HackAbuse

Well, I've been having some horrible problems with my stock deck lately. It takes FOREVER to initialize CD's (from 15-60 seconds) and even if the CD is brand spankin new it skips like nuts. I seriously think the excessive amount of bass in my car must have rattled something loose in the CD player, because it can read/play worth **** anymore. I Don't want to get an aftermarket deck either because, 1. I have Steering Wheel Controls 2. I use my XM Sat Radio 3. Single DIN Dash kits look like crap on our cars.

I have a feeling if I bring it to the dealer they will blame it my CDs and not the CD player.

Xavipheus

Well the first problem is, its the stock deck.

Of all people to have a stock deck. Why dont you just get a double din deck with a XM tuner and the Pac controls?

BTW how you getting signals to the monster subs? Speaker Level Inputs? You would get such better sound with nice pre outs are configured right

HackAbuse

I used a line level converter, and if I had money to get a Double Din /w XM and steering wheel inputs i'd do it in an instant

only problem is I only make around 100-130 bucks a week

memphisr24

HELLZ YEAH to the 100-130 a week (thats me as well). I had a 12' sub hooked up with the stock radio. I would miss the steering wheel controls like u would bc i just oculdnt deal without them. They do make kits though, but I don't think i've seen a kit to keep ALL of the controls...A niCe in dash tv/nav/dvd/cd/mp3 player would be niCe though

d_backer1

Had pretty much the same problem with my stock deck... just used one of those CD laser lens cleaners and seemed to do the trick The dust here in AZ seems to get everywhere

Xavipheus

im in the same boat with the 150 a week meng. But just take it to the dealer, they will prob just swap it out

HickOverLOrd

same here

ted5986

just wondering....not bashing, how do you guys pay car payment/insurance and mod the **** out of your cars on theat salary? i make close to 500 a week and between rent,car payment and insurance i can barely save enough for gas and goodies for my car and quad

EmperorJJ1

iTrader: (5)

lol thats what i was thinking...

HackAbuse

Payments = $253/mo

I don't currently pay my insurance.

so i make roughly 400-500 a month, half of which goes to car payments, and the rest is for mods

Bandit2941

I'm thinking the same thing......

What about things like gas, food, drinking, entertainment, etc????

I burn EASILY $150-200 per week just on that stuff, not counting bills etc......

Coblt ss super

yeah the cds are getting stuck inside my stock deck about to change it out for the flat screen panasonic deck!!!

EvlPeanut

I had problems with my stock deck a few weeks ago. CD's sometimes wouldn't read, or would skip... and after 45 min of continuous driving, the CD player would get so hot that it just wouldn't read the discs anymore...

Took it to the dealer, they ordered a new player and they got the company that does there audio warranty work to meet me at my job site to replace it on site.

R33P3R007

mine just stopped going to xm. like even when my free subscription ended before i started paying... i could at least go to band xm1 and xm2 but not change channels from the info one. i cant get to them at all anymore. they just stopped working. and why the heell am i still paying for XM then. WTF i gotta cancel that ****. and i liked it too.

HackAbuse

Food and gas is about 40-50 a week, most of my food is free because I work at subway

And the only entertainment I gt is watchin tv or working on mods, i have no life, seriously

Bandit2941

That's cool though. You don't have to hold yourself up to other peoples standards of what "a life" is. How old are you? I'm guessing still in high school/just out of high school?

Xavipheus

I pay for my car payments (180) and I make 190 a week. My parents pay for my gas (only about $40 a month) because I pay for other **** like my cell and some of the insurance (only the amount it added adding my car), the rest I blow on my girlfriend and food. And when theres some left over, I spend it on mods. And yeah im still in HS, but I've got a good job as a computer tech for my school district

HackAbuse

17 yrs

Bandit2941

That's cool man. 400-500 a month is pretty damn good working PT @ 17 yrs old. I bet you've got the nicest ride at your HS.

Xavipheus sounds a lot like me when I was in HS - I had a job working for my district's technology department as well. Started out summers and after school, then summers and after college, then to another district, then to a third district, and now I'm at a BOCES doing the same stuff. Going to different districts was good because I made a lot of contacts, which is helpful since I'm finishing my teaching degree and will be graduating in May. I'm 23 now BTW.

What are your guys' plans for the future? College?

EmperorJJ1

iTrader: (5)

word of advice: college is hard... go to class

HackAbuse

College most def, without a doubt

Information Technology Systems - Bachelors Degree hopefully

Psykostevo

Dealer should replace the stock deck. I had a similar problem in my G6 and they replaced it twice before the problem was solved.

Xavipheus

Yeah I started out in the summer cleaning out dusbunnies in computers and worked my way up. Now they actully pay me durning study hall and lunch to work, its a pretty sweet deal. Im gonna go a community college around here for 2 years and then transfer to like TCNJ. I wanna stay real local so I can work durning my free time so when i get out of college ill have a headstart getting to be a sysadmin with 4-5 years experience of being a computer tech

USMCFieldMP

iTrader: (1)

They replaced mine... twice... no questions asked. Just buy a new CD... take it... IN THE WRAPPER to them... put it in.. and let it skip!

Bandit2941

Ugh, HackAbuse & Xavipheus, I beg you guys to reconsider.....

IT is one of the most unrewarding jobs you'll ever find. Its fun and challenging at first (which is why I got my Comp Sci degree before switching to teaching) but now that I've been doing it for 6 or 7 years it sucks. Once you get past the original challenges and cool stuff, it turns into mundane everyday support. There's only so much to be done with router and switch config and such. And, every person that submits a trouble ticket thinks they should be at the top of your priorities for some reason, especially when they come down to the office and see you doing work on a server or something, they think you're doing nothing and not helping them.

And worse yet, there's no money in it, at least not around here. The market is flooded and the pay sucks.

Oh yeah, Xav, your plan is good, that's exactly what I did. Its nice working and going to school because you actually have money, unlike the rest of the college population. The only problem is that you'll quickly realize how immature everyone else is at college since they don't actually have a real job with responsibilities. This past semester I worked full time and took 13 credits, and included in those were two of the hardest undergrad classes, abstract algebra and methods for math teaching. The whole time I had to listen to classmates bitch about it being so hard and so much work, when all they did was go to school. I ended up with a 4.0, some of them failed. Sucks to be them.