Hi Guys,

Has anyone installed after market head unit on Ram with Infinity System? I want to upgrade my head unit on my 99 Ram to an MP3 player (currently eyeballing the Pioneer DEH-4700 MP Head unit) but have herd that once you change out the factory head unit the speakers will not work properly due to the amplifier that is hooked up to the system.

Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

Yea i stil had my factory speakers in for almost a year. It sounded actually alot better than with the stock radio. If hook it up yourself, do yourself a favor and buy the harness's for the car. You can actually get harnesses from Circuit city that go from the car to a universal, and than from a universal to the radio you want to put in. I had the Pioneer 7700 and than the Avic N-1. Both radios sounded great. I also put some subs in and was very pleased with the way it sounded. I have an mtx thunderform with the amp built in. Easy install and I like it alot! If i can help ya any way, let me know!

 

FYI, Wal-mart has the adapters for about ~$10


Circuit City charged me $20 for Dodge wiring adapter and $20 for easy wire adapter

 

The only problem I have with mine is that the crossovers cut the sound at very high volume to protect the factory speakers that won't handle the power, but the aftermarkets will.
I must be getting older since having it that loud hasn't been enough of a priority to make me open the doors back up and re-wire the speakers directly to the HU.

 

I see what you mean with the 20 each.. At the time, i worked there and they cost me about 6 dollars each. At 20 buks each, they are expensive.

 

ok i gotta jump in real quick.... i was tryin to follow this thread but i know nothing about car audio so i have to ask yall something right quick

this weekend im FINALLY gettin my h/u and speakers installed- the guy doin it is a pro, i dont doubt that (he installed for best buy for a few years) but is there anythign special i need to him about my infinity system?

 

yea ive seen them circuit city setups before... ******** stole my system! lol on my off time from the stereo shop (few years back) id make up a few sets for the more common systems that i did... had the manager order me universal male and female harnesses and then a buttload of replacement harnesses from major brands like pioneer alpine panasonic jvc etc etc... the shop would pay me 1.50 to make each one..id bang out 50 in a day (whenever i would do them) then a few years later..look whos doin the same thing!!!!


anyway... sorry i always have to tell that store when someone brings up circuit city

when i do stereos in the rams like ours with infinity systems.. i tend to bypass the amps all together and just run striaght from the aftermarket deck to the stock or aftermarket speakers.. sounds better (to me that is) .... if you think about it.. an aftermarket deck will produce better sound then a stock deck,, that better sound your sending to stock amps can affect how it sounds... along with that same idea any aftermarket amp will reproduce sound alot beter then any stock amp will!!!

just my $0.68 (inflation)

 

Make sure you hook your blue wire up ( trigger for amp ) I didnt do this cause i thought that it was not needed but it was. Had to ask on here to find that out.

 

called the remote wire..same wire that kicks on an external amp for subs and whatnot

 

ok i feel like a MORON asking this, but i just wanna make sure my stuff will sound right..... do i need to do anythign special to the blue wire? or are yall just sayin make sure its not overlooked?? sorry! im just not following.