Lidl Car Stereo with Bluetooth- 06/12/07

johnp

Anyone have one?
ANyone know the make/model?

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20071206.p.CDCarRadiowithBluetoothMP3


CD Car Radio with Bluetooth & MP3

* Car Radio
* CD Player
* MP3/WMA Player
* Bluetooth hands free speaking system
* 4 x 40W output power
* SD/MMC card & USB slot
* Integrated microphone
* Remote control
* Removable flip-down front panel with protective casing

MayoForSam

Probably a Welltech - seems to be a new model. I have one from about a year ago, works great, just stick in a USB key and away you go.

Check out this thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055108024

johnp

Good stuff, cheers.
I'll take a look into it.

MarkR

Does welltech have a site, can't seem to find it? Would like to look at the detailed specs...

Just got the catalogue and it's a silvercrest crb-530.

coaxial

Ayone know if this radio has a record-to-usb/sd function like some previous models had?? very handy

blackbox

Rambled in at lunchtime today...(Dec 6th).

ALL GONE!

^whitey^

Yea you can record from the line in, radio or CD to USB or SD ... not to sure which.

Won't get to install mine for a while waiting on a converter kit for my leon mk1. My only concern is that the external MIC cord won't be long enough to keep it tidy ... hoping to run it behind the dash up the A frame.

The spec is unreal for the price though.

The manual is here .... http://www.mysilvercrest.de/en/artikel.php?a=127&av=2
should answer most questions people have.

vasch_ro

are they hard to put in, and I assume i would need a special face plate or something as I have a built in Radio in the Vectra which is bigger than the normal front size of car radio's.

it also supports .ogg vorbis !!!! Glad to hear its a good spec for price.

byte

Yeah, you'll need a fascia adaptor.

You could try your nearest Halfords or ICE retailer, otherwise maybe incarexpress.co.uk online.

blackbox

Was in Athy this evening (6th) and they had about a dozen - bought one!

Looks very nice, but it might be a while until I get it installed.

conical

Does anyone know if the external mic plugs in to the front or the back of the unit?
(If it's the front then that's not ideal as you have to choose between your minijack input or being able to use the phone functionality)

EDIT: just reading the manual from your link whitey, it seems to be in the back which is good! Cheers!

^whitey^

some of the older aldi/lidl units were a pain to install unless you knew a bit of car wiring but the manual with this is very detailed and all the wiring is labeled (in the manual)...if you need converter kits try http://www.nexxia.co.uk/

Qwerty?

There was 2 dozen or so left in tuam Lidl today at 11:00am.

vasch_ro

they have roughly the same in Greystones, picked one up there at 4pm today

coldfire1x

Does anyone know if it's still available in any of the stores near the city centre?

MarkR

Loads left in shannon

eringobragh

Not mad on the Look of that stereo.. Slightly OT i'd go for something like a Blaupunkt Hamburg MP57 Bluetooth stereo. pr one of the Sony BT stereos, the sony ones are only 50 or 60 dearer.

MarkR

I just got a seperate bluetooth car kit, so am waiting for something without bluetooth...

coaxial

Got one and installed it - fab for the price!!!

One thing though, if I connect phone to radio via bluetooth manually, it works 100%, but when it connects automatically (after turning radio on), it disconnects after about 10 seconds..???

I've a sonyericsson k750i.

Anyone having this prob, or found a way round it

Qwerty?

I've mine installed aswell, very pleased with it. Simple to install and works a charm.

I'm not having that problem Coaxial, perhaps try another phone in case its the phone, otherwise return asap and you may get a replacement, before they have sold out.

coaxial

Qwerty? wrote: »

I've mine installed aswell, very pleased with it. Simple to install and works a charm.

