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dgardel

Member Since: 30 Nov 2008
Location: Veneto (Heart & Head)
Posts: 3586

Markh wrote:
Mines the Alpine SWE 1000, comes with everything you need, bracket even allows easy securing to the cubby box. All the cabling sat under the box out the way

mines too... Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition

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31st Jul 2011 5:40pm

Shax

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: London
Posts: 391

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

Well, I finally got tired of the OEM stereo in my Puma.
Off to Amazon, and 2 days later a Sony MEX-BT3800U is delivered.
Yesterday, I spent all of 20 minutes removing the original head unit, losing one of the metal clips to the underworld behind the panel, and that was despite knowing it was going to ping away!!

Anyhoo, the Sony plugged straight in, and worked.. I was expecting to have to butcher the loom and perform all manner of rewiring..

The built in Bluetooth works brilliantly, and I didn't need to route the external mic.. That may be a job for another day, if I can be arsed!

All in all, not a bad upgrade for only £114. The sound is sooo much better, maybe I won't need to spend loads on new speakers afterall...

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19th Aug 2011 4:14pm

MuddyMarky

Member Since: 01 Feb 2010
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 548

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Do Sony car stereos still do that annoying "beepity beep beep" thing after you switch the engine off, to remind you to remove the front plate?

Thats probably the only reason I've not had a Sony one for years

Mark
2011 110 XS DC
Stornoway Grey

19th Aug 2011 4:49pm

Shax

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: London
Posts: 391

MuddyMarky wrote:
Do Sony car stereos still do that annoying "beepity beep beep" thing after you switch the engine off, to remind you to remove the front plate?

Thats probably the only reason I've not had a Sony one for years

Yep, but it can be turned off.. ... ,-------,
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26FB458 / 27.275 SSB

19th Aug 2011 4:51pm

MuddyMarky

Member Since: 01 Feb 2010
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 548

Ah-ha.....thats probably always been the way, knowing me!

Mark
2011 110 XS DC
Stornoway Grey

19th Aug 2011 4:59pm

iruffell

Member Since: 03 Sep 2010
Location: Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Posts: 343

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Zambezi Silver

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Kenwood BT61U with Bluetooth, iPod / iPhone and USB, only thing it's missing is DAB, but at £170 it's a very good head unit.

http://www.kenwood-electronics.co.uk/produ...KDC-BT61U/

19th Aug 2011 5:08pm

AlpenAndes

Member Since: 20 May 2011
Location: Currently Chile
Posts: 128

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Belize Green

Good, I see I am not alone with my Kenwood KDC BT61.

BR
Oskar

19th Aug 2011 6:58pm

sc70

Member Since: 29 Jun 2010
Location: Tregaron
Posts: 261

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black

Shax wrote:
MuddyMarky wrote:
Do Sony car stereos still do that annoying "beepity beep beep" thing after you switch the engine off, to remind you to remove the front plate?

Thats probably the only reason I've not had a Sony one for years

Yep, but it can be turned off..

how do you turn it off

19th Aug 2011 7:30pm

yaho

Member Since: 26 Nov 2008
Location: Bialystok
Posts: 200

2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Keswick Green

Quote:
Good, I see I am not alone with my Kenwood KDC BT61.

So there are three of us

Note - I had to update the firmware - the BT refused to work after few weeks. Now it's fine (Samsung Solid 2100). Janusz
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19th Aug 2011 7:45pm

iruffell

Member Since: 03 Sep 2010
Location: Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Posts: 343

Quote:
Note - I had to update the firmware - the BT refused to work after few weeks. Now it's fine (Samsung Solid 2100).

Yep, I had to update the firmware to get it to connect - HTC Desire HD

19th Aug 2011 9:24pm

Shax

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: London
Posts: 391

sc70 wrote:
Shax wrote:
MuddyMarky wrote:
Do Sony car stereos still do that annoying "beepity beep beep" thing after you switch the engine off, to remind you to remove the front plate?

Thats probably the only reason I've not had a Sony one for years

Yep, but it can be turned off..

how do you turn it off

Mine has an ALM option on the menu... Not listed in the book!
I can turn the beeps off from there, but being completely brain dead, I need the beeps to remind me to detach the front panel! ... ,-------,
.. I [__][_]|__
.. I __ |"_|"__|
.. "(o)====(o)"
^^_-^-_^-^_^^^^^--^^^^
PAUL
G7ALW 14.200 USB
26FB458 / 27.275 SSB

22nd Aug 2011 11:13am

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4492

Having heard the kids singing in the rear of the Puma, it makes me realise that the original Land Rover head unit is quite adequate after all.

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22nd Aug 2011 2:45pm

NinetyTD4

Member Since: 22 Apr 2011
Location: North
Posts: 397

Her Highness and Sirs, I object! There is no upgrading a stereo on recent defenders, as this requires something to be replaced! The surprise gift with a scale does not qualify for a stereo ... imho

Never forget: cars have owner, Landrover have field service personnel.

22nd Aug 2011 6:05pm

SteveS

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: Devon & Berkshire
Posts: 388

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black

Just got the truck back today from an audio upgrade done by John Kleis in Reading. I'm very very pleased with the sound - I like my music (club, pop, rock, jazz) load. If anyone is interested then the set-up that I went for is

Alpine CDE126 BT head unit
Focal BUS20 active subwoofer under the rear seat
Rainbow 4" component speakers in front/treeter
Pioneer TSX150 3 way pod speakers mounted to the load guard above passenger head height
Disconnect rear speakers but leave in situ
iPod in cubby box

The rear load guard mounted pods gets over the problem of the rear OEM speakers being covered up by items in the back (tents, sleeping bags, boxes etc)
Under rear seat for the subwoofer gets over the vibration in the bum problem if you put the subwoofer in the under driver seat space - and you have a moderately better chance of keeping it dry if you go wading
The rainbow speaker units handle 80W but their slim throw doesn't require thick mounting collars on the passenger side to keep away from the a/c/heater ducting there.

Just got a few tweaks to do on the subwoofer gain and high pass filter settings just to confirm that I can't get anything more out of the system - but I've had a pretty big grin "kickin ass" and annoying the neighbours

Problem now is I can't hear the engine and subwoofer makes the rear shock outter casing rattle

Oh! And my ears have started bleeding

24th Aug 2011 10:32pm

MK

Member Since: 28 Aug 2008
Location: Santiago
Posts: 2265

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Chawton White

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These + 2x16cm in front doors makes a huge difference

Puma 110" SW

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