Why is it so FUCKING hard to find a head unit that doesn't

It's a head unit, why does it matter what it looks like you fucking autist

>it's this thread again

inb4 that one knob solution faggot

>>16804736
Your photo is literally what you want. I don't get it.

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>buy 2017 Tsuru
>throw Tsuru away
>keep radio

>>16804755
It's like $600

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>>16804750
Because my current head unit is fucking ricer SHIT and it looks fucking disgusting.

>>16804755
Because I can't fucking find it anywhere.

http://www.continental-automotive.com/www/automotive_de_en/themes/commercial_vehicles/ch_interior_en/audio_products/radio_products/fm_am_radio_en.html

I want this exact head unit. But you know what. You know FUCKING what.

I can't fucking buy it from their piece of shit website. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO! AND THEY DON'T EVEN SHOW THE FUCKING PRICE.

>>16804759
I literally just checked on Amazon and it's 316 USD.

>>16804752
http://www.sony.ca/en/electronics/car-audio-hi-res-audio?cpint=SG_CATEGORY_PRI-TOUT-IFA-CAT-CAR-MARINE-EN_GL-2015-07-OURGREATEST
Kinda does exist except it's a fuck ton expensive and not flush to the dash

Yes, I'm pretty sure it's meant to attract normies to replace their stock head unit.

Id like a simple black and white headunit. Nothing exists like that under $100

>>16804765
Do some Google and buy it off Amazon.de or ebay. I don't get why this is such a struggle.

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Try finding an old used Nakamichi unit, they're decent but it sucks that they went off to a kinda ricey aesthetic nowadays

>>16804783
Okay so I found it on Amazon.de, fucking retarded how they don't put it on other Amazon websites.

Now, how the fuck can I make sure this thing will work on my car before I buy it?

>>16804791
It seems like only the Euro amazons have it. None of the NA ones carry it. Doesn't mean you can't buy it but shipping will be pricey.

>>16804791
Is it a single DIN? Look up a guide, really shouldn't be that complicated.

>>16804736
people would spend 10k on an install in the 80s when that was a years wages

stop being a jew

>>16804765
>http://www.continental-automotive.com/www/automotive_de_en/themes/commercial_vehicles/ch_interior_en/audio_products/radio_products/fm_am_radio_en.html
Seriously, they have the product number what there on the page. Just google search it

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Car-Radio-RDS-Tuner-MP3-Tr7411u-Schwarz-Oranges-Display/dp/B00PQVQIYU

>>16804791
>>16804795
>>16804823
>Doesn't ship to Australia

Fucking cunts.

>>16804801
Fuck if I know. All I know is my car is Japanese, and has space for either the single size or double sized head units.

>>16804736
same thing happened with the GAMER shit with PC's

Thank fuck there isnt such a thing as a GAMER phone so most of them are quite stylish.

>>16804831
Double din is those fuck huge units
Single din is those skinny units

If your car has a double din stock and you get a single din you can look for a single din adapter/frame thing to fit it in without looking too weird also most of them have a space for coins and receipts or you can go super poorfag and make one yourself

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>>16804851
Mine looks like this. So is that a double din?

>No, my car isn't the GTR

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>>16804736
AYY

>>16804856
If your head unit is exactly that size it's a single DIN. R34s can take a double DIN though, the second space is just a random plug Nissan put in for base model stereos.

>>16804736
Look up marine headunits or boat head units, same features, non ricey looks, same wiring harness splices and reasonable cost. That is what I did to my miata so it doesn't look like fucking tron is in my dash for some nig to steal

>>16804860
there we fucking go again.

>>16804860
first post best post

>>16804765
>Maximum USB capacity support is cap at 8 GB and best performance with songs not more than 500, and not exceeding 30 folders.
What a turd.

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Clarion FZ102E

>>16805321
This, about as non-rice a you're going to get it. People who go "uuhhhh coloured screens are so rice kyskyskys" should kill they're selves. There are plenty of head-units like these that will look discreet enough on most cars after 1980.

>>16805321
OP here, I am really tempted to buy this.

How much would it cost to pay someone to install this thing because I am absolutely not risking fucking up anything in my car.

>>16805346
I really hate angry, helpless people who demand help so rudely

I know how to help you. Go fuck yourself stupid goddamn Australian. The world doesn't bend its knee to you.

>>16804831
>doesnt ship to Australia
Jaycar rebrands the exact headunit in the OP and its on their shelves
My VZ has one

>>16805381
I had to change the touchscreen unit the previous owner put in my ute
Because the way the rear glass is and with the unit so low all I could see was the screen in my rearview

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>>16805346

>He doesn't know how to install a radio head unit
>Browses /o/

Fucking pleb

Why do we have this same exact thread everyday?

