Tony - my dimmer's working just fine. The Subaru line goes to 12V when the headlights are enabled, and 0V when they're off (although the headlamps are never truly off b/c of the daytime running lights).

-Zeke

pull on the handbrake, and the daytime running lights will probably turn off. Only when parked, though.

I and my neighbors thank you for that tip Mark.
-Zeke

On the Imprezas, there is a tiny plug you can undo under the hood to disable the DRLs. I assume you can find the same thing on your car.

Yeah, I know about the plug, I think it's behind the glovebox on the Outback/Legacys. I get an insurance discount for the DRL's so I don't really want to permanently disable them. Mark's e-brake trick is good enough for me, as what really bothers me about them is when the car is idling in the driveway at night. I don't like blinding the neighbors any more than is necessary.

-Zeke

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Stumbled on this and thought of you.
HTH

That thing looks sweet and not too expensive either. Too bad I already hacked up my dash. The empeg would get realy washed out in the gauge pod anway.

That would be an interesting option if I had the base model Legacy (4 cylinder, non-turbo). The models with dual-zone automatic climate control have the HVAC integrated with the stereo head unit's electronics, and if you want to replace the radio you have to lose the dual-zone temperature functions, which I'm not willing to do.

Cool unit thought, no doubt.

-Zeke

I am not familiar with the interior of the Legacy's (Legacies?) but I just got my empeg installed in my 2006 WRX. The intaller made a custom "gauge pod" sort of thing for the empeg.I don't know if the Legacy line has as space for such a thing. It looks pretty good, but the controls are uncomfortable to use. Nothing a well placed remote wouldn't fix.

I will post install pics in a new thread as soon as I can find my camera battery charger... it's in a box... somewhere.

OOOhhh...! New install prOn!

Still can't find the camera charger...

...but the car kicks ass.

Oh, you tease!

FWIW, here's the final install pics. Not sure if I posted this or not, I know I did over at Legacygt.com. Anyway:

http://www.funkbasealpha.com/gallery.htm

The dimmer works now. It's all quite nice. Once I got power to the in-glass antenna the radio module kicked fine.

That's a great looking install. How did you brace the sled to the inside of the dash (fixing the angle)? That's one issue I've not resolved.

-Zeke

Sweet. Thanks for the info. I'm going to reinstall the empeg once the weather warms up. I wasn't happy with the RF install and don't much feel like mucking with it when the mercury's low.

-Zeke

I've run into, or rather created, a new issue.

My current setup has the antenna power (power to the amp for the in-glass antenna) comming from the factory head unit. So, in order to listen to the EMPEG radio I need to turn on the stock radio. No biggie, but I thought it'd be a more elegant solution to have the empeg power the antenna amp.

So, I moved the power lead from the factory HU to the antenna lead on the tuner and when I did that the empeg refused to boot. It behaved as if there was no power.

So I disconected the factory HU. Then the EMPEG started working and the antenna amp got power but the system made a loud pop when it shut down.

Anyway, I'm back to powering the antenna from the factory HU. I haven't spent any more time troubleshooting, it's too damn cold in the garage to spend more than an hour out there anyway. My current theory is that it's a groudning issue of some kind.

Yep. When it first happend I assumed a dorked wire.

I double cheked it, the wire I moved IS the antenna power lead. It does work as long as the stock unit is not engaged.

The bummer here is I did not do the install (first mistake) so more time will be needed to untangle the puzzle. There is some quesionable hook ups, IE: the illumination lead is connected to a wire that previously ran to the light in the cubby that the empeg now occupies.

Anyway, when things get a bit warmer I'll re-do the entire thing. But your hunch about the cause jives with mine.

Yeah, I'd look carefully at how the original install was done and find out if THEY hooked up a wire wrong or something.

Excellent, glad it's all working for you.