HOWTO: Nakamichi CD400 Installation

[Denlasoul]

Originally posted by J Irwan
Dennis,

I think the one you have is different adapter all together.

The one you have will allow you to add additional Ampilifer.. via RCA connector. (this is assuming you want to use your stock Headunit which doesn't have RCA ouput).

Hmmm. Well, this item has both RCA and an 8 line something (four speakers perhaps). It's weird, cuz the output end has both options. I can swap one for the other. It also has four dials I can use to tweak something (I was guessing that it is similar to what I have read in the numerous posts). Maybe I'll try without it first. Btw, I got a Nakamichi HU (a MB-VI).

edit: I just read from another website that the SVEN4 can be use as a line converter: Description 2

[Denlasoul]

Ok, finally got my system in and sounds great. I did end up using the SVEN4 as a line converter, and works well. It was interesting to see how things sounded as I played with the adjustment levels.

I do have two aspects that I am wondering about:

1) pnsji, how did you get the Nak' HU fit so flush with the dash? Mine sticks out a bit, and would be great if I can get my nit to sit like that.

2) My HU is illuminated as soon as it's turned on. Is this normal? I guess I am used to the OEM HU to illuminate when I turned on the parking lights. Can my HU be wired up like that too? Did I miss something?

Thanks

[sig425]

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-vlS1GB7...1&I=142CMA02++

scosche makes a converter too.
Its used to convert most head units 4 ohms signals to older bose amp 2 ohm signals. i have no idea if the benz system is 2 ohm or not. But, I was under the impression that all bose systems were 2 ohm. Why does this matter? Well a nak deck is a high powered head, if you turn it all the way up, the bose amps might not like the power for long periods of use. they could burn out. As I said, i dont know enough about Benz systems to say for sure... but it is worth looking into.

[sig425]

Originally posted by Denlasoul

1) pnsji, how did you get the Nak' HU fit so flush with the dash? Mine sticks out a bit, and would be great if I can get my nit to sit like that.

The nak deck should have a bunch of mounting holes along the chasis that will permit you to slide it further into the mounting sleeve. On my older deck they were in a triangle so it could be mounted higher or lower. On my newer deck... they are in a straight line. If not, you could drill a hole in the sleeve where you want it and then run the screw through the new hole.

[J Irwan]

Originally posted by Denlasoul
Ok, finally got my system in and sounds great. I did end up using the SVEN4 as a line converter, and works well. It was interesting to see how things sounded as I played with the adjustment levels.

I do have two aspects that I am wondering about:

1) pnsji, how did you get the Nak' HU fit so flush with the dash? Mine sticks out a bit, and would be great if I can get my nit to sit like that.

2) My HU is illuminated as soon as it's turned on. Is this normal? I guess I am used to the OEM HU to illuminate when I turned on the parking lights. Can my HU be wired up like that too? Did I miss something?

Thanks

D,

1.) Nakamichi will not sit flish with the trim. The stick out a little bit.
It is by design. A lot of newer headunit won't sit flush due to their dimension.

2.) This is because the illumination wires to the headunit is connected to the car's ACC wires. Which is more like preference to me. I always connect the headunit's illumination/dimm wires to the car's ACC wires. You could connect the headunit illumination wires to the cars's dimmer/illumination wires - if you do this when you turn the light the headunit will be illuminated.
(I tried this before, and what happened sometime depending on the weather and the amount of light I had a hardtime reading the display. That's why I connect my headunits illumination to the ACC wires.


Regardz,

[chriswm]

Hey pnsji, any chance you could upload the photos from this tutorial to a new place? This tutorial would be very helpful.

[adge_dre]

are the pictures removed from this thread?

[jnolte]

are the pictures removed from this thread?

this thread is like from 2003!

[wichipong]

this thread is like from 2003!

and last post on it before the question about pics was 7 years ago...

[RemoLexi]

I never understood what the hype was about installing that old calculator in a 202.

[adge_dre]

I know this is a 12 year old thread. I was just making sure it wasn't just me that couldn't see the pictures. It would have been really helpfull. I'm trying to install a head unit with my Bose system and I was told to refer to the nakamichi thread. To bad its way out dated

[jnolte]

I know this is a 12 year old thread. I was just making sure it wasn't just me that couldn't see the pictures. It would have been really helpfull. I'm trying to install a head unit with my Bose system and I was told to refer to the nakamichi thread. To bad its way out dated

site crashed a while back and a lot of great info was lost unfortunatly