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Old Apr 26, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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A friend of mine wants to sell me a Premium HU for $200

Is this a good Price??

Am i gonna notice a Sound Difference? or any difference at all?

I know the major difference is the RCA's for amp's/Subs.

Any info on the Premium HU would be great!!!!!

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Its for my 08 SW xB2
Old Apr 27, 2008 | 01:41 AM
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It's a good price, yes. I sold mine on eBay for $325.

You won't notice a difference in sound, and from what I have heard, the sub outs are terrible. If you plan on getting amps, pass on the Premium and get something aftermarket.
Old Apr 27, 2008 | 02:02 AM
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i installed one in my friends 06 xa and there was a very noticeable difference in sound quality.
Old Apr 27, 2008 | 04:44 AM
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It's a good price, yes. I sold mine on eBay for $325.

You won't notice a difference in sound, and from what I have heard, the sub outs are terrible. If you plan on getting amps, pass on the Premium and get something aftermarket.
What's wrong with the sub outs on the premium HU?
Old Apr 27, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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I just heard they are incredibly weak. Plus, they change output power with your speed, so it is incredibly hard to set your amplifier's gain to teh right level, since you can't be driving around and tuning an amp.
Old Apr 27, 2008 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by detroitbassxb
I just heard they are incredibly weak. Plus, they change output power with your speed, so it is incredibly hard to set your amplifier's gain to teh right level, since you can't be driving around and tuning an amp.
Driving and setting the gain, that's a new one

But you can shut off the auto volume control so you output dosent vary with speed
Old Apr 27, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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Mine will be up for sale for $200-$250 range.

The sub outs aren't that great on this head unit, though. You can set the sound-leveling to low, but the head unit will still try to adjust the sub when you're at highway speed.
Old Apr 27, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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Well i picked it up from a friend of mine he wanted $200 and i got him down to $150. Def Sounds good and look's Sweet to me. Just wanted someing simple noting too fancy and too out going, Besides i have an 02 Explorer With JL Audio Speakers and tweeters and a JL Audio W7 13.5 inc Sub. If i wanna go def for a little LOL
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Originally Posted by detroitbassxb
I just heard they are incredibly weak. Plus, they change output power with your speed, so it is incredibly hard to set your amplifier's gain to teh right level, since you can't be driving around and tuning an amp.
My sub outs aren't weak; there's plenty of signal getting to my amp. I set the gain with the car stopped. The volume of the entire system increases with speed when ASL is engaged.
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Originally Posted by jpauletteUSAF
The sub outs aren't that great on this head unit, though. You can set the sound-leveling to low, but the head unit will still try to adjust the sub when you're at highway speed.
As it should. If you have a premium head unit, you can disable ASL entirely.
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Question Were would the Amp Remote turn on wire hook up to?
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Question Were would the Amp Remote turn on wire hook up to?
There's a gray wire in one of the harnesses that plugs into the back of the HU you can splice into. There's a thread on this forum with a great pic that shows it. I'd post the link but it's at home. Try searching for it.
Old Apr 29, 2008 | 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by memebag
Originally Posted by jpauletteUSAF
The sub outs aren't that great on this head unit, though. You can set the sound-leveling to low, but the head unit will still try to adjust the sub when you're at highway speed.
As it should. If you have a premium head unit, you can disable ASL entirely.
Forgot about that.

I'm an idiot.
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Originally Posted by memebag
Originally Posted by DREWxB08
Question Were would the Amp Remote turn on wire hook up to?
There's a gray wire in one of the harnesses that plugs into the back of the HU you can splice into. There's a thread on this forum with a great pic that shows it. I'd post the link but it's at home. Try searching for it.

1st plug, grey wire right next to the light green one it's the 12v acc line
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Originally Posted by lvbitwiz
Originally Posted by memebag
Originally Posted by DREWxB08
Question Were would the Amp Remote turn on wire hook up to?
There's a gray wire in one of the harnesses that plugs into the back of the HU you can splice into. There's a thread on this forum with a great pic that shows it. I'd post the link but it's at home. Try searching for it.

1st plug, grey wire right next to the light green one it's the 12v acc line


Thanks for the reply........ Def a big help
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Originally Posted by memebag
Originally Posted by DREWxB08
Question Were would the Amp Remote turn on wire hook up to?
There's a gray wire in one of the harnesses that plugs into the back of the HU you can splice into. There's a thread on this forum with a great pic that shows it. I'd post the link but it's at home. Try searching for it.
thanks for replaying,, i looked for that post but could not find it. Another member has informered me were the wire will be. Def wanna see pic tho.
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Here's the pic:



Found in this thread: https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...gray+grey+wire.
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Originally Posted by memebag
Here's the pic:



Found in this thread: https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...gray+grey+wire.



Thanks for the pic's Dude


What sub's are you running in your car and how are you likeing the head unit with the set of SW outputs
Old Apr 30, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by DREWxB08
What sub's are you running in your car and how are you likeing the head unit with the set of SW outputs
I have a Fusion kit (12" sub, 300w amp) Fry's was selling for $150. It sounds great on the head unit SW outs, but it makes me want to upgrade the door speakers.
Old Apr 30, 2008 | 02:05 PM
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i have noticed on the premium hu that the aux input is a little lower than cd or fm. i have a sirius sportster plugged into it and it just doesnt get as loud at the same volume level as the other inputs. i've checked the sportster and the output vol is all the way up. is there a way to increase the sensitivity of this input or has anyone else noticed this?



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