What are you guys referring to when you say the clips during the deck install? I know you have to trim some plastic after the stock HU is taken out, is there anything else you need to be worried about? Thanks guys.
DNX7100 Double-DIN Install
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So I just installed my DNX7100 into my '07 Escape.
We had many things go wrong during this install.
1) Despite the warnings about the metal clips scratching the dash, it happened Any ideas on working out these scratches would be great
2) I had a vent air freshner on my vent when we took the dash out, when laid down, the liquid came out and got onto the dash. It ate the paint right off and also ate through the plastic on the edge of the dash....it literally started cracking!
3) The vent on the passenger side of the dash broke at the bottom part of it...it's now holding on from the top part of the vent.
4) You can't piggy back any accessory off of another then plug it directly into the back of the headunit like you can, for example with any Alpine headunit. You need to by this switch that plugs everything in then routes it all to the headunit (there is an additional $80 I have to spend) I have the bluetooth add-on and the xm radio add-on. I had them piggybacked together...my xm only works when I hit Send or End on my phone while it is connected to the bluetooth.....and it only works for 5 seconds. Please see Crutchfield's Forums to get a better picture of what is going on.
Overall it looks great and it is a great headunit. Saturday was not a good day for me! If anyone has an extra dash laying around without the info center controls, please let me know.
I am thinking about just selling my Bluetooth instead of purchasing this extra switch. What do you guys think?
Here are the pics of myDouble-DIN after install. Sorry I didn't take pictures during the actual install.
These are taken at night so bare with me!
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While installing I ran into the infamous metal clips problem as you can see below
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And a funny story...I had an air freshner that clipped onto the vents. When we took off the trim panel we set it down, and when we did that, the liquid from the air freshner leaked out and ate the paint right off of the trim. You can also see that it cracked the trim too. Kinda nutz :bill:
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We had many things go wrong during this install.
1) Despite the warnings about the metal clips scratching the dash, it happened Any ideas on working out these scratches would be great
2) I had a vent air freshner on my vent when we took the dash out, when laid down, the liquid came out and got onto the dash. It ate the paint right off and also ate through the plastic on the edge of the dash....it literally started cracking!
3) The vent on the passenger side of the dash broke at the bottom part of it...it's now holding on from the top part of the vent.
4) You can't piggy back any accessory off of another then plug it directly into the back of the headunit like you can, for example with any Alpine headunit. You need to by this switch that plugs everything in then routes it all to the headunit (there is an additional $80 I have to spend) I have the bluetooth add-on and the xm radio add-on. I had them piggybacked together...my xm only works when I hit Send or End on my phone while it is connected to the bluetooth.....and it only works for 5 seconds. Please see Crutchfield's Forums to get a better picture of what is going on.
Overall it looks great and it is a great headunit. Saturday was not a good day for me! If anyone has an extra dash laying around without the info center controls, please let me know.
I am thinking about just selling my Bluetooth instead of purchasing this extra switch. What do you guys think?
Here are the pics of myDouble-DIN after install. Sorry I didn't take pictures during the actual install.
These are taken at night so bare with me!
While installing I ran into the infamous metal clips problem as you can see below
And a funny story...I had an air freshner that clipped onto the vents. When we took off the trim panel we set it down, and when we did that, the liquid from the air freshner leaked out and ate the paint right off of the trim. You can also see that it cracked the trim too. Kinda nutz :bill:
