after sworing off eclipse for good years ago, i finally get to install one of their new nav units...and of course runs into an issue lol

i cant seem to find any menu to adjust the non-fading (subwoofer) output on the eclipse avn 5500? does it just not have this feature? i dont see it in the manual eithere...

if thats the case this is gotta be the dumbest thing ever...but i am hoping its not the case...

help an installer out please

 

according to eclipses site it does have controls for it, but where the hell is it lol

gotta leave it up to them to make hard to find functions

let see if someone answers me before i figure it out with my pea brain...race is on!

b

 

I have a AVN 5500 and can't seem to find that function too.....

I even took it to a installer friend who says he didn't think that function is available.

The things I like about this unit, The pros:
Good navi
Sound quality is excellent.
Built-in 9 band EQ

The things I think should get improvement for the price (I paid $1850 for it) The cons:
*Only 6 preset FM and AM channels, really dumb for a unit costing this much.
*Can't seem to find non-fading
*Don't play WMA, while most $200 H/U can do that, my bad for not paying attention when I bought it.
*HD tuner cost $400+ for Eclipse while Kenwood and Pioneer are half that.
*I wanted something like the navtraffic but it's not XM compatible.

So there's my little review for the AVN5500, hopefully that helps in letting you decide which H/U to sell to your customers base on their needs. Overall, Eclipse don't have all the bells and whistle of Pioneers, but the sound quality and Navi is great.


I.F.

 

this might be a dumb question but are there nonfader outputs on the back of the unit?

as I recall from my 5494...it is under one of the menus totally unrelated to audio settings.

 

well, with a help of an eclispe dealer i figured it out...

and his comments when i asked him the first time was "oh yeah...its the dumbest thing...."

lol

bascially, press INFO ont he right hand side, then press settings, and there is a menu bar called SUB CONT, it only ranges from 1 to 4!!!?!??!? meaning there are only FOUR STEPS OF ADJUSTING THE BASS!!

so its pretty useless IMO...and a bit retarded...

the manual makes no mention of this int he audio section...

 

That sucks. My AVN unit is pretty much the same way. I paid a crap load for it too. The best deal in terms of a wonderful sounding double dins now seems to be the alpine IVA with the seperate processor.