A novel way to prevent car radio from being stolen

[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?

[liv]

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]

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]

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

[VtEC]

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]

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]

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]

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

[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.

[webmiester]

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

[webmiester]

Actually yung iba ko pang ideas na related duon sa fake radio idea:

1) magdala ng extra wallet para kapag hinold-up ka, yun ang ibigay mo. We can use the left back pocket ng pantalon. Lagyan lang ito ng konting pera (Mga P20 - P50) and some fake or expired IDs para mukhang real

2) Magdala ng dummy phone (yung nakikitang nakadisplay sa malls), para ito na lang ibigay kapag hinold-up (kaso baka balikan ka ng holdupper, saksakin ka na talaga kapag nakilala ka ulit!, hehe)

3) To avoid trouble sa #2, carry na lang a real unit. Yung mga tipong Nokia 5110 or Motorola Talkabout (I still have my old one), para at least hindi halatang inuuto mo holdupper, hehe

Balita ko nga yung ibang mga jeepney drivers daw maraming dalang fake licenses para kapag hinuli ng mga hulidaper bigay na lang nila sa kanila eh, anyway, iba naman pangalan nakasulat duon. yung mga ibang pulis nga rin na nanghuhuli di mo naman talaga alam kung pulis talaga sila...

Im not advicing we make fake licenses ha, Im just saying we can use strategies similar to this to protect ourselves, if wala talaga tayong kasalanan

Im thinking somewhere along that line if we have expensive stuff like expensive HU, We can do that for jewelry, or anything else

[webmiester]

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:

oo nga, kaso may mga danger rin kapag rineremove mo yung components. You could forget the HU in a restaurant or baka mabasa sa ulan...Yung cousin ko nga nanakawan ng sideview mirror 2x na, kaya he learned to remove them and decided to hide them inside the car

Yun nga lang, he placed them on the driver's seat... From school, he absentmindedly sat on the mirrors - basag!

Something like that can happen to your removable HU too