Yes a Red faceplate would fit a TT better. I think the Mark 2 with a red faceplate will be just about perfect. The airfoil faceplate with the bauhaus look of the car would be outstanding.

Calvin

There isn't a red faceplate available for the mk1 right now - just for the mk2.

Trust me I've asked... .

Anyway, glad you like the pics.

Paul.

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There isn't a red faceplate available for the mk1 right now - just for the mk2. Trust me I've asked...

Well, there is this photo, which clearly shows the red faceplate from Hugo's empeg unit sitting on the table to his left...

But of course, they never mass-produced them. That was a custom-cut one just for testing the color. It's probably the only one in existence. Note the extra hole drilled for the volume knob.

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Tony Fabris

heh...

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The TT is a cool car but ... my car is cooler! ;) I'm gonna be working on a monster install in my 310BHP WRX STi Impreza (it's not std). Specs will be thus (I'm a Pioneer fan):

empeg MKII when my number comes around
Pioneer MEHP900R MiniDisc head unit (top of the range)
Pioneer 6 Disc CD Changer
Pioneer GEXP900DAB Digital Audio Broadcast Tuner
2 x Pioneer PRSX700 amps (2 channel at 200+WPC RMS actual)
1 x Pioneer PRSX340 amp (4 channel at 70+ WPC RMS actual)
JBL 6.5's in the doors
JBL 4.0's and tweets in glass fiber kickpanels
JBL 6.5's for rear fill on the shelf
2 x JL Audio W612's for nice sub bass
Audio control EQL - pro eq
Audio control 4XS - 4 channel active x-over
1F stiffing cap

The car specs are as follows:

Subaru Impreza WRX STi Type R coupe (2 door)
PossumLink ECU - replaces std ECU for direct control of fuelling and ignition parameters, etc.
Decatted exhaust (did I say that, no surely not)
Leda suspension, custom made for the vehicle and fitted by them
Gold O.Z. Super T's 17" with B'Stone Potenza SO2 Pole Position tyres.
Clear indicators and repeaters
Planned bigger turbo! (VF22) currently have IHI VF24 :)

Lots of MDF and fibre work! Currently trying to source a decent (read cheap) supplier of Alcantara for nice ICE install trim.

M

P.S. The whole install will take some time, probably about 2 - 3 months after I get the empeg but it should be good. I'll try to get it featured in a mag or two when I'm done. You guys at empeg interested in this at all?

Whooo - cool car - I drive with it sometimes in "Gran Tourismo 2" on the Playstation

TeeMcBee

Awww, heck, Tee -- your Peugeot limousine would run the wheels off that silly little Subaru..

tanstaafl.

"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"

phaigh, do the TTs come with that flip down cover in the picture Empeg3.jpg or did you make the cover? Either way, that is cool!

I am a number, not a free man! And that number is fifteen-thousand five-hundred sixty-two.

The cover is standard. We were concerned whether it left enough clearance for a Mk.2 front panel, though, as it fits very flush against the stock stereo.

Rob

What a coicidence! I'm waiting for an Empeg for my TT Roadster.

I plan on placing the amp where the crummy Bose AMP/changer is located (next to the medical kit - below the convertable top).

If there is insufficient airflow in that location, I'll put the amp in the 'micro shelf' in the trunk.

I'll post pictures when I complete this operation.

There seems to be a resonable space between the cover and the empeg mk1, but I'd be very interested if you've done a mk2 install in a TT about this.

Has anyone done a TT with a MK2 yet?

Paul.

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Am I right in thinking that the panel actually pushes against the knobs of the stock stereo when it closes?

Rob

It's been a while since I've had the original stereo in the TT, but I don't remember thinking that it touched the knobs - the only one it may have touched was the volume/on/off twiddly thing.

Perhaps it was designed like that to turn off the stereo when the top was shut - but I don't think so.

Paul.

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Finally gave in - Pioneer self-amplified sub and empeg mk2 going in (thanks Dominic) on 4th Sep.

Pictures to follow!

Paul.

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Yep - The knobs don't touch the spiffy aluminum cover. I just need an Empeg and I'll make sure all is well.

Well, all's well. Mk.2 is in the TT now, thanks to Neil (Neill?) from CambsCarAudio.

Highs:

* Looks great - the red really matches the Audi red colour. I like that a lot.
* The Sub is awesome! It really adds to the overall sound impression. I was very sceptical about adding the sub - not wanting to ensure that people 3 miles away could hear it, but the pioneer self-amp'd sub (10cm) is just right - subtle enough, but still great at high volume.
* Emplode over ethernet is amazing - sooo much faster than USB

Lows:
* Looks like the implementation of the cell-phone mute is a little broken. Both Dominic and Neil failed to correctly get this to work in the (5 hours) time they had my car.
* Noise - I still get a lot (as much as the mk1) of alternator/engine noise in the car. It's not too noticeable, but enough to annoy at low volume/quiet passage. Neil had to put in some floating grounds on the RCA's to stop the *really* bad noise.

