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excossack



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United Kingdom 1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue
DAB radio - Mechless version
Thinking of replacing the radio/CD player in the 110 TD5 (1999 model so now sports the MUD stuff centre dash section)
Currently I have the FM radio in the top slot sloping down, then below that two rows of Carling switches.

I was thinking of replacing FM radio with a mechless DAB.
Choices of external DAB antenna or internal one?

FM reception at best is sometimes patchy. Also interference from USB charging leads/USB sockets - but that is another battle.

DAB Mechless - views? 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock
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miker



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United Kingdom 1999 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Rioja Red
I have a JVC mechless unit that I'm pretty happy with. The supplied internal aerial is crap though. Probably going to replace with the naka combined dab/fm/etc antenna at some point!
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excossack



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Cheers Miker. I think its time to move with the times.
Which model do you have? 1999 Defender TD5 110

Regards
John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock
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LandymanStefan



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England 2001 Defender 90 Td5 SW Epsom Green
Recently bought a mechless alpine one with bluetooth streaming and dab and its excellent. Need to buy a dab antenna though.
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miker



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excossack wrote:
Cheers Miker. I think its time to move with the times.
Which model do you have?


https://eu.jvc.com/mobile-entertainment/au...D-X561DBT/

This one! Big feature for me was the camera input, didn't want an extra screen for my reversing camera. It's not actually touch screen, but that hasn't been an issue for me.
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Intercept



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United Kingdom 2002 Defender 110 Td5 Black LE Java Black
I got this non-DAB mechless Alpine a couple of years back and apart from the lack of DAB it's amazing for the cost. The app (run on a phone linked to the stereo via bluetooth) avoids the need for the awful menu system. My aerial is the Naka FM one.

The DAB version is £40 more: https://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m...-32982.htm
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Daisy90



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United Kingdom 2001 Defender 90 Td5 SW Alveston Red
I can highly recommend the nakagema external amplified DAB and FM Aeriels, not cheap but I can’t remember the last time it dropped a DAB signal

I have a alpine cd / dab head unit I on the shed, works fine apart from it doesn’t support my I phone anymore , so I now have a JVC head unit which does all I need and proper hands ref calls etc,

But defo a thumbs up for the Aeriels,
It also goes in the same hole in the wing as the original Aeriels
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JoolsB



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I put a Kenwood mechless in mine, works really well. I had the stick on DAB aerial at first, not great, so I got one of these things-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BT4CYDR/ref...41_TE_dp_1

Works perfectly now.
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excossack



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United Kingdom 1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue
miker wrote:
excossack wrote:
Cheers Miker. I think its time to move with the times.
Which model do you have?


https://eu.jvc.com/mobile-entertainment/au...D-X561DBT/

This one! Big feature for me was the camera input, didn't want an extra screen for my reversing camera. It's not actually touch screen, but that hasn't been an issue for me.


Just bought one of these. Next research camera input. The chap I spoke to said I can have two cameras...? 1999 Defender TD5 110

Regards
John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock
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miker



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United Kingdom 1999 Defender 110 Td5 CSW Rioja Red
It only has one camera input hole, but It's only composite video, so it would be fairly trivial to put a toggle switch in and switch between the two. Either that or you might be able to y split both cameras into the headunit, and only power one at a time.
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