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Can those of you who have upgraded head units please take a second to answer this question?
How does your unit react when power is first applied to it, like as in the very first time you put it in the car, or at least how does it act if you remove the battery from the car for a few weeks and then install the battery and fire up the stereo? The reason I ask is I want to upgrade to a better head unit for more power, better volume knob ( i hate the little finger wheel), and better iphone/ipod control, BUT, i have to use a battery cut-off switch to kill power to the car every time I park in my garage. So, every time I get in my car and restore battery power, the head unit comes back from the dead so to speak, and I don't want to buy a unit that has all sorts of annoying 'demo' screens, or has a prompt to set up bluetooth every time or some other annoyance that I can't get past. I realize I'll never have radio presets, or tone control presets or anything. But I just want to know which head unit will be the least annoying if it is in a perpetual 'just installed in the car for the first time' state... BTW, the factory stereo works great in this capacity, and I'll keep it if I have to and buy an amp and just play mp3 cd's.. but i'd rather get a nicer head unit i can find one that behaves OK in this environment...
thanks
How does your unit react when power is first applied to it, like as in the very first time you put it in the car, or at least how does it act if you remove the battery from the car for a few weeks and then install the battery and fire up the stereo? The reason I ask is I want to upgrade to a better head unit for more power, better volume knob ( i hate the little finger wheel), and better iphone/ipod control, BUT, i have to use a battery cut-off switch to kill power to the car every time I park in my garage. So, every time I get in my car and restore battery power, the head unit comes back from the dead so to speak, and I don't want to buy a unit that has all sorts of annoying 'demo' screens, or has a prompt to set up bluetooth every time or some other annoyance that I can't get past. I realize I'll never have radio presets, or tone control presets or anything. But I just want to know which head unit will be the least annoying if it is in a perpetual 'just installed in the car for the first time' state... BTW, the factory stereo works great in this capacity, and I'll keep it if I have to and buy an amp and just play mp3 cd's.. but i'd rather get a nicer head unit i can find one that behaves OK in this environment...
thanks