>>16805377
Will I have to ask nicely?

Will you help me out, pretty please?

>>16805384
Suck on my cock faggot. I'm the smarter man for not wanting to take risks.

>>16805381
There's a Jaycar not too far away from me, I'm gonna go check them out tomorrow. Thanks anon.

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>>16805391

>Installing a head unit
>Risks

You sound like a vagina

>>16805391
https://www.jaycar.com.au/in-dash-mp3-player-with-radio/p/QM3781

>>16805397
>https://www.jaycar.com.au/in-dash-mp3-player-with-radio/p/QM3781
>no CD
REEEEEEEE!!!!!

>>16805394
Fuck off.

>>16805397
Thanks anon.

>>16805391
>I'm the smarter man for not wanting to take risks.
I bet you don't tie your shoelaces yourself to avoid the risks.

>>16805408
Seconding the notion you're a vagina. Not even one of the nice ones, but nasty used high mileage beef curtains.

>>16804860
pee pee poo poo

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https://shop.eno.de/en/navigation-car-entertainment/car-multimedia-geraete/vdo-tr712ub-bu-media-tuner-aux-usb-bluetooth.html

>>16805391
Installing a radio yourself is really easy in most cars made before the late 2000s, usually just pop a small trim piece, four screws/bolts, slide in radio. Getting somebody else to do it is paying a $200+ stupidity tax.

>>16804765
You don't understand why these look "ricer"?
You know who makes these, right?

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>>16804736
>not getting a comfy vintage blaupunkt tape deck and using one of those corded tapes to play your mp3s

Kill you're are self

>>16805726
>using one of those corded tapes
looks fucking shabby

>head units
>not just an aux/usb port in a black void
>maybe a bluetooth receiver and a phone mount

don't tell me you actually listen to the ad ridden propaganda the FCC turned radio into

>>16805744
Looks better than some gook-made unit. If you really care that much about wires get an FM transmitter. There is no reason to buy modern head units, they all look like shit and aren't made to last.

>>16805726
>physically connecting the device that holds your music to the car
If you use anything but CarPlay or Android Auto, I'm looking down on you.

>>16805756
>Using those car specific "apps" that will go as far as to stop you from doing shit without voice because they think the car is in motion
>Not just using generic aux/generic bluetooth audio and some vent/dash mount

>>16805755
>Looks better than some gook-made unit
just stop, both look equally shit

>>16805756
>implying your car and phone have compatible wireless charging systems

Anon after a long drive: "Did my GF call for a quickie? I don't know, my phone is dead, oh well, I don't have a GF anyways"

>>16805726
Aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

>>16804736
economy of scale
same reason computer cases with led fans and perspex windows are about 1/4 to 1/3 cheaper

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>>16805726
>being stuck in 2015
>not having a usb, bluetooth, sd card cassette adapter
bow to your chinese overlords

>>16805823
I don't even want to think of how shitty the DAC is in that...

>>16805860
surely you agree that the type of scum who buy cassette adapters deserve what they get?

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>>16804736
i have that exact one and man i tell ya, its a head unit and it fits in with my civic dash

>>16804736
Pioneer 7800BHS.

This garbage is ok simple USB, aux, cheap cd easy replace

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>>16806377
Forgot pic of garbage.

>>16804759
It's like $60 you idiot

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>>16805321
The Clarion FZ series are good looking units. I've had the FZ502 for a few years (as of advice from /o/) and it's a good multi media unit, although now I like the one you've posted...

>>16804736
Just buy another stock one.

marine decks are usually pretty not-ricey.

>>16807888
that looks okay

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>>16804860
>DROK

>>16805823
it sounds like shit, but I'm okay with this.

>>16807944
would be great minus the pointless CD player

>>16804736

Wait, did these double in price since i last checked?

>>16807966
I like it. I particularly like the rotary dial control as well.

>>16804860
I've always wanted to use something like this. Is there one that has better quality than that cheapo 5W one? I'm fine with it being open like that, I just want better parts.

>>16807898
Most stock head units are low quality and lacking on features. My car only came with radio and CD stock, giving me no way to listen to music I like.

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>>16807978

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I'm in the same boat OP
This is what I'm leaning toward personally.
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_522JHD1130/Jensen-Heavy-Duty-JHD1130B.html?avf=Y

>>16808040

Just get a 2/4 channel proper car audio amp and hide it under the seat or something. Those ebay amps are only good for small indoor speakers. Keep in mind their also rated in china watts so divide by 2 or 3.

