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alpine cda9807. very good unit. i had a pioneer cd mp3550 or whatever model it was. the pioneer had only basic features but worked well. the alpine is great allows track search by name (helpful with 150+ tracks on a cd). also the alpine sounds better and has better support, mine has twin 4v preouts, sub control and some other cool features the pioneer didnt have. also the pioneer display used to go dim on high quality songs with a high level of bass. all in all the pioneer is a cheap solution but the alpine is better for more $

remembre if you are playing 128kbps mp3s either of them will sound shit. 192kbps bare minimum. 224kbps sounds great.

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I have a Pioneer DEH-P5550 which is brilliant value for money.

Alpine are very good but costly.

JVC provide good bang for your buck.

I have a Pioneer P5750 HU and for the money you can't go past it. 3 pre outs, sub control with variable frequency. MP3/WMA playback functions and i have no problem with it dimming on big bass, this mainly caused by drop in volts due to a small battery anyway. But as CerealKiller said dont look past the JVC either. Good HU's with plenty of strong features and a competitive price to mach. The Apline being a good HU but your paying for a name really. At the end of the day its what you like and suits your needs not the recommendation of somebody else :cheers:

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Jvc..

alpine used to be a long way ahead of the pack, now a lof of the others have caught up.

Yep, and you will find that people will still go for the name brand as theats all they know. You wouldnt go out and buy a Mini Moke just cause some told you too :wassup:

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I've got a JVC MP3 Player in my car (atleast 3yrs old, was about $1,600 when put in by previous owneer). About 2mths ago things didn't sound right so I took it to a local mob and they said it was having grounding issues. They said a bodge job was done just to 'get me back on the road' but said when that bodge job stops then a new unit is required (internally broken).

Is it possible to get these repaired just like with a tv/vcr etc or are they non-repairable? It does everything I need and I'd rather get it fixed (if cheaper) than buying a new unit.

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Head units can be repaired by your local audio shop, take it into them and see what they can do. However getting them repaired can be costly and you won't know how expensive it is really going to be until the unit is in pieces. In most cases, it can be cheaper to just buy a new headunit.

There are many similar units, with similar features for the same price. Generally just go with the one that you like the look of better and is easier to use and you will be happy.

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They said a bodge job was done just to 'get me back on the road' but said when that bodge job stops then a new unit is required (internally broken).  

Is it possible to get these repaired just like with a tv/vcr etc or are they non-repairable? It does everything I need and I'd rather get it fixed (if cheaper) than buying a new unit.

I can't think of anything that would fix a HU that would be bodge enough to reasonably be expected to fail again. Did you know what that was because I could be wrong but it doesn't sound right to me.

Expensive head units should be servicable, but I'd be weary of a place that does a bodge job just to get you "back on the road", I just don't get that mentality - you got any more info?

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I can't think of anything that would fix a HU that would be bodge enough to reasonably be expected to fail again. Did you know what that was because I could be wrong but  it doesn't sound right to me.

Expensive head units should be servicable, but I'd be weary of a place that does a bodge job just to get you "back on the road", I just don't get that mentality - you got any more info?

Yeah sounds a little suss to me as well. Give us a bit more info and that way we might be able to help you out. If it is an earthing problem with the HU then it would most likely be cheaper to buy a new HU these days as they are now a reasonable price for what you have existing already.

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(Model: JVC KD-SH99R MP3)

Well my front/rear speakers sounded really tinny and then when I plugged my subwoofer+amp in it made a horrible noise so I disconnected that straight away. So I took it to a local shop (friend of a friend works there), not the best place but i'd have to travel a good 30mins to get it checked by a decent shop so I thought it might have just been a loose wire or something simply (I know absolutely nothing about car audio, don't even know how to take the HU out) so got them to look at it anyway.

I left it with them for an hour with a "im not sure what the problem is, find out and lemme know". I returned and they said it was an internal grounding fault so they soldered "something something something" to "help me out" and said if it breaks again to just buy a new HU. It worked perfectly on the way home, but when I went to drive my car the next morning it was back to the tinny+distortion so I havent used it in like 4-6wks.

