JUST A TIP! [stereo SSP settings]

scionracerxb · Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 859 Location: anaheim, ca

...hey...for all of u that have the stock radio still. If u hold down the SSP button for 10 seconds, it will as you which car you have...and you can change it for xb or xa!...it makes a big difference in the way your system sounds....it seems the peeple at the dealership don't know this :? ...i was riding around with mine set on XA and i have an XB...man what a difference in sound when i changed it :wink: ....just a littly FYI :wink:

Munch · Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 4451

Nice find 8) .

yanges · Posted: 12/28/03 5:25PM Post subject:

i have an xB and in mine the xA equalizer setting sounds better for some reason.....it has more highs than the xB setting.....

but it only takes 3 seconds on mine to activate it....

i keep the SSP set on Feel unless it get too bassy, then i go to Hear

if you listen to AM at all, Hear or Neutral seem to work best.....

showpaojoe · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Posts: 1482 Location: W. Covina, CA

dat sux 4 u

wen i got my car, that was the number one thing the guy reminded himself to point out, make sure it's set for your car

2fixA · Joined: 02 Aug 2003 Posts: 423 Location: Austin, Tx

yeah my dealer was quick to check and show that to me as well, but someone else made sure we caught that because some people could notice it in the xBs that it sounded different than their xBs:

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=18661&highlight=ssp#18661

tintsem · Joined: 27 Dec 2003 Posts: 65

They didnt say anything to me about it. Guess it helps to read the manual.

hatchbox · Posted: 12/28/03 8:41PM Post subject:

i set it to xA in my xB, dunno why but it sounds better than to set it that way

bBted · Joined: 15 Jun 2003 Posts: 1414 Location: SF Bayarea

theres a little sticker on the radio when i got my car, tell u how to change the settings

Stylis · Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 6075 Location: Scion Evolution

scionara showed me that the second week I learned about scionlife. I thought the xA mode is supposed to be louder. I just keep it on xA for the louder sound.

chillenn310 · Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 319

thats a pretty dope find.. I usually keep it on FEEL cuz it sounds better.

ikonXone · Posted: 12/29/03 12:54PM Post subject:

i didn't even know that. i will have to try that out.

izzles · Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 165 Location: Ripon

Thanks I found that out the other day as well.....

rodney_ray · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 43 Location: San Jose

Great find... gives U more options...

SCI_FIRE · Joined: 06 Dec 2003 Posts: 465 Location: San Diego

Thx for the tip. First thing Drew did when he showed me the radio was switch it to "XA", but I couldn't remember how he did it. I also set it to "Feel" and what a difference that makes!

I feel so dumb... I am used to all of these computer jukeboxes being able to play all the different music formats. I had copied all of the songs from my computer to 4 CDs to play in the car, only to find that the sucker literally only plays MP3s, lol. :oops: Now I have to go back and convert 350 songs from WMA to MP3, and burn all new CDs. Only about 80 of the songs were already in MP3 format.

As the experts always love to harp, "RTFM". Bleah!

rjsalvi · Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 86 Location: San Diego

Here's what I have found to be the most pleasant (and perhaps the most accurate) in my xB...I set the environment to xB. I find the sound far more natural and far less phasey than with it set to the xA environment. I have all tone controls set to '0' -- except BASS -- which I have at -2, and the DSP set to "FEEL." Not bad for a stock stereo.

scionracerxb · Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 859 Location: anaheim, ca

i have mine set on XB, and the ssp set to hear, and all the levels at 0....only because i have an amp on the bass, and I set the amp so that it has the perfect amount of bass with everything on 0, but if i wanna pump up the bass, all i gotta do is turn up the bass a lil :wink:

rjsalvi · Joined: 05 Nov 2003 Posts: 86 Location: San Diego

rjsalvi wrote: Here's what I have found to be the most pleasant (and perhaps the most accurate) in my xB...I set the environment to xB. I find the sound far more natural and far less phasey than with it set to the xA environment. I have all tone controls set to '0' -- except BASS -- which I have at -2, and the DSP set to "FEEL." Not bad for a stock stereo.

DOH!...I just checked the unit and all the above is true EXCEPT...I have it set to HEAR, not FEEL. :shock: :?

NUNO · Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 21 Location: long beach ca

i tried this and it did switch to xA mode, but now i cant get it back to xB mode. what am i doing wrong???

scionracerxb · Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 859 Location: anaheim, ca

hold down the ssp button till it says xa, then push the volume up or down to toggle :wink:

izzles · Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 165 Location: Ripon

For some resaon the xA is better and the clarity sounds better...