Just installed an Alpine receiver in my 2005 Honda Accord and it sounds great. The Crutchfield MasterSheet was very helpful. Want to pass along something I ran into. When I first installed the unit my reception was terrible. I went out on the web to see if I could find anything. It turns out that a number of cars (Honda, Audi etc) have amplified antennae. Which years, you would have to check. Since I don't have a power antenna (it's on the rear window), I skipped connecting the power antenna lead from my car harness. That cut off the power and I ended up with poor reception. Once I figured out what was going on it made a tremendous improvement.
Thanks for the tip! This should help some people with poor reception out there.
That's a good tip.
Since harnesses often cover many models / generations of a car, there could easily be a power antenna wire on a car without a power antenna, thus it wouldn't be an obvious thing to connect.
Speaking of which, I just moved a head unit into my '99 Accord and I doubt I connected the power antenna wires since it doesn't have a power antenna. Any idea of the '99 had an amplified antenna? I get good reception. The '99 is the 6th generation, the '05 is the 7th generation.
And JP, your font is really small.