factory radio died.. replacement opinions
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factory radio died.. replacement opinions
sooo my factory radio died AGAIN so i'm looking at replacing it with something what is evenyones opinions on these radios? and if you dont like them .. make suggestions but it has to be cheaper because i have NO money to do this but i cant stand being without music
http://www.amazon.com/JVC-KW-AVX710-...cmu_pg__header maybe i get thats
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...350N.html#tabs
it's between those two i think.. power acoustik makes some decent subs but i don't know anything about their head units.. however it's gotten some nice review.. it also comes with all the install ****..
http://www.amazon.com/JVC-KW-AVX710-...cmu_pg__header maybe i get thats
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...350N.html#tabs
it's between those two i think.. power acoustik makes some decent subs but i don't know anything about their head units.. however it's gotten some nice review.. it also comes with all the install ****..
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for some reason i cant open the 2nd link, but power akousic dosent make good subs and i bet the HUs suck too, and if the HU you getting only puts out 20rms to all 4 channels, id move on and find another one...
out of those 2 id take the indash dvd but even thats a lower end one.
out of those 2 id take the indash dvd but even thats a lower end one.
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for some reason i cant open the 2nd link, but power akousic dosent make good subs and i bet the HUs suck too, and if the HU you getting only puts out 20rms to all 4 channels, id move on and find another one...
out of those 2 id take the indash dvd but even thats a lower end one.
out of those 2 id take the indash dvd but even thats a lower end one.
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i just pulled the first one i saw. i got mine for 299 shipped on ebay. just make sure not to get a refurb if u dont want one. sometimes u cant tell if theyre refurb or new unless ur looking for it.
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Those seem to be pretty high end radios for someone that has no money.
I mean if there really is a money issue you can get a pretty low priced radio on clutchfield
I mean if there really is a money issue you can get a pretty low priced radio on clutchfield
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i'm looking at pioneer 3100 or something.. it's 350 from sonic electronix.. and it comes with install hardware
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http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...+Open+Box.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...-P3100DVD.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...n+VM9223.html#
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...FH-P800BT.html
those are my choices right now it looks like
so it's either the refurb one i posted before.. or one of those.
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http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...+Open+Box.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...-P3100DVD.html
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...n+VM9223.html#
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...FH-P800BT.html
those are my choices right now it looks like
so it's either the refurb one i posted before.. or one of those.
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I don't know if you would be into it, but I thought this was kind of cool when I was looking at radios.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_130CDSR...&search=remote
for me the remotes to car radios in general are pretty impractical. I don't think I am going to drive with remote in my lap so that I don't have to reach to the radio, and at the same time I find I am more attentive when I have steering radio controls than when I don't.
Not to mention the remotes with the 50+buttons. If I am looking on that thing to find a button I might as well be texting while driving with how much attention that takes away. If it wasn't for the extra 100 bucks for the XM tuner I probably would have already got that remote and a pioneer radio to go with it.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_130CDSR...&search=remote
for me the remotes to car radios in general are pretty impractical. I don't think I am going to drive with remote in my lap so that I don't have to reach to the radio, and at the same time I find I am more attentive when I have steering radio controls than when I don't.
Not to mention the remotes with the 50+buttons. If I am looking on that thing to find a button I might as well be texting while driving with how much attention that takes away. If it wasn't for the extra 100 bucks for the XM tuner I probably would have already got that remote and a pioneer radio to go with it.
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**** the jensen for sure...
3100 and 4000 are very similar. only difference is the 3100 actually has a bit of a graphical display you can select and the screen is smaller. with that being said id prefer the bigger screen over the animations and i liked the volume knob instead of the buttons (yet my kenwood has buttons too)
the 800bt is a nice ass unit with bluetooth but no screen. looks clean as hell thou. so if u wanna save bucks this is the one to go with. but not sure how valuable the screen is. its not too much cheaper then the 3100/4000
i like kenwood myself but we tend to do pioneer when it comes to video units. not sure why probably because they are cheaper new but the 512 is similar to the 4000 in almost every way possible
never seen anything like that b4... id just do steering wheel controls isntead thou. its a bitch ya but gotta pay to play right?
3100 and 4000 are very similar. only difference is the 3100 actually has a bit of a graphical display you can select and the screen is smaller. with that being said id prefer the bigger screen over the animations and i liked the volume knob instead of the buttons (yet my kenwood has buttons too)
the 800bt is a nice ass unit with bluetooth but no screen. looks clean as hell thou. so if u wanna save bucks this is the one to go with. but not sure how valuable the screen is. its not too much cheaper then the 3100/4000
i like kenwood myself but we tend to do pioneer when it comes to video units. not sure why probably because they are cheaper new but the 512 is similar to the 4000 in almost every way possible
I don't know if you would be into it, but I thought this was kind of cool when I was looking at radios.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_130CDSR...&search=remote
for me the remotes to car radios in general are pretty impractical. I don't think I am going to drive with remote in my lap so that I don't have to reach to the radio, and at the same time I find I am more attentive when I have steering radio controls than when I don't.
Not to mention the remotes with the 50+buttons. If I am looking on that thing to find a button I might as well be texting while driving with how much attention that takes away. If it wasn't for the extra 100 bucks for the XM tuner I probably would have already got that remote and a pioneer radio to go with it.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_130CDSR...&search=remote
for me the remotes to car radios in general are pretty impractical. I don't think I am going to drive with remote in my lap so that I don't have to reach to the radio, and at the same time I find I am more attentive when I have steering radio controls than when I don't.
Not to mention the remotes with the 50+buttons. If I am looking on that thing to find a button I might as well be texting while driving with how much attention that takes away. If it wasn't for the extra 100 bucks for the XM tuner I probably would have already got that remote and a pioneer radio to go with it.
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The last thing I have heard I'd have to outright replace my steering wheel to get the normal steering wheel radio controls to work right. So yeah not really an option for me, I will find out for sure when my switch finally comes in though.
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damn ur right i looked at it and my speakers are only getting 14rms...i bet it will be night and day when i slap a 100rms amp on them.
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