Hi all, I installed an Alpine headunit in my '04 HCH along with the XM Direct unit and the iPod module. New speakers all around, Bazooka in the trunk. All good, sounds good, love the iPod and the XM, blah, blah, blah. Here's the BUT. Can't see the darn thing at all in the daytime, the display is completely washed out in any kind of sunlight. Looks fine at night, but the combination of the dim display and the way the HCH's center stack slopes away toward the windshield combines to make this thing a pain to use during the day.
So my question is this, is it just the nature of Alpine units, or is it perhaps something with the illumination wiring. I used the wiring harness from Crutchfield, and followed the wiring diagram to attach the illumination wire.
I was thinking that maybe the way the HCH's dash lights work, maybe I'm not getting full 12v to this wire all the time. I know I can take the dash apart to test lead it, just wondered if anyone out there knew.