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>>16804736
PROTIP
buy a marine head unit instead.
same form factor, same quality componentry as the automotive marketed ones, and usually much more basic in appearance while being just as functional
plus they're more water resistant...not that it should matter for a car

>>16804757
>discontinued

>>16808102
The only good advice so far... I think

>>16805726
I WANT TO TINKER WITH THOSE BUTTONS

>>16805823
IT'S SHIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppo3IgHWDzA

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>buy old head unit
>adapt it to RCA
Problem solved

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>>16808404
No tape adapter required

>>16804736
I know your pain. This was the best I could find on my budget and Amazon. I fucking hate the giant blue source button but it's not as bad as some early 2000's Pioneer head unit that I wanted as a teenager.
https://www.crutchfield.com/p_500CDE143B/Alpine-CDE-143BT.html?tp=5684&awkw=75622211665&awat=pla&awnw=g&awcr=47439293305&awdv=c&awug=9025154

>>16805744
This and the sound quality is shit.

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>>16805774

>Implying you can't just buy a $20 wireless charging cradle off Amazon/eBay

I like my JVC unit. Not too ricer-y and I can color change it to match the dash color.

>>16808456

Oops, it's actually Pioneer. Guess it shows how little I notice it. Old car had a JVC get them confused sometimes.

How about you people try to find me a decent 1.5 DIN radio?

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>>16805756
Then use a bluetooth->rca then rca->old head unit

There's a way to adapt any head unit made to bluetooth, RCA, aux, or really anything without using a shitty tape or radio adapter, just takes a pinout diagram and basic electrical knowledge

>>16808486

>1.5 DIN

For what purpose?

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>>16805744
Eh shut up faggit

>>16804750
Becuase maybe OP doesn't want to have an epileptic fit while driving?

>>16807898
If I buy the stock head unit then it'll be in Japanese.

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>>16808507
80's General Motors.

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>I want a new head unit
>but I don't want anything ricey
>I want something that looks basic
>but I don't want to pay out the nose in the name of "minimalism"

Then fucking stick with the stock radio. Or see if you can find a stock radio from another car that you really want. People who would go out of their way to track down and pay a high markup for a head unit that doesn't dare display more than numbers for "muh minimalism" remind me too much of all the minimalist PC fags on /v/ and /g/ who'd spend a hundred bucks (or more) on a monolithic case that doesn't even have buttons instead of getting a case that costs half that but has a blue LED fan (that can be removed).

>>16808040
The one pictured is 30w per channel

>>16808271
And I reposted it from the archives to act pretentious, lel

>>16809073
>I want a new head unit
>But I don't want anything ricey
The biggest, most autistic copout of all time. If you want a stock looking radio, then fucking stick with the stock radio. If you're using a head unit for "power" anyways, then you're a retard. Every car made after 2005 has AUX, so what the fuck do you want? The ability to use USB? Fucking why? Just use your phone or buy a cheap MP3 player.

Fuck this never ending carousel of retarded demands for a market that only exists for /o/tists like OP.

>>16809118
>Fuck this never ending carousel of retarded demands for a market that only exists for /o/tists like OP.
go to bimmerforums and you'll see it's not just a /o/ thing.

>>16809131
its a bunch of faggots being faggots

WEW LAD

>>16809143
True auto enthusiasts appreciate the effort that goes into designing them, both inside and out. That's why they don't want something that looks out of place in their dashboard.

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>>16809162
>BMW
>true auto enthusiast
Hahahahahhahaha

>>16809170
most guys in those forums have older cars so yes

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>>16809162
if you were real enthusiast your would strip out the stereo for sikk weight reduction

>>16809192
I'd rather start with the paint and replacing some metal bits for carbon. Fabricated by myself of course.

>>16809118
My car is from 1998, and it didn't come with a head unit when I bought it.

And if it did still have the head unit, it'll have been in Japanese.

>>16808415
comfy

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>>16804736

Fucking poorfag.

>>16809073
Here's my problem: While I love the aesthetic of the stock head, it's still a Am/Fm with cassette that's like maybe 5-8 watts per channel tops.If there's a way to raise the output to 25 watts per channel and give it an aux input, i'd be all over it.

>>16804736
What headunit is that one Op?

>Retina burning blue ricer head units

Why is it always fucking blue

Amber or red or grey i could deal with, but 99% of them are obnoxiously bright blue

Recently got first car with cd player instead of tape deck
Everytime it goes over a pothole the cd skips, does this happen to all cd players?

