A novel way to prevent car radio from being stolen

**webmiester** · September 26th, 2007 10:30 PM

Hi guys,

3 times na kaming nanakawan ng radio. Many radios now come with anti-theft features such as removal unit o kaya removable face lang...

Pero I have a friend, na kahit na removable yung face, ninakaw pa rin, kaya he still has to buy a new one (do you guys know anyone who likes listening to just the face?). Also, if we are absent minded, we might end up forgetting the face or the radio unit somewhere...

I was thinking... if we had a cool really nice radio. Why not buy the super cheapest defective radio we can find. Then forcibly remove the face of the cheap radio. Tapos, kapag pinark natin yung car, ikabit natin yung face ng cheapo radio over our own, para kapag nakita ng magnanakaw from the window, he'l be discouraged to steal it (eh super cheap radio ba naman eh).

Do you think this logic might work?

**liv** · September 26th, 2007 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by webmiester

Hi guys,

3 times na kaming nanakawan ng radio. Many radios now come with anti-theft features such as removal unit o kaya removable face lang...

Pero I have a friend, na kahit na removable yung face, ninakaw pa rin, kaya he still has to buy a new one (do you guys know anyone who likes listening to just the face?). Also, if we are absent minded, we might end up forgetting the face or the radio unit somewhere...

I was thinking... if we had a cool really nice radio. Why not buy the super cheapest defective radio we can find. Then forcibly remove the face of the cheap radio. Tapos, kapag pinark natin yung car, ikabit natin yung face ng cheapo radio over our own, para kapag nakita ng magnanakaw from the window, he'l be discouraged to steal it (eh super cheap radio ba naman eh).

Do you think this logic might work?

kung talagang walang patawad ang magnanakaw... kahit ano ipalit mo, nanakawin pa rin yan.

**rion** · September 27th, 2007 12:35 AM

Do you think this logic might work?

Probably... on day time lang.

they can't see it on nightime.

I had a super secured HU (mahal kasi 315$). you can only remove the bolt with a T tool.

nanakaw parin, sinira kasi yung dashboard.

it was my mistake. I silent mode the alarm at that time.

don't you have a car alarm?

**jaspi11** · September 27th, 2007 01:05 AM

kahit mura yung radio mo pag nabuksan oto mo dadalihin lahat ng makukuha....me alarm ba oto mo..kung wala try mo magpakabit.

**VtEC** · September 27th, 2007 03:24 AM

Originally Posted by webmiester

Hi guys,

3 times na kaming nanakawan ng radio. Many radios now come with anti-theft features such as removal unit o kaya removable face lang...

lintik naman kasi mga magnanakaw nayan e.gayahin mo nalang yong mga pampasadang jeep bro, yon bang kalas lahat ng radio pag bumaba ng jeep

tsaka swerte nyo pa kasi di buong kotse ang binitbit

**ReccaH** · September 27th, 2007 06:35 AM

good idea also is to choose a place where you park and kung 3 times na kayo nanakawan maybe choose another form of entertainment na lang.

**empy** · September 27th, 2007 06:42 AM

palagay ko sobrang obvious if you retrofit an "el cheapo" face to an expensive HU. plus your dashboard will look like shiet

di na ba uso yung removable yung buong HU? kung talagang pinagtitripan kahit walang face, tanggalin mo na lang lahat!! :bwahaha:

**2Dmax** · September 27th, 2007 06:45 AM

ipod na lang bilhin mo. make it 4-8 gigabytes capacity para marami ka na rin ma-store na music. hehe..

**rion** · September 27th, 2007 08:14 AM

or you can hide your HU. the only thing that can only be seen in the dash is a switch on/off. set the HU volume to half. use the FM modulator to play mp3 files and also control the volume control.

**webmiester** · September 28th, 2007 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by rion

or you can hide your HU. the only thing that can only be seen in the dash is a switch on/off. set the HU volume to half. use the FM modulator to play mp3 files and also control the volume control.

Actually nga, that's another thing I was thinking. If I hide the HU kasi, hahanapin rin yun ng magnanakaw, and when he finds it...

...Pero if we hide the nice HU sa glove compartment, for instance, then install a cheapo one at the usual location, kapag kinuha na ng magnanakaw yung radio, he wont look for the hidden unit anymore

Anyway, that was years ago before nauso ang car alarms. I since installed car alarms sa autos namin and hindi na nawala radios... pero the thought of this "mock-up" radio thing always stayed with me