Originally Posted by TreeFiddyZee

Yeah. Looks good until you put a big gash in the screen. Doh!
Right. BT, GPS and DVD are built-in. It also has an awesome iPod interface. You have to buy a separate cable depending on what iPod you have. I have the "Classic" so it plays audio and video from the iPod.

Here's a few shots that I just took. They aren't that great, but it's COLD OUTSIDE!!! My dash doesn't really look that bad either. I guess the camera exposes everything.






Stealth. With tinted windows, you can't even tell it's fake. I might try to engineer it better to recess it all the way. When the unit turns on, it pops out so I can pull the face off. Magnets FTW.

Originally Posted by HawaiianBBQ

Hey TreeFiddyZee! Don't lie to yourself bro. Cameras tell it like it is (unless it was a pic of me in Vegas) your dash has been kickin it with Freddy Krueger. It's time to replace it, paint it or slap some CF vinyl on it. As for the head unit, check out crutchfield.com, they will be able to assist you with the proper gear and they price match so do some research. But remember, the longer you wait to get the upgrades after you purchased the head-unit (i.e bluetooth adapter, ipod adapter and sat), the upgrades WILL BE harder to find. Good Luck, Have Fun & Z-out!

Originally Posted by 07rdsterGT

You sir, jerk off way too much in your car.

How did you get that sweet 350z load screen and background? Can I do that to my DDX712? I thought I was stuck with the 3 skins it came with and that was it.

Originally Posted by TreeFiddyZee

I'm pretty sure you can do the startup screen. It took me forever to get it to work. Here's the explanation that I posted awhile back. https://my350z.com/forum/6428964-post319.html
There is a "convert" file that you need that I can email to you.

If you go to page 68 of your manual, it shows the "User Wallpaper" area. You load images onto a USB device and connect, then you can load them into your system. You can only load 3 images at once. As far as skins, I think you are stuck with the 3 supplied unless you're a huge computer geek and want to figure out how to change them. The wallpaper/background image is separate.

Originally Posted by 07rdsterGT

I see! Email that file to me please at

justintime83 at gmail dot com

Also, NO images ever show up in that little box for the track that is currently playing. Do I have to manually load an image into each album folder so that it will show up when a track from that album plays? I looked for this stuff in my manual but didn't see anything about this stuff. I'll look again tonight.

I excited to do this tonight~!

Originally Posted by TreeFiddyZee

I'll email you tonight. I use iTunes and the images are either with the downloaded files, marry up to files burned from CD or you can manually add them to the albums. I know there are other ways to do this than iTunes, but I doubt any are as easy.

Originally Posted by 07rdsterGT

Dude. Same thing here. I use iTunes but yet my headunit never loads a image for any track. Never.

I use a 40GB hard drive as my slip disk though, but I don't see what that would have to do with anything.

Yeah, please email it to me

Originally Posted by TreeFiddyZee

Yeah. Looks good until you put a big gash in the screen. Doh!
Right. BT, GPS and DVD are built-in. It also has an awesome iPod interface. You have to buy a separate cable depending on what iPod you have. I have the "Classic" so it plays audio and video from the iPod.

Here's a few shots that I just took. They aren't that great, but it's COLD OUTSIDE!!! My dash doesn't really look that bad either. I guess the camera exposes everything.






Stealth. With tinted windows, you can't even tell it's fake. I might try to engineer it better to recess it all the way. When the unit turns on, it pops out so I can pull the face off. Magnets FTW.

Originally Posted by zcoupe

WOW man! do you have some long claws on the end of those finger tips of yours or was your dog chewing on your interior? why is it sooooo scratched?

Originally Posted by TreeFiddyZee

Let's just say I'm no professional installer. Some of the stuff up top is actually dust. I also shot low-res.
After cleaning it looks a little better. Definitely time to do a little C***e.

Originally Posted by zcoupe

haha i hear ya man. they have diy pages that show how to get the head unit out. there really isnt much prying that has to be done. anyway like the hu. i like the 350z wallpapers on it

Originally Posted by TreeFiddyZee

Crowbar and a small sledge hammer. That's my tools of choice!

The didn't have any DIYs as to where to lay the thing when you take it out.
(Note to self. Metal scratches plastic).

I can't believe it *** out my C-F-age. Jiminy

Originally Posted by TreeFiddyZee

OH. That's why then. When you "sync" to the iPod, part of the syncing actually moves the thumbnail images also plus metadata I'm guessing. I know there is a folder on my Mac that contains all of the preview images separately from the music files. They aren't embedded in the music files.

Originally Posted by TreeFiddyZee

I'm pretty sure you can do the startup screen. It took me forever to get it to work. Here's the explanation that I posted awhile back. https://my350z.com/forum/6428964-post319.html
There is a "convert" file that you need that I can email to you.

If you go to page 68 of your manual, it shows the "User Wallpaper" area. You load images onto a USB device and connect, then you can load them into your system. You can only load 3 images at once. As far as skins, I think you are stuck with the 3 supplied unless you're a huge computer geek and want to figure out how to change them. The wallpaper/background image is separate.