1 din dvd/nav receiver screen down?
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Topic: 1 din dvd/nav receiver screen down?
Posted By: los panda
Subject: 1 din dvd/nav receiver screen down?
Date Posted: January 29, 2014 at 10:43 AM
i'm looking for a single din receiver w a screen that hangs down as opposed to up. i found several soundstream receivers similar to what i am looking for; while the screen hangs down, it is a tablet-style screen, and cannot be retracted back into the unit.
it doesn't have to be motorized, but it needs to retract back into the unit.
lil help?
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Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: January 29, 2014 at 12:08 PM
as far as i know, that doesnt exist. ive ever seen or heard of one like that that flips down.
Posted By: los panda
Date Posted: January 29, 2014 at 12:48 PM
soundnsecurity wrote:
as far as i know, that doesnt exist. ive ever seen or heard of one like that that flips down.
me neither.
a coworker told me that's what they were looking for; i told them i'd look into it but i didn't think it existed. here's one of the soundstream receivers i came across while looking: https://www.crutchfield.com/S-LY4sPPdddDF/p_530VR738NB/Soundstream-VR-738NB.html
Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: January 29, 2014 at 1:02 PM
your link doesnt work, but i do have some experience with soundstream head units and all i can say is that they dont live up to their advertising hype. they are usually re-branded junk with a glossy face added on. there is a reason why they are cheaper than most other units. i think they are probably better than boss or other cheap brands but they are still on that level.
Posted By: los panda
Date Posted: January 29, 2014 at 1:12 PM
soundnsecurity wrote:
your link doesnt work, but i do have some experience with soundstream head units and all i can say is that they dont live up to their advertising hype. they are usually re-branded junk with a glossy face added on. there is a reason why they are cheaper than most other units. i think they are probably better than boss or other cheap brands but they are still on that level.
i didn't even know that they made head units.
i bought soundstream's ega-4220 4 channel amp over a decade ago, it served me well for many years. has their quality suffered across the board?
i'm not sure what i did incorrectly w the link, but you can copy/paste into your browser or just google the model (VR-738NB) if you want to see what i am talking about.
Posted By: oldspark
Date Posted: January 29, 2014 at 3:54 PM
Agreed about the link. Just highlight and 'open link in new tab' if your browser has that feature. It probably hates the new-line split.
Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: January 29, 2014 at 6:34 PM
actually i did copy and paste and it said it couldnt find the page. still took me to crutchfield but said the page didnt exist.
soundstream is a strange brand, i dont have a problem with their amps because they are actually pretty nice amps for the price. soundstream is known more for their amps than anything else but at some point they decided they wanted to have their hands in everything from alarms to video equipment so they bought a bunch of unbranded equipment and slapped their name on the front. soundstream product is about half good and half bad so you gotta watch what you buy.
just looked at the receiver you want and id say its another piece of junk. as far as any kind of audio and sound control functions it just doesnt have any. bass and treble control? WOW my phone has better sound controls... no eq, no crossover, just a few presets. i guess i will never get why people buy these units, isnt the point of upgrading your factory radio to get better sound and function? i guess you will get bluetooth function out of it but in my experience the bluetooth function on these cheap radios is horrible and might as well not be there.
Posted By: los panda
Date Posted: January 29, 2014 at 10:59 PM
i don't want that, i wouldn't recommend that to my coworker, i was just using it to show the "hang down" screen style that i am looking for.
i recently bought the alpine cde-hd149bt to replace my cda-7998.
Posted By: atish
Date Posted: January 30, 2014 at 7:12 PM
https://www......com/item_43644_Power-Acoustik-PNX-721.html
Not the highest end brand but I use them all the time and you get almost all of the features you will out of a higher end brand for half the price.
Posted By: co_ne_dub
Date Posted: February 02, 2014 at 10:51 AM
If I remember correctly there was an issue of car audio & electronics(way back when) where some car had 2 alpine flipouts, one went up and one went down. Anyone else remember that?
Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: February 03, 2014 at 7:06 AM
atish] wrote:
https://www......com/item_43644_Power-Acoustik-PNX-721.html
Not the highest end brand but I use them all the time and you get almost all of the features you will out of a higher end brand for half the price.
power acoustic head units are the same as sound stream, they might look a little different but they are built and work the same way. this is the catch behind those cheap radios that claim to offer every feature of higher end radios but dont even cost half as much... it might have bluetooth but it doesnt work reliably and it sounds horrible because the mic and the software are not quality, it might have every type of source but they will systematically go out on you because they arent made of quality components. those cheap radios have almost no sound tuning features and their outputs tend to not be as loud so you have to turn your amp up more to compensate. they are not built as well to handle the harsh conditions inside a car like extreme heat and vibration. i could go on and on about where that cheap price comes from.
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