My MKIV Golf 2.Slow Daily Driver

[funkymonkey]

Quick update... spoke to a couple of mates who do OEM stereo installs and they say that the CD Changers are Eurovox branded, but apparently operate on the Sony Unilink Bus protocol. That's good news, because the unilink is well documented via projects like GNUnilink etc.

Did a search, and found this thread (http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f14/...rt-1328-2.html) which told me the Eurovox part numbers are 650 for the 6 stack changers and 1050 for the 10 stack changers... the Holden Dunnydoors run Eurovox 1030's and they are interchangeable with the 1050's. Might grab one on fleabay if they come up cheap enough... or ring some of my wreckers to see if I can find one.

If i ws sensible I'd probably have a nice clean mk 4 daily too! (but I"m not sensible)

Cheers Jarred!

lol I have an R32 Nissan Skyline and an S14 Nissan 200SX race car that make me spend and act against better judgement. The Golf is my attempt at escaping their lure. I keep reminding myself that because it's not a performance car I shouldn't modify the mechanicals... this will hopefully ensure that it's more reliable than my other two cars.

[funkymonkey]

Car didn't come with floor mats, so ordered some from a company in Perth that was advertising on Fleabay...

They showed up yesterday (Ordered friday arvo...)

Quality's not really what I'm used to with my previous cars, it's thin and not quite as plush as I would have expected. I'm told that's what passes off as normal for an Australian delivered car. It is however fitted and also has the stud holes so that it clips onto the factory carpet and doesn't slide around.





Didn't have time to take any pics... but this was how they looked on ebay.

[dainese]

radio could be locked, because of a flat battery. if you're looking to upgrade audio, just buy aftermarket! more options, more features, and better support.

[funkymonkey]

radio could be locked, because of a flat battery. if you're looking to upgrade audio, just buy aftermarket! more options, more features, and better support.

I'm trying to retain the OEM look, and also just cobbling something together to get me by while I finish my CarPC.

You're right about aftermarket having more features though... and something that came up constantly in my searches were clones of these devices out of China...


has anyone had any experience with them? They seem a little dodgy, but they look OEM and are packed with a featurelist as long as my arm.

[Rybky]

I think the big problem with those units from China is the iPod control, as far as I can tell (they never show this in operation) the iPod is just treated as a USB device with a heap of tracks on it, no selection by Artist/Album/Playlist/etc.

What is this "I want it to look OEM" that everyone talks about?? Confuses me. A good quality aftermarket unit is going to look good if fitted properly, here is my thread on fitting an Alpine double-DIN in my Bora (same dash as this MKIV except I have climate control):

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f78/...-v5-44238.html

Adam