My Pioneer HU is acting up... the display flickers on and off sometimes but it still plays fine...... I'm not planning on getting rid of it anytime soon... but when I do, what do yuo guys think of this?.... It's just a thought, I like the style of it, but I haven't dealt with DUAL brand car stereos... are they decent? I just can't really afford to replace mine with the newer model Pioneer DEH-6800.....

 

I have never had dual but from what I have heard they are very cheap and you should never go with that brand unless you have to. But thats just what I am told, I personally would never go with the brand Dual. However that looks very nice, maybe not all their producsts are cheap?

 

no way! stay away from dual period! there no better then jensen,pyle,etc...just get another pioneer or get something that will be worth the money, save up if need be. trust me dual is junk. if your gonna run something like that you'd be better off putting the stock hu back in imo

 

your headunit has a ribbon cable that flexes when your faceplate opens up to let the cd out. Pioneer headunits are know for these cracking and causing shorts. when it cracks it causes different parts of the faceplate not to work. I would guess thats where your problem lies. It is replaceable, but can continue to happen.

 

yeah, what he said. dual = poo

 

my HU doesnt have the popular ribbon connection..... mine is actually a terminal that disconnects when the face folds down and reconnects when the face folds back up.....i made sure it wasnt that ribbon thing when I bought it.... I believe they have recently stopped using that style of connector..... it has only acted up once, and now i'm thinking It didnt latch when I pushed it up, causing the terminals to have a poor connection. I pushed the face and it clicked into place... hasnt acted up again since i did that..... however, when it does bite the dust, ill probably either get the Pioneer 5800 or 6800...... i figured dual was poo.... thought it was sort of a generic brand.... ill probably stick with pioneer.....

 

or go with kenwood eXcellon. those are some gooooood h/u's. i had one, but it was a dvd player, *shrugs*

 

^^^X2 those are good quality h.u's...also look into alpine i've not had any problems at all with them

 

sorry when i read the post the first time i thought you were saying you had the 6800. the 6800 does have the ribbon. id go with a kenwood and if you need help finding one let me know what you want in one. i can find good deals on them.

 

i dont like the design of the alpines...... i have looked at the kenwoods though.... i dunno... ill get back to y'all on it...