Fiat Ducato Audio/Bluetooth upgrade

ianobrien

All,

I'm looking for recommendations for audio and/or Bluetooth upgrade for a prefacelift Fiat Ducato 250 (built late 2013/early 2014. At the moment its got a single DIN Kenwood KDU-4057U fitted and there's no Bluetooth.

The options are, as I see them, are either install a Bluetooth phone kit (eg Parrott) or change the radio to one that has Bluetooth. Swapping the radio would be my preferred option for neatness as I don't want more hanging off the dash. Other requirements if changing the radio are

• Single DIN
• Black colour
• No fancy "flashing lights" on any new radio, or any of that crap on the display
• Reasonable call and audio quality.
• Bluetooth audio streaming is a nice to have, but not necessary

I'm not much of an audiophile and once I can listen to the radio and take calls I'm happy. I don't listen to CD's. It's going to be self installed, if possible.

Any help, ideas, etc accepted.

JohnBoy26

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/alpine-cde-185bt

CJhaughey

I have the CD version of this radio, great sound, simple pairing and can stream BT music to the stereo from your phone.
It has a separate mic which you can mount to the headlining which helps a lot with sound quality.
http://www.halfords.ie/technology/car-audio/car-stereos/alpine-ute-72bt-car-stereo-with-bluetooth-and-ipod

JohnBoy26

CJhaughey wrote: »

I have the CD version of this radio, great sound, simple pairing and can stream BT music to the stereo from your phone.
It has a separate mic which you can mount to the headlining which helps a lot with sound quality.
http://www.halfords.ie/technology/car-audio/car-stereos/alpine-ute-72bt-car-stereo-with-bluetooth-and-ipod

That would be the 177bt, a great head unit. It has since been superseded by the 183bt. The alpines have great sound quality and a very good quality mic.

CJhaughey

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

That would be the 177bt, a great head unit. It has since been superseded by the 183bt. The alpines have great sound quality and a very good quality mic.

Mine is the 173BT, I can't fault it. It works unlike the Honda Accord HFT that I have now that won't pair with my Asus phone.:mad:

ianobrien

Thanks to all. I'll probably go shopping this weekend and I'll report back with what I got.

JohnBoy26

CJhaughey wrote: »

Mine is the 173BT, I can't fault it. It works unlike the Honda Accord HFT that I have now that won't pair with my Asus phone.:mad:

173bt is what I meant to say Great unit.