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  1. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    Just doesn't make sense to me. I took my car in for faulty mirrors due to water ingress causing a short. They stopped functioning including blind spot monitoring system. They used there diagnostics and serviced the car checked for faults etc this is with the mobridge connected and they were...
  2. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    Sadly. Marketing thought it was a good idea and Toyota raided the BMW leftover parts bin.
  3. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    Its interesting.... This issue really concerned me when I started out on my system. However maybe because I used a single audison low profile subwoofer mounted upwards it was better at dealing with midbass providing enough midbass fill to cater for this just like the OEM rear subs. If you...
  4. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    Really? can is that true? I don't believe it is? unless its the ASD unit that uses the canbus and needs to be visible to the car. I just sold the car with the aftermarket system mobridge unit etc. I now feel bad for the new owner.
  5. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    Thanks I am going to give it a try.
  6. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    That's awesome. Did they send you a new firmware to enable that? Could you send me that file? This would be perfect. I met the owner of the company in person so I can reach out to him but if you have the file it would be good.
  7. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    Can you explain how the presets work? I did not realise it had that functionality? In the mobridge do you set preset 1 and 2 differently and then in the supra screen when you switch surround on and off it triggers the different settings? If this is the case is preset 1 surround on and preset 2...
  8. Audio upgrade options

    Hi, yes I think that is a good way to do it, maybe I need to just do that in my search for perfection.
  9. Audio upgrade options

    Hi thanks, look like they left the orignal cover in and then covered it. looks all tidy. you must be happy with it?
  10. Audio upgrade options

    Wow that is awesome wish I could hear it. Please send the pictures of the back area I am very interested
  11. Audio upgrade options

    Just some updated pictures of my subwoofer area. I am happy with the audio and there are no rattles at all. I am just not entirely please with the area behind the seats and havent figures out how to improve the design so it looks more OEM. When the seats are back it looks perfect so its not...
  12. Audio upgrade options

    Whats behind that panel on the left? Can you show us pictures from behind the seats towards the subwoofer area how they built this? its hard to tell the shape of the box from the pictures. Does it rattle? Amazing they got that huge Sub in there firing backwards. What did you do with the...
  13. How to Improve OE Sub Bass Quality and Eliminate Vibrations

    Yes I that issue too. I used tessa tape line the plastic area where it touches the metal/glass and clipped it back into place. No issues anymore.
  14. Sport Plus mode activated but benefits?

    Activated it today. gee the throttle response is wicked. Benefits are that you can have normal (everything turned off) you can have sport individual (in my case suspension set to normal and transmission set to normal) and 1 click of the sport button and it turns everything on sport plus gives...
  15. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    Yeh. I wanted to but I struggled with the idea of running additional wires to doors through the door connector. It's not easy and I tried this with my Mustang and I stuffed it up. So gave up. I have the mobridge preamp and I ended up just using a 4 channel amplifier. The front sounds really...
  16. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    That's awesome you got it working. It sounds like you need to tune it. I don't have rears or centre anymore connected. My doors are passive. So it was much easier to setup.
  17. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    I'm not sure if for ta Mac compatible the software. I use an old windows PC. You can increase the gain overall as the output from the head unit seems very low to me. And then you can also increase gain on each individual output. It's very easy to use.
  18. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    That's great news. With my system due to the small 4inch speakers in door I had to tune in some midbass from the subwoofer. Using the DSP. I found that increasing the Freq range that the subwoofer plays at but reducing the amount of amplification at the higher frequency by 6db so it blends in...
  19. Audio Build Journal | HELIX | FOCAL | SoundShield

    That is fantastic craftsmanship and an excellent range of speakers. Is the lower OEM section also part of the enclosure? or only the new section? Is there a picture from the behind the seats to get a perspective. Have you heard it yet?


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