I'm not having that problem Coaxial, perhaps try another phone in case its the phone, otherwise return asap and you may get a replacement, before they have sold out.

thanks Qwerty,

will try ring silvercrest first tomorrow, will then look for replacement if that fails...... hope there's one left in shop....bloody great radio;)

ednwireland

i've just installed mine works great with a k800i easy set up (apart from taking the dash apart) and having a coax plug rather than socket (luckily local motofactor fixed that.
thanks to whoever posted the links for iso converters that made installation on my nissan much simpler - thanks

jenizzle

I bought one of these today in Lidl in Deansgrange, and was really easy to install. Its a great stereo though, and the bluetooth works great! Only thing is that the slot for the radio antenna is wrong... but I'm sure I'll find an adapter easy enough

coaxial

jenizzle wrote: »

I bought one of these today in Lidl in Deansgrange, and was really easy to install. Its a great stereo though, and the bluetooth works great! Only thing is that the slot for the radio antenna is wrong... but I'm sure I'll find an adapter easy enough

good for you!

can i ask, when the bluetooth is connected, does the blue bti light remain lit, or flash?
mine remains lit for 10 to 20 seconds, then starts to flash, but calls are still diverted to car stereo from phone... K750i

ednwireland

i got an aerial adapter in the local motor factors jenizzle

coax

bluetooth light stays on all the time when connected

you tried your phone with a bluetooth headset does it do the same
can you try the radio with a different phone - at least that will tell you if its the radio or the phone !

jenizzle

ednwireland wrote: »

i got an aerial adapter in the local motor factors jenizzle

yep, I got one today in Halfords for a fiver... radio is now sorted... lovely jubbley

thenobody

How do you all find the reception on this radio?

Its a good bit worse than my OEM radio.
I do need an aerial amplifier, which is installed, but it is still not near the same.

Anyone know how the reception compares again other aftermarket radios?

^whitey^

I'm having the same problem ... installed booster for my leon.



I wired the blue connection to the aerial lead from the head unit (also blue .. even removed some of the insulation so I had bare copper ) its 12V 0.5A coming from the head unit but reception is still bad. I'm thinking of trying to wire it to the ignition lead to see if there's more juice coming from that but i'm afraid i'd blow the amp in the aerial ????


The issue only seems to affect cars that have an amp in the aerial ... cars that don't seem to to be fine. Anyone installed it in a leon or toledo yet ?

thenobody

Yep. Exact same as I got.
I've a Leon Cupra.

I used the connection block that came with the radio and added pins to the end of the wires and just put them into the corresonding ones in the Leon's plug. Then added connections for the amplifier to the blue wire on the connector and connected them together.
Also found i had to reverse the yellow and red wires.

Just want to know if i go to the hassle of trying another head unit will the reception be the same - therefore i should not bother and may think about going back to the original with the cd changer.
Let me know if you get it working better
Thanks

^whitey^

Why did you have to reverse the yellow and red wires ... I didn't ??? The head unit provides 12V 0.5A on the blue wire I wonder does the Aura system provide more power to the amp. I found that whether I had the blue connected or not made no difference at all.

FM reception is annoying but I really don't want to go back to my tape deck. Everything else on the head unit is great matches the dashboard lights and all. I might try the ignition wire tomorrow!

jenizzle

^whitey^ wrote: »

Why did you have to reverse the yellow and red wires ... I didn't ???

I had to because everytime I turned off my car, the station memory would disappear, and was very annoying! My reception isn't all that bad though.

And it seems that only Seats have problems with these radios!

^whitey^

Ah right I see. From reading around the Aura sends the amp 12V, now the Silvercrest Manual says it supplies 12 V 0.5 A on the blue wire but i'm not convinced because whether its connected or not doesn't seem to make a difference for me. I'll try the Ignition wire connected to the booster tomorrow.

thenobody

Yeah i changed it to ensure it does not loose memories.
Just noticed when they were swapped that when you pull the key from the ignition it shutdown saying good-bye whereas the other way just looked like it lost supply.
Didnt really check the station memory was lost but just thought would be better to have it shutting down properly.

The aerial connection without the amplifier gave no reception at all. With it connected i get all the stations just that the signal sometimes is not great. Not near as good as the Aura. Underground in my car park had no reception problem, with the silvercrest and amp its just static.

Please let me know how you get on with connecting the amp to the ignition wire.
Would also like to get this sorted and need to know too that it is not a problem for all aftermarket radios.

Issue would be for all Volkswagen audi seat skoda etc cars - any cars that require an aerial amplifier, not just Seats.

Qwerty?

I find the reception fair, but when recording onto a MMC it seems to get worse? I must try the Blue wire on the amp to see if it makes a difference.

I also had to swap the red and yellow power cables so it would keep the memory settings.