Dominic took a number of photos - look out for these soon! I'll be taking some myself, but these are analog (via a scanner) - watch this space.

Anyway that's my 2p.

Paul.

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> Looks like the implementation of the cell-phone mute is a little broken.

Works fine as far as I know - did you configure it correctly from emplode? Note that if you have a car kit that switches from high impedence to 0V you'll need a 10K pull up resistor to get it working.

> Noise - I still get a lot (as much as the mk1) of alternator/engine noise in the car

Did they try a different audio source (e.g. another head unit)? There's no reason for the Mk.2 to suffer any more noise than a regular CD head. Did you have a Mk.1 previously installed? If so, did CCA remember to remove the grounding leads? They forgot this with our A-Class (LOTS of noise) but removing the leads cured the problem completely.

Rob

We did change the settings for emplode - we tried both low and high. Unofrtunately they didn't have a lot of time left to fix the problem (I had to go, since I was already 3 hours late for an appointment). Unfortunately they didn't know about the 10k resistor trick until it was too late.

This is a replacement of my mk1 with a mk2. The previous stereo (stock) made NO noise at all (seriously) - and definitely no alternator noise. With the empeg they didn't (with 8 hours for the mk1 install and another 5hrs for the mk2) manage to quiet it down. It's not really bad, just quite annoying with quiet music.

I've no idea if they removed the grounding leads - I know (as I mentioned) that they had to add grounds to the RCA's (non-techie description).

Rob


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I'd be interested to see what happens if you plug a stock radio back into the exact setup you're currently using for the empeg.

I'll have a chat with CCA next time I'm there and see what they think the problem is.

Rob

That'd be great if you could. I might need to make another trip up there to fit the tuner module and fix the cellphone mute (possibly to add a mic too????), so if there is a fix - it'd be good to find a possible solution before then.

Thanks a lot for taking time out to look at this issue too!

Cheers,

Paul.

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I'll leave it to CambsCar to answer that question. I've absolutely no idea.

Dominic?

Paul.

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I don't think that's possible. As far as I know they're soldered links, and the unit would fail the audio output test if they were wrong.

I'll double check this on Monday.

Rob

The Sub is awesome! It really adds to the overall sound impression.

here

tanstaafl.

"There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"

Exactly. I *am* an audiophile, but not so much in the car. However, I had read that post, and It really does make a difference.

I can definitely recommend this to others!

Paul.



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It is a soldered link (well, an 0805 0-ohm SMT resistor actually).

Hugo

What we had to do was fit an earth loop isolator (ie. RCA line transformer) in the inputs to the front amp. I think the fact we had to, and the major noise problems we've experienced with Paul's TT on both occasions are more to do with the car itself, rather than the Empeg as such. A lot of the problem stems from the fact that the car comes with a semi-active system already, which can't be easily bypassed without fairly major time and cost. The original amplifiers on the rear speakers sit at a different ground potential to the rest of the system, inducing major earth loop problems. In an ideal world, the best solution would probably be to completely replace the rear speaker system, but I think there's probably a good chance interference would still be an issue - the TT seems to be an inherently noisy car electrically - in much the same way as late model BMWs also seem to be.

Dominic

Cambridge Car Audio
http://www.cambscaraudio.co.uk

Does anybody have pictures of a red (that's the best match, right?) mk2 in a TT?
A coworker recently got a TT roadster and is now desperately looking for an MP3 player. One of his worries is that all aftermarket installs he has seen don't fit well at all (different colour and style) and ruin the perfect look of the stock dash (he has a point).

His bigger problem, though, is that he also wants to keep the stock CD player (BOSE). That sounds a bit impossible since there's no free space in the dash... He almost went for the PhatBox because of this. What stopped him was that apparently the CD player doesn't support CD text so the track titles won't show up.

So anyway, if anybody has cool pictures of a mk2 then maybe he'll give up and ditch the stock CD player. He's really hurting from having to swap CDs every few days...

Borislav

Here's a mk2 installed in a TT; this was using the bose amps hooked to the front outputs of the empeg (the f/r balance is all done inside the bose stuff).

My brother has a TT with an empeg in there (a red one) with a kicker 405 amp & sub, but this was Andy Fox's car and he wanted brighter than red would allow - the blue matched the interior trim quite well too. The folddown flap works fine.

Hugo

I just know there's a picture of a Red empeg in a TT somewhere on this BBS, I just can't find it...

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Tony Fabris