Aftermarket Climate Control (Popformance LXCC for 92-00 SC/Soarer)
10-11-14, 12:44 AM
#185
I think going outside the realm of a climate controller and multi-function unit in the same size as the original might be the limit in terms of what makes marketable sense for him. So many people have differing preferences as to what they want with a stereo.
That said, I love the UZZ32 screen pictured above and that miniature 1/2 DIN tape deck with the radio controls. Makes me wonder if that little thing IS an entire AM/FM radio unit similar to the OEM Pioneer/Nakamichi's just without the screen.
It's a shame the AM and FM tuners aren't calibrated for U.S. radio signal ranges because that little unit would make for a great setup (for those of us who don't care about a fancy overblown double-din stereo with a screen):
Top -- Popformance LXCC controller (firmware updated to display the radio and audio signals from the JDM 1/2 DIN unit)
Middle -- Dedicated GPS Nav flip-out screen, single-DIN NAV (wish these existed) or Defi DIN triple gauge
Bottom -- JDM UZZ32 1/2 DIN Cassette/AM/FM/CD control unit w/aux-in hack applied (because honestly what else do you need?)
That said, I love the UZZ32 screen pictured above and that miniature 1/2 DIN tape deck with the radio controls. Makes me wonder if that little thing IS an entire AM/FM radio unit similar to the OEM Pioneer/Nakamichi's just without the screen.
It's a shame the AM and FM tuners aren't calibrated for U.S. radio signal ranges because that little unit would make for a great setup (for those of us who don't care about a fancy overblown double-din stereo with a screen):
Top -- Popformance LXCC controller (firmware updated to display the radio and audio signals from the JDM 1/2 DIN unit)
Middle -- Dedicated GPS Nav flip-out screen, single-DIN NAV (wish these existed) or Defi DIN triple gauge
Bottom -- JDM UZZ32 1/2 DIN Cassette/AM/FM/CD control unit w/aux-in hack applied (because honestly what else do you need?)
10-11-14, 06:32 AM
#186
As cool as the all-in-one system is, I would stay far, far away from any integrated system if I could. I believe firmly in separate components for stereo equipment, so you don't have to replace the whole thing when one item fails or lags behind other upgrades in performance. In a car environment, failure is even more likely. And upgrade paths are severely limited when you can't just pop in a DIN or Double DIN replacement.
10-23-14, 08:07 PM
#187
We need more updates from users of this upgrade.
Mine is working great so far.
Any recent acquisitions by anyone?
Mine is working great so far.
Any recent acquisitions by anyone?
10-23-14, 09:42 PM
#188
Duck05, thats great to hear. Do you plan to wire up any of the gauge inputs on your unit? That's the biggest draw for me: to the ordinary person it looks like a "stock" HVAC screen but for the driver/owner has virtual gauges that don't clutter the interior or draw attention. I've yet to see anyone demonstrate those functions in action.
11-01-14, 04:36 AM
#189
I found this recent LXCC installation thread on SoarerCentral. This is into a RHD Soarer, not a USDM car. The owner doesn't go into too much detail but the manual pages are interesting.
http://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/me...tml?1403849351
http://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/me...tml?1403849351
11-16-14, 12:16 PM
#190
I finally installed the unit I bought from calitri.
I'm impressed with the features and usability, it probably took me about 2 minutes to figure out how to use the unit as it's rather intuitive, I'm not really a fan of the color scheme on the actual climate control page but that's not really a big deal honestly. The accelerometer and gyroscope are kind of hard to read but I don't think that data is meant to be read in real time, so downloading it to a computer or something is probably nice.
But it's definitely an upgrade over my burnt out climate control screen. We'll see how long it lasts. Also while I was back there I made a new ground, sanded away to the bare metal and got some ring terminals on there. I honestly can't believe the factory ground looked like that and I completely understand now why my head unit sometimes wouldn't turn on when it's cold. Later on I'm going to have to go back and split up the grounds though, there's a ground loop noise right now and I think if I split the grounds to different points the whine will go away.
