Sound System for Seat Cordoba

Beau x1 · 18-01-2009 8:15pm #1

Hey guys, hope you can help me out here.

Recently, I've bought an '03 Seat Cordoba. She's great, and she's my first car too. Now, I'm big into my music and obviously the original system isn't that great. I'm not looking for massive speakers or anything like that but what I'm really in need of is a slick sound system, probably not touch screen or anything like that but the only requirement I really need is an Auxillary input for my iPod. I don't know anything about fitting things in myself or the first thing about car mechanics, so obviously I'll need to pay someone to do the labour for me. Hope one of you can lead me in the right direction, cheers.

garyegt · 19-01-2009 2:10am

hey, well if i were you what id do is find out the size of your speakers then find upgrades. i personally like the jbl gto's. very good sound from them but not the most powerful speaker but defo a good option. then id look at running an amp to those speakers cos powering them from a head unit wont make a massive difference. ya prob wont even need a big amp just something like 4x50w rms.

do ya know your speaker sizes?

Beau x1 · 19-01-2009 8:06am

Not sure, I'll find out today and get back to you on that one, cheers.

garyegt · 19-01-2009 8:32am

id honestly throw my arm and say theyre 6 inch. could be wrong tho. but the only real way to get descent sound is to amp the speakers. i swapped over the std speakers and hooked them up to the head unit. no difference. got an amp, world of a difference!

colm_mcm · 19-01-2009 6:43pm

I think you're gonna run into problems if the stereo is the same as on the Ibiza, isn't the fan and heater part of the stereo on a Cordoba?

colm_mcm · 19-01-2009 6:45pm

Just checked it, seems if you have the current mode (03-09)l you should be ok, but if yours is the facelift of the original Cordoba (03 back) it will be a problem.

Beau x1 · 19-01-2009 7:55pm

Here it is. I'm not sure if it's part of it or separate or what.

colm_mcm · 19-01-2009 8:39pm

Ah no, that won't be a problem, The older Cordobas had a large LCD screen that had radio and heater display, and the heating controls were all in the same unit. yours is the newer type. a DIN sied unit will fit no problems.

I'd recommend you get a headunit with ipod integration and an auxillary input, Sony do a nice one that also has a bluetooth phone kit built in.

Beau x1 · 19-01-2009 9:46pm

Sweet, that's great to hear.

Thinking of getting something simple like this. AUX input etc.
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I'm pretty clueless with the speakers, though. I'm looking for something that'll give me good mids/trebs that are usually lost in the default sound system - and of course, a subwoofer for the electro tunes. Nothing too expensive, although I'm a sucker for anything with LED's :pac:

Sound System for Seat Cordoba

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