I'm in the habit of resurrecting old threads today!
Similar situation to the OP - an 80 series where the original single din radio display has bled and now you can't see anything so it's pot luck what you end up listening to. It's time to put something else in (it has a single din CD player below the radio) - only requirement is ipod compatibility. I've been looking at this JVC unit
http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/reviews_m-jvc-kw-xr811_p-25927_page-2.htm which for £50 quid more than the next one down gives bluetooth. Anyone tried one of these JVC units? The next one down is
http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/reviews_m-jvc-kw-xr411_p-25926.htm at £100 or
http://www.caraudiocentre.co.uk/product_m-jvc-kw-xr611_p-25924.htm at £115
I fitted a cheap one to the daily driver - inphase at about 60 quid and it's much better than the factory one - ipod etc the only problem being that for some reason it forgets the settings and stored stations when you turn the car off. I assume that it needs a power feed all the time to remember the settings which I've not come across before.
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