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playing iphone through car stereo
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12/08/2015 12:09
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snapychapy
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please dont shout me down in flames,I'm old and technology and me don't go.... but how do I play music from my phone through the existing, original, stereo in my coop?
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Re: playing iphone through car stereo
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12/08/2015 14:41
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snapychapy
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ok thanks... recommendations for a new unit?
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Re: playing iphone through car stereo
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12/08/2015 18:19
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glenn1960
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don't get a cheap sony one, rubbish they are
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Re: playing iphone through car stereo
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13/08/2015 16:41
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Would a new one fit straight in to the originals space? Are they the same size all these years later?
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Re: playing iphone through car stereo
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13/08/2015 16:53
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glenn1960
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can always get it fitted when you buy it [ Halfords prob fit them ].
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Re: playing iphone through car stereo
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13/08/2015 17:09
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..cheers Glen..they do at £30...fancied doing it myself but maybe not
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Re: playing iphone through car stereo
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14/08/2015 09:15
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n3dsd
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It is SOOO easy to fit a modern radio ...just pull out and plug a new one in as they all use standardised fittings .If you get a Blue-tooth one that you might have to fit a separate mic ..I stuck mine on the steering column. Get one with a USB socket as there doesn't seem to be any restriction on size...and some come with a seprate wire input for I Phones
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Re: playing iphone through car stereo
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14/08/2015 10:31
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It is SOOO easy to fit a modern radio It is keeping in mind that there are 2 standards of aerial connections, you may need an adapter. There are also two possible ways to wire the permanent and switched live. You NEED to get those right.
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Re: playing iphone through car stereo
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23/10/2015 17:15
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Modern Pioneer stuff has a good balance between sound quality, connectivity, ease of use and price. Have a look at the DEH-X5800BT.
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Re: playing iphone through car stereo
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24/10/2015 01:22
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As far as I can remember you can't just pull out the old Clarion head unit and put a new style head unit straight in. Any "new" unit will come with ISO connectors and the standard head unit has connectors that pre-date that standard IIRC. So you'll need an old Fiat to ISO adapter (corresponding male & female connectors joined by short lengths of wire) which will need to be tucked out of the way when inserting the new unit. And as mentioned above, you'll need to choose if you want permanent live or switched live, and maybe worry about the aerial connection. You also need to make sure head unit gives out power for "electric aerial" (or aerial amplifier). Permanent live is best so it won't lose the radio stations, settings, time, etc. (Never had this problem with old radio/cassette units!) People who say you can just pull out the old unit and plonk a new one in have probably lost count of how many different head units they've had and/or forgotten that the first time they needed the adapters. I'm still amazed that there's no standard layout for the back of ALL head units so that it would be truly pull-out-and-push-in without having to pull out the cabling and aerial, plugging them in, and pushing it all back in...
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