>>16808316
did you even watch the video?
he said it sounds pretty good

>>16808448
>streams music from his phone
>thinks cassette adapters make a difference at this point

Kek

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Search for ones made by the usual tier 1 suppliers i.e denso, delphi, bosch, conitnental, etc

>>16809118
cars were made before 2005

>>16811220

It happens to cheap ones without "anti-skip".

>>16811220
Is it an aftermarket cd deck? If some polock installed it he probably didn't mount it properly

>>16811220
No.

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Nakamichi

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What about something like this? It plugs into the antenna and gives you aux input on the radio.
Does anyone know about the quality of these?

>>16804736
protip: buy a scrap car with a head unit you like for a bargain
take the unit out
scrap the car and get some of the money back in the process
???
profit, mate

>>16804860
for non-plebs only

>>16810691
No reason not to have a screen to access the onboard computer

>>16812618
>onboard computer
m8...

>>16805823
It bothers me that these don't use the power of the winding to charge their battery

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Do you guys know if there's any single din classic style (90s to early 00s) navi unit (with indications but without maps) that can be fitted easily in a car unrelated to the one it came in? Pic related is the kind of thing I'd like, but it's rare and outdated. I know there's the becker mexico retro but it has hideous '60s styling.

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>>16813075
Becker Indianapolis Pro

>>16813135
That one is really nice, but it seems there's no South American maps for it sadly. here maps only provides maps for embedded Citroën, Peugeot and VW systems in South America.

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>>16813075
>Becker Mexico Retro
>Check it out because it'd look perfect in my W116 because it came with a Mexico from the factory
>$3,100 on ebay

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No deck will ever be a elegant as the timeless Alpine 79-series, with the 7909 being the flagship.

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>>16814310
>that thing
>elegant
lol
Alpine HUs were ricey before rice was a thing

>>16814607
kek

>>16814607
lel, he has a sense of humor

>>16814607
I don't get it

>>16814599
clean those carpets filthy pig
also paying 2.5k for a head unit that only plays CD/AM/FM is for tryhards with more money than common sense

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>>16808529
Delco a Bestco

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>>16814851
All about the Delc's

>buy old Ford with combo cd/tape player
>find cassette adapter
>never change anything

>>16812582
Imagine it's like using a satellite radio install kit before 3.5mm aux inputs were common. The sound quality is ok but is limited by the fact your music is output as an FM radio signal. It's like listening to higher quality FM radio.

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>>16809118
>The biggest, most autistic copout of all time.

>>16814885
Basically yes. I used an FM transmitter for my iPod about a decade ago for quite some time, although the one that anon linked looks a lot better than the older portable transmitters.

>>16805726
Nice,

My runabout just has a '80-something Alpine in it

Finding a single DIN HU with GPS seems harder than finding a fucking unicorn, let alone one that has maps for my region available and that looks stock

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>>16809118
>just use the stock stereo
Ok.jpg

Does anyone have any recommendations for Bluetooth units for a very old car? The wiring is done but the head unit is knackered

>>16809118
Not OP but my 2006 shitbox doesn't have usb and bluetooth inputs. Don't care about muh power but I'm too used to usb input and bluetooth phone that my other car has.
The clarion models posted itt are nice. Might consider getting one.

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>>16816520

>>16805726
I'm no audiophile but you can't seriously think those things sound acceptable

>>16804736
> Race
> Inspired
> Cosmetic
> Enhancements

Damm those racing stereos to heck and back Joshua!

>>16805756
>carplay/auto
You're looking at my feet, pleb. My smug face is waaaaaay up here.

>>16816586
I don't use an adaptor, but home recorded tapes on a 80's tape recorder played on a 80's stereo in a car with speakers from the 80's sounds alright really

I don't really notice much of a difference in the sound quality in normal listening volumes

>>16816583
Discontinued and they never were really great.

>>16816520
Use your phone with a vent clip.

>>16814898
I really like the MCR1016, the controls are actually fairly intuitive instead of the wild guess for each button that is your average Pioneer head unit.

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>not having a 31 year old tape deck
>2016+1

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>>16816794
That's pretty sick

>>16816833
what does the green power switch control

>>16816833
>automatic
dropped

>>16810900
tape deck
line level and an amp
>5-8 watts per channel
git better speakers

>>16808055
WHAT IS THIS
And is it decent?

>>16816994
Chinese eBay piece of shit. Get a Blaupunkt, Bosch or VDO.

>>16817018
Basically yeah. They're constructed by and aftersales supported by Bosch.

