I rather dislike the headunit in my car it looks out if keeping, out of place and tbh is useless, I never turn it on. Is there a way I can either reinstall the original tape player and or attach some kind of hidden mp3 device? I could then mount three gauges in there without loosing the cubby hole. Bet you weren't expecting that.

Go buy a good mans stereo and retro fit some club pa speakers in the boot, who needs cubby holes when you can have crackly bass blasting out the t tops ;-)

:no:

 

Sorted........

 

http://lifehacker.com/5993600/replace-your-cars-cassette-player-with-a-built-in-hidden-mp3-player

What...??

 

Any decent single DIN head unit - if fitted properly with the brackets, behind the dash, looks fine. As long as it is of black finish to match the surrounding trim.... Unless you do a major conversion involving re-fabricating the surrounding dash, you're not going to achieve the completely built in look seen in modern cars Steve!!

 

Richard:wink:

I rather dislike the headunit in my car it looks out if keeping, out of place and tbh is useless, I never turn it on. Is there a way I can either reinstall the original tape player and or attach some kind of hidden mp3 device? I could then mount three gauges in there without loosing the cubby hole. Bet you weren't expecting that.

That is easy....... 4 channel amp hidden away with a bluetooth audio input device connected to it.......... hell you could even run a3.5mm jack to 2 RCA adapter from an iPod, mobile phone, etc..... directly into it.....

That is easy....... 4 channel amp hidden away with a bluetooth audio input device connected to it.......... hell you could even run a3.5mm jack to 2 RCA adapter from an iPod, mobile phone, etc..... directly into it.....

 

That sounds just the ticket, hopefully these can be a tiny object right?

What...??

 

Any decent single DIN head unit - if fitted properly with the brackets, behind the dash, looks fine. As long as it is of black finish to match the surrounding trim.... Unless you do a major conversion involving re-fabricating the surrounding dash, you're not going to achieve the completely built in look seen in modern cars Steve!!

 

Richard:wink:

 

I just think it sticks out like a sore thumb.

Just to dig this up, I appears my cd is broken anyway. Doesn't turn on and the fuse hasn't blown, il check the power supply at the rear somewhen but it's probably dead. Now I think il be popping a three gauge do dar in that position and binning the stereo. Which obviously leaves the speakers redundant, so a connection for an IPod in the glovebox with a hidden amp would allow me to play music still if I ever wanted, without the clutter of the headunit or CDs. So how would I go about this?

http://www.dx.com/p/1-0-led-car-mp3-player-module-w-fm-usb-mini-usb-sd-remote-controller-black-12v-126115?tc=GBP&gclid=CNT6lIGIucACFUvpwgodkU0Ahw

 

This looks ideal!

Here are some wiring diagrams for the kinda thing you want:

 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Custom-stereo-Installation-NO-HEAD-UNIT/?ALLSTEPS

Cheers bud

You could always use one of these....

http://www.parrot.com/uk/products/hands-free-car-kits/

You could have the connections in the glovebox for iPhone, aux input and usb.... it would also work via bluetooth for music and handsfree phone....

It also gives you a usb phone charger and iPhone charger....

Has a built in 20w amplifier.......

just a thought......