....
Position of 8GB USB Stick...Mic for the Bluetooth..
The tin housing was useless unless your happy with the DVD Player sitting on the Plastic pocket.. So i ended up Tig welding 2 brackets, one on each side of the tin housing. Using a Mig or Oxy would have blown holes on the tin housing,Forget Ark :-)
Then i teck screwed the brackets into the dash steel frame using a angled Battery drill.
I also used a aluminium bracket to support the rear..I even polished the bracket..
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Old 08-12-2008, 01:02 AM   #11
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Thanks for the pics Bolly, you've given me inspiration and hope that it is in fact possible to get my headunit mounted! Cheers.
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Old 08-12-2008, 05:22 PM   #12
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Cheers for the extra pics, the reverse cam does does a great job. Very tidy installation mate well done.
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