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My Camry is just over the 10 year old period :(

Well my alternator just kicked the bucket. For reference, mine is an '07 Altise (bought brand new) and have had the battery replaced once. Suddenly, the other day I noticed it was struggling very slightly to start. And then it was dead when I tried to start it outside a shop. Jumpstarts were temporary fixes and RACQ have checked it, confirming the battery is fine but alternator is dying. My mechanic will be fitting a genuine Toyota alternator in the next day or two. Here's to another 7 years of Camry driving :) Oh Ronnyboy, I'm Indian too :)

I'd suggest you have a go at removing the front speakers and seeing if the space is big enough. You may be able to find a ready-made bracket or you can retrofit a bracket with some modifications.

If it's anything like other cars, it probably has eight speaker wires coming out of the back of the headunit. Each pair goes to a speaker. If you've got more than four speakers in the car (e.g. tweeters in your front A pillar), then it might be a pair of wires that go to your tweeter and then the speaker in your dash or front door. The headunit outputs speaker-level signals and it's amplified, but it won't be as powerful as you'd need for your new speakers and subwoofer. To keep the headunit in the car with your new sub and speakers, ensure your new amplifier has high-level inputs. You can then connect your headunit's speaker outputs directly to the amplifier without needing any other gadgets.

I've got a similar issue with my 07 Altise. It's quite sticky and starting to get a bit shiny but hasn't peeled yet. Easiest way to prevent further damage is a dash mat, I would think.

It should be plug and play. Most of those units will accept the stock Camry plugs at the back, and if the unit supports reverse camera switching, it should work. When do you plan on installing it?

Xav, did you manage to fix it?

Possibly some poorly grounded equipment. Have the ground points checked to ensure they're making good contact as occasionally you do get rust or other stuff on the points. Also, do you have any aftermarket equipment installed?

Great setup! I'm thinking of putting a car PC in my 07 Camry Altise. I'm kinda torn between two approaches: 1) build a system using mini-ITX motherboard etc. and mount under the seat (like yours), or 2) use an Asus Eee PC and mount it all in the dash. The Eee PC 901 is a complete system, priced at $519 at the moment. All it needs is a touchscreen overlay kit (add $100 to the price), and an auto-power on module wired in to the Eee's power switch (add ~$20), and the car PC is complete. So for ~$650 I can have a neat car PC. With the mini-ITX approach, it's $149 for the motherboard, plus price of HDD (possibly 40GB) and RAM (1GB minimum) and power supply (M2-ATX or Opus). All of that will cost bring the PC cost to around $300. Then I'd have to spend nothing less than $400 to get a 7" sunlight readable touchscreen LCD (lilliput, xenarc, lin-itx, dynamix, etc.). Total price here would be ~$700. I'm experienced with electronics and computers so putting it all together and making modifications is not a problem for me. I just thought it seemed a lot more efficient if I used an Eee PC since it's pretty much complete, and there's one less thing sitting under the seats. (Bear in mind that I'll have a 4-channel amp sitting under one of the seats). I've got the space inside my dash for the Eee PC (I'll be taking out the stock headunit). I'd have to take the Eee apart, turn the screen around so the computer part is facing inside the dash and the screen is facing towards the interior of the car. Then I'd wire the auto-power-on module to the power switch, and connect that to ignition and to car battery (or distribution block), and run a cable to the amp. In time, I'll probably add a DVD ROM drive so I can watch DVDs and listen to CDs. I haven't quite decided which route to take. Anyone wanna try to persuade me some way? Apologies to the mods if this post should be in its own thread. Please move it if necessary :)

I just bought the double-din fascia plate from Toyota in Mt. Gravatt (Brisbane) too for my Camry Altise 2007 and the opening in the fascia is actually bigger than double-din. The opening is 8" wide by 4.5" tall. I think it's more for allowing other Toyota headunits to fit in, as opposed to any aftermarket double-din unit. You'll probably need some sort of filling piece to pad the opening if you use this face plate for a double-din unit.