Thread: Upgrading te base stereo

Thanks Steve, should sound great. Had a Focal system in my last car and it sounded nice, gone for an upgraded system this time so should sound fantastic
Bought all except the head unit from Freeway car audio in Dandenong & they're doing the install.
There's a website but they don't stretch to Sydney as far as I know.
If you give them a call and talk to them they may know a Sydney outlet.
Cheers.
Rohan.

Originally Posted by Steve223

@rob should have paid attention to your system at the boy's night out. Did you install it yourself?

Hi Steve - yes, but that install was in my previous car - a D3. I haven't bothered updating the stereo in my D4... yet! Something even more special is now being planned for installation next year.

The new stereo is in! Sounds fantastic.
A couple of not so good points:
I no longer have the factory nav screen (no 4x4 info or anything else). It is driven from the factory head unit. Boo.
The steering wheel controls (volume & track skip etc) no longer work.
They hid the dab+ antenna in the a pillar, reception could be compromised a bit

In my opinion far out-weighed by the good points!
The amp & sub fit perfectly under the bigger half of the back seat.
The on road navigation is brilliant. (I can get shouted at in many different languages!)
I love the dab+ radio.
I have front and rear cameras
Haven't had bluetooth before, love it!
I may be deaf within 6 months

Total cost including fitting was approx $4k. (no, S.W.M.B.O. cant read this)
Cheers. Rohan.

Thanks - so it does seem that there is no fully functioning alternative to the original radio. As you do not have steering wheel controls now I assume you also cannot change settings within the car computer - though once set up may not be needed.

You mentioned on-road navigation but how well does it do offroad navigation with something like OziExplorer?

$4k - you must love your radio - $500 ebay versions will give you that functionality but maybe not quite the sound.

Good luck with it.

Garry

Not sure about the off road nav yet(havn't had a chance to try it) but it does come with Hema maps, so should be ok.
$4k was the whole package, the radio part was "only" $989.
Not sure the ebay specials can do double din with dab+, dvd, off road nav etc.
Was only the nav screen in my RRS that was affected, the trip computer still works fine (range to empty etc..).
I do like my sounds in the car, $3k for amp and speakers is quite a lot to spend, but so is $50k on a second hand car

You probably can getthe steering wheel conrols to control the new head unit. You will nne a steering wheel control adaptor. Did this with mine, you can program it to work with it. Mine works with an ifa red trand mitter in the front interior light cluster.

Yep, had that option, the stereo comes with a remote anyway, so I'll just use that. Or lean over a bit and use the dial the volume is on the right hand side anyway!
By not playing around with it too much I can return the whole lot to stock pretty easily when the time comes to trade the car in.
Which hopefully wont be any time soon!

Rohan - you might ask your installer about the option of installing something similar to this:
Pac-Audio.com Product Details | iPod Integration for your car and More by Pac-Audio - Connecting you to the future

There are other brands of steering wheel interfaces.