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Are you talking about BOSE?
Definitely meant Boss or maybe it's BOSS. I have not used one but I see them all the time on Crutchfield and have been tempted because of the price point. Here's a link to one... nothing implied or recommended by me in the link, it just popped up on Crutchfield's site as one of the first and cheapest solutions.
Big difference between BOSS and Bose - BIG DIFFERENCE! Like opposite ends of the quality spectrum. I've owned both.
I've got a BOSS BV9386NV head unit in my 2003 Ranger. I can't recommend it to anyone. I wanted a reasonably priced double din with GPS and thumb drive capability. If I try to run both functions at the same time the unit will either lock up and need a power reset. Or it will give a symptom of being totally dead. Both quirks need to be reset by pulling the fuse, which then requires resetting all "saved" settings. The touch screen is overly sensitive and is hard to use. Not fun at all. I'd save my money and get a higher quality unit. Yeah, probably not what you want to hear, but I'm pretty convinced that's why they're priced as such. Hit or miss quality. You may get one with out any flaws, but how many times do you want to tear into your dashboard? Another thing, if you've never experienced a touch screen in an automobile, you're in for some disappointments and surprises. Extreme temps and vibration is not the ideal environment for a touch screen! Couple that with an economy class head unit and the results are not often pretty.Definitely meant Boss or maybe it's BOSS. I have not used one but I see them all the time on Crutchfield and have been tempted because of the price point. Here's a link to one... nothing implied or recommended by me in the link, it just popped up on Crutchfield's site as one of the first and cheapest solutions.
I'd love to hear feedback if anyone has used them. The reviews on Crutchfield seem OK. I would guess the customer support isn't as good with the bigger named brands, but for 1/2 the price, maybe these are good options for 25+ yr old cars.
About 7", standard double din size. My Sony is technically 6.95"
Hey. I saw you installed the larger Atoto headhunt on your 80 series a couple years back (?). Considering on for my 80 series because of the physical buttons.
This was the very first post I read after coming straight out of s-chat. My mind went somewhere else entirely when reading your post!
wow cheap. a few Q's: hows the audio sound quality? screen clarity? and can you run a second reversing camera for a caravan?I just bought a generic cheap unit from ebay, direct from China. Here's the one I got:
At the time the price was $63AUD, a steal. Came with an inbuilt GPS function too. I got this ISO adapter harness:
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So around $70AUD all up. Here's it installed:
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Gives me AM/FM radio, bluetooth from my phone, offline maps navigation (handy for remote places without cell signal, which are very common here in Australia), and it's hooked up to the reverse camera, which is the main reason I wanted a 2-din fullscreen unit like this. I hooked the camera up with that rear heater button you see on the bottom right. The "LO" position is "Auto", which means the camera will come on automatically (within 1s) as soon as I pop the car into reverse, and turn off when I go out of it. The "HI" position turns the camera on manually regardless of which gear I'm in, and center position is off. When I get a label maker which can print white on clear, I'll re-label the button.
how's it held up? and does it come with duel reversing camera inputs?
Sound quality is as good as you get from stock speakers - I haven't changed them. I'm a sceptic of how much difference head units make with audio quality at all frankly, it's just a DAC running into a MOSFET, not much to screw up there, and they're all made on the cheap out of a factory in China or Taiwan, same same.
-Remove Ashtray
I always find myself looking at the layout of the dash and thinking that a person with a decent 3d scanner could scan the original stereo/climate fascia and design one for a much larger vertical screen. Lose the ashtray, the lighter and that useless mystery panel, crowd the button inserts over a touch so you have 3 above and 3 below the climate control and voila... real estate to basically flush fit maybe a 10" screen. You'd need a large format printer to handle it, but there are plenty of services that will do that stuff for you these days. Have it printed in ABS or better yet, ASA. Probably have to smooth it out, but done right it would really modernize the feel of the vehicle a lot. I'm way too busy, but one of you guys should totally do this...