I didn't ask them to bodge it but they thought they were doing me a favour (shop manager had a import and he liked mine). Cost me $80 which I wasn't happy about when it broke (didnt ask for a bodge job and it broke 24hrs later) but ah well im over that now, just wouldn't mind it fixed. I'm not missing it much coz I dont drive my car much (especially long trips) but I hate things not working properly.

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(Model: JVC KD-SH99R MP3)

Well my front/rear speakers sounded really tinny and then when I plugged my subwoofer+amp in it made a horrible noise so I disconnected that straight away. So I took it to a local shop (friend of a friend works there), not the best place but i'd have to travel a good 30mins to get it checked by a decent shop so I thought it might have just been a loose wire or something simply (I know absolutely nothing about car audio, don't even know how to take the HU out) so got them to look at it anyway.

I left it with them for an hour with a "im not sure what the problem is, find out and lemme know". I returned and they said it was an internal grounding fault so they soldered "something something something" to "help me out" and said if it breaks again to just buy a new HU. It worked perfectly on the way home, but when I went to drive my car the next morning it was back to the tinny+distortion so I havent used it in like 4-6wks.

I didn't ask them to bodge it but they thought they were doing me a favour (shop manager had a import and he liked mine). Cost me $80 which I wasn't happy about when it broke (didnt ask for a bodge job and it broke 24hrs later) but ah well im over that now, just wouldn't mind it fixed. I'm not missing it much coz I dont drive my car much (especially long trips) but I hate things not working properly.

Well it sounds like to me they did a dodgy. A connection that has been soldered properlly shouldn't break in 24 hours under normal conditions. And to charge you $80 is EXTREMLY STEEP in my book as it would of taken about 5 mins to do. I would be letting them know it didn't last 24 hours and that you not happy. I once had a grounding issue with my old HU and i took it in to get looked at as i thought it was originally the internal fuse. They fixed the grounding problem and it cost me $10 which is what it should of been for you.

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Ive got an Alpine 9815, which is awesome, heaps of good options, mp3,wma, 2 x 4v pre-out, sub woofer control, time alignment, eq, active crossovers, i was thinking of maybe getting one of the JVC DVD players as I use mp3s a lot as i dont like to get original discs scratched, and you can have many albums on one disc. 700mb of music compared to 4.5Gb or 8.5Gb on a daul layer dvd, trips to perth with one DVD :thumbsup:.

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ive got a pioneer deh-p9650mp, does lots of cool shit... still working out what half of all the buttons n stuff are... fairly expensive but ( i think there like $1,400 ??? not sure ) got mine for $700 but... lucky for me my mate owns a car audio place so i get stuff for cheaper :(

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Probably been asked before, but what MP3 CD Headunits are people here using/recommend? I was going to get an Alpine one, but have heard that they are too overpriced for what they are.

Cheers,

Sam.

Alpine mp3 head units are very good. I have one myself and am very happy with the read time when loading mp3 tracks. Plus searching for tracks and navigating the folders is very easy to do. Alpine make some great SQ comp units too like the 9835.

I can get you an Alpine 9835 for $700 brand new. Let me know if you're interested.

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Ive got a low end Pioneer one but it's great

I organise all my MP3's in alubum folders so no need to search too far.

Up/Down for folders

Left/Right for individual tracks within the folder.

Great for putting a single artist with all their albums on to 1 CD

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ive got a pioneer deh-p9650mp, does lots of cool shit... still working out what half of all the buttons n stuff are... fairly expensive but ( i think there like $1,400 ??? not sure ) got mine for $700 but... lucky for me my mate owns a car audio place so i get stuff for cheaper :rant:

on that end of the scale I have a bremen mp74 . does a LOT and most of it is automatically set up.

see:

http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=51766

and

http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=53213

btw I own a car audio store..

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