>>16804736
>buy lepai amp for $25
>hook up aux to phone
no din needed.

>>16817076
-9001/10

>>16816586
If you're already streaming music from your phone it doesn't really make that big a difference. I'd use one over putting some gawdy looking gook head unit in my car.

>>16816586
I'd rather do what heartbreaker did and actually hack an aux in to the headunit itself instead of having to go through the shitty tape thing.
I was reading about it, it's pretty easy.

>>16816994
Yes it's good

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>>16814785
Because it doesn't mean anything, and the newfags replying "kek" are just trying to fit in.

>>16816586
There's no audible difference if you're using metal (Type IV) tapes with dolby B or better. If you can find something that has dolby C, it's at least CD quality sound.
There's really no comparison to shitty ferric tapes without dolby, those sound like ass.

>>16817211
that's a factory radio from a fucking renault master van. simple? yes. quality? no.

>>16817367
No one here cares about sound quality

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>>16817380
it's beyond terrible. bluetooth is retarded. buttons are SMALL as shit.... idk man.

>>16817380
...I do

>>16817402
Got a feeling a renault van doesn't have great acoustics to begin with.

>>16817411
sure it doesn't but bass went from mouse burping to blitzkrieg tanks smashing into trees, treble was mute or ear shattering squeak...and no midrange. fuck me.

>>16809073
This desu. If you are that much of a pedantic autist you can spend a grand and get that sony deck.
Otherwise shut your poor ass the fuck up and fit something factory out of a wreck for $20.

>>16816655
>I really like the MCR1016, the controls are actually fairly intuitive instead of the wild guess for each button that is your average Pioneer head unit.
Did you open the picture? I was memeing

>>16816833
Is the whole HU removable?

>>16805982

>>16817803
Yes.

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>>16805982
that actually looks breddy gud.
tho my choice would be the kenwood kmm-122y

>>16819935
Looks like shit, mate.

You can mail your OEM headunit to an asian guy in california and he'll install an AUX port in it. Cost me $78 ($60 for the service $18 for shipping) and it's worked great so far (had it done a year ago). Google Factory Radio Service and repair or something like that. His website looks like it's from 2007 but it's the real deal. Sells OEM units with AUX ports already installed as well.

>>16819935
Does it come autographed by Paul Walker?

>>16817797
I know, but looking at the head unit closer it's pretty obvious what buttons do what.

>>16819940
>>16820010
it's not a 10/10 but it looks fine for what it is

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>>16817410

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>>16820014
Again, did you open the picture? I wasn't saying that kind of unit was "The biggest, most autistic copout of all time.", I was replying to that. Read the screen.
>crashing this thread... WITH NO SURVIVORS!

>>16816655
>Use your phone with a vent clip.
Looks like shit and blocks the vent

>>16820647
also breaks the vent

Man, 90s decks are so aesthetic. Old Alpines, too bad no HD, bluetooth or aux ability without doing something crazy.

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Wow, OP, that sure was hard to find!

http://www.sony.com/electronics/in-car-receivers-players/rsx-gs9

>>16820675
It's really not that crazy, I have mine adapted with a single 25 cent resistor between 2 pins

>>16820704
What would that look good in? Matches my computer case nicely, going to stick out in pretty much every vehicle ever made though

>>16820734
Maybe if you have a shitbox from the 90s or older

>>16820653
that too, I forgot to say it

>>16804736
>RICER
How the fuck can a head unit be ricer?

Really explain this to me.

>>16812907
>not familiarizing yourself with odb II

>>16820704
That one is nice in a minimalist sense, but it will stick like a sore thumb in virtually any car. The materials just look too nice (yes, that's a thing).
The only ones I can imagine it looking stock in are cars with wooden consoles such as the W124 E-class.
Also
>$1500
Might as well get a McIntosh if you're gonna shell out that kind of money.
>>16820675
>Alpines
>aesthetic
As I said in >>16814599
>Alpine HUs were ricey before rice was a thing
Seriously how can someone like those huge lit up chiclet keys?
>>16821860
When you put a blingy colorful thing in your dashboard, that's rice. Just like painting a car in lime green and violet or underbody neon lighting.

>>16821870
>implying carbed porsches had it

>>16820647
It looks like nothing. It's fine. Stuff like the Kenu Airframe is tiny. In the summer unless you like your phone overheating you'll want to use it.

>>16820653
Maybe don't be hamfisted with it then?

>>16820704
>$1,499

Go fuck yourself.

