Upgrade Your Shaker
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Upgrade Your Shaker
I ordered a Kenwood reciever from Crutchfield with the XM external tuner. After I got it all dialed in to the sound I like and it sounds much better than the Shaker 500. There is more punch on the subs and the sound is much better and cleaner at higher volumes. It all cost less than $300 and you get a better sound. There is also a plus to it and you get a storage tray to go below the reciever and they give you all the hardware and instructions you need. The only drawback to it is you loose the 6 disk changer. If you listen to alot of CDs, you have to keep changing the CD to listen to others. You'll have to weight the difference that you want, good quality sound or convenience of not having to change the CDs. In my opinion, this is a good cost effective upgrade for much better sound.
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sounds good but how about a model number so we can look it up. be waiting to hear back cause i wanna get rid of my 500 too.
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ORIGINAL: 05BlueGT
I ordered a Kenwood reciever from Crutchfield with the XM external tuner. After I got it all dialed in to the sound I like and it sounds much better than the Shaker 500. There is more punch on the subs and the sound is much better and cleaner at higher volumes. It all cost less than $300 and you get a better sound. There is also a plus to it and you get a storage tray to go below the reciever and they give you all the hardware and instructions you need. The only drawback to it is you loose the 6 disk changer. If you listen to alot of CDs, you have to keep changing the CD to listen to others. You'll have to weight the difference that you want, good quality sound or convenience of not having to change the CDs. In my opinion, this is a good cost effective upgrade for much better sound.
I ordered a Kenwood reciever from Crutchfield with the XM external tuner. After I got it all dialed in to the sound I like and it sounds much better than the Shaker 500. There is more punch on the subs and the sound is much better and cleaner at higher volumes. It all cost less than $300 and you get a better sound. There is also a plus to it and you get a storage tray to go below the reciever and they give you all the hardware and instructions you need. The only drawback to it is you loose the 6 disk changer. If you listen to alot of CDs, you have to keep changing the CD to listen to others. You'll have to weight the difference that you want, good quality sound or convenience of not having to change the CDs. In my opinion, this is a good cost effective upgrade for much better sound.
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ORIGINAL: Red_Stallion
Do you have a pic?
Also, how does the XM external tuner work, does this just allow you to hook up a current XM reciever to it?
Do you have a pic?
Also, how does the XM external tuner work, does this just allow you to hook up a current XM reciever to it?
deck (xm ready deck) -------> xm tuner thingamajig (connected through aux-in) --------> xm antenna
but you have to pay monthly for service
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RE: Upgrade Your Shaker
Sorry to be so late getting back to you all because I was traveling to San Diego. All I did was to replace the head unit (Shaker 500 unit only). I kept everything else in place. The install was easy since they gave you all the wiring harnesses and new mounting face to give you a compartment to put the remote. The model number of the head unit is a Kenwood KDC-MP4032. The unit is Sirius and XM ready. There are tons of features on the Kenwood. Here is the list of parts that I got.
Item Description Ship Qty B/O Qty Price Amount
700XMKENWO XM Direct Satellite Radio Pkg for Kenwood 1 0 0.00 0.00
113MP4032 Kenwood KDC-MP4032 CD/MP3/WMA/AAC Player What's Included 1 0 169.99 169.99
0000190011 FORD MUSTANG 05- MS 1 0 0.00 0.00
120995807 Ford F150 Pickup Kit 2004-Up E 1 0 0.00 0.00
120705521 Ford Wire Harness receiver, 2003-up 1 0 0.00 0.00
209XMD1000 XM Satellite XMD1000 Universal XM Satellite Radio What's Included 1 0 49.99 49.99
209XMDKEN1 XM XMDKEN100 XM Direct Kenwood Smart Digital Adapter 49.99 49.99
000SRADIG FREE Crutchfield Guide: Satell Satellite Radio Car Installation 0.00 0.00
All you have to do is connect the wires from the new stereo to the wiring harness, pull out the old head unit, plug in the new head unit and your rocking. I got a good long time to listen to it today on the way to the airport and it is like night and day. The bass response is so much better, now I have a mid range adjustment and the highs are about the same but it has a nice clean sound. The total for all this was 3 cents under $270.00 with free shipping.
