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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 06:23 AM
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Found out what the problem is! The pico fuse in the Pioneer Avic Z1 head unit is blown. This sucks as it is a major pain to solder these things back in.
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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Pioneer is the biggest POS company, I can't believe they use pico SMD fuses on the board where you have to take the whole unit apart. I'm going to just mount a fuse holder to the back of the unit, and solder wires from the SMD joint locations to it so I can just pull the fuse out in 5 minutes if it blows again.
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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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Everything is crystal clear now and sounds awesome! I changed out that fuse on the head unit and just got to hear how everything sounds with the new Zapco DC 1000.4 I picked up from in town. There's not a hint of noise or alternator whine, it's absolutely dead silent if there's no music playing and I didn't mess with the ground or anything else in the system.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 03:11 PM
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Dan, glad to hear you got everything straightened out.
Do you mind sharing some pics of the system?
How does it sound btw?

Dan
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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It sounds awesome, and the DC version of the Zapco amp has some neat features being able to tune it through your computer. Here are some pics of the system:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...post1569844991
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Old Apr 28, 2009 | 01:13 AM
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pics look good glad you got it ironed out
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