American radio/cd player fit in irish Kia Sportage

tunner

Does anyone know if a car cd player/ radio from an american Kia Sportage would fit in an Irish one?

My Pioneer one was stolen afew weeks ago and Im thinking of just fitting a factory type one now so it wont be stolen again.:mad:
Here is the one I have been emailing the suppliers about. I can buy in through Ebay. To get one new here from Kia is 1500 euro!!!



http://www.pamsauto.com/pc-357552-154-radio-audio-sportage-05-08-receiver-am-fm-cd.aspx

you can see the stereo here

http://www.pamsauto.com/pc-357552-154-radio-audio-sportage-05-08-receiver-am-fm-cd.aspx

cancan

It'll fit - just won't work properly.
US uses odd frequencies - Ireland even.

You'll get crap reception, if any at all, unless you get a phase shifter or something...

tunner

cancan wrote: »

It'll fit - just won't work properly.
US uses odd frequencies - Ireland even.

You'll get crap reception, if any at all, unless you get a phase shifter or something...

Is that expensive? I thought it would just be a matter of taking one out and putting another one in.
I cant find any irish salvage yards with details of stock that they have...

L1011

cancan wrote: »

It'll fit - just won't work properly.
US uses odd frequencies - Ireland even.

You'll get crap reception, if any at all, unless you get a phase shifter or something...

There is no reason the FM section will not work (nearly) perfectly. We use a different pre-emphasis but this should have no real impact.

The radio will still be tuneable to our frequency allocations which, by the way, aren't all even (105.5 for TodayFM in Louth, for instance).

The AM section may have a stepped stuck 10kHz allocation (we use 9kHz) and no Longwave.

MarkR

As above, frequencies will bet 100.1, 100.3 etc. No good for ireland. Try calling a few breakers or checking the buy and sell. Or ebay.co.uk maybe.

A manufacturer radio, would it have a code needed to unlock? Get a regular stereo from aldi or lidl or something, and be sure to take the faceplate with you, or at least put it in the glovebox.

L1011

MarkR wrote: »

As above, frequencies will bet 100.1, 100.3 etc. No good for ireland.

As above, the radio will almost certainly be tuneable to ANY frequency. 100.3 which you give as an example is allocated to Nova100, a yet-to-launch classic rock service in Dublin...

tunner

MarkR wrote: »

As above, frequencies will bet 100.1, 100.3 etc. No good for ireland. Try calling a few breakers or checking the buy and sell. Or ebay.co.uk maybe.

A manufacturer radio, would it have a code needed to unlock? Get a regular stereo from aldi or lidl or something, and be sure to take the faceplate with you, or at least put it in the glovebox.

I am using an Aldi radio now but I just wanted one like the new Kia's have where you dont need to take anything out with you.. My expensive Pioneer Stereo/Sat Nav was stolen and the glove box ripped out to get at the faceplate!!

Has anyone tried this before?

Guy:Incognito

I had a US radio in one of my old cars and could only tune in 3 or 4 of the main stations.

L1011

Stekelly wrote: »

I had a US radio in one of my old cars and could only tune in 3 or 4 of the main stations.

How old? Anything with a traditional tuner may have pegging on it, but anything modern will have a 'digital' tuner which doesn't care, as long as it has it in-band. The US uses 87.8->108.0, we use 87.7->107.9

A Japanese radio is another proposition entirely, you'll usually get RTE1 and 2FM without a band shifter. Or a replacement radio...

Guy:Incognito

MYOB wrote: »

How old?

It was a Sony Bluetooth radio bought about 18 months ago,

L1011

Stekelly wrote: »

It was a Sony Bluetooth radio bought about 18 months ago,

:eek:

Sounds like bad software, or being Sony, intentional. I've US-market FM receivers here and they all work fine.

tunner

any additional ideas this morning lads?

Stephen

Source a used one from somewhere in the EU?

tunner

Stephen wrote: »

Source a used one from somewhere in the EU?

easier said than done stephen..


any ideas where? ive been on the web for ages looking but all i could find was american sites...

cancan

MYOB wrote: »

How old? Anything with a traditional tuner may have pegging on it, but anything modern will have a 'digital' tuner which doesn't care, as long as it has it in-band. The US uses 87.8->108.0, we use 87.7->107.9

A Japanese radio is another proposition entirely, you'll usually get RTE1 and 2FM without a band shifter. Or a replacement radio...

Have you tried this.
I know of 3 different people who tried this and failed.
All recent.

1500 quid for a kia radio - Yet again, irish dealers are robbing c.....s
Just get a single din convertor, and put in any old junk.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KIA-SPORTAGE-CD-RADIO-FASCIA-SURROUND-TRIM-WIRING-KIT_W0QQitemZ270304376098QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_FasciaPlates_SM?hash=item270304376098&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Guy:Incognito

cancan wrote: »

1500 quid for a kia radio - Yet again, irish dealers are robbing c.....s

If it's Irish dealers that are the problem, why not go to a UK one?