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Contents 1 Considerations 2 Possibilities 3 Best Practices 4 Hard Drive Mounting 5 Related Links 6 External Links

Considerations

There are three things to consider when installing your DMP1.

1. First and foremost - where to mount the faceplate display
2. Where to mount the Hard Drive Housing
3. And lastly where to mount the Wiring Adaptor (Junction Box) and where to run the wiring

Possibilities

Best Practices

Hard Drive Mounting

The DMP1 manual *specifically* mentions that "The unit should be mounted to a rigid surface. Mounting the Omnifi vertically on a surface with the Hard Drive Cartridge opening facing up will provide the best performance in the presence of vehicle vibration."

While this sounds good in theory, practice has shown that results vary from user to user. See this page which discusses Skipping and Mounting Concerns.

Forum members have shown through polls and observations that:

• Loose / floating mounts fare better than rigid mounts to the vehicle.
• Large vehicles / smooth suspensions fare better than small vehicles / rigid suspensions.

The manual also suggests that in-cabin installation is better than not. The reason being the cabin temperature will be regulated and conditioned, which is particularly ameanable to the DMP1 electronics. Even in an Air Conditioned cabin, the DMP1's fan will come on an whirr to cool the poor hard drive off. However, too hot/too cold of an environment and the drive may refuse to start altogether.

Hard drive mounting location is can be a difficult decision for the owner as they may not have the luxury of space. Here are some non-problematic locations used by forum members:

• atop a coil of the fat DIN cable, laid beneath the passenger seat, facing rearward in a Toyota 4Runner
• vertically in a specially made cubby in the trunk with plexiglass, bling bling lights and carpeting all around in an Acura
• mounted to a piece of plywood and placed on the carpet
• mounted with velcro

Your milage, of course, will vary.

Related Links

• Installation Locations
• Skipping and Mounting Concerns
• Electrical Connections
• Audio Connections
• Kewl Installs

External Links

Lumkichi 18:04, 5 Nov 2005 (CST)