^whitey^

Finally got a chance to try connecting the blue 12V booster lead to the ignition wire ... made a slight improvement in reception but then sometimes the unit would not power off when I took the keys out so I just reverted back to the way it was. Reception is not as good as the Aura but it'll do.

thenobody

Ha. So i guess your the same guy as on the seat forum

Ill post my reply from there here too - for the hell of it

I ended up taking back the silvercrest unit to Lidl.

the reception was not great even with the aerial amp (but thought would be same with all aftermarket head units) but main reason i brought it back was because the random feature would only randomise all files on a CD/SD card.
I could have 30 albums on the card and it shouldnt just randomise all tracks. Needed it to randomise with albums too.

So i then installed a Sony head unit i had and it works great. Much better than the silversrest unit - has the shuffle albums and disc features and importantly the radio reception is great with it (with the same aerial amp). Just as good as original aura unit.

So the reception problem is the fault of the silversrest unit itself

kevhan

Does anyone have a copy of the user instructions to hand. Just got a new phone and forget how to do the bluetooth connect. cheers

conical

@kevhan:

^whitey^ wrote: »

The manual is here .... http://www.mysilvercrest.de/en/artikel.php?a=127&av=2
should answer most questions people have.

Qwerty?

I see this is back in again on MOnday 25th Feb at only €99.

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20080225.p.CDMP3CarRadiowithBluetooth

carbsy

Anyone pick this up on the 25th? Is it the exact same model with the problems discussed here? I forgot to go in to check it, obviously all gone now.

thenobody

Learned my lesson that last time not to bother with these things and to always stick to proper brands like Sony etc.

Its missing really fundamental features

Qwerty?

thenobody wrote: »

Its missing really fundamental features

Have to say apart from slightly poor reception every now and then, I can't fault it, and certainly can't fault it's features... at €99 what better known product would come near to the features of this brand (and with a 3 year guarantee)

thenobody

Yes reception is not good.

Also, if you have a cd or memory stick with loads of songs you can only shuffle between them all. Cant shuffle within albums.
Show stopper for me. Just when you feel in the mood for one type of song another type comes on and you end up spending the whole journey pressing the next button to get to a song you feel like hearing. Its a fundamental thing to actually think about how someone will use the radio.
So would be back to just using normal cds.

Qwerty?

thenobody wrote: »

Yes reception is not good.

Also, if you have a cd or memory stick with loads of songs you can only shuffle between them all. Cant shuffle within albums.
Show stopper for me. Just when you feel in the mood for one type of song another type comes on and you end up spending the whole journey pressing the next button to get to a song you feel like hearing. Its a fundamental thing to actually think about how someone will use the radio.
So would be back to just using normal cds.

Will agree with you about not been able to jump from album to album. Afaik you can jump in steps of 1 and steps of 10. I haven't used it with a CD since Xmas, just using the radio and a 2 GIG SD card.

What I love it for is the Bluetooth phone connection, and the record feature for recording radio.

thenobody

it is possible to choose albums. Cant remember the correct button sequence but think its in the manual but problem is you cant shuffle within the album.

But everyone to what features they wish.

Just be aware if the above is what you would like

carbsy

Popped into Lidl in Mitchelstown this morning to find they still had 2 of these left! I snapped one up on the spot and now I'm a happy camper!

gafarrell

I got one last friday in Cork. Must admit is it great value for money (€99). I had to do a bit of rewiring to the loom alright (Swap around 2 cables as it was not holding the settnigs when i turn off the ignition). Bluetooth works great. I can also charge my phone off of the USB connection . I use the aux in for the ipod which works a treat. The only fault i find is the reception issue but still its not too bad. I havn't tried the recording yet. Must give that a go later .

dowtchaboy

In case you missed it in Togher, bhoy - there are at least 4 left in Carrigaline as of last night. Also - sometimes in LIDL (and ALDI) there's still electronics stuff in the manager's office when it's gone from the floor - it's always worth asking (if you don't mind the glares of the people in the queue behind you!).

Friend got one of these last week - says is outstanding (in his Subaru Outback).

db.

Wisesmurf

Could anyone who has this radio and is a bit techy have a look at this thread and try help me pls

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=55312396#post55312396

carbsy

Any fit this in an Opel Astra? Absolute nightmare! The power / speaker connecions are on the opposite side.Also the antenea is on the opposite side.

I managed to get the stereo working using a harness adapter that I modified but it sticks out a mile from the dash lol still haven't got the antenea connected.

carbsy

Anyone?