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I finally got around to installing my MTX575. It's been sitting in my office for 7 months, during which I picked up a few other bits for the install
I wanted to install it in the rear passenger side 1/4 panel area where the sub normally goes in the lux package. But there was no clean way to do that without some help so I picked up a MTI Acoustics AMP rack and mounted it as far forward it would go to leave some room for future electronics.
The amp rack requires that the pocket be removed, so I need to find some sort of insert to cover the spot. Any suggestions?
Next I ran Cat5 cable to the center console, and installed a jack for the handset and a power switch.
The power switch is wired to a relay in the engine bay, which is wired to the battery and triggered by the tow fuse in the fuse panel under the driver's side dash which is controlled by acc power.
I like this because it's wired to acc so I can't leave it on or forget to turn the handset off and drain my battery (because I absolutely would lol). The power switch here is somewhat redundant and I might consider rewiring that to something else at some point. But I like just having the "hard off" switch and have other plans for the aux switches that could run this thing safely.
Finally the antenna cable was run though the nylon sleeve in the tailgate and out of the existing grommet on the back side of the tailgate.
An antenna mount from JCR was used to mount a high gain antenna to top passenger side bolt for the tire carrier. A washer was used to get the base to fit as it's quite bulky.
The antenna does not get in the way of the window or the wiper. I realize this mounting location is not the greatest as it would impede signal to the front of the vehicle, but that's what taller antennas are for lol!
Overall I'm pretty happy with the way everything came together. Very clean install. Don't mind the dirt, I actually use this thing.
The only downside is that I use this tarp and the antenna will definitely interfere. It's removable but kind of a pain on the trail without taking the spare off. Or I can just put an antenna ball on it so it doesn't poke a hole in the fabric lol!
I wanted to install it in the rear passenger side 1/4 panel area where the sub normally goes in the lux package. But there was no clean way to do that without some help so I picked up a MTI Acoustics AMP rack and mounted it as far forward it would go to leave some room for future electronics.
The amp rack requires that the pocket be removed, so I need to find some sort of insert to cover the spot. Any suggestions?
Next I ran Cat5 cable to the center console, and installed a jack for the handset and a power switch.
The power switch is wired to a relay in the engine bay, which is wired to the battery and triggered by the tow fuse in the fuse panel under the driver's side dash which is controlled by acc power.
I like this because it's wired to acc so I can't leave it on or forget to turn the handset off and drain my battery (because I absolutely would lol). The power switch here is somewhat redundant and I might consider rewiring that to something else at some point. But I like just having the "hard off" switch and have other plans for the aux switches that could run this thing safely.
Finally the antenna cable was run though the nylon sleeve in the tailgate and out of the existing grommet on the back side of the tailgate.
An antenna mount from JCR was used to mount a high gain antenna to top passenger side bolt for the tire carrier. A washer was used to get the base to fit as it's quite bulky.
The antenna does not get in the way of the window or the wiper. I realize this mounting location is not the greatest as it would impede signal to the front of the vehicle, but that's what taller antennas are for lol!
Overall I'm pretty happy with the way everything came together. Very clean install. Don't mind the dirt, I actually use this thing.
The only downside is that I use this tarp and the antenna will definitely interfere. It's removable but kind of a pain on the trail without taking the spare off. Or I can just put an antenna ball on it so it doesn't poke a hole in the fabric lol!
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