[Mystake]

that's crazy, btw.

(summary at bottom)
update:
car went into futureshop ottawa today. had an appointment to reseat the H/U as it fell back into the dash... again.
They started taking it apart, bezel comes off (and the deck attached to it...) both installers looked at it and put it back together the way I brought it in. Said there was nothing they could do with how it sits to fix it and that they had to completely restart.

They've ordered me a new double din kit and have a new bezel on hold as well, seems I may be getting a new one of those as only 1 screw (that was later added) and clips are whats holding the bezel in. According to them, there are 4 screws that are supposed to hold it in around where the stock deck was located.

Then, on the way home the JVC deck started to malfunction. Seems the USB port on it is getting... old? I don't know. It's too soon for it to break but for the past couple months, intermittently, 'tapping' or closing a car door is enough shake to disconnect the flash drive from the deck.

... I should really, REALLY get a picture of the install. The original installer used a hot glue gun on the deck which, tied into the paragraph right above this one means that if they do remove it to send it to JVC for repair... JVC will most likely turn them down. There is now also the possibility that damage was caused to the unit BY the hot glue gun and copious amounts of it that were used (the black kind of glue) as well as epoxy on the deck (whoops, yeah that's the stuff JVC will say 'sorry the deck is damaged/used we can't replace').

anyway, long story short:

futureshop mistakes: they poured epoxy and hot glue all over my deck to try to glue it to my bezel. it has never, ever held. my 4way button was actually stiffened by them unintentionally (after forgetting to reinstall the first time around)
futureshop ottawa fixups: starting the install over from scratch, ordered in a new installation kit, ordering a new bezel if the original one is deemed to be irreparable/unusable.

as for the deck and it needing repair... that'll be their headache to deal with. I either get a new deck or my old one fixed! None of which should be at any cost to myself. Only part that slightly worries me is that I got my deck for 699 which was 1. below cost, 2. 400$ below retail. I hope they don't try to cheat me out and offer to replace with an equally priced but unmatched in features head unit. But hey... at least I don't have to call JVC and try to explain why the deck has epoxy slobbered all over it.

I'm probably gunna have them look at the reverse camera soon too, everytime the bass punches the camera flickers lol.


I'll update as I find out more. I'm pretty optimistic about this all. I'm extremely glad for warranties right now... let me tell you...