New Stereo

[bmac]

After seeing these setups, I'm beginning to understand that Circuit City may be in over their head with the H2. Interestingly, while I had the demo yesterday, I had to go to Circuit City for a few items. While i was their, I dropped by the auto section and was asking some questions. They came out to have a look and said the Alpine or Pioneer flip screen would be an easy install. Probabably $50-$100. Well, as is evident from these posts, there is alot more to it than these yahoos knew. I can guarantee they did not know that the programmable settings required the factory head unit being retained. Nor did they suggest that the steering wheel controls would be lost. Of course, I didn't either, but I'm not an audio technician either. I'd bet they wouldn't have a clue about the OnStar.

So, where to go from here? I guess step one is to buy the truck. Now that i know this can be done (and done quite well), I can wait to find a qualified installer. Will probably have to drive to Atlanta, but getting to drive an H2 is not such a bad thing and Atlanta is not that far away. Just that the traffic around here stinks.

For those of you with the Alpine head unit (Zyx5432 and Lil Devil), are you satisfied? Pioneer has a new model coming out (AVH-P7500DVD) that looks pretty nice. Anyone know about Pioneer products? Are they in the same league with Alpine? What would you put in the remaining space where the factory unit was? CD changer? As I mentioned, I know next to nothing about this stuff. However, thanks to you guys, I'll know enough to ask some tough questions to the potential installers when the time comes.

I appreciate the feedback.