>>16822457
>It looks like nothing. It's fine.
yeah, until you put your phone there
>Maybe don't be hamfisted with it then?
the weight of the phone ends up breaking the vent

>>16822473
ironic ricing is still ricing

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>>16805724
Not when it requires messing with the CAN bus
>install radio
>airbag pops out

>>16822610
Why would you touch the orange cables?

>>16822687
Why wouldn't I? YOLO

>>16822486
Literally looks like your phone sitting in a tripod.

Unless your phone weighs a few pounds it's fine. The plastic is strong unless it's sat in the sun for decades.

>>16823139
>Literally looks like your phone sitting in a tripod.
>missing the point this hard
It blocks the damn vent. I care more about myself overheating than my stupid phone.
>Unless your phone weighs a few pounds it's fine. The plastic is strong unless it's sat in the sun for decades.
>what is fatigue
The vent wasn't designed to hold weight, and even lightweight phones like the iPhone 6S weight about 150 grams. It's one thing to hang an air freshener thingy weighting about 20 grams (not that I approve of it, it looks like shit) and it's another to hold a phone there. Vents weren't made for that, period.

>>16822610
I will concede that some vehicles due to telematics integration are more difficult. Touchscreen shit and MyFord Touch and things like that where the CAN bus is integrated is significantly more challenging.

Most people here don't fall in that category, but a youtube video + Crutchfield compatibility check can give you a pretty good idea of what's required. Most cars 2006 or before are pretty fucking simple to replace the radio in.

>>16823673
I have a 2000 Renault Laguna with the radio hooked to a screen that is shared with the clock and temp sensor among other stuff and it has a stalk control.
It has crazy shit such as not working if the key drum, onboard computer and roof lighting fixture don't come from the same car.

>>16823669
Air convection exists. Also, there's more than one vent in a car. I'm sure you'll find a way to survive.

The vent may only be intended to channel air but it isn't like OEMs don't realize that people are using these things. For the longest time I've seen tons of vent clip cup holders of all fucking things in Japanese cars and a bottle of water weighs far more than a phone.

>>16819935
The 7800/8800 BHS series is probably one of the least ricey, easily found deck I've come across, as well as having solid features, not to mention front/rear/sub preouts.

>>16823850
>Air convection exists. Also, there's more than one vent in a car. I'm sure you'll find a way to survive.
Still not enough. I need two vents blowing air at me.

>>16823757
LOL Europeans.

My brother has a 2012 Accord, standard radio is just a block of buttons and the screen is a small monochrome built up in the dash. That display essentially displays nothing after the radio is removed, but whatever radio you put in (e.g. appradio4, pictured) has a much larger crisper one anyways. Doesn't fuck with anything else in the car.

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>>16824880 here
forgot pic

>>16824880
>>16824885
It doesn't even have a stalk control?
That sucks man, who wants to fiddle with a touchscreen at high speed?

>>16825874
Steering wheel controls bruh.

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I made a similar thread a few weeks ago and ended up getting a Pioneer MVH-X390BT. I got it because you can dim the lights down and it had all the feature I wanted. It was less than $90 on amazon. I hooked it up today. Pretty happy with how it came out.

>>16826926
That piano black though
>>16826091
Oh. Could he hook it to it?

>>16804809
Idk about you man, but I'm not dropping 10k just so I can have an AUX cord...

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I had the same problem as you OP (car made in 2000, aesthetic existing HU but without bluetooth or aux).

Ultimately I wound up getting a simple FM radio adapter for my phone. I don't take calls on the road (and neither should anyone) so Bluetooth isn't an issue.

Ultimately, unless you have an excellent suspension + tires + sound dampening + good roads, it probably won't be worth it to buy some audiophile system.

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>>16804736
>>16805321
>>16805684
this is my interior, which of the 3 do you guys think would suit best?
my interior is slightly different in that the silver part is black gloss and the gauges are red
I like the clarion but it has no bluetooth

I currently have a touchscreen unit from the previous owner but being a ute, the screen is displayed perfectly in the reflection onto my rear view mirror

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>>16828334
I'd install this

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>>16822402
alpines look great, and yeah, sure, get a mcintosh if you want
everyone here pretends to be rich then only wants to buy the cheapest shit possible

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>>16829826
>"wow that's a perfect look"
>bluetooth
>simple
>color match screen
>*trying to find retailer*
>
>£561.28

....fuck sakes....

>>16830384
>>16829826
>it even says cockpit

I AM THE PILOT OF THIS VESSEL

>>16804765
don't Continental make fucking tires?

