Alpine for £150

[AckersMR2]

To be honest I'm surprised manufacturers are still making the majority or their stereos with CD players in them?
Does make you wonder though, with car manufacturers building their cars with custom built in stereos which have vastly improved in quality in recent years and with new media integration and the stereo doubling up as a control unit for other displays and sat navs will the demand for traditional single and double din units fall off to the point of extinction or certainly a lot less choice?

[SteveMK3]

Whilst looking at the Alpine unit on the Halfords web site I noticed these JVC double din units below. To be honest I know nothing about stereos so they might be pants but they do seem really good buys and might be of interest to someone?

The first one is reduced from £239.99 to £99.99 and the second £399.99 to £149.99....

 m http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_265857 m
 m http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_265857 m

[simers]

I'm using a Sony xplod with blue tooth hands free USB cd and tuner.... Great piece of kit.... Also have parrot hands free kit in the 2

[SteveMK3]

Whilst looking at the Alpine unit on the Halfords web site I noticed these JVC double din units below. To be honest I know nothing about stereos so they might be pants but they do seem really good buys and might be of interest to someone?

The first one is reduced from £239.99 to £99.99 and the second £399.99 to £149.99....

 m http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_265857 m
 m http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_265857 m

Does anyone have any experience of JVC units at all

[dj2k21]

Yeah all my cars have jvc units in them. I love them. Top notch units in my opinion.

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[SteveMK3]

Yeah all my cars have jvc units in them. I love them. Top notch units in my opinion.

Thanks for that  s:) s:)  I must admit I'm tempted by one of these!

[Anonymous]

I've found a pioneer I'm gonna get. double din I'll link later

[dj2k21]

They are good, I have a double din in the mr2 which is now 6 years old and still has sd card, usb lead, dual zone for multiple screens etc it's great

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[Wabbitkilla]

Well,I fitted the Kenwood today.
I already had a single din conversion so probably easier than a full conversion.
Getting the old Panasonic out that was installed by professionals was a pita purely because they took a couple of shortcuts, but once the old unit was removed the Kenwood just plugged in and slid in. Then cam the most annoying setup possible. You can only tune the radio using pty so you need to know the genre you're looking for. Then  reception wasn't great where i was so i went to a hilltop to do the tuning properly. Oodles of options for setting up the speakers. I haven't tried the deck or SD card slot yet, they will be sorted over the coming week. I've installed the mic and paired the HU with my 'phone and it works a treat.

Sound quality is far superior to the Panasonic, bear in mind i have upgraded the door speakers already and have passive crossovers for the tweeters.

[nathanMR2]

I haven't even tried the radio yet Nic :/

[MayerT]

I used to work in Halfords as a car audio specialist (well, they gave me that title and let me figure everything out for myself!), they used to sell a head unit, Sony i think, that didn't have a CD slot, but had a tray that popped out, that you can plug your iPod into and slide it back in. Was a very smart piece of kit, although was a single DIN, the double DIN's look so much more impressive in my opinion   s:) s:)

Pretty sure it was this one:  m http://www.sony.co.uk/product/mfi-ipod- ... sx-s300btx m

[psychosomatic88]

I used to work in Halfords as a car audio specialist (well, they gave me that title and let me figure everything out for myself!), they used to sell a head unit, Sony i think, that didn't have a CD slot, but had a tray that popped out, that you can plug your iPod into and slide it back in. Was a very smart piece of kit, although was a single DIN, the double DIN's look so much more impressive in my opinion   s:) s:)

Pretty sure it was this one:  m http://www.sony.co.uk/product/mfi-ipod- ... sx-s300btx m

Or also perhaps..?

 m http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65474#tab1 m

[MayerT]

I used to work in Halfords as a car audio specialist (well, they gave me that title and let me figure everything out for myself!), they used to sell a head unit, Sony i think, that didn't have a CD slot, but had a tray that popped out, that you can plug your iPod into and slide it back in. Was a very smart piece of kit, although was a single DIN, the double DIN's look so much more impressive in my opinion   s:) s:)

Pretty sure it was this one:  m http://www.sony.co.uk/product/mfi-ipod- ... sx-s300btx m

Or also perhaps..?

 m http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 65474#tab1 m

Definitely that one  s:) s:)

I was a bit too lazy to go alllll the way over to the Halfrauds site!

[dcod]

 s:scared: :scared: s:scared:   I think I bought at the right time ...

£359.99

 m http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_265857 m

[trickyD]

Would always go Alpine over Pioneer - never let me down!

Totally got my eye on that Alpine as well, such a steal!

[dcod]

You can get the single DIN (exactly the same as the double) for £100!

 m http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165474 m

[trickyD]

You can get the Alpine 170rr for £65  m http://www.caraudiosale.co.uk/alpine-cd ... 8539-p.asp m