chances of fitting a Honda OEM MP3 player... double din.

[gsus]

While I know there are aftermarket options out there, I would like to use an OEM radio as my upgrade. I currently have a 97 Integra CD player in my car... but I want MP3 playback capability. I know our cars are made for single din players... but I have that extra, lower storage compartment below my current stereo. I was thinking, that it might be possible to somehow get a stereo to fit in there. I would then just put a pocket/sleeve where the oem radio used to be. Any ideas or input here?
Here is the radio that i was talking about:


I'm also willing to use another (Nissan, Mitsubishi, Subaru, mazda, GM, Ford, etc) OEM radio from another car manufacturer that is a single din fit.... but i don't know of any single din stock MP3 players.

[ghettogeddy]

um im sure u could fit it in the tape holder thing u would just have to make a braket and extend the stock harness but im dure it could be done

[mkymonkey]

thats not an OEM radio. i should know i have two of those cars lol

[ghettogeddy]

ive seen silver stock honda radios

[ghettogeddy]

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-94-05-Honda-...QQcmdZViewItem
heres a single add on u would just have to get the stereo it goes to and mount the cd plaer in the tape holder

[mkymonkey]

yeah but i dont think that was an option for the 7thgen civic

[MessyHonda]

looks like a mini van deck...i dont like it...lol

[gsus]

Ummm it’s from a 2005 SPECIAL EDITION Civic . There was one on ebay not too long ago… has a Honda badge on it too!
If Honda made another din style mp3 player I would be all over it, but this is the only one that I know of. I also wanted to keep it Honda, but whatever. Maybe I’ll just get a scion stereo put in my car :O.
Here are a few links to the SE MP3 stereo
http://www.edmunds.com/apps/vdpconta.../pageNumber=12
http://ramsayshonda.com/Ramsays/Show...=4&x=0.7602808
http://www.automotive.com/features/a...an-stereo.html
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/p...ead.php?t=9635

[gsus]

um im sure u could fit it in the tape holder thing u would just have to make a braket and extend the stock harness but im dure it could be done

Extending the wires is no problem, luckily they make reverse harnesses for quite a few factory stereo’s. And they make antenna extensions too.. but I wont need that cuz my factory one is useless… it broke! I have an aftermarket one already .

My biggest issue is figuring out how to mount the stereo in there. Maybe I’ll just get lazy and try to find an OEM looking ‘aftermarket’ single din stereo.

[gsus]

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-94-05-Honda-...QQcmdZViewItem
heres a single add on u would just have to get the stereo it goes to and mount the cd plaer in the tape holder

hmmm... that might just be the easiest way to go about getting mp3 playback...

[MessyHonda]

i say you save the money an get a real deck($150) gets you a real nice aftermarket deck...the honda decks are way underpowered i think for the lx-i its like 10 wats per channel

[gsus]

i say you save the money an get a real deck($150) gets you a real nice aftermarket deck...the honda decks are way underpowered i think for the lx-i its like 10 wats per channel

Here’s the reason why I do not want an aftermarket stereo.
Last year my dad bought an aftermarket CASSETTE player for his other car, a Corolla, and living in the neighborhood that we live in… I kept telling him to remove the faceplate to prevent thiefs from trying to steal the stereo and damaging his car. Well my dad is not very good at remember thing of this matter… so months later someone broke one of his windows in the middle of the night and attempted to steal the radio. They managed to break the window, damage the dash and lastly damage what they were attempting to steal- the radio. So that put an end to his aftermarket stereo carreer. And since he shares the accord with me, it needs a stock or stock looking stereo. Besides it’s nice to not have to worry about having to remove the faceplate every time your away from your car for a while. But like I said if I can find a stock looking stereo that doesn’t look completely aftermarket, I’m all for it. At the moment the Accord is rocking a 97 Integra CD player, but with no mp3 playback…. It does sound way better than the stock accord radio, that’s for sure! I’m not looking for anything major. Hell I’m putting Jensen speakers in the front and some Pioneer 6x9 speakers in the back that I got for free. I’m not looking for an awesome sound system… just something that I can hear .

