not sure if any of you know anything about this, but i may have made a mistake and need to know asap. this is what i am talking about:
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pn...595883,00.html

now my question, do i NEED a pioneer touchscreen to use it? i've had my eye on this thing for awhile, and from what i read it always said the was CAPABLE of touchscreen, never once did it say ONLY touchscreen.

now i've got the damn thing and i'm reading through the manuals(lucky too, cause i'm not gonna be using it for months and would normally leave it in the box) and there is NO mention of any other way to use it except touchscreen. and there are NO controls whatsoever anywhere.

if i need a touchscreen i'm gonna have to return it, cause there is no way i'm gonna go buy one, and i'd say extremely unlikely that i'll find one cheap, AND be able to sell the screen i have now.


a couple other things i found odd and have questions about, in case anybody here has experience with them:
what the hell do you have to hook up the wires to the neg's of the front speakers for? there is absolutely no explanation as to WHY any of these connections are needed, or what they are for.
is the speedo based on GPS, or just tapped into the stock speedo? i thought this would be an easy way around having the stock one reprogrammed for different sized wheels/tires, but if it just reads what my speedo does what's the point?
what are the controls you can only operate while parked? it has a stupid sequence so bypassing it isn't super easy, as in it's easier to hook up the right way than bypassing it. and it's gonna be a huge pain if i have to be parked to adjust everything.

basically i'm worried i just spent 300bux a lousy compass/voltmeter that i can't even use. might be a blessing in disguise, if i have to return it i can buy a nice performance cam instead i guess. just a little pissed cause the info around this thing seems to be really cryptic

you know, 1 post is enough...

Mark

yeah, sorry, didn't know where it belonged, but i needed to know like in a day

that unit is for use with the pioneer decks that have the gauge packages built into them. so ya, touchscreen only

[ January 05, 2006, 03:02 PM: Message edited by: t raver1 smith ]