Old School Eclipse DSP wiring help!

[Deeznutz]

What's up guys. I have to say, I never thought I would be any sort of audiophile like my old man was, but hey at some of these ebay prices, some of the old school stuff is still awesome to find and play with. Debating if I should keep this for an ol' school build or hand it to my

second cousin in Peru for his VW bug. I just can not seem to find the manual for the DSP unit.

My latest acquisition:

Old School Eclipse CD5442 $60.00. Came with the cage, trim ring, and 13 point din plug.

Old School Eclipse 2301 EQ/DSP. $48.00 Ebay shipped.

Not bad for $108 investment.

I read alot of good things about the Older Eclipse line. Straight from Japan, not "Made in China or Taiwan". NO CD SLIP TECHNOLOGY. Back in the day, this mid-line receiver cost @ $480, add inflation since 2002, and it's more like $530-$540 to today's standard equivalent. Add the DSP and this package was close to $800 back than. Something like that. I already tested the receiver. WOW, clean!

I have yet to test the DSP which arrived today in a shitty packed box. Hope it works.

Here is the thing,

1. I researched the internet and the only thing I found was one post stating the DSP needs to be connected to the battery. I do not see a fuse on this (yellow and black wires).

2. The back of the DSP has 2 DIN plugs. Why 2 is my question?

Has only one installed one of these?, owned one of these DSP's? I need to know the fuse rating on the DSP. Would hate to fry it with a direct battery connect.

I'm excited to hear this thing in action.

DSP specs.

"DSP Sound Processor Control

(CD8062/CD8052/CD5442/CD3432)

• DSP On/Off

• Simplified DSP Operation

• Factory Presets (5 Venues: Concert Hall/

Live Music House/Cathedral/Stadium/Club)

• Sound Level/Time Adjustment

for Early Reflection/Late Reflection

• 6 User-Memory Presets

• Digital Surround Control

(Only when connected to 39011)

(CD8062/CD8052/CD5442)"

-Frank

[ROLEXrifleman]

The older car audio is great stuff. The only down side to most of it is the fact that the equipment was drown down into several pieces because of the technology of the day. Like everything else electronic, the mfg's were able to put the same technology into smaller, if not a single package over time. If space sint an issue they are great items as they usually have one or two features that make them unique over current items.

I myself am running a pioneer 7" head unit from 1999 that requires 3 separate pieces to work in addition to the head unit! Even at that you couldn't pry it away from me!! Play with it and see if it moves you.

This is a lot of work by today's standards to watch porn!! lol

[Deeznutz]

Well, I'm a dumbass. I deleted my last post because I thought this was broken.

I had to walk away this little project for alittle bit to not get mad. lol.

I could not find the manual online initially, but I was able to find the CD5441 manual.

I thought the whole player & DSP were a bust, but I definitely needed the manual to open up the DSP!

After 2+ hours of messing with the two, I was able to turn on the DSP and the sound is nice and clear. Way cleaner than my

Pioneer Premier DEH-P960MP!

Turns out this is a "smart switchable RCA receiver". The RCA plug says "In/Out" front and rear. When you connect the DSP din plug, the receiver senses it. It initially didn't work because I had the din plug plugged into wrong plug on the DSP causing low output. The pigtail din was the one to use. What's the purpose of the other din plug? Who knows! Maybe the CD player din?

I tried plugging the RCAs (output RCA to amp) from the DSP to the player, as I bypass/rule out the no sound problem. This caused the volume to blare loudly once connected (player, to rca, to amp) and turning the volume knob has no affect on the volume. I thought it was broken. I had to completely disconnect the DSP din plug from the player to keep this blaring from occurring. I guess the internal switching is causing this no volume knob control.

If the DSP is connected, the RCAs play out of the DSP, no RCAs are to touch the cd player RCA outputs. lol. it's either one or the other.

My Pioneer, you can run front RCAs (low level outputs), and rear (hi level outputs) speakers for rear fill, and still be able to use the Time alignment feature. Still trying to figure the time alignment on this unit.

I will keep working on this receiver/DSP set up tomorrow and keep this thread posted.

-Frank