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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: 1999 CDX SAT-NAV question
« on: 16 January 2008, 17:53:54 »
This is interesting, as when I installed the Navi system in my Omega I had to configure it so that it knew the angle of installation of the unit -- so the gyroscope knows what the inclination angle is relative to the ground. A little gadget was supplied to determine this, easy enough. Likewise you have to drive around for a while to allow it to calibrate the speed pulses, presumably it matches these to the GPS signals to then allow it to determine the distance travelled for each pulse.

Mine also had a wire to connect to the reverse light so it would know when you're reversing! I didn't bother though, too much effort considering I don't make a habit of reversing for any major distance! Didn't seem to cause any problem.

What exactly does it calculate using the gyroscope? I guess it knows when you're going uphill etc, but how does this help?

I did very much like the built-in navi. As mentioned, no problems with poor GPS signals, and I also liked the way it faded the music to the back speakers when making an announcement. I also have a TomTom, and while it's very useful for swapping between cars (I used it on holiday doing an 800 mile road trip in California), the built-in is much more convenient.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: rear shelf speakers
« on: 24 May 2007, 22:15:59 »
6" round IIRC.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: CCR2006 and CDRs
« on: 12 December 2007, 11:49:02 »
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What is the reason that is reads CDs so badly? It’s not common in other VX 1DIN radios and CD changers. I had old CD player in my Vectra and it newer had any problem with any CD.
Is it because of the lens or laser or whore reading system? I was thinking about replacing lens and laser with something better but don’t know if it’s possible to fit anything.


Not sure but I've heard those can be really useful for kerb crawling to ensure you get what you're paying for  ;D

Best solution is to bin the unit and fit something decent. Factory head units are rarely worth putting any effort into, they are built down to a price and it shows (and sounds it).

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: stereo help please
« on: 12 December 2007, 11:58:30 »
Ah the old keycode security system.... the only thing it secures is income for the dealers >:( Security through obscurity at its finest.

I've written the codes for mine on the top of the unit. It's not like anyone is likely to want to nick it in the first place, and if they do it's trivial to get the code anyway. So the only person it's likely to inconvenience is me when the battery is disconnected or similar, hence writing the code on the unit :)

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: CDC600 options
« on: 02 November 2007, 13:48:32 »
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There is one other question, the cable that runs to link the cassette to the multichanger in the boot, can this be used, ie: change the head unit and multichanger but use the existing cable. It would be easyer than laying a new cable.

Unlikely -- they tend to be unique to each manufacturer, although I remember some manufacturers' cables being interchangeable (Alpine AI-net and JVC spring to mind from memory). I'm not aware of any aftermarket units that will work with the factory fitted cable.

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You'd want a manual mirror though wouldn't you Paul M?!   ;)  ;)  ;)  :y

Nope, unless you consider adjusting the mirror to be part of the driving experience :o I wonder how many are fitted to the Lotus Elise or Ariel Atom... maybe that's what makes them so exciting to drive :P

Have you got that automatic steering wheel and pedal box installed yet? Surely you're not still using your hands and feet on them in this day and age? :y

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I've just had a deja vu moment....

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Yup, just 4 wires, 3 of which available from courtesy light (switched 12v, 0v, light on), and 4th from passenger kick panel (reversing)

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Stereo upgrade
« on: 07 October 2007, 17:35:21 »
The Omega has standard ISO plugs (with the exception that the two power lines, permanent and switched, are reversed). So it must be your Sony that has a non-standard interface. You need to find an interface that will convert the Sony interface to ISO -- I'm surprised that this isn't supplied with the radio, in fact it's probably been lost somewhere along the way as almost all aftermarket stereos have ISO plugs either on the unit or on a supplied converter.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Nokia CK-16W
« on: 07 October 2007, 17:38:36 »
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dunno, i use a 7W in the MV6 and the Rover. No complaints with that...