Item Description Ship Qty B/O Qty Price Amount
700XMKENWO XM Direct Satellite Radio Pkg for Kenwood 1 0 0.00 0.00
113MP4032 Kenwood KDC-MP4032 CD/MP3/WMA/AAC Player What's Included 1 0 169.99 169.99
0000190011 FORD MUSTANG 05- MS 1 0 0.00 0.00
120995807 Ford F150 Pickup Kit 2004-Up E 1 0 0.00 0.00
120705521 Ford Wire Harness receiver, 2003-up 1 0 0.00 0.00
209XMD1000 XM Satellite XMD1000 Universal XM Satellite Radio What's Included 1 0 49.99 49.99
209XMDKEN1 XM XMDKEN100 XM Direct Kenwood Smart Digital Adapter 49.99 49.99
000SRADIG FREE Crutchfield Guide: Satell Satellite Radio Car Installation 0.00 0.00
All you have to do is connect the wires from the new stereo to the wiring harness, pull out the old head unit, plug in the new head unit and your rocking. I got a good long time to listen to it today on the way to the airport and it is like night and day. The bass response is so much better, now I have a mid range adjustment and the highs are about the same but it has a nice clean sound. The total for all this was 3 cents under $270.00 with free shipping.
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RE: Upgrade Your Shaker
Out of curiosity, how did you hook up the amp? Did you have any issues with a "thumping" sound through subs during power on?
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ORIGINAL: 05BlueGT
Sorry to be so late getting back to you all because I was traveling to San Diego. All I did was to replace the head unit (Shaker 500 unit only). I kept everything else in place. The install was easy since they gave you all the wiring harnesses and new mounting face to give you a compartment to put the remote. The model number of the head unit is a Kenwood KDC-MP4032. The unit is Sirius and XM ready. There are tons of features on the Kenwood. Here is the list of parts that I got.
Item Description Ship Qty B/O Qty Price Amount
700XMKENWO XM Direct Satellite Radio Pkg for Kenwood 1 0 0.00 0.00
113MP4032 Kenwood KDC-MP4032 CD/MP3/WMA/AAC Player What's Included 1 0 169.99 169.99
0000190011 FORD MUSTANG 05- MS 1 0 0.00 0.00
120995807 Ford F150 Pickup Kit 2004-Up E 1 0 0.00 0.00
120705521 Ford Wire Harness receiver, 2003-up 1 0 0.00 0.00
209XMD1000 XM Satellite XMD1000 Universal XM Satellite Radio What's Included 1 0 49.99 49.99
209XMDKEN1 XM XMDKEN100 XM Direct Kenwood Smart Digital Adapter 49.99 49.99
000SRADIG FREE Crutchfield Guide: Satell Satellite Radio Car Installation 0.00 0.00
All you have to do is connect the wires from the new stereo to the wiring harness, pull out the old head unit, plug in the new head unit and your rocking. I got a good long time to listen to it today on the way to the airport and it is like night and day. The bass response is so much better, now I have a mid range adjustment and the highs are about the same but it has a nice clean sound. The total for all this was 3 cents under $270.00 with free shipping.
Sorry to be so late getting back to you all because I was traveling to San Diego. All I did was to replace the head unit (Shaker 500 unit only). I kept everything else in place. The install was easy since they gave you all the wiring harnesses and new mounting face to give you a compartment to put the remote. The model number of the head unit is a Kenwood KDC-MP4032. The unit is Sirius and XM ready. There are tons of features on the Kenwood. Here is the list of parts that I got.
Item Description Ship Qty B/O Qty Price Amount
700XMKENWO XM Direct Satellite Radio Pkg for Kenwood 1 0 0.00 0.00
113MP4032 Kenwood KDC-MP4032 CD/MP3/WMA/AAC Player What's Included 1 0 169.99 169.99
0000190011 FORD MUSTANG 05- MS 1 0 0.00 0.00
120995807 Ford F150 Pickup Kit 2004-Up E 1 0 0.00 0.00
120705521 Ford Wire Harness receiver, 2003-up 1 0 0.00 0.00
209XMD1000 XM Satellite XMD1000 Universal XM Satellite Radio What's Included 1 0 49.99 49.99
209XMDKEN1 XM XMDKEN100 XM Direct Kenwood Smart Digital Adapter 49.99 49.99
000SRADIG FREE Crutchfield Guide: Satell Satellite Radio Car Installation 0.00 0.00
All you have to do is connect the wires from the new stereo to the wiring harness, pull out the old head unit, plug in the new head unit and your rocking. I got a good long time to listen to it today on the way to the airport and it is like night and day. The bass response is so much better, now I have a mid range adjustment and the highs are about the same but it has a nice clean sound. The total for all this was 3 cents under $270.00 with free shipping.
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Out of curiosity, how did you hook up the amp? Did you have any issues with a "thumping" sound through subs during power on?
Out of curiosity, how did you hook up the amp? Did you have any issues with a "thumping" sound through subs during power on?