Car stereo

[DoubleOSeven]

Aldi @ Bath Road, Reading have x9 left. £19.99

[DoubleOSeven]

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[TobyGilden]

The stereo is up and running. I ended up going to aldi Nd they had one in stock. It's brilliant. I've been phoning all of my friends just for the sake of it thought the stereo.

I ended up buying some speaker wire and connectors rather than bodging it. I bought a windscreen aerial from my local shop for £6, and it does a great job, I mounted it behind all of the dash instruments.

Thanks for all of the help and guidance.

[CovKid]

You won't go wrong with the ALDI one. With a nice pair of speakers it can sound superb. Agree on phone facility. I use that all the time. Have a group of 80/90 friends on '3' so we can phone each other free. Makes journeys a lot more interesting. Its cool when you get a call come in as you don't even need to take your phone out of your pocket (nor should you EVER in my opinion) - just press the green button.

[MattBW]

Get the ALDI MP3 stereo unit when its in again and theres loads of room behind. I'm fairly sure CD format is dead now. Lot easier to dump a load of MP3s on a low profile USB stick. I cleared out all my CDs two years ago. The ALDI one has radio, USB input and takes flash cards. It also does bluetooth so you can chat to a mate while you drive. Cheap they may be but they sound fantastic and are well made. Very easy to connect up.

Echo that recommendation.

I have the full size one that has the mp3 cd player in it. Had to use a spacer. Bought it just before they did the shorter one.
It was easy to fit and is a great piece of kit for the money. Even has hands free phone feature and bluetooth music streaming functions. Amazing value and a great piece of kit.

[windydubber]

Its worth using crimping connectors. You can buy a set with a crimper for under a tenner on eBay. The connections take up less room than choc block and are less likely to snag when accessing the space. Also a lot easier to disconect and re connect at a later date,

The internal windscreen aerials are pretty good and very easy to fit but the pillar mounted would be better. Just a pain having to drill the hole!

Good luck.

[greasemonkey]

I've recently got into Wago connectors for this sort of thing, especially for multiple connections such as needing a multiple live feed for various accessories.

Work out pricier than a choc-block etc and possibly a bit overkill for the stereo speakers, but good for the electrical connections.

Work out about 24p each for the twins, but good for places you want a secure connection, or places you want to remove routinely.

[slowcoach]

I just bought this one through halfords online, only £69.
No cd player, streams music through bluetooth. Comes with a mic for hands free calling

fits in your stereo hole with no need for any trim.

i do like the looks of this one, I was right about to order it but realised it has no SD slot (which i need) otherwise looks great!