check out the files that are on post #1 for the pics of the finished product....
lol...you said "rip"..ok sorry bad joke....naw man but you should of seen the way i got while i was working on the accord that im rebuilding for my wife...i was trying to get the shift cable plate off the tranny and while i broke the bolt off i busted my knuckles on the tranny it self...i crawled out from under the car and just like Ralphy from "A CHRISTMAS STORY" when he's beating up the bully...i too was yelling in some strange tounges...i was so pissed off and in pain that i wanted to break sumthin on the car. i said no cus that's just gonna cost me more money. so i got a hammer and started whaling on the concrete driveway. after a couple of 100mph swings, i chipped a piece of cement and hit me in the eye. so now im walking back and forth screaming like a mad man with a busted and bleeding hand, my glasses on the floor, my busted hand over my cement filled eye. i lost it....stupid friggin car, yelling through the window to my wife...."is this what you want, you and this stupid car" so i go and hit the fender with the hammer. bieng it that i didn't have enought with that...i threw a flying kick to the rest of the fender.....and busted my ...well you know where and tore my pants....just a lil story i wanted to share with you all.....it's all good!

 

Can anyone help me? I am no audio expert. When I plug my Ipod into the jack on my HHR, I have to turn the volume all the way up to hear it. If I forget to turn it down it is absolutely blaring when I go back to XM, or radio, or CD. Any idea why it does this and can I buy something to fix it?

 

Turn your iPod volume all the way up before cranking the radio volume, that should help.

 

Thanks, I am no audio expert, but I did have that figured out. What I meant was that with the volume on the Ipod at full, I can turn the radio volume all the way up and it is still not very loud.

 

because the factory radio does not have the proper processing.

 

Processing has nothing to do with it. It's a matter of impedance mismatch. Buy one of the various preamps and use that to boost the signal. I use a Ten Tech FlexDock but Belkin also has a very nice combo lighter plug/inline preamp that'll boost the signal to where the factory HU can play it at a higher volume.

 

thanks for crapping on my answer in place of the same answer. i am a pro installer or was for the last 7 years til i landed my new job. a sound processor allows the units to be matched(pre amp
), but if i threw impedence mismatch into the equation the avergae consumer would be dumbfounded.

 

More Stories, Siresmerph!!! I don't understand a lot but they flow so pretty off your tongue!!!

 

I gave him examples of devices that could fix the problem. You didn't. Big difference. No offense was intended, just some clarification. Try decaf.

 

its cool