[MessyHonda]

Here’s the reason why I do not want an aftermarket stereo.
Last year my dad bought an aftermarket CASSETTE player for his other car, a Corolla, and living in the neighborhood that we live in… I kept telling him to remove the faceplate to prevent thiefs from trying to steal the stereo and damaging his car. Well my dad is not very good at remember thing of this matter… so months later someone broke one of his windows in the middle of the night and attempted to steal the radio. They managed to break the window, damage the dash and lastly damage what they were attempting to steal- the radio. So that put an end to his aftermarket stereo carreer. And since he shares the accord with me, it needs a stock or stock looking stereo. Besides it’s nice to not have to worry about having to remove the faceplate every time your away from your car for a while. But like I said if I can find a stock looking stereo that doesn’t look completely aftermarket, I’m all for it. At the moment the Accord is rocking a 97 Integra CD player, but with no mp3 playback…. It does sound way better than the stock accord radio, that’s for sure! I’m not looking for anything major. Hell I’m putting Jensen speakers in the front and some Pioneer 6x9 speakers in the back that I got for free. I’m not looking for an awesome sound system… just something that I can hear .

yeah my car also got broken into smart me didnt evey bother to take of the faceplate...i walways left it on. once i had left my door unlocked for 3 days and nothing happen....the day i close all my windows and doors this happens...it was only 15-20ft away from my house. thats why i would rather invest in a cheap alarm that protect your car than to try to get a silver double din stereo that wont look OEM... you got to talk to frantik he has a EQ that he has bypassed and hooked up his Ipod on his stock stereo. and it does not sound bad...it will sound even better on the teg or prelude stereo

[guaynabo89]

you can fit it no problem. there will be alot of fiberglass epoxy work to get it to look nice and fit properly.

kind of like this....

[A18A]

you can fit it no problem. there will be alot of fiberglass epoxy work to get it to look nice and fit properly.
kind of like this....

that looks pretty good, wouldnt the ash tray and lighter get in the way of the view though? i think it looks better in a 3gee than a 4g cause the 4g is completly vertical and the 3gee one is on a angle

[frantik]

you got to talk to frantik he has a EQ that he has bypassed and hooked up his Ipod on his stock stereo. and it does not sound bad...it will sound even better on the teg or prelude stereo

i didn't bypass the eq, i just added an input before the eq and a switch to switch between the headunit and the ipod.

i was gonna suggest the same thing and just get a head unit with a line in

and a newer stereo is going to stand out in an old car, especially if it's all silver and shit and might still be mistaken for an aftermarket deck

[gsus]

and a newer stereo is going to stand out in an old car, especially if it's all silver and shit and might still be mistaken for an aftermarket deck

While that could happene... (I would hope that) the fact that it is an OEM radio would hopefully prevent them from damaging the dash. I only posted that silver one because it's seemingly the only Din style (and not molded into the dash) radio that Honda offers. Anyhow, I will most likely just add that MP3 CD player add-on to my current 97 Integra unit.

[guaynabo89]

that looks pretty good, wouldnt the ash tray and lighter get in the way of the view though? i think it looks better in a 3gee than a 4g cause the 4g is completly vertical and the 3gee one is on a angle

Actually its angled just right so you can look at it from the driver and pasanger seats. The ashtray an lighter in no way block the view.The fourth gen would be difficult to see since it would be angled to low and would look dim from the driver and pasanger positions.

[gsus]

Not exactly OEM Honda... but optional OEM Hyundai :p

It's a Kendwood - KDC-MPV622H3

It's basically a Kendwood - KDC-MPV622

Key Features:
* Detachable flip down faceplate
* High and Low Pass Electronic Crossovers
* Kenwood Music Keg Ready
* Plays MP3 Encoded CD-Rs and Conventional CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs
* Preouts Front and Rear
* System Q Sound Control: with user memory
* Color Shock Variable Color Display
* CR-2 Advanced Tuner
* 24 AM/FM Channel Presets
* High and Low Pass Filters
* Satellite Radio & HD Ready
* CD Changer Controls
* Seek Tuning
* 22 Watts RMS/50 Peak x 4 Channels
* Front and Switchable rear/subwoofer preamp outputs
* Optional Auxiliary Input
* Rotary Encoder Volume Control
* Clock

[ghettogeddy]

u might as well get a aftermarket for the price that thing id gona run
just get a clarion they look pritty stock

[gsus]

^^^ i paid $50 for it... brand new (works for me, I'll probably end up selling the Integra radio for $20 anyhow... so i end up paying $30 ). I just bought it today online... so i have to wait for it to come in now.

[ghettogeddy]

pic of the integra cd player and dibs if ull hold till fri

[gsus]

pic of the integra cd player and dibs if ull hold till fri

I don't have any recent pics... but you can go here to see the pics of when when i first got it in January. It'll be up for sale once I get the new radio in... so that'd be sometime next week.

[ghettogeddy]

just say sold and tell me when your ready lol
also shipping to 94509 and dose it need a code

[MessyHonda]

how much power do thoes prelude cd and accura cd players push out?