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DaveyDavey

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Upgrading ICE
19. Sep 2008 at 10:45

Yesterday I noticed that one of the speakers was sounding fuzzy and DaveDND kindly explained why - it's on the way out. As I will need to replace it I thought I would take the opportunity to upgrade all the speakers and purchase myself a new head unit too.

I'm not after anything fancy, just something to play my vast collection of mp3s and have narrowed my choice down to a SonyCDX-GT410.

Now according to Halfords I shouldn't need anything extra to fit this, but I am sceptical about that. So wondered whether anyone has had difficulty fitting aftermarket head units?

Anyone fitted a sony unit and have any tips?

TIA

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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Upgrading ICE Reply #1 - 19. Sep 2008 at 10:46 I have a tip about anything Sony....
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Re: Upgrading ICE
Reply #2 - 19. Sep 2008 at 10:58

TheBoy wrote on 19. Sep 2008 at 10:46:

I have a tip about anything Sony.... Wink

For once i will agree with Mr TB on this one...

Sony headunits (current modern range) are shite!

I used to have one in my old Mondeo, it seams all new ones make this bloody annoying beeping every time they loose power to 'remind' you to take the front section off.

Its bloody annoying and could not be turned off on mine, or others i believe.

I fitted a Alpine 9854R in mine, with a Vibe CBR10 Active Sub in the boot, it lifts the bass nicely. (too much for some old farts Roll Eyes

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Do you break V6's as often as TheBoy? Then you need tunnie's towing services, recovery costs are just the humiliation of being towed by 2/3's of an engine

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Martin Imber Over Active Poster Offline LPG Omega V6 - Keyfobs Rebuilt Posts: 20110 Worcester Gender: Drives: 2001 Omega 2.6CD LPG & 3.0 cams	Re: Upgrading ICE Reply #3 - 19. Sep 2008 at 11:34 Mine does the beeping, and is around 10 years old, it also works well still. If you do go the Sony route the Connects2 adaptors are good
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Dave DND Omega Baron Offline Posts: 3411 DND Services Ltd Gender:	Re: Upgrading ICE Reply #4 - 19. Sep 2008 at 12:54 You may find that radio reception is a real issue with a Modern Sony in an Omega !! The tuners are very weak - couple that with the really dodgy internal aerial on the Omega and you may be hard pushed to receive anything other than Classic FM Strongly advise to think again.
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DaveyDavey Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 328 Bristol Gender: Drives: 2.2 DTi Elite Estate (at the end of May!)	Re: Upgrading ICE Reply #5 - 19. Sep 2008 at 18:34 Oh That's not good then, it looked to be a reasonable unit for the price. We'll scratch that one off then. Tunnie's given Alpine a nod, so I'll have a look at their range. Basically I'm after a sub-£100 head unit that plays MP3s, nothing fancy, decent radio reception would be nice as well.
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