markrwadsworth
New member
I am biting the bullet and looking to swap out the CDR23 from the 4S.
I have spoken at length today with Jonathan at justconnectme.co.uk (who was extremely helpful). They offer a DAB adapter and bluetooth streaming with the JustDRIVE unit for £259.98 fitted. This is a hard wired FM modulator (which I am dubious about as I have a Belkin at the moment plugged into the 12v lighter socket and the frequency needs to be chnaged quite often and the playback from the streamed music isnt any better than FM quality). Jonathan assured me that their product wa sa lot better being hard wired and would provide a very strong signal. It doesn't offer any hands free calling capability.
Question 1. Does anybody have any experience of these?
Jonathan also advised that the Dension 500 was compatible with the CDR23 but would not offer any hands free calling or bluetooth streaming. This is a very expensive option to connect an iPod (which I do not use).
I am also considering replacing the CDR23 with a new unit (which might as well provide Nav, hands free calling and music streaming/aux connect).
Question 2. Do I need a separate amp to connect into the existing wiring or is it possible to bypass the Becker amp in the front and wire the headunit outs straight to the car wiring? (I have the sound upgrade so have door speakers).
Question 3. In either outcome of Question 2, does anybody have a definitve wiring digram for the wiring from the amp to the speakers. I dont want to cut into this as I would like to return the car to stock if I ever sell it.
Question 4. With the wiring, do I need to connect the dash and door speakers to the same channel to change the impendence from 2 to 4 ohms (is it this simple?)
Any advice appreciated. I have spent two days trawling forums and cannot find an definitive answers!!
Cheers
Mark.
I have spoken at length today with Jonathan at justconnectme.co.uk (who was extremely helpful). They offer a DAB adapter and bluetooth streaming with the JustDRIVE unit for £259.98 fitted. This is a hard wired FM modulator (which I am dubious about as I have a Belkin at the moment plugged into the 12v lighter socket and the frequency needs to be chnaged quite often and the playback from the streamed music isnt any better than FM quality). Jonathan assured me that their product wa sa lot better being hard wired and would provide a very strong signal. It doesn't offer any hands free calling capability.
Question 1. Does anybody have any experience of these?
Jonathan also advised that the Dension 500 was compatible with the CDR23 but would not offer any hands free calling or bluetooth streaming. This is a very expensive option to connect an iPod (which I do not use).
I am also considering replacing the CDR23 with a new unit (which might as well provide Nav, hands free calling and music streaming/aux connect).
Question 2. Do I need a separate amp to connect into the existing wiring or is it possible to bypass the Becker amp in the front and wire the headunit outs straight to the car wiring? (I have the sound upgrade so have door speakers).
Question 3. In either outcome of Question 2, does anybody have a definitve wiring digram for the wiring from the amp to the speakers. I dont want to cut into this as I would like to return the car to stock if I ever sell it.
Question 4. With the wiring, do I need to connect the dash and door speakers to the same channel to change the impendence from 2 to 4 ohms (is it this simple?)
Any advice appreciated. I have spent two days trawling forums and cannot find an definitive answers!!
Cheers
Mark.