welp, finally got everything all set up today since i had some time off work.
Note: i found the culprit of the poor audio quality for me. the antenna adapter was giving me bad reception until i followed the instructions 2forme posted earlier in the thread about also wiring the blue wire of the antenna adapter to the blue wire on the unit. That made the fm reception crystal clear, but it was also the cause of my 2 door speakers and the 2 small speakers on the dash not functioning. disconnecting the blue wire from the antenna adapter and hooking it to the blue wire on the metra dash harness brought all 8 of my speakers back online and now it sounds fantastic! I can stand to live with poor fm reception, since all i listen to is my ipod and sirius xm anyhow.
Im not entirely thrilled about the fitment of my unit. I had to set the beatsonic dash kit behind the left and right bezel on the unit, which leaves this strange little gap in the center of each side. Its not really that noticable, and if i cared too much about the fitment, id sell this unit and buy the one that nzer bought. (which i might do someday anyways v.v) Pic of fitment included at the bottom.
Only things i have left to do are buy the better usb hub and bluetooth adapter that narcoden posted a little further back, and get my torque app up and running. I tried using a iogear usb bluetooth adapter i had been using for my PC, but it cant hold a connection to the OBD 2 controller. I can search and find it, but when i pair, it connects for about 2 seconds and then disconnects. Does anyone have any idea why this is? Im thinking the adapter is suspect, but if i dont have to buy another one, then thats even better!
Oh...and a HTC One for hotspotting
