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ok, so it only took me 9 months, but I finally got it installed this weekend. Found a guy on craigslist that would come out to the house and he spent 7 hours here on Saturday installing it and he did a pretty good job. I installed an adapter so I could use my steering wheel controls and upgraded the xm receiver to the navtraffic tuner and it looks 10x better than my old one. I also connected a CDI200, but figured out that doesn't work, so I got a USB adapter coming from crutchfield and will hook that up when it gets here tomorrow. I've attached some photos, and I have to say, after you

Just wanted to let everyone know what a pleasure it was doing business with Garret for the Hard drive upgrades I ordered the 60GB HD with the Z3 upgrade and I got it in 3 days. It took me a total of 3 minutes to do the upgrade (not including the 2-3 minutes it takes to load the software). He even sends you the driver!!! I sent him about 2-3 emails before ordering and 1 about a month after ordering and he answered in like an hour, on a Sunday!! It boots up and responds much faster than the Z1. The icons on XM are pretty cool!!!

I live in purcellville, va and I'm trying to find a place to get my Z1 installed in my 2006 Honda accord. I used to have it in my 96 Ford explorer, but removed it myself. I had a shop in Sterling, VA install it in my Ford, but they charged an arm and a leg. I already have the bracket for installing it in the lower space, I just need the expertise!!!!

thanks for the info, I'm ordering the part now. I'm just getting back to this project, I'll keep you posted. fyi: if this is my 3rd entry, I keep getting asked for my login when I try to submit, so I know I'm gonna have 3 replies here tomorrow morning.

that really really sucks. I looked all over for vehicles that my Z1 would fit into and I was almost positive that it would fit into a honda...I guess I'm gonna have to look into putting it into the space at the bottom. After driving around for the past 3 days without it, and I can't stand it!!!!

I wonder if I went to the honda dealer and asked for the trim piece around the navi head unit, they would sell that to me? I priced the honda oem nav unit on ebay for 799. I already have the Z1 which I paid 1,800 for two years ago, so don't really want to fork over that much cash.

will the z1 fit into this dash on a 2006 accord? If so, what kit do I need. I've looked on ebay and didn't find one.

Just got this car today and I'm trying to see if my Z1 will fit into it. I've looked on ebay but can't find the right installation kit. thanks in advance!!

When I was putting my radio back in my truck I noticed a bare wire way in the back. I traced it because it was black and noticed that the tape that was wrapped around it had slid down and exposed a 2" section of wire. It was also laying up against one of the metal braces for the radio. So I moved it away and WA-LA!! The radio sounds better than it has in long time! I taped it up and drove it around some and so far so good! I've noticed some others have had the same problem with their speakers. I hope this helps!!! It took me 3 times of looking to actually find the bare wire due

About a month ago both my left speakers in my 02 Ford Expl sport, started cutting out whenever I'd hit a bump. The volume would either go real low or they'd cut out all together. Then a week ago, my right speakers started doing the same thing. I've had the Z1 in over a year now, so I tried to take it back to the professional shop that installed it, but they had a month waiting list, so I managed to get into best buy and asked them to troubleshoot it. They said the voice coils were going on the stock speakers so I should replace them. I did (yeh yeh I know, but who doesn't want new speaker

About a month ago I noticed that my left speakers were cutting out (going real low actually) whenever I'd hit a large bump and then they'd come back on when I'd hit another bump. I haven't got around to troubleshooting that yet, but yesterday I noticed that the backlight on my GPS screen was going from 'daylight' to 'night' background whenever I'd hit a bump?? WTF?? Yes I live in the boonies, so this is a problem. I did pull out the unit and checked the main connector and didn't see anything loose and couldn't replicate the speakers cutting out by tugging on different wires. Anyone have a

When I've disconnected my battery to do other work, sometime my Z1 will boot up slowly until I reset it. Unfortunately I don't have the bluetooth module, so I can't tell you if you'll loose all your contacts. I know I didn't loose my radio and xm presets if that helps. Good luck

sorry, I was wondering if they made 7.5 amp agc fuses. I know they make them for atm, and think that is what the terk guy was talking about.

installthis06 and cntrylvr79, thanks for responding!!! IT'S WORKING!!! When I started up my truck after submitting my last post, XM was working fine. I've turned my truck off and on 5 times since then with no problems. installthis06: I measured 12v before the fuse, but that is where the problem was. The in-line fuse holder came apart and the fuse fell out. I installed a 2amp fuse, and E-taped the fuse holder together for a temp fix. I'll get another in-line fuse holder this weekend and put everything together properly. I also got an e-mail from Terk saying that I should use a

Ok,I called Terk at 0900 this morning and they said to install a '5 amp' fuse before I even told him what model I had? So I picked up both a 2 amp and a 5 amp fuse, figured I'd try the 2amp first and if that blew, I'd try the 5 amp. Well, the more I thought about it, I decided to call Terk back and ask them again (hoping I'd get a different person). Well, I got a different person, and I also got a different answer. This time they said 7.5 amp fuse?? I'm assuming he was confused and thought I was talking about atm fuses because they don't even make 7.5 agc fuses that I'm aware of.