Thread: Fitting Fusion Stereo head unit to 01 D2

OMG, just whacked a fusion head unit into my D2. I cant believe how easy it was, it just plugged straight in, literally a 10 minute job.


nothing on a land rover is supposed to be this easy

Just a thanks to Nobby for posting this, about the FUSION 650BT.

After reading his post and some quick investigation, I went out and grabbed one from Super Cheap. They are on special for 2 weeks, down to $98 from $150.

I have just fitted one to my PUMA Defender.

What a great bit of kit for almost no money!! I am amazed at how good it is, given the price.

Now I have about 60 albums on a 8Gb SD card, so no more CDs for me. And, it BlueTooths to my Samsung S4 seamlessly for music + handsfree.

Cheers
David

Edit: Once I'd worked out how to get the old radio out, it was about 5 minutes to fit the new one. Defender plugs are identical to the FUSION plugs, so a complete no-brainer to fit.

good to hear something nice about fusion gear.

i wish my sony mechless came with SD. just BT, USB and aux

Does it not have a good reputation?

Originally Posted by spudboy

Does it not have a good reputation?

i wouldnt say that, but it isnt a high end brand like pioneer.

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After Spudboy's heads up I decided to wander down to Super Cheap as well to get one for the Pulsar.

Ended up spending an extra $20 and getting the JVC KD-X310BT which was also on special at $118, mainly because I liked the ability for 2 bluetooth devices to connect simultaneously and it has a remote.

Literally only took 5 minutes to pull 2 panels off and undo 4 screws to remove the old stereo, another 5 to install the new stereo, plug in the ISO connectors, antenna and route the mic to above the steering wheel.

Switch on and nothing . A closer look revealed that there was no negative wire on the Nissan loom and a bit of googling confirmed that Nissan commonly grounds to the head unit, rather than through the loom.

Thankfully the Nissan Aerpro adaptor has bullet connectors on the +ve and -ve wires so I just crimped a female bullet connector and ring to a short piece of wire and connected directly to the the metal frame. Working beautifully now and sounds 200% better compared to the standard Nissan offering.

Cheers

Steve

Originally Posted by Eevo

good to hear something nice about fusion gear.

i wish my sony mechless came with SD. just BT, USB and aux

get yourself one of these (I have one and they work a treat). you wont even know you have a USB plugged in


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I bought one of the Aldi mechless/ bt/sd/usb head units yesterday to try out but the loom supplied is not a full iso loom just bare wires.
Took it back this morning and going to get myself a Fusion CA ML650BT for not much more.
Are you guys still happy with them ? Not after a fully sik bro thumping stereo just a mechless unit with usb mp3 playback.