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fitting a headunit

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:38 pm
by bango690
i am thinking of installing a alpine head unit either a single din or a double,
but i have been told by several garages that when the car has a nonstandard head unit in and they come to plug their dignostics in the blows the ecubecause it turnes a contact into a live feed is this ture or is there a lead to stop this happing?

Re: fitting a headunit

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:33 pm
by baileysufc
bango690 wrote:i am thinking of installing a alpine head unit either a single din or a double,
but i have been told by several garages that when the car has a nonstandard head unit in and they come to plug their dignostics in the blows the ecubecause it turnes a contact into a live feed is this ture or is there a lead to stop this happing?

what car?

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:28 am
by MGrove03
ive never heard of that before but i have recently found the correct adapter that stops the constant live feed etc. Only thing is its £50

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/produc ... /8115.html

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:42 pm
by bango690
it is a w reg polo 1.4 16v