2002 lexus is 300 add a hu
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Printed Date: April 28, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Topic: 2002 lexus is 300 add a hu
Posted By: tcss
Subject: 2002 lexus is 300 add a hu
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 5:44 PM
I have this car in the shop and am adding an Alpine 9885 to the factory amplified system. Can't bypass the amp because the factory Nav feeds into it. Anybody done this yet? Thanks.
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There is no such thing as free installation!
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Posted By: sqsq
Date Posted: May 22, 2007 at 11:58 PM
I don't know of a way to do it without bypassing the amp. The amp is located behind the glove box and I don't believe there is anyway of integrating it.
Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: May 23, 2007 at 11:30 AM
Found out that Metra's digital adapter model TYTO-01 should work. I'll let everybody know how it turns out.
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There is no such thing as free installation!
Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: May 23, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Yeah right, great #%&%$#% adapter. Was told by Metra that everything would work fine except I would lose the voice recognition on the nav. Just a tiny little glitch! Why bother?
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There is no such thing as free installation!
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: May 23, 2007 at 1:36 PM
Yeah. TINY glitch. I guess Metra doesn't understand the actual purpose of a harness adapter! :)
Honestly, though... that's a really nice stock system, who'd wanna change it out, anyway?
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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."
Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: May 23, 2007 at 2:09 PM
Six disc factory changer is buckin' fusted.
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There is no such thing as free installation!
Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: June 01, 2007 at 11:45 AM
Ok finally replaced the HU using the Metra TOTY-01. Factory amp fired up nicely but ran into 2 problems. First the reception is crappy, suspect roof mount antenna is amplified but cannot ID the wire to it. Anybody know which wire it is? Second not only does the factory Nav. lose voice acknowledgement, now it doesn't work at all. Metra tech support is clueless on this. Any ideas? This has long since lost any chance of making money.
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There is no such thing as free installation!
Posted By: tcss
Date Posted: June 02, 2007 at 6:55 PM
Just to let other dealers and customers know, Metra lied about this adaptor allowing the factory nav system to still operate. Actually the stock HU initializes the nav and the aftermarket HU cannot do this. It really ticks me off when tech support tells you something will work when they really have no clue. Idiots!
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There is no such thing as free installation!
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