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upgrading car stereo - newbie question

alansan · 2005-11-16 10:13:08

I am the prowd owner of a 94 Nissan Pulsar hatchback (jap import) which I bought from a fellow boards member last year. Runs fine but I would like to upgrade the recently deceased stereo. Just a modest stereo, I'm not looking to pimp it up with bowel-moving bass bins/custom enclosures etc. Where is the best place to look,…

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I am the prowd owner of a 94 Nissan Pulsar hatchback (jap import) which I bought from a fellow boards member last year.

Runs fine but I would like to upgrade the recently deceased stereo. Just a modest stereo, I'm not looking to pimp it up with bowel-moving bass bins/custom enclosures etc. Where is the best place to look, assuming that I don't have the knowhow to install one myself?

What are the compatability issues if any for a car of this age and origin? Will a standard stereo be able to connect to an mp3 player? A ballpark figure for the labour involved in doing this upgrade?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

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#2 16-11-2005 11:19am
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Halfords in blanchardstown had a great selection of cd players when i was in it last week not sure what there like price wise haven't priced cd players in a long time, you'll probably need a jap to european connection converter thing as the slots on the connections from europe wont fit a japanese one.

fitting it is really easy if you should beable to do it yourself eithout much hassle. but I think halfords fit them anyway, not sure of the labour cost though

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#3 16-11-2005 11:43am
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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054849951

i got some good advice in there

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#4 16-11-2005 12:40pm
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I looked in Halfords for a stereo for my new Mirage lately. Decided I was going to get a Pioneer DEH-4700 like I had in the old car, but in Halfords it's €180 (not including installation). I got the same one on incarexpress.co.uk for €125.

They do however do the adapters you'll need. Mine (an Autoleads cable) set me back €15.

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#5 16-11-2005 1:34pm
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Thanks for the advice.

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#6 16-11-2005 2:25pm
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I got great advice from these guys. They do mobile fitting too.
http://www.besecure2000.ie/

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#7 16-11-2005 3:08pm
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Kaiser2000 wrote:

I looked in Halfords for a stereo for my new Mirage lately. Decided I was going to get a Pioneer DEH-4700 like I had in the old car, but in Halfords it's €180 (not including installation). I got the same one on incarexpress.co.uk for €125.

They do however do the adapters you'll need. Mine (an Autoleads cable) set me back €15.

is it good?

does that have a line in or a remote?

was looking at that one myself

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#8 16-11-2005 4:02pm
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event wrote:

is it good?

does that have a line in or a remote?

was looking at that one myself

I've been very happy with it anyway. Only minor thing is theres no mute button.

It has an optional steering wheel remote

No Line-In though, but why do you need it seeing as it plays MP3 CDs anyway? OK so you can have thousands of songs on a player, but just burn a few CDs if you need that many! (Personally I have trouble filling one or two with stuff I actually want to listen to in the car ) I would've thought that'd only be useful really if you had a stereo that didn't play them at all.

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#9 16-11-2005 4:15pm
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"No Line-In though, but why do you need it seeing as it plays MP3 CDs anyway? OK so you can have thousands of songs on a player, but just burn a few CDs if you need that many! (Personally I have trouble filling one or two with stuff I actually want to listen to in the car..."

I'd be the same. I'll prob end up going down this route.

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#10 16-11-2005 6:19pm
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was just quoted €229 for that pioneer, seems very steep

think ill get this http://www.caraudio.ie/view_product.php?partno=KDG611

around €165

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#11 16-11-2005 6:27pm
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I got this yesterday and so far, it's been brilliant. Sounds so much better than the standard head unit in my smart.

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#12 16-11-2005 6:35pm
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are that website reliable?
how long is delivery usually?

and are all car stereos a standard size?
my brother is an electrican, presume he could do it for me

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#13 16-11-2005 6:59pm
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Well, I got the head unit from argos not from the website.

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#14 16-11-2005 8:43pm
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Anybody know of any websites that give a clear guide on how to replace a head unit? I found a few on google that show how to install them but couldnt find a decent one explaining how to remove one.

Thanks

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#15 16-11-2005 9:10pm
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What car are you trying to remove it from

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#16 17-11-2005 3:13pm
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eireal wrote:

What car are you trying to remove it from

2000 Punto, i cut up a coat hanger to make those U-Shaped things for unclipping it but in just seems to be stuck in place and I'm afraid to try and force it. Is there anything else i should be doing, or any kind of fiddly trick to it?

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