has anyone upgraded their stereos?

[flat6]

Hi Jaz

I have this unit and im loving it, apart from the quirks like the iphone interface sucks the big, the rest of the unit is nothing short of awesome for the price, you will find youself using bluetooth audio more than the iphone interface.

Also Bflat PM me if you want to borrow my keys

[walkerchan]

cool, feel a lot safer knowing someone else has tried the update, might give it a crack over the weekend if I can find a spare sd card

Haha same. I ended up buying a RCA(I think been a while) to 3.5 aux. For like 2 dollars from msy while I was there to hook up my iPhone since I hate the ugly layout of the original iPod interface. Also means i can change song easily with the gps running (and since gps makes changing volume a little slower can just use the iPhone buttons) it was only until after that u realise my iPhone had changed majorly from my old iPod haha in that the video output is from the bottom plug not the headphone (didn't check in 3 years because never needed hah)

So yeh. Will try doing the update to get Bluetooth music.

My only annoyance is that I've set up Igo but I cant seem to get it to show the current speed limit until I begin speeding lol

[jaz]

Think I'm just going to go a clarion D/din unit $600 everything I want except for a nav unit which I don't need. Also comes with three years warranty.

[kaanage]

CX501A?

The only thing I didn't like about the Clarion double din unit (and the JVC ones) was the small number of lines in the display for iPod/USB listings.

Does it have bass redirection? So many of the cheaper head units lack this and I think it is one of the most important features that you can get for car audio.

[jaz]

CX501A?

The only thing I didn't like about the Clarion double din unit (and the JVC ones) was the small number of lines in the display for iPod/USB listings.

Does it have bass redirection? So many of the cheaper head units lack this and I think it is one of the most important features that you can get for car audio.

its the VX401a

Not sure about the bass redirection thing but it does have sub control and a low pass filter. For me its probably good as I'm not going to spend my money on a stereo upgrade. I just want bluetooth and ipod connectivity. The other features it has is a bonus like DVD playback. But having a 3 year warranty is very good.

[kaanage]

That's a great price for one of those. It probably does have bass redirection (high pass for normal outputs) built in as part of the DVD audio processing.

If you add even a small (10" sealed) sub with a small amp (100W bridged rms is plenty), you will be amazed by the improvement if you do nothing else - the standard speakers sound just fine when the bass signal is redirected away from them.

[injidup]

Anyone still battling with a stereo install for Acc Power (seems to be of an issue with earlier Polo's), this is the way I went. Kills Acc power when the key is turned off, you can turn it back on without starting the engine if you want to chillax...

No Acc trigger in the stock loom and in my car the Ciggy socket power seems to stay on a while (could be permanent, only tested 10 min)

I need to sort out my Kenwood (it's a pain having to manually switch it off every time I leave the car!
Will report back on success (or not!).

Thanks for the info.

[csimpson]

How much is a set of keys to pull the stereo out? I want to get one of the iPod or aux-audio cables but want to spend as little as possible.

[Syd118TSI]

I managed to get the stereo out by creating my own 'key' by cutting a credit card into strips with a tapered sort of hook on the end. Created two and used them in diagonal slots and was able to pull it out without any hassle.

[diarx]

Hey Diarx,

Mine has been flawless the whole time luckily, I did the bluetooth audio update from the website, asked them if it would change the GUI, they said it wouldnt... but you guessed it, it did, it looked better beforehand but i find myself using bluetooth audio with my iphone 4 all the time, its very handy, the slippage function looks **** but what do ya do.

the Bluetooth pair code is 0000 from memory.

Other than that i havent had any trouble on the new firmware.

Finally pulled my finger out over the weekend and updated my partners eonon firmware and upgraded to igo primo (sygic maps started crashing a month or so back for no apparent reason!).. I guess being so busy and with it not being my own car I'd just forgotten about it!

Unit operates a little faster from what I can tell, but what a difference the change to igo primo makes! Much better UI and the general operation is much smoother/faster too. Also played around with the gps sensor position inside the dash a bit while I was there, located it closer to the top of the dash with some double sided tape so the gps pickup is much quicker now, where before I had it hidden behind the paystation ticket holder and it was taking at least a minute or two to lock on.

Definitely not a fan of the 'slippage' function either, but given switch between the two menu screens is not something that is done that often you barely see it really.

Hows your unit holding up with time anyway? No reliability issues with ours so far, but considering upgrading it to a Pioneer appradio 2 early next year (since I can't put one in the Giulietta without completely ruining the interior look )

[flat6]

Hey Mate,

Yep the eonons been fairly decent so far, no probs at all, I just recently hooked up a mono amp + sub to the system, turns out the sub woofer output on the back is actually a coax out, ended up using the front left and right rca for sub, the sound quality is ok but the rca voltage is a bit low at 1v, really needs a bit of gain to get any thump, have mine set at about 65% and its ok.

Also pulled the unit apart and wired up a usb extension lead so i could have the USB plugged without seeing it, for the price its fantastic value and still cant find anything better than it for the price, Just wished them crazy Asians would pull their finger out and actually fix the minor flaws, they have a top product that just needs minor fixes.

PS holy crap on that pioneer deck, about time they put android on a head unit if only it had gps

[noone]

I have an 8" sub and amp coming from the States, before the freight the Infinity Sub was about $50! with a basic amp its costing me about $170. I do like cheap experiments (as 1/2 dozen headphones lying around my couch will attest to)
Hopefully will still kick along nicely in its tiny 9L box, If it cant keep up I will need to make a bandpass box for it instead (trying to keep some boot space).

Coupled with the Eclipse head I have, I'm hoping to get a little more grunt from it, nothing special.

[flat6]

Wow my post above is grossly outdated, eonon was piece of crap sound quality wise when you amp it...

Let us know how it turns out noone, ended up going with a 27l custom box in the rear with a 12" polk mm1240, thing kicks ass

You may be better off with 2x 8" subs, they should give you tonnes of mid thump

[seangti]

You may be better off with 2x 8" subs, they should give you tonnes of mid thump

Or find some bass engines like alpine and jaycar used to make if space is important. I haven't been able to find them locally as I was going to mount some to a racing simulator seat at home.

I'm running a pioneer double din sat nav, DVD, iPod deck with a 2 channel PPI amp bridged running a 12" Option Audio sub in a small sealed box. Its one of their small box designs and sounds really quite good. Factory speakers are crappy and one day i might fit some of the audio gear I tried selling ages ago. Got some old alpine DD drives I could throw in.

[flat6]

Just finished writing up my experience with the whole Polo Audio upgrade, been fun..

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/f78/polo-gti-9n-stealth-audio-upgrade-guide-stealth-amp-78592-2.html