hey whats up, i was under the process of ordering a 7'' alpine dvd headunit and was curious to see if anyone has done this, with the vents being right where the monitor would flip out..if anyone has done it, or seen on it the internet please post pics - thanks in advance
***7th GEN DVD HEADUNIT
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close the vents when you are using the screen? I don't think it should matter unless you are running the heat on full blast for an incredibly long time, don't see it being a problem though. If you have an ipod get the adapter if you are buying the alpine touch screen cuz it is instant sync response unlike the ones for the decks that have delays
this is a 96, but close enough. Have had a number of monitors in that location with no bad effects. The only advice I can give you is buy your Alpine from an authorized dealer. If you don't and have trouble Alpine won't touch it. Looks great there and completely functionable. I don't know why people are all weird about mounting them there
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probably cuz it is in a civic and it takes two seconds to break into one and like 10 seconds to rip out the unit, and who wants to have a $900 dvd unit jacked? lolsnoopy316 said:
this is a 96, but close enough. Have had a number of monitors in that location with no bad effects. The only advice I can give you is buy your Alpine from an authorized dealer. If you don't and have trouble Alpine won't touch it. Looks great there and completely functionable. I don't know why people are all weird about mounting them there
take the f**king face off, and make sure you have insurance.
if you leave the face on a monitor, your s**t deserves to get jacked.
if you leave the face on a monitor, your s**t deserves to get jacked.
i'd never buy a screen, or any headunit for that matter, that does not have a detachable face. i know people do, but it's tempting fate too much, imo.
Im not all weird about putting it there, its just on the 7th gen the dash is like on an angle going up so i dont know how glare would be or whatever, but thanks for that pic
screens are not stationary, you know. they tilt to all sorts of positions.
...well that solves my problemsAkiahara96 said:
lol thanks
is that what you're worried about? our alpine screen, the one in the pics, tilts back up against the vent, and moves small degrees from there until it's almost in a closing position. you can keep it in any of those, if you want. 
i thought you were worried about it being in front of the vents?
i thought you were worried about it being in front of the vents?
i was concerned about that for a while as well, but after thinking theres many ways to get heat my car by getting around that - then the glare became a factor in the day - i didnt realize you could tilt your screen a little bit
did they smash your window to get it or did you leave your doors unlocked
um, neither? civics are extremely easy to break into by popping the window out of track. that's the only way they've been able to steal things. that was with the cheaper alarm, and then once when my alternator was dead.
only had a smashed window twice... but they didn't steal anything either time.
but the times they did take things, were times we forgot to take the face off. we never ever forget now. always take it off, and you shouldn't have a problem. i'm more concerned about the headrest monitors.
only had a smashed window twice... but they didn't steal anything either time.
but the times they did take things, were times we forgot to take the face off. we never ever forget now. always take it off, and you shouldn't have a problem. i'm more concerned about the headrest monitors.
when your alternator is going does it make a real winy noise like a belt
no i doubt it, it sounds like my car is electric and is getting louder and louder everyday, it over powers the exhaust at lower rpm's
it's sorta whiny i guess, not nearly as loud or sharp as a belt. it's not constant, either. at least not that i've heard with my car. it'll go, "screech, screech, screech, screech" versus "scccrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeech"
if that made sense. haha. noises are hard to describe. that's the noise i heard. my alternator is hella loud anyways.
if that made sense. haha. noises are hard to describe. that's the noise i heard. my alternator is hella loud anyways.
i dunno what the hell it is in my engine, i need to get it checked out though