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Ok, guys... before I start getting hate posts from all you audiophiles rest assured this did not go in my car.
I just wanted to inform newbies out there who are looking for a budget system that you get what you pay for. I had a girl bring her car to me to install a head unit and speaker package from Durabrand that she paid 60 bucks for. (I started asking questions at this point).
Anyways, went to Best Buy and picked up the wiring harness adapter and the installation bracket and went to work. After a few hours of soldering, we hooked up the head unit. Everything worked great. While the unit was sitting idle in the car and playing tunes there was a pop and the unit ceased to produce sound. The display was lit but the graphic EQ display just sat at 0 and the tuning knob crapped out- in less than 30 seconds. We unplugged the unit and plugged it back in and there was no change. Thinking it was a bad connection I double checked every fuse and connection and made sure my shrink tubing insulation was covering the solder joints completely and everything looked ok. So I clipped the harness adapter off the unit and installed a Sony X-Plod I've had sitting in my apartment for ages and the unit fired right up with no problems whatsoever. Granted this Sony unit isn't to die for but it does the job.
I'm sorry to say that I've installed Jensens before and within a week the controls just don't want to work. With the Durabrand the controls not only felt cheap but the tuner knob was stiff and kept jumping up several notches with each little turn.
I can understand not wanting to dump hundreds of dollars on components but when you are up and running for less than a minute that to me just screams junk. Further research tells me that I'm not the only person to encounter this problem with a Durabrand. JUNK JUNK JUNK! I don't think I'd even let this thing near my trash can it's that bad.
I just wanted to inform newbies out there who are looking for a budget system that you get what you pay for. I had a girl bring her car to me to install a head unit and speaker package from Durabrand that she paid 60 bucks for. (I started asking questions at this point).
Anyways, went to Best Buy and picked up the wiring harness adapter and the installation bracket and went to work. After a few hours of soldering, we hooked up the head unit. Everything worked great. While the unit was sitting idle in the car and playing tunes there was a pop and the unit ceased to produce sound. The display was lit but the graphic EQ display just sat at 0 and the tuning knob crapped out- in less than 30 seconds. We unplugged the unit and plugged it back in and there was no change. Thinking it was a bad connection I double checked every fuse and connection and made sure my shrink tubing insulation was covering the solder joints completely and everything looked ok. So I clipped the harness adapter off the unit and installed a Sony X-Plod I've had sitting in my apartment for ages and the unit fired right up with no problems whatsoever. Granted this Sony unit isn't to die for but it does the job.
I'm sorry to say that I've installed Jensens before and within a week the controls just don't want to work. With the Durabrand the controls not only felt cheap but the tuner knob was stiff and kept jumping up several notches with each little turn.
I can understand not wanting to dump hundreds of dollars on components but when you are up and running for less than a minute that to me just screams junk. Further research tells me that I'm not the only person to encounter this problem with a Durabrand. JUNK JUNK JUNK! I don't think I'd even let this thing near my trash can it's that bad.
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