Pioneer DEH head Units - Vertical mount?

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Topic: Pioneer DEH head Units - Vertical mount?

Posted By: audioduck
Subject: Pioneer DEH head Units - Vertical mount?
Date Posted: January 08, 2006 at 12:45 PM

I"m looking at several Pioneer DEH Mp3 capable head units to mount on a motorcycle. (The main reason being their wired marine remote CDMR80D.) If I have to, I can probably put it horizontally in the tail cowl but if possible would like to put it up in the left side of the fairing. Was wondering if anyone here has experience mounting one of these head units vertically? (Face plate pointing to sky.)

Checked the install manual for one of the ones I'm looking at: "If installation angle exceeds 60° from horizontal, the unit might not give its optimum performance."

My specific concerns are how a vertical mount would impact it's ability to play a disc at all, impact on MP3 anti-skip and ability to vertically eject discs.

TIA

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Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: January 08, 2006 at 5:50 PM

Look at the Blaupunkt line......back in the day you could mount certain models damn near upsidedown.

www.blaupunktusa.com

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Posted By: Hornshockey
Date Posted: January 09, 2006 at 12:07 AM

I just did a pioneer dehp3700mp today in an 86 Citroen CX(neat car by the way, factory hydraulics, ground clearance was adjustable from about 4-10"). The radio is vertically mounted in the center console, the radio performed fine in a few road tests, it was a bit more prone to skipping than if it were mounted horizontally, but everything worked fine, customer was pretty understanding about the skipping. It might be a little worse on a bike though.

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Posted By: audioduck
Date Posted: January 09, 2006 at 12:19 AM

That's just what I need to know and tells me I should just mounti it in the tail. Thanks