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Hello all,

I am trying to find a great birthday present for my boyfriend. I am currently looking for a headunit which is blue and is ipod compatible. I'm not sure what would look good on a R33 Black Skyline. I live in Melbourne, so if you recommend any places to go too, please make it girl friendly...because I don't know the first things about head units or cars lols. I'm looking for something around $500.00AU range.

Any help would be well appreciated. :D:P

how nice of you. I wish i had a gf like you :P

Basically, most headunits have blue lights. Also, most of the upper range ones also have ipod connection.

$500 is quite a lot of money and you can basically get something pretty good for that price.

Strathfield/jbhifi have the sort of okayish ones. those are the sorts of places that you can just pop up to and buy something whenever you want.

You can also pick up bargains everynow and then 2nd hand, but that wouldn't make a nice present hey!

If you want a good quality headunit, eclipse head units have great sound, but they look quite plain.

Alpine make good sounding headunits that look nice.

pioneer are also good.

Then there are the other ones like kenwood, jvc etc.

As a starting point, pop into your local jbhifi or strathfield just to get a feel. **They are usually girl friendly.

As you say you dont know much about them, jump on to the main brand websites and have a look. Most of them have RRP on the site, so that will give you a rough idea on what you will get.

Thennn, once you have picked which one you want, slip on a nice top, wander down to JB HIFI, and ask them for a deal (ie say what you want, and how much you are going to pay for it). No doubt they will be looking at your boobs not the cash your handing over, so you'll walk away with a bargin!

I would suggest that a lot of places are NOT girl friendly being inhabited by spotty fully sik adolescents who will try to bullshit you. It's happened to my girlfriend... :P

$500 will get you a good unit and the sound quality is good from all the mainstream brands these days. I'd also suggest hopping on the various websites (Sony, Pioneer, Alpine, JVC, Kenwood etc) and getting some idea of the models you're after, then go into the shop and be definite about what you're looking for and actually use the unit. It's good you want it to be compatible with an iPod, that'll narrow things down a bit.

Some look good and are easy to use with simple knobs etc, others look crap and are covered in tiny buttons, very hard to use in a bumpy Skyline.

As for the suggestion about a wearing a nice top..... that's up to you........ :D You'll probably get a better price too if you seem pretty sure about what you want.

Good luck!!

Hello all,

I am trying to find a great birthday present for my boyfriend. I am currently looking for a headunit which is blue and is ipod compatible. I'm not sure what would look good on a R33 Black Skyline. I live in Melbourne, so if you recommend any places to go too, please make it girl friendly...because I don't know the first things about head units or cars lols. I'm looking for something around $500.00AU range.

Any help would be well appreciated. :D:P

Wow what a girl.. lol lucky boy u have there..

There are heaps of brands out there that will do what you are askin in you budget and you will get different recommendations from everybody..

In Melbourne no one is going to beat Jb's prices and now that they will be carrying Alpine as well no one can beat their range either..

A few more things to look for is additional rca outputs for future system upgrades.

One with the lot that will do almost everythin would be a jvc kd-g 825, it has usb port on the front for your usb flash drives, remote control, custom display with broad range of colours, and with the optional ipod apaptor it should be close to your budget. If u need advice on other models or brands feel free to ask me. :D

if you want the best price without getting raped up the arse like you will get when you walk into jb,strathfield and so on

go to ebay.com.au!

i got my pioneer 5850mp deck with postage for $270 in jb it is selling for $450 you should go for the the pioneer 6000 series it has blue lights! and looks really good (350-400 ebay) or 600 at jb/car audio place, most decent pionners are ipod compatible but remember you will have to buy an ipod car kit thing, these sell for around $150! (rip off but then again you have an ipod so need i say more)

if i were you i would screw the whole idea of the ipod thing and just use the head deck, ALL PLAY MP3 CD's so who really cares.

if that sounds like a crap idea maybe go for a jvc single din sized dvd player get the screen/monitor later and just use the fact each dvd holds 4.7 gig or around 1000+ mp3's.

when buying off ebay make sure you are buying from someone in australia, they have a good rating and the fm frequencies will work in australia....who cares about am

the smaller headeck is the 6000 series, the second is another type they are both worth just over 400 including postage in my opinion they booth look "fully sick"