>>16830421
meanwhile Hyundai make diggers
and daewoo make shotguns

>>16804757
WMA

>So last century

>>16826948
Yeah, they make adapters that communicate properly with both the radio and factory steering wheel controls. Works great.

>>16830489
>2004
>not having ALAC support

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>>16830384
And it doesn't include the power amp lol
>>16830399
ikr it's god-tier
too bad about the price and not having an integrated power amp, but it's part of a bigger system. Pic related looks awesome too. Too bad about its lack of functionality for a car.
>>16830421
They do, and they also do timing kits and a bunch of other stuff
>>16829862
The McIntosh suggestion was for the guy talking about the 1.5k Sony. I'd buy the much tamer Kienzle or Continental.

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>>16804736
>tfw MB CLK500
>tfw no Bluetooth or aux
>tfw install new head unit is ~2k USD
>tfw simple Bluetooth cd changer bypass is ~1k USD thanks to fiber optic wiring harness
should I just kill myself or what

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I wonder how hard it would be to convert an old deck to run usbs and sd cards and sound good

>>16830890
>MB CLK500
my god that is an absolute god machine, who gives a fuck about the radio.

I barrowed a CLK 240 for two weeks and got attached to it really quick, the ride on bad roads is amazing, the V6 silky smooth, can only imagine what a 500 must be like.

aux usb and bluetooth in a discrete package.
am i missing something?
http://www.kicker.com/px_amplified_controllers

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>>16830917
It's fast and only has 75k miles on the odometer but it's not cheap to maintain. It only gets 15 mpg with 93 octane and every time something needs a replacement it's at least 800 bucks

I wouldn't trade it for anything though

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>>16804736
i'm also looking for the radio now, after realizing how terrible everything looks like i started wondering about buying just an amp (unfortunately, those things don't go in radio bay, it's screwed below the cockpit) and connecting it to smartphone through cable. also, quality should be better since all of cheap radios are shit, and amps are (probably) at least trying.

even proper brands decided to use this fucking black-red color scheme in their budget options, it's ridiculous

>>16832138
that stereo is good though faggot, i have the newer model with usb and shit in my 1990 ford truck

but hurr its ricy and red

who gives a shit stop staring at your radio while driving

>>16830890
>>tfw install new head unit is ~2k USD
How is that possible?

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>>16804736
>not buying a new OEM double-din unit from your carmaker for continuity and aesthetics

i didnt read any of this thread but getting a radio with like, 255 values of R G B is really useful because you can make sure your radio matches your dash. my ricer one blended in rly well because it matched everything else.

Just go to your audio shop, and look at them all on display now.

They're not even that out of place anymore.

I got an aftermarket unit in my 80's buick, and I just adjusted the lighting a bit dim, colored to be a dull amber, and it blends in fantasically.

>>16832147
>t. tripfag
>>16832286
>double-din
>aesthetics

>>16832519
>I got an aftermarket unit in my 80's buick, and I just adjusted the lighting a bit dim, colored to be a dull amber, and it blends in fantasically.
maybe at night but during the day those piano black finishes stick out like a sore thumb

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>>16830896
Depends on the deck, it's pretty easy if it has disc changer support, bit more challenging if not because you'll have to open up the radio.

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>>16833851
Wow I never thought I'd say this but that blaupunkt is god tier
How do you go from that... to this?

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>>16804736
It's not hard, it's just not necessarily as inexpensive.

https://www.retromanufacturing.com/

You're welcome.

>>16833851
Why is your parking brake set?

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b l a u p u n k t

>>16835073
That's my clutch pedal, I reversed the slave cylinder so the pedal is all the way depressed by default, and you have let off to disengage it

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>>16812582
>Car only has AM radio

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>>16835108

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>>16835108

>>16835108
That has to be the weirdest car modification I've ever heard of. How is it to drive?

>>16835043
Those aren't even DIN
>>16835084
why do oyu have an opel wheel in your benz?

>>16809118
>t. I cover my car with lewd animu stickers
>t. I give no fucks about the space around me unless it's time to benchrace

>want to replace the headunit in my v70 for one with an audio jack
>don't want to get rid of the comfy aesthetics it gives.
what do.

>>16830890
>not running a standalone system alongside the factory

>>16808487
did you use the CD changer to adapt to RCA?

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>>16836226
>oyu
>the flight plan I just filled with the agency lists smee, maimen, doctor pavelheer, but only one o'yu!

>>16836774
>v70
Does it have CD changer control?
http://www.connects2.co.uk/Product/ProductItem/CTAVLBT001

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just bought pic related, i hope it won't look as rice-y irl as it looks on pictures

other than that, it sounds like solid model. it has no cd or anything, so i hope more of the research budget got spent on better audio quality. perfect android smartphone amp.

