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YOUR RESEARCHDenison unit not necessarily plug and play...
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I bought the Denison Galaxy 500 and attempted to have it installed today.
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I had the gateway 500 installed today and took it to the dealer where they turned on the CDC function and it works well.
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Question for all of you who have installed the unit.
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I spent probably 45 minutes trying to figure out the optical connectors, and ultimately found the right connector to splice the existing MOST fibers directly to the Dension box w/o using additional cables.
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I spent probably 45 minutes trying to figure out the optical connectors, and ultimately found the right connector to splice the existing MOST fibers directly to the Dension box w/o using additional cables.
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I bought the Denison Galaxy 500 and attempted to have it installed today. Unfortunately this was unsuccessful. I have the CD-R 23 head unit that will also accept a CD changer. Problem is, since I don't have a CD changer, the head unit needs to be reprogrammed (by the dealer!) in order to recognize the Denison box. So, if you are in a similar situation, you may want to get your head unit reprogrammed FIRST, so that the installer can troubleshoot the actual installation.
Grant
You should change the title of the thread to something like "Thinking about getting a Denison unit? Possibly not all plug & play"
This way you are passing along information and not making it sound like Eric's fault.
My $ .02.
Agreed, not cool dude - kind of a ****ty title. Eric did us all a huge favor in putting this together and making a company get moving on this solution.
...okay, so it wasn't just me that thought that.
Certainly the fact that you bought the unit from Eric was irrrelevent to anything that you experienced, so shouldn't have been brought into the conversation.
Okay,
I am an idiot. Eric just replied to my email I sent him pointing him to this thread and he also felt like I was blaming him. I would like to take this moment to publicly apologize to him for this misunderstanding. Eric provided a great service and I appreciate being included in the group buy. Sorry for bungling what I thought might be an informative post.
Grant
No sweat guys. Appreciate the notes.
I think there are numerous issues we will all run into during installation as each head unit is different the way it handles this installation.
Feel free to email me with ANY issues if you cannot resolve through Dension, and I'll dig for the info.
Thanks!
Just thought I would add a quick note to say that I got mine yesterday and installed it. It took me a couple hours, but mostly because I was going slow and trying not to break anything. I spent probably 45 minutes trying to figure out the optical connectors, and ultimately found the right connector to splice the existing MOST fibers directly to the Dension box w/o using additional cables. I did what may be the easiest install, removing the CD changer and replacing it with the Dension box and ipod (to stay in the trunk). It worked the first time I turned on the PCM. It's going to take a while to understand the UI of this unit (Steve Jobs would cringe), but it definitely works. For me, it was plug and play. At this point, it looks like it only displays song title, not artist or album info, but maybe there is another way to configure it (I didn't have much time to play after the install).
Question for all of you who have installed the unit. What do you need to enable the cd changer...can it be done with Durametric software or do you need a PST2 (or better) Porsche system tester? TIA.
Hamilton
I am in your situation right now! my 03 with cdr23 and no changer is at a local installer but they are anble to get it working. Do I need to ask the dealer to progam the head unit so that it thinks there is a cd changer?
Thanks for any info!
Thanks for the info!
I had the gateway 500 installed today and took it to the dealer where they turned on the CDC function and it works well. Now....is there anyway to get playlist names or track titles to display on my cdr23 head unit display?
Thanks for any MORE help
Hamilton
I figured some things out
to shuffle hit menu button and then "RP" key (random play)
disks 1-4 correspond to your ipods first four play list
disk 5 is all songs
disk 6 is a menu function
random play has to be reselected each time you turn off your car...but stays on if you unhook your ipod and reconnect it when you return to your car
cheers
I took mine to the dealer. CDR23. They charged me $70 to enable CDC - hmm... I told them how to do it (I was the first one asking) but they said they had to cover for the software. It took 3 min. Oh well. I have it working:-)
Only thing left is to figure out best place to get power for my more long term install. I have it in the trunk and the fiber connected to the amp (no CD). Any thoughts/suggestions where/how to tap into power appreciated. I feel a little bit uncomfertable cutting cables.
As an aside, the reason that CDC must be enabled is that the Dension/iPod unit emulates or appears to the headunit as a CDC, since there is no Dension/MOST/iPod node recognized by the headunit (MOST master) as it did not exist and is not in the S/W.
You are therefore limited to CDC functionality with your iPod.
Just the limitations of reverse engineering an OEM design.
