e46 single din head unit upgrade. Philips.

Alanstrainor · 18-10-2013 11:43am #1

Came across this on the halfrds site today and thought it'd be a good idea for a replacement head unit.

http://www.halfords.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_11101_catalogId_15551_productId_900587_langId_-1_categoryId_212600

Anyone have any feedback, or even any suggestions? main requirements are Bluetooth and the android dock is an advantage.

georgefalls · 19-10-2013 7:10am

I have the iPhone one, fitted. It works very well. Never had a spot of bother with it. Just works..
For that money, I did expect it to be crap, but it wasn't. It even sounds ok..!

Alanstrainor · 19-10-2013 9:44am

georgefalls wrote: »

I have the iPhone one, fitted. It works very well. Never had a spot of bother with it. Just works..
For that money, I did expect it to be crap, but it wasn't. It even sounds ok..!

cheers for the reply man! yeah I think I'm just going to buy it to be honest. The tape deck in my yoke is starting to. annoy me!

hanloj1 · 19-10-2013 10:13am

A friend at work bought a second hand one of these. He thinks it's a great job.

georgefalls · 19-10-2013 10:15am

hanloj1 wrote: »

A friend at work bought a second hand one of these. He thinks it's a great job.

I concur. Had mine for a year now, still going perfectly

Alanstrainor · 20-10-2013 2:58pm

Well I bought it. Slick looking piece of kit. Just wait I g for the mounting kit to arrive from eBay. Cheers fellas.

hanloj1 · 20-10-2013 3:04pm

Does it charge your phone too?

georgefalls · 20-10-2013 3:13pm

It charges an iPhone.

hanloj1 · 20-10-2013 3:20pm

Does it charge your phone too?

S28382 · 20-10-2013 4:39pm

I bought one for my BMW and it looked grand in the car the only annoying thing i found with it was the App its ****e and if you choose not to install the App the stereo automatically sets on repeat for the songs. I got rid of it after a while but it was decent for the money. It does charge and play so thats handy. The radio reception doesnt always tune into the strongest signal so there is times when the volume seems low and then when it gets a better signal it gets louder???

Alanstrainor · 12-01-2014 10:28pm

I posted this in the main motors forum, but i figured I should update here.

This is the finished job, with the head unit in place:

JohnBoy26 · 12-01-2014 10:48pm

sorry to say this now but in my experience, Philips head units are very shoddy pieces of equipment.

I had two of them and both had audio output issues and a very bad fm radio. E.g the af function never worked as it was suppose to. Instead automatically changing to the strongest frequency of the station I was listening to it would tune into a completely different station, usually news talk.

there was also interference/reception issues where you would be listening to one station and another station would be present in the background.

Imo it's well worth it to spend a bit extra and get either an alpine or a pioneer. Both are far, far superior to philips's junk.

Alanstrainor · 13-01-2014 7:45pm

The philips is great for me as it allows me to pop my phone in. Calls/GPS/Music in one and it charges at the same time, and also doesn't require another holder/stand. Don't really listen to the radio, so it doesn't bother me.

It cost me 129, so if i decide it's in need of replacement in a year then so be it.

e46 single din head unit upgrade. Philips.

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