I bought one of these CT24FT19.
Seems to me that they knew what they were doing when they decided not to have the normal recess before the head unit to sink into because of the tight space behind it. My Pioneer SPH 230DAB should go in 165mm from the outer face of the cage. To get it to do that meant snapping off various bit of plastic that were, hopefully, not too important. To be clear, I have now got room to push the thing the whole way in - if I'm a bit clever at getting the nest of wire stuffed into the right gaps.
The problem is that when the head clicks into the cage, it's still sticking out by about 5mm, and even with the bezel on looks awful, and like it's on its way out. This is because Connects 2 decided to help longer units fit without hacking plastic by eliminating the recess out front. Anyone know of a differnt manufacturer? Connects 2 appear to have swamped the market.
Head unit in its clicked position. The fascia needs about a 5mm recess so that only the smaller part of the head is protruding (and would be covered by the bezel).
ps. The simple work around is to push it in past the clicks, but the nest of wires pushes it back out despite trying may hardest to tidy them. Plan B, cut and weld the cage tabs.
Seems to me that they knew what they were doing when they decided not to have the normal recess before the head unit to sink into because of the tight space behind it. My Pioneer SPH 230DAB should go in 165mm from the outer face of the cage. To get it to do that meant snapping off various bit of plastic that were, hopefully, not too important. To be clear, I have now got room to push the thing the whole way in - if I'm a bit clever at getting the nest of wire stuffed into the right gaps.
The problem is that when the head clicks into the cage, it's still sticking out by about 5mm, and even with the bezel on looks awful, and like it's on its way out. This is because Connects 2 decided to help longer units fit without hacking plastic by eliminating the recess out front. Anyone know of a differnt manufacturer? Connects 2 appear to have swamped the market.
Head unit in its clicked position. The fascia needs about a 5mm recess so that only the smaller part of the head is protruding (and would be covered by the bezel).
ps. The simple work around is to push it in past the clicks, but the nest of wires pushes it back out despite trying may hardest to tidy them. Plan B, cut and weld the cage tabs.
