i wanting to get that deck but i want some opinions on it before-- any help is appreciated

 

I have one and it's an awsome deck. Many features. I have it powering Infinity kappa 6x9s and factory fronts. it looks awsome at night and is easy to use. i love how the buttons are placed. by the way were are you buying from?

 

indo audio on ebay is selling them brand new in the box from the factory for 259 so i'll get it from there

 

I have that HU. I have a little bit of a glare problem on bright sunny days. Also, the angle adjustment is useless in my Trans Am. Other than that, it a very nice unit. It has good clarity. It has a lot of features that I will never use such as phase adjustments. I don't use the internal amp. I run three amps off of the RCA outputs. If you decide to use the internal amp you will need to run a seperate power wire to it from your battery. I can't remember off the top of my head but the fuse rating on the power supply was a little high for the stock wiring. I like the remote and the buttons on the unit but over all it is probably a little bit of overkill for me.

 

sweet....i just ordered one on ebay for 220..didnt know anyone here would have one...i did a lot of research...for the price and the features..it can't be beat..can't wait to install it

 

have it in my 89 formula it is a great un it with many features, and worth the extra time to install. not a unit you can go wrong with

 

sorry....i just got the 7897....alpine is awesome anyways

 

i got that headunit.....i love it.....had to do some cuttin to make it fit flush

 

Bubbakutz...what did you have to cut to make it fit flush? I am going to get one of those here pretty soon (exept it will be the MP3 compatable one) and I want it to be flush mounted.

 

all i did was just cut the heat ducts out of the way and then covered up the holes with heat tape

 

i just got it, if youre still using your stock cassette player it will make a world of difference. I have it powering infinitys all around and it sounds real nice. The only thing i dont like is that the face gets real hot real soon, like hot to the touch when you hit the blue buttons. I don't know if this is the case with all cd players because this is my frist one. Everyones right, it does look wicked at night.

ps, mine was the display model at circuit city so they gave it to me for 239 which was a hell of a deal but they file off the eject button from the back so its pretty hard to get off but i will glue a piece to the back to make it work again.

This deck was 279 at circuit city, and they were all out of these since this is the last years model, so stop by and see if you can get some good deals.

 

hot to the touch?! that does not sound very normal.....mine doesnt get remotely hot

 

its normal for alpines, it even says so in the booklet.

maybe you have the internal amp disabled. But if you crank it for a while it gets real hot.

 

i took a heat gun and heated the plastic up really good, then used a rod to push them in uniformally. i didn't wanna cut anything and have the heat going into the cd player chamber....might be ok when the AC is on though....

- Andy

 

An alternative Alpine pehaps.

JamesC

 

Oops!

JamesC