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if you want the best price without getting raped up the arse like you will get when you walk into jb,strathfield and so on

go to ebay.com.au!

i got my pioneer 5850mp deck with postage for $270 in jb it is selling for $450 you should go for the the pioneer 6000 series it has blue lights! and looks really good (350-400 ebay) or 600 at jb/car audio place, most decent pionners are ipod compatible but remember you will have to buy an ipod car kit thing, these sell for around $150! (rip off but then again you have an ipod so need i say more)

if i were you i would screw the whole idea of the ipod thing and just use the head deck, ALL PLAY MP3 CD's so who really cares.

if that sounds like a crap idea maybe go for a jvc single din sized dvd player get the screen/monitor later and just use the fact each dvd holds 4.7 gig or around 1000+ mp3's.

when buying off ebay make sure you are buying from someone in australia, they have a good rating and the fm frequencies will work in australia....who cares about am

the smaller headeck is the 6000 series, the second is another type they are both worth just over 400 including postage in my opinion they booth look "fully sick"

Here here,

Ebay's the way to go for price, i looked at an $1800 head unit and i can buy it from ebay for 1100 with full warranty, autralian supplier brand new!

Hello all,

I am trying to find a great birthday present for my boyfriend. I am currently looking for a headunit which is blue and is ipod compatible. I'm not sure what would look good on a R33 Black Skyline. I live in Melbourne, so if you recommend any places to go too, please make it girl friendly...because I don't know the first things about head units or cars lols. I'm looking for something around $500.00AU range.

Any help would be well appreciated. :laugh::laugh:

just remeber to get one that has mp3 and 3 rca outs and a good EQ. as for ipod adaptor you will have to buy it as an extra most are know ipod ready but you more then likley you will still need an adaptor. the adaptors are around the $200 mark from memory.

Maybe a gift voucher from JBHifi or something? Would make your life easier!

Not as personal though...

I have a Kenwood KDC6029, which retails for around $350 I think. Blue/purple lighting, 2 pairs of RCA outs, optional iPod cable, plays mp3's from CD... and not too difficult to operate. My gf is now "sole owner of the remote" in my car. ;o)

Pity her iPod is too old to support modern connections. (first gen)

I just posted about SONY CDX-V6800 as a good option - but I just realised that the Aussie Sony options are more restricted and this particular model isn't offered over there.... sorry - you could try this one instead....

CDXF5710X

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52W, MP3/ATRAC, 7 COLOUR, AUX IN

$479.00 AUD inc. GST

This flip-down CD/MP3 model features the improved Xplōd cross-key design, and with 7 colours to choose from for your display background the CDXF5710X will make every trip a little more entertaining!

Key features:

Drive-S Deck

MP3 Playback

ATRAC3plus Playback

CDR/RW Playback

CD-Text Display/Scroll

SSIR-EXA Digital Synthesiser Tuner

FM18/AM12

S-MOSFET 4 x 52 Watts

Pre Out x 2

Sub Out

Aux-In

DSO2

EQ7 - Seven Band Equaliser

Bass/Treble Control

Loudness

High Pass Filter

Low Pass Filter

BBE MP

CD Changer Control

MD Changer Control

Detachable Front Panel

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Edited by AlcoholicA

Pretty good val at the moment is the Kenwood KDC-MP4033

It's got a blue display - MP3, CD, CDRW etc - Ipod or MP3 input via cable attached to the rear of the unit (good for hiding cables)

$239 at Autobarn

Use the rest of the $$ on yourself ! >_<

  • 2 weeks later...

I have a Pioneer head unit (can't remember exact model, DEH-P6650 or something - the one with the blue EL screen showing F1 cars and dolphins etc) which I got from JB for around $350. I have no idea about native iPod compatibility but I have been very impressed with it. You can get an RF transmitter for an iPod, no idea what they cost but I know a couple of people who have them, they have a range of about 10 metres and sound pretty damn good.

This sounds like what you're after:

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CDA-9856i

Has blue lights, Plays MP3/WMA etc and is equiped with iPod full speed, so you can plug an ipod up to it.

RRP: $469

Ah you got good tastes my friend - thats what I was gonna get if my Sony headunit didnt work well with the alpine speakers/amp/Sub.....

Lovemoreful - any update on the present? which did you end up getting?

Edited by emsta2003

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