I purchased my first Land Rover in February. It is an 03 Discovery 2 SE7, with High Line stereo. While the stereo worked fine, I felt it needed a little upgrading, Bluetooth was a must(especially with the new hands-free laws), Cassettes are non-existent, CDs get scratched(in my possession anyway), and I like a little more bass.
Adding to that, I have a 3 year old and a 5 year old, that go everywhere with me, so I wanted to factor in entertainment for them. I also wanted to utilize the factory amp, speakers and wiring.
To my dismay, the opening for Aftermarket stereo, was limited to single din with very little modification, or double din with some in depth modification to make room. Not wanting to yank everything out of the dash and start cutting, I found a fascia on Ebay for 45.00 delivered, so I could hack on it, and if i screwed up, no big deal.
I decided to use the Pioneer AVH4000NEX double din DVD player, because of all the features I wanted to implement in my Disco. I used a hack saw blade and cut the divider between the stereo and the A/C control box, purchased the pioneer 2-din metal install kit, and attached to the fascia.
The head unit has 2 usb inputs, hdmi, SDcard, A/V RCA input, 3.5mm Aux input(audio/video via RCA to 3.5mm adapter, siriusxm input, RGB input for Navi optional module. It also has dual zone video/audio(which allows audio/video to be played in rear, while front zone can play something else.
I then went into research mode to see what all it was going to take to hook it all up. I was determined to not cut any wire on my OEM harness, so it meant everything had to be plug-n-play when i was ready to install.
In order to utilize the dual zone feature, I purchased two Pyle 7" head rest monitors(they matched my interior and installed easily). The head unit has rear view RCA video, which i ran to a video splitter, then to monitors.
Since the Disco came with the rear headphone amps, I had to find which of the 3 mini-iso plugs went to them(the blue one). I found a mini-iso to RCA adapter that fits an Audi, and repinned the connector and it plug right into the blue mini-iso. The RCAs were plugged into the rear audio.
So that took care of the kiddos part. Next was the head unit to factory harness. I went with the metro harness that utilizes the RCA line level outputs on the head unit, the PAC steering wheel module, and micro bypass, to keep from wiring into the brake circuit. For the PAC steering wheel module, I added two pinned wires to the Metra harness that matched corresponded to the correct wires in the factory harness(so I did not have to cut and solder). Next was the rear view camera hook up. Under the steering wheel, there is a yellow/green(IIRC) wire that is hooked up to reverse, and i used wire tap to wire it to the reverse signal wire on head unit.
After I got all my metra harness soldered to my Pioneer harness completed, it was time to concentrate on my sub and mono bloc amp. I removed the cd changer under passenger seat and installed the mono bloc amp there, and used the existing mounting studs to secure the amp and 1 for grounding the amp. I ran the sub speaker wires to the rear, and hooked up to a Pioneer 10" shallow enclosure.
I decided to take a look at the two 6.5" woofers in the rear hatch door and both were blown, so I replaced them with 2 6.5" Alpine 2-way speakers(disabled the tweeters by cutting the wires to them).
I read that my Disco had the diversity antenna setup, so i found the diversity antenna adapter that hooks up both antennas to 1 that fits the head unit.
I ran 1 usb extension cable to glove compartment and hooked up a 480gb solid state drive in a usb enclosure. it has over 200 ripped DVD movies and movies that were purchased thru iTunes(that i had to convert, removing the Apple protection) and about 13000 songs in mp3 and flac , ! usb to my iPhone mount on the console. The SDcard is 256gb with another 200 ripped DVDs.
I also added a digital TVtuner to A/V input, and the Pioneer AVIC U-260 navi-addon.
The result of it all has been most satisfying, for me and the kids.
The factory amp and speakers work great, and the sub adds that needed bass.
Adding to that, I have a 3 year old and a 5 year old, that go everywhere with me, so I wanted to factor in entertainment for them. I also wanted to utilize the factory amp, speakers and wiring.
To my dismay, the opening for Aftermarket stereo, was limited to single din with very little modification, or double din with some in depth modification to make room. Not wanting to yank everything out of the dash and start cutting, I found a fascia on Ebay for 45.00 delivered, so I could hack on it, and if i screwed up, no big deal.
I decided to use the Pioneer AVH4000NEX double din DVD player, because of all the features I wanted to implement in my Disco. I used a hack saw blade and cut the divider between the stereo and the A/C control box, purchased the pioneer 2-din metal install kit, and attached to the fascia.
The head unit has 2 usb inputs, hdmi, SDcard, A/V RCA input, 3.5mm Aux input(audio/video via RCA to 3.5mm adapter, siriusxm input, RGB input for Navi optional module. It also has dual zone video/audio(which allows audio/video to be played in rear, while front zone can play something else.
I then went into research mode to see what all it was going to take to hook it all up. I was determined to not cut any wire on my OEM harness, so it meant everything had to be plug-n-play when i was ready to install.
In order to utilize the dual zone feature, I purchased two Pyle 7" head rest monitors(they matched my interior and installed easily). The head unit has rear view RCA video, which i ran to a video splitter, then to monitors.
Since the Disco came with the rear headphone amps, I had to find which of the 3 mini-iso plugs went to them(the blue one). I found a mini-iso to RCA adapter that fits an Audi, and repinned the connector and it plug right into the blue mini-iso. The RCAs were plugged into the rear audio.
So that took care of the kiddos part. Next was the head unit to factory harness. I went with the metro harness that utilizes the RCA line level outputs on the head unit, the PAC steering wheel module, and micro bypass, to keep from wiring into the brake circuit. For the PAC steering wheel module, I added two pinned wires to the Metra harness that matched corresponded to the correct wires in the factory harness(so I did not have to cut and solder). Next was the rear view camera hook up. Under the steering wheel, there is a yellow/green(IIRC) wire that is hooked up to reverse, and i used wire tap to wire it to the reverse signal wire on head unit.
After I got all my metra harness soldered to my Pioneer harness completed, it was time to concentrate on my sub and mono bloc amp. I removed the cd changer under passenger seat and installed the mono bloc amp there, and used the existing mounting studs to secure the amp and 1 for grounding the amp. I ran the sub speaker wires to the rear, and hooked up to a Pioneer 10" shallow enclosure.
I decided to take a look at the two 6.5" woofers in the rear hatch door and both were blown, so I replaced them with 2 6.5" Alpine 2-way speakers(disabled the tweeters by cutting the wires to them).
I read that my Disco had the diversity antenna setup, so i found the diversity antenna adapter that hooks up both antennas to 1 that fits the head unit.
I ran 1 usb extension cable to glove compartment and hooked up a 480gb solid state drive in a usb enclosure. it has over 200 ripped DVD movies and movies that were purchased thru iTunes(that i had to convert, removing the Apple protection) and about 13000 songs in mp3 and flac , ! usb to my iPhone mount on the console. The SDcard is 256gb with another 200 ripped DVDs.
I also added a digital TVtuner to A/V input, and the Pioneer AVIC U-260 navi-addon.
The result of it all has been most satisfying, for me and the kids.
The factory amp and speakers work great, and the sub adds that needed bass.
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