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Posted: Mar 03 2005 at 9:02pm \| IP Logged

Hi All,
Just got finished with phase 1 of the audio / video system in my Titan.

First I completely checked out the stock Rockford system. The head unit is a Clarion name but made by Panasonic. The amplifier also says Clarion, but then says Made in USA by Rockford Corp. The speakers say Clarion and Nissan. The 8" woofer is a Rockford Fosgate dual voice coil woofer complete with logo, but obviously a custom design for the Titan. The woofer box says Clairion. Each channel runs at 2 ohms including the woofer, except the center channel which is 4 ohms.

I decided to leave the speakers in and see how they sounded. I intalled a Kenwood KVT-915 DVD and a MTX Thunder 895 5- Channel amplifier.

The 915 has an external center channel amplifier
The 895 has 4 channels for the front and rear and 1 channel for the subs, it has no problems running at 2 ohms.

The 895 fits perfectly under the passenger seat. The out board amp and dsp / tv tuner processor for the 915 was installed under the front center console / seat.
For those that have the front bench seat / console: If you remove the seat / console you will see a plastic drink holder with a tray. Almost like those cheap consoles you see in Pep Boys. I modified that small console and it fits the hideaway unit for the 915 like a glove. Be careful under that little console is the air bag sensor.

I tapped into the speaker wires at the rockford amp.

I have to say now that I am done and have adjusted the crossover points of the factory speakers I am fairly impressed.

Once you set the sub at 60hz or below you can get some decent bass. Not like a 12" but better than any single 8" i have seen. It is impressive. If it sounded like this in the first place I may have left the system in. I take that back,the system would come out, the tuner is absolutely crappy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The front door spekers are excellent. The give great low and mid bass with exceptional volume levels. The front tweeters ( they call them tweeters ) are really 2'speakers ( i'm guessing on the size ) with a cap on them. The sound quality is good , but I think those will come out in favor of some decent tweeters.
The center channel is a similar 2" speaker with a cap on it. Not to impressive but it works well enough for center channel.
The rear door speakers are not that great. thay do not have the range or volume capabilitie as the front do. They are a candidate for replacement. The rear tweeters are just that- tweeters. They are fine.

Overall with the system adjusted it sounds very impressive. Tomorrow I will play with the parametric eq and fine tune it a bit more.

Next steps:

Install the dual diversity tv antennas,
Kenwood 4100 navigation system
Kenwood sirrius tuner
Rear overhead video system

and last change those few speakers i mentioned.

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Posted: Mar 04 2005 at 7:45am \| IP Logged

Thanks Venomous for the excellent write up and comments. Your phase one approch seems to be as close to a plug & play as one could get. Looking forward to reading about the rest of your changes.

Keep us posted and, if you have the ability, some pics would be cool.

Tom

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Posted: Mar 18 2005 at 10:40pm \| IP Logged

Ok, I installed the Navigation, Sirius and TV antennas.

I posted photos under Venomous.

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Posted: Mar 19 2005 at 11:55am \| IP Logged

nice pics. good job

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Posted: Mar 23 2005 at 7:46am \| IP Logged

Very Nice! Where did you get the back seat and how is it mounted?

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Posted: Mar 24 2005 at 6:48am \| IP Logged

I have a post under Titan Modifications and looks. It's under utilitrack seating.
There is also one with more detail at titantalk.com

hope this helps

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