chip or programmer

[HummerLV]

happy easter eveyone,
any thoughts on which might be best, a chip or progammer. 4 wheel parts wholesalers has the hypertech programmer for 300.00, chips are a little less.

keep smiling and stay upright.

[HummerLV]

happy easter eveyone,
any thoughts on which might be best, a chip or progammer. 4 wheel parts wholesalers has the hypertech programmer for 300.00, chips are a little less.

keep smiling and stay upright.

[HummerLV]

happy easter eveyone,
any thoughts on which might be best, a chip or progammer. 4 wheel parts wholesalers has the hypertech programmer for 300.00, chips are a little less.

keep smiling and stay upright.

[frank6150]

I think the programmer would be better since you can adjust mulitple things and if you are concerned when taking it to the dealership for service that they may void your warranty you can just return everything to factory very quickly.

[Circuitguy]

What ever you buy don't buy just for price. Remember you always get what you pay for! Anyway I think a programer would be the best way to go. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif BIG-C

[HummerLV]

ok sounds like the programmer is pulling ahead.
i am familiar with hypertech anyone use any others?
i don't buy for price i always try to do my research. 4wpw having sale for good price on the hyper.
thanks for the feedback

[\"Doc\"-sqrd]

Hi,

Additionally, the programmer will give you Diagnostic Trouble Codes...

[HummerLV]

hi doc,
my dealer is putting in a pioneer nav this friday, it was part of the deal to get me to buy the h2,
any pics or thoughts on the installation you had, they want to put the screen down by the gear select. would rather have it up by the mirror.
thanks

[Tucson Beast]

Hey HummerLV

I have a Pioneer Nav System and Monitor. See picture for my monitor location

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[\"Doc\"-sqrd]

Hi,

I don't have a sunroof so I had the monitor installed in the middle bin (moved the sunglasses bin to the front). The monitor can fold out of the way when not in use and you can hear the voice commands even when the bin is closed if you turn the volume up a little. The DVD head is in the Onstar 1/2DIN slot, the Onstar head is concealed in th dash and the Onstar controls are moounted between the two A/C vents on the front dash. I wanted an Onstar-compatible mirror and had one from a GM Jimmy, but the "generation" of the mirror and Onstar have to be compatible, so unfortunately I was unsuccessful with moving the Onstar controls to the RV mirror. If you have a sunroof, there are photos of a quality monitor install elsewhere on the forum.

BTW, the Pioneer system works fine in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, but there is no data other than primary and secondary roads in many less-populated Texas counties. The GPS will track your movements nonetheless and plot and remember your course travelled. The GPS appears very accurate in positioning the vehicle.

I have photos of my monitor,etc. but I've just recently downloaded the .jpeg images into my home network so it will take me some time to rework the file sizes and get them ready to "push" to the forum (technologically-challenged when it comes to home computers and my "idiot savant" smart home system!!).

[\"Doc\"-sqrd]

Hi again,

OK, I'll try to post a couple of photos....

[\"Doc\"-sqrd]

Another photo...

[Tucson Beast]

Hey "Doc"

Very Nice - looks like it fits well - I think it is a very good system.

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[H2Finally]

Doc, I'd be interested to see you on-star button location (by the air vents). Thanks!

[\"Doc\"-sqrd]

Hi H2Finally,

Now that I've mastered the Zen of digital photography and forum "attachments" I'll get a photo of the button location.

[H2Finally]

Doc, waiting with bated breath.. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[PARAGON]

Finally, is it bated or baited. If baited, I bet that movie star wife of yours appreciates the smell. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

<span class="ev_code_RED">Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.</span>

If bated, breathe. But I don't think we use the word bated any more. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[H2Finally]

No one but Paragon would appreciate this, so move along.. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>[Q] “Where does the term baited breath come from, as in: ‘I am waiting with baited breath for your answer’?”

[A] The correct spelling is actually bated breath but it’s so common these days to see it written as baited breath that there’s every chance it will soon become the usual form, to the disgust of conservative speakers and the confusion of dictionary writers. Examples in newspapers and magazines are legion; this one appeared in the Daily Mirror on 12 April 2003: “She hasn’t responded yet but Michael is waiting with baited breath”.

It’s easy to mock, but there’s a real problem here. Bated and baited sound the same and we no longer use bated (let alone the verb to bate), outside this one set phrase, which has become an idiom. Confusion is almost inevitable. Bated here is a contraction of abated through loss of the first vowel (a process called aphesis); it has the meaning “reduced, lessened, lowered in force”. So bated breath refers to a state in which you almost stop breathing through terror, awe, extreme anticipation, or anxiety.

Shakespeare is the first writer known to use it, in The Merchant of Venice: “Shall I bend low and, in a bondman’s key, / With bated breath and whisp’ring humbleness, / Say this ...”. Nearly three centuries later, Mark Twain employed it in Tom Sawyer: “Every eye fixed itself upon him; with parted lips and bated breath the audience hung upon his words, taking no note of time, rapt in the ghastly fascinations of the tale”.

For those who know the older spelling or who stop to consider the matter, baited breath evokes an incongruous image, which Geoffrey Taylor captured in verse in his poem Cruel Clever Cat:

Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[PARAGON]

As I have stated before, I like back-stories on things. Common idioms, where cities originally got their names, basis of some common laws, etc...

I had already read the same thing on bated/baited which was the reason for my post. I had questioned why someone would wait with "baited" breath after a family member used the saying. Of course, no one could come up with why, so I had to look it up just to keep my sanity.

[\"Doc\"-sqrd]

"Belated Breath",

My cameras smartcard crashed so I had to get a replacement! Here's the photo of the dash.

[H2_SUT_SC]

That's a nice install!

[H2Finally]

Hey Doc, that's really cool http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif. If you don't mind, more questions:

1. Was that just dremeled off stock?

2. Any reason u know of I won't be able to just drill holes on the console to match the buttons (so that I don't have the black piece showing)?

3. Where is the on-star head hidden?

4. Is the controls cables long enough? If not, how did you extend them?

Thanks Doc! Please take your time.. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[\"Doc\"-sqrd]

Hi H2Finally,

I can't take any credit for the install..."The Tint Shop" in Greenville, Texas did the installation (as well as the HIDs, Grill lights and Gobi rack lights).

But...it would seem that carefully-scribed holes would work. According to the owner, Mike, the Onstar unit is positioned behind the dash. Since I've not removed the dash to see his work I can't speculate further about cable lengths, etc. Sorry. But I'll try to pursuade Mike to write-up his protocol and I'll post it when available.

BTW, I'll be "out-of-pocket" the rest of the week for some Rio Grande turkey hunting http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gifbut I'll contact him next week.