The Sony can be totally controlled by the remote. No need to fumble with the controls here at all shown with the deck in  the open position.
It has hi & low pass cross overs for the sub too. The volume for the sub is also independently adjustable from the  volume for the main speakers. This is a very sweet set up for the sub woofer.

The deck comes already to hook up a CD changer, mini disk, and a TV screen, TV tuner, and VCR.
If you get the chance to stop by a shop that carries Sony gear, give it a demo.

Click here to see a 1.30 MB MPEG of my Sony M650 in action! It's best if you right click on the link for the movie and save it to your PC.  If you don't, the streaming effect will not produce as good a video, and it could lock up your PC.
A friend of mine just got the new Sony Cyber Shot S70 digital camera, and we were goofing around with it.

With the deck in it's open position shown here, when it is dark out, the whole cockpit is bathed in a red & purple neon glow.

Below is a pic of the M650 with the cover in the closed position. You can do all of the controls with the remote in the way.
The graphics are superb when running it this way. It even has a spectrum analyzer showing you the highs & lows of the music.

Below is a pic I got off the 'Net showing the deck.

The Infinity speakers came with the Runner when I got it. The covering on the speaker pods were shot and I covered it in some new blue material that came to a close match for my interior.
These are the Infinity Reference 6.5"  woofers, with tweeters in the doors. They sound awesome. If they ever blow, I will probably get some high end speakers.

A few have asked me on YotaTech how my pods were built.
I put up a new page just for them which shows the dimensions of them, and a little more information.
Please click here to see the page I put together.

These are my 2 amps. A Rockford Fosgate 200a4 using  2 of the 4 channels on the left feeding my front door speakers, and a Rockford Fosgate 500a2 on the right bridged mono feeding the hungry monster sub in the back.
The birth sheet on this puppy rates the amp at 658 watts  mono into a 2 ohm load instead of the advertised 500 watts.

This was my first sub woofer, a Rockford Fosgate 10" DVC.  It was a lot better than having no bass, but I was still wanting more. That's where the speaker below  this picture came in.

Then I got a Sound Stream SPL 15" sub from my oldest boy and he put it in a bandpass box he picked up.
It shook, it rattled, it played real loud, but the SPL was not designed for this type of box.
So I had a new sealed box built for the SPL, but all did not go well. You will see in the next picture after the one below here.

Here is my new JL Audio W6 15" sub woofer. I was running the Sound Stream SPL 15" you see on the right. I had a new custom sealed box built for the SPL speaker.

Turns out after they put it in, you could hear one of the voice coils rattling real bad. In the bandpass box, there was a slight noise as it masked the sound of the blown voice coil, and I really had no idea it was blown.

So after doing some inquiring about a replacement sub, I ended up with the JL here.
It sounds real good and pounds, plus I purchased an extended warranty on it should I ever blow it, Car Toy's will replace it for free.
The bass is a lot tighter sounding in this sealed than it was in the bandpass box.
Believe me, this puppy pounds. When turned up a bit, the seats actually feel like they are moving in their tracks.
It produces some really gut wrenching lows.

This is where I ended up putting my remote control. Would have been better on top of the arm rest, but I use it for my arm quite a bit.

I had the itch to replace the stock power wire that the original installer of the amp and the 10" sub I had put in Oct. of '99.
He used 12 gauge I believe and it very inadequate for a good system.
I started off by using Phoenix Gold 4 gauge "High Energy Core Power Flow" series wire. I ran this through the firewall all the way back just a few feet short of the amp.

From there I "had" (update below) a Phoenix Gold distribution box that takes in one 4 gauge wire and you can have upto four 8 gauge wire coming out the opposite end. I have about 2 1/2 feet or so of 8 gauge then running into the amplifier.

Running the thick 4 gauge wire through the firewall was easy. I went through the passenger side and used an existing grommet in the firewall that had a few other wires coming out of it.
I did have to remove the computer by the foot well though in order to grab the 4 gauge wire and ran it behind the PC, then bolted it back in to place.
I then ran the wire underneath the carpet and door sill as seen in the above photo.

In the 2nd picture, the gold terminal on the wire is the end that goes to the side post on my "Optima" type battery.

This  picture was taken when I ran only one amp.

Since I now have a two amp setup, this is my current wiring jungle below. Even though I have a 100 amp circuit breaker under the hood, I was advised to run a fuse for each amp too.

I picked up a real sweet fused distribution block that has 3X4 gauge wire in, and 4X8 gauge wire out to feed the amps.
Instead of the round glass type fuses, this uses the big blade type fuses that can be found in most auto supply stores.

I now have two extra channels available to me on the RF 200a4 amp if I want to run two more speakers. I'm not sure where I would put them though.

I thought is would be a good idea to also put in some 12 gauge wire running from the amp to the sub. It had much smaller 16 or 18 gauge before.

I had replaced my battery in June of 2000 for a Les Schwab battery that is just like an Optima.
It has the side terminals on it too which I put a connector on for the big 4 gauge power wire.

Below is the Phoenix Gold 100 amp circuit breaker. I thought this would be a good way to go and forget about ever having to change a fuse in case one ever blows. Should it ever do that, all I have to do is hit the reset on it.

Below is a picture of a system diagram that Chris made for me. If you would like him to make you one, get in touch with him via email.
I first saw one of these on the car audio forum I use, and I thought it was a pretty trick way to show off your system.

Here is another radical system diagram made for me by Danial from the 4Runner forum.

This is a quick run down on my setup:
Head unit: Sony M650
Front door speakers: 6.5" Infinity Reference separates
Sub woofer: 1 15" JL Audio W6 (may be trading it for a louder W3)
Amp for highs: Rockford Fosgate Punch 200a4 running 2 out of 4 channels into the front speakers
Sub amp: Rockford Fosgate 500a2 bridged mono
Wiring: Phoenix Gold Power Flow 4 & 8 gauge
Sound deadening: Front doors Dynomatted

Here is an article I wrote for Outdoor Wire's tech section.
The article was written shortly after I upgraded my system. I am now hosting it on my site, since someone over there took it down.

Run your mouse over the video below to start it.
If you clicked a thumbnail picture earlier, the vid may not show up.
Hit F5 to refresh your screen, and the vid will show below.
Right now I have Audio Slave loaded.