Foreign head-units

[The_Hawk]

(eg. For AM, US headunits only tune in 5mhz intervals, Aussie channels are in 3mhz intervals - So your 702 becomes 700 and gets some static.)

AM? Whats that?

I have always been a fan of Pioneer, which is what I have in my car.

But as has been said, I do like something that matches the interior of the car. In the Mk1 it didn't matter so much, in the VR6 the unit I swapped in doesn't look at home.

One unit I did have that I very much liked was a JVC Chameleon, very flat, very black..... very nice

http://images.google.com.au/imgres?i...icial%26sa%3DN

It doesn't have a removable face, but it is completely black when off.

Don't know that they make them anymore since I got mine in 2001, should have pulled it out of the car before selling, but it was just all to much effort at the time.

[ScienceVR6]

The reason we have diferant range of sony stuff, is simple. We are the dumping ground for there leftover stuff. Sony australia is giving up on car audio. We have a heap of stock left, but we wont be getting any of he new stuff.

[Soundofav6]

Hey Ray... Are you getting this for yourself? but your clarion is NICE!!! way supperior than sony "claimed by the lebanese sells that sold me the clarion".. But Nakamichi rein supreme. I would compare that to B&O level.

Anyhow, I have a friend who worked in JB, he claims that he has delt with cases of loose button and stuff on a sony, and the buttons on the display fades after a while, my point the sony reputaion and quality has droped. Hope I can convince you in getting another clarion/ stay/ perhaps higher. have you considered Alpine?

[rayray086]

Louis: This is in consideration when I get a VR6 I'm selling the GL with the Clarion. I've checked the current Clarion range and I don't really like what I'm seeing. Alpine I haven't checked out before, but it seems like all their head-units look the same and while they're cool, it's not my style and I don't think any of them have a front USB input.

Hawk: That JVC one looks pretty cool! Sorta reminds me of their big one with the colour screen in the middle?

Science & BlackVR6ix: In that case, would the quality of the American units be better than the Australian ones then?

[BL33SU]

sony headunits r ****, bad sound quality for some reason.
go for blaupunkt, alpine, pioneer

[DubSteve]

sony headunits r ****, bad sound quality for some reason.
go for blaupunkt, alpine, pioneer

What your nuts, pioneer are crao I can tell you thay Sony's are half decent!

[BL33SU]

What your nuts, pioneer are crao I can tell you thay Sony's are half decent!

how many headunits have u had over the years lol..

sony make **** headunits.. their rcas r **** or sumthin, put in a decent sony and pioneer 1 after another and find out yourself..
pioneer's function in the headunit are much better too
pioneer dvd headunits r popular now, dont even think sony make any dvd h/u.

[DubSteve]

how many headunits have u had over the years lol..

sony make **** headunits.. their rcas r **** or sumthin, put in a decent sony and pioneer 1 after another and find out yourself..
pioneer's function in the headunit are much better too
pioneer dvd headunits r popular now, dont even think sony make any dvd h/u.

My old head unit was a PIONEER nothing but a pain in my ass with all of the crap it had wrong with it.

Nothing wrong with Sony, and I have had heaps of decks over the years.

To be quite honest they are both ***** compared to APLINE!!!

[Soundofav6]

Hey ray, surely you want a head unit for new car huh. An alternalte to USB is secondary input to the back of the the head unit that where I run my Ipod. It is all behind dash, the line run under the plastic cover to the e brake, so nothing is hanging out, I jsut tug it under my seat. Thats soemthing you can also consider.

[rayray086]

Hey ray, surely you want a head unit for new car huh. An alternalte to USB is secondary input to the back of the the head unit that where I run my Ipod. It is all behind dash, the line run under the plastic cover to the e brake, so nothing is hanging out, I jsut tug it under my seat. Thats soemthing you can also consider.

My current Clarion has a similar output (RCA -> AUX in) which I have routed to the centre console compartment below the dash switches. It's more suited to me as I use a Creative player rather than iPod, so I've got no use for that. On paper, Sony ticks all the right boxes. Pity it's not a good choice by consumers