Ditto, I use the 7W in the BMW and it's always worked great with a multitude of makes including Nokia (obviously), Ericsson and Motorola. I have a Parrot kit in the Omega, and although it routes the audio through the car's speakers I find the sound quality isn't as good and the interface can be a little flaky -- occasionally I've had to delete all the learned phones and re-program them to get it to connect  >:(.

If I were buying another kit I'd definitely go for the Nokia, although I have no experience with the 16W.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: TMC (Traffic Message channel)
« on: 21 September 2007, 14:51:53 »
TMC is very poorly supported in the UK. It is supposed to be broadcast over FM as part of the RDS information I believe, and some areas may be covered on Radio 3 or Classic FM's signals -- can't remember which. I have had a TMC supporting navi unit in my car for several years now, with the TMC option switched on, and not once has it re-routed to avoid traffic.

It's supposed to be much better in continental Europe, but I've never tried it so can't say for sure.

IMO Traffic master sucks, I've used it once or twice and it's just a mild annoyance. OK it tells you of an impending hold-up, but it doesn't tell you how to get around that hold-up, nor does it tell you whether all the surrounding minor roads are also congested (as usually happens when a significant proportion of road users try to drive around the jams).

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: 1997 Car stereo system
« on: 05 September 2007, 14:40:50 »
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When I put mine back in I cut off some of the iso connectors and soldered the cables together to allow it to all go back in no way would it all go back in with out doing this with the extra adapters

It is possible to get it all in place, just a bit of a nightmare. Mine has a proprietary connector that then provides ISO plugs on flying leads. Those then connect to another ISO lead for my Parrot phone kit (to route audio through the speakers) before finally connecting to the car's loom. I have three pairs of phono leads coming off, a little box of tricks for the steering wheel interface, and a DC-DC converter for the head unit's power supply.

So there's a lot of stuff in there, and it's not fun getting it all to fit, but I managed it. Admittedly I did have to remove the dash panel to find all the little nooks & crannies that I could stash the various connectors so there'd be room left to push the head unit in :O.

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Most likely the motor is worn out, you can try spraying with WD-40 which may help but it's probably best replacing it with a known good one. There's a how-to in the maintenance guides section.

If you like you could try checking the voltages to the motor with a meter, depends on whether you have a meter and any experience with electrics. Nothing complex really.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: reversing sensors
« on: 24 May 2007, 22:20:53 »
It was me who wrote the how-to, and while I agree that they're totally unnecessary, it just allows you to be a little more lazy when parking. I don't have any on my BMW and don't intend fitting them either as I'm not drilling holes in the bumper on that, so I certainly don't need them to park in tight spaces, but they're so damn cheap these days I thought "why not?"

Mine work fine BTW. They're not quite as progressive in their warning as the factory fitted ones on my dad's 330Ci but they do the job just fine. I don't "trust" them the way some people do, I just use them to confirm how close I think I am while still making my own judgement while reversing.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: door speakers
« on: 25 May 2007, 13:12:25 »
The steering wheel controls are ivaluable so I'd recommend getting the adaptor for those. However the display is a waste of time IMO, it's only a 10(?) character dot-matrix so doesn't come anywhere near the level of information a modern unit can display, such as artist, album and song title information as well as the track time and number etc.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Question for M-DTM
« on: 01 May 2007, 11:29:04 »
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Its totaly dependent on the application and the roll off of the filter used....most car audio filters seem to have poor roll off and hence the speakers are still pretty active at slightly lower frequenceies...this reduces the noticeable cut over....

You have to play with each setup to get it just right because the kit is all very different...

The crossovers I'm using are 2nd order actives built into the amp (12db/oct) not particularly sharp but better than many of the single capacitor passives that many people use. The whole system is amped too, it comes from the factory running an 8-channel amp bi-amped for both front and rear, low-freq driver running off a dedicated channel and with a passive crossover between the mids and highs. Does the job OK but as with almost all factory systems it's not brilliant, particularly considering the £2k or so some numpty paid for the "HiFi" upgrade :O

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