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>I feel you pain OP

>mfw I bought an old tape deck with an Aux port and bass boost that looks stockish for $1 at a garage sale.

>>16837689
> it's like the Japanese still think we want alien technology

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>>16837736
I think that's mostly because mainstream car people interested in car audio have no taste. They always put huge ass subwoofers and listen to music in 20-1000hz range while led stripes blink to music aggressively

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>>16837751
Oh for sure

>Good old Walmart sound system

This doesn't look bad for $20 on Ebay

>>16808055
>yes

>>16816833
>Idk about the rest of /o/ but I get good sound with the old tape adapter plugged into my phone

All I want is DAB, casette and aux/bluetooth

>>16805346
Kek its easier than an oil change.
Kys or leave 4ever tb.h famalam

>>16836226
>opel wheel
try again

>>16806392
That's pretty ricey though
>huge button
>curves
>blue LEDs

>>16816586
OP is only talking about head units

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>check em

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>>16837912

>>16838127
Diff wheel. Mine is textured and has different horn button. It's the standard MB wheel from the '70s, many euro cars from that era has very similar wheels.

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>>16838137
I think they come from the same supplier desu. Yours is the first one I see in a benz that has the stripes with that shape on the sides, I had only seen Opel and GAZ with it before.

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>>16837921
double up with one of these and all of a sudden you've got 8-track auxiliary in.

>iwanttobelieve.jpeg

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>>16838137
The Benzos I've seen with stripes look like this

>>16838127
what is this I am confused
I have driven a lada 2104 and this reminds me of it

>>16838150
Fuck yeah

>I actually wish I had an 8-track to do that

Or find an old 45 rpm turntable for a car then run it through a cassette into the 8 track adapter from ultimate analog kek

>>16838210
Opel Rekord E

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>>16838210
BTW rear seat looks /comfy/
Like, being at your living room comfy
I hear some ladas are like this only that it would be more like your grandma's sofa

>>16838238
Ye they are pretty sofa-ish but they are covered with some shitty rough rubberish thing and arent that comfortable to the touch but they are super soft underneath
My granddad made a sofa from a set of the rear seats of a lada its pretty good

>>16838277
>Ye they are pretty sofa-ish but they are covered with some shitty rough rubberish thing and arent that comfortable to the touch but they are super soft underneath
is this why people make knitted covers for them?

>>16838331
yes

>>16816520
>single-DIN
>GPS
but why

>>16838363
Because double DIN is disgusting, takes away the tray and comes with a color screen. I need a orange screen. I don't care about maps, indications are enough.

>>16838145
the stripes in >>16835084 are the horn. The back of the wheel has little squishy finger holds as well.
>>16838154
1979? The one in original post is the first year of US import, so it could be reason for difference.

>>16830421
They started with tires but are now one of the 3 largest oem automotive parts manufacturers.

>>16821870

Old Dirty Bastard can never be replaced, there is no II for that man.

Stop making this thread every fucking second. If you think every head unit is ricer shit then chances are you are ricer shit

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>>16838363
My car is a 2000 so it has the radio mounted really low, under the A/C controls. I can't be looking at maps that low, it's asking to crash. Same as pic related but with a CD radio instead of a tape one.

>>16805823
>car is too new to have tape deck but too old for an aux cable

Life sucks, these things are so much better than FM transmitters.

>>16804755
i got it for 200

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Mines pretty simple if you ever want to cop a double din NAV system.

The UI is different if you don't have an iPhone plugged in.

>>16841369
Wow, best post right here. I'm googling how much right now. Looks as good as the Sony and I bet it's not fucking 1500. I can see myself getting this even if it has no navi.

>>16841369
>smudge city
population: you

>>16841679
Oh shit, I spoke too soon. $1349 MSRP. Found on amazon for around $700, still too much.

>>16808055
looks like a vcr player

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>>16838995

>>16841704
kek, I hadn't noticed it
it's specially notorious in the thumbnail

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At least you fuckers can replace your headunit without it looking like an abomination.

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>>16841648
Nice fucking elderly glasses faggot.

Are you 70?

>>16842104
>Ray-Ban Aviators are elderly glasses.

Ok lil nigga.

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>>16842178
You got a fucking leash on them bro.

Where do you keep the cane?

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>>16842226
You're not from around here are you?

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>>16842233
You tell me.

>>16841648
>He drives a Versa

Please tell me it isn't CVT at least