I'm impressed with the features and usability, it probably took me about 2 minutes to figure out how to use the unit as it's rather intuitive, I'm not really a fan of the color scheme on the actual climate control page but that's not really a big deal honestly. The accelerometer and gyroscope are kind of hard to read but I don't think that data is meant to be read in real time, so downloading it to a computer or something is probably nice.
But it's definitely an upgrade over my burnt out climate control screen. We'll see how long it lasts. Also while I was back there I made a new ground, sanded away to the bare metal and got some ring terminals on there. I honestly can't believe the factory ground looked like that and I completely understand now why my head unit sometimes wouldn't turn on when it's cold. Later on I'm going to have to go back and split up the grounds though, there's a ground loop noise right now and I think if I split the grounds to different points the whine will go away.
11-16-14, 08:19 PM
#191
Lexus Champion
I finally installed the unit I bought from calitri.
I'm impressed with the features and usability, it probably took me about 2 minutes to figure out how to use the unit as it's rather intuitive, I'm not really a fan of the color scheme on the actual climate control page but that's not really a big deal honestly. The accelerometer and gyroscope are kind of hard to read but I don't think that data is meant to be read in real time, so downloading it to a computer or something is probably nice.
But it's definitely an upgrade over my burnt out climate control screen. We'll see how long it lasts. Also while I was back there I made a new ground, sanded away to the bare metal and got some ring terminals on there. I honestly can't believe the factory ground looked like that and I completely understand now why my head unit sometimes wouldn't turn on when it's cold. Later on I'm going to have to go back and split up the grounds though, there's a ground loop noise right now and I think if I split the grounds to different points the whine will go away.
I'm impressed with the features and usability, it probably took me about 2 minutes to figure out how to use the unit as it's rather intuitive, I'm not really a fan of the color scheme on the actual climate control page but that's not really a big deal honestly. The accelerometer and gyroscope are kind of hard to read but I don't think that data is meant to be read in real time, so downloading it to a computer or something is probably nice.
But it's definitely an upgrade over my burnt out climate control screen. We'll see how long it lasts. Also while I was back there I made a new ground, sanded away to the bare metal and got some ring terminals on there. I honestly can't believe the factory ground looked like that and I completely understand now why my head unit sometimes wouldn't turn on when it's cold. Later on I'm going to have to go back and split up the grounds though, there's a ground loop noise right now and I think if I split the grounds to different points the whine will go away.
11-16-14, 08:28 PM
#192
The bolts at the back of the firewall behind the center console.
I just soldered both the head unit and climate control ground to a 12 guage wire ran to a ring terminal on the factory ground bolt. I just sanded down the contact patch to bare metal so that it had a better contact patch.
Pretty sure the noise is coming from having them go through the same 12 gauge wire and not giving them seperate ground wires to that bolt. I'll probably go back there again on friday or saturday and re-do it. I'm considering upgrading my metra stereo harness with Raine's guide then too so I may as well do the grounds then too, it's a touch noisy at times and kind of bothers me.
I just soldered both the head unit and climate control ground to a 12 guage wire ran to a ring terminal on the factory ground bolt. I just sanded down the contact patch to bare metal so that it had a better contact patch.
Pretty sure the noise is coming from having them go through the same 12 gauge wire and not giving them seperate ground wires to that bolt. I'll probably go back there again on friday or saturday and re-do it. I'm considering upgrading my metra stereo harness with Raine's guide then too so I may as well do the grounds then too, it's a touch noisy at times and kind of bothers me.
11-17-14, 11:57 PM
#194
You have to hook up gauges I think for them to display. Right now I just have the setup screen asking me to detail the parameters of a gauge I want to set up. I can try and enter in some dummy parameters to see if it just gives me a blank gauge. But I won't have time to do that until saturday.
