I have had this installed for a few weeks now and just got around to putting up some pictures of it. I've added quite a bit to the truck recently and finally have some free time to post up pictures.

So here's what I've got in there now and am extremely happy with thus far:

- JVC KW NT-1 w/ Built in bluetooth and Navigation
- XM Radio add on
- Ebay backup camera mounted in 2008 tailgate handle
- Rockford Fosgate 6.5" components in front doors & 6.5" coax in rear doors
- Kicker 350.4 powering Fosgate speakers
- Kicker 300.1 powering Sub
- Kicker CVT10 mounted in box under rear driver seat

So far i've been very impressed with this deck. The detachable face option, SD card ability for MP3's, SD card nav storage, and the expandability options are great. It more than easily powers what I need it to and works flawlessly.

Bootup Screen:


Source Screen:


XM Radio:


SD Card MP3:


Navigation Screens (yes my house is too new to be on the map)



DVD Screens (movie playing is Running Scared)




And finally backup camera image w/ mounted in tailgate (tailgate is off center i know I still need to get in there and fix it)



Again overall extremely happy with how it works and how quickly it does what I ask it to do. Menu switching is very fast and bootup is less than 10 seconds from when the truck is turned on. I don't use the front USB port or MP3 port yet, but it can also be used to charge various electronics that way as well.

Feel free to ask any questions or make whatever positive or negative comments

 

Looks good TJ! Did you have a hard time getting it to sit flush or was that even an issue?

 

Nope not a problem at all. I had the KW-NX7000 before and could never get it to sit flush. There were a good size list of things that I didn't like so much about the 7000 and was able to get this one for significantly cheaper and without any of the same issues.

Since this one the screen is not motorized and just pops straight out when you remove it, there are no clearance issues at all. It mounts nearly perfectly flush as you can see with zero modification.

 

nice!

 

Does this work with your steering wheel controls...if you have them?

 

Sure you can buy an adapter that will make it work with the factory steering controls, but my FX4 didn't come with them so I didn't have to worry about that.

 

lookin at the KW NT 7000 BT so do you mine listing the difference's in the units ,,,,because the 7000 is a little more $$ ..... and was going for the 7000 instead of the NT 1 Thanks

 

I guess when you do a nice job, we have lots of questions. Do you have a part number for the camera and new tailgate handle?

looks great

 

I have the KW NX7000 and I love it. I was going to ask you if you plan on running a 2.5" laptop usb powered hard drive for the usb port? I plan on doing this and just curious to see how well it works. I want to put movies and music on that as well as my sd card

 

Wow ok lots of questions to answer I'll take the easy ones first.

1. The backup camera is just an inexpensive $30 dollar Ebay camera that fits perfectly into the camera port. It is a TINY bit smaller, so a little electrical tape to thicken the camera a bit worked great. I also siliconed it from the backside so its nice and extra secure and no water can get back there now.

2. The tailgate handle is Ford part# 8L3Z9943400AC. It's just the 2008 rear handle w/ camera port.

3. I use an external hard drive iwth it now and it works great. Movies work perfect, songs, etc. It all works great. I never used that feature on the 7000 when I had it, but the previous owner tells me it works great too.

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Ok as far as the differences of the 7000 vs the NT-1. Let me start by saying the 7000 is an excellent unit and worked great for me. Most of the things I didn't like about it are all subjective and some people may be perfectly ok with them, just my opinion.

Mounting - the 7000's motorized face does not allow for a smooth and flush mount to the F150 dash. Modifications to the dash kit face and mounting holes are required to get it to sit flush. I dno't have the steadiest hand w/ the dremel and was never able to fit the 7000 how I wanted it. The NT-1, while still detachable, is not motorized and it fits perfectly flush.

Appearance & Visuals - the 7000 is just too damn bright plain and simple. The colors are far too vibrant and bright and driving at night was damn near difficult with it. Even with it dimmer at night, it just was always always too bright. I would turn it off at times at night while driving or just put it on the Nav screen which was a black background. The NT-1 has a black background already and has much smoother and softer colors to it. It all blends in very nicely with the truck and is not bright at ALL at night.

Bootup - the NT-1 takes about 1/3 of the time to boot up and be useable that the 7000 did. If you are listening to XM or SIrius, within about 3 seconds of starting the truck it will be playing. The SD card and DVD takes about 10 seconds total to start playing from starting the truck. The 7000 took significantly longer

Ease of use - the 7000 always felt sluggish when navigating through the menus. Never quite could keep up with how quickly I wanted to Navigate through them. It would hesitate when entering addresses and places on the Nav screen. NT-1 was updated to a better software or firmware and runs MUCH MUCH faster. The 7000 while on Nav screen you only saw the nav screen. The NT-1 has the ability to view the station you are on or track you are on while on the Nav screen and make adjustments to it. The 7000 did not have this feature

Satellite & Bluetooth - Both of course will do XM or Sirius, but the NT-1has a 10key pad to type in a station if you want. MAJOR issue I had with the 7000 not being able to do this. The 7000 almost always had reception issues and would sometimes forget the presets I had as well. Not so on the NT-1. The bluetooth on the NT-1 is also much better. Quicker to answer calls and hang up, much clearer signal and hearing on both ends, better microphone, more options within the bluetooth menu, etc.

Bottom line they are both great decks, but it just came down to personal preference for me. The 7000 has the 7" screen, the Nt-1 a 6.1". Barely noticeable. They both use SD cards for MP3's, both use SD for Nav maps, both have great Nav capabilities, and both work very very well. To me it just came down to which one was better for what I wanted in all the areas listed above and the NT-1 took it, hands down.

 

TJ05FX4,

is there any way you can show me how you routed the wires from the camera to the head unit? if you can show me or explain detailed...you are my hero hahaha

 

I'll do my best. I bought a 25ft RCA cable and going this route made it EXACTLY the right length with just a bit of slack. Hopefully this will be good enough, but if not, I can get some pictures but I don't know how big of a help they would be.

Ok we start at the tailgate ----> the hole in the bottom of the tailgate on the passenger side ---> across the tailgate back to the driver side frame rail between the spare tire and bumper ----> following other wires down frame rail up to passenger compartment ---> grommet and bundle of wires just in front of driver seat towards the door ---> under the carpet and up under the console up to the deck.

When I got under the truck that was the best route I could find. I of course wire loomed it all and zip tied it in about 10 places along the way so it tucks up real nice too.

 

ok how and where did you enter under the carpet and what kind of camera do you have because i have a kenwood DNX-6140 and im pretty sure it takes a camera with an rca connection (if im wrong someone correct me)

 

Looks awesome man

 

Like I said it enters the truck through a grommet in the floor under the drivers feet. If you lift the carpet and look right in front of the front left corner of the seat, there is a BIG grommet there where wires from the transmission and tail lights come into the cab. That is already under the carpet. I just ran it up to the deck from there.

Again like I said the camera is an ebay camera with a single Yellow RCA connection. Went to the local home electronics store and bought a long 25ft length of yellow video RCA cable and ran it. The power is sourced from a 12v switched power in the same grommet that you come through the cab at and the reverse sensor is picked up from the reverse light in the tail lights themselves.