Mazda 323F GT 
Mobile Theatre
I've
always said that I'll not install any music into my car...blah blah blah....
Had a wee crappy radio for less than 10$ for last 5 years and suddenly...
it appears that I can't listen my home records and watch DVD loud only because...
family not letting me ?... :( And finished with this. Two weeks of work, money
spent..., miles of wires and work still not finished yet. Requires a lot of
adjustments for correct sound scene but anyway... it's very loud now guys
:)
First
of all my basic idea was a flexibility - I should be able to quickly dissasemble
and remove everything from a car to free up all possible space for cargo.
Second basic idea was a security - there should be hidden as much as possible
so everything should be mounted in a boot.
Created
a false wall behind hte rear seats to mount everything. Covered it using reflective
plastic from one side.
Replaced
head unit with cheap Hyundai DVD/CD/MP3 receiver. Picked it up only because
it had 5 discrete RCA outputs so there is no need for an external expensive
sound processor, it has build in Dolby Digital decoder, and it's not expensive
(and working well as well).
Correct
power supply took a lot of time to setup. Had to rebuild main wires under
the hood, completely replaced ground wires, added a power distributor with
extra fuses. All contacts are gold plated and main power wire to sound system
is silver plated, can hold up to 200Amp current. As a result got main system
voltage increased by 0.8 volts only because of renewed wires and ground.
Replaced
rear speakers with JBL GTO 2way10cm ones - they suppose to provide only rear
channels so not so important.
Main
sound system built using two amplifiers - one monoblock Blaupunkt GTA1300
(750Watt max) to power the Pioneer free air subwoofer head and 4 channel amp
Magnat Classic 4000XL (4x120Watt max) - 2 channels for rear speakers and 2
for front (planned to be used a three component Herz accoustic - not setup
yet). Power provided through distributors, three separate fuses and can be
quickly disconnected using plugs. Blaupunkt amp powered through power cell
Art Sound 0.5F for current stability.
With
rear seats down all this stuff can be seeing, seats up and everything is hidden
even from my wife :). There are still works need to be done to clean up all
wires, set a interior lights, add some finish look, cover sub from behind
and setup front acoustics however even right now the sound is impressive :)
Front
speakers were replaced by Focal Access 165 V1 two component units. Really
like how they sounds, compared with a lot of Alpines, Hertzs, Magnats, Vibes
etc before choosing them. Midbasses were mounted into original placeholders
in doors and
tweeters been placed on both sides of centre dash pointing to the side windows
working using reflection from the glass.
It
took a lot of time to point the speakers correctly to get a wide and correct
music scene with most instrumets playing in front of you on a bonnet. X-overs
been hidden inside the cental dash behind the TV screen.
Finaly
can watch right now DVD concerts (LCD monitor 5.6 inch mounted on an additional
dash now and possible roof mounted monitor in plans) with unlimited surround
sound :)
Did a few test rides with all system on and
realised that can't hear engine anymore when music is loud so it makes difficult
to gearshift now. Thought to install a separtate shift light but managed to
get a tacho with build in shift light for the same money so installed it.
Also installed a second battery in a boot just
in case if I'll forget and discharge the main one completely - just to have
possibility to always start the car.
2006 Added few nice touches like Soundstream spider and neon net.
Kira
aka Aprilia, 2005
