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 Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:06 pm |
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I bought a 2003 Peugeot 206 this week, which came without a stereo. I believe that there are three wires showing in the space where it should be.
Am I correct in saying that they are
1) Aerial
2) Power
3) Speakers
I'm planning on buying this Sony stereo from Halfords www.halfords.com/webap...yId_165474 and have already ordered the fascia they suggest off Amazon.
Does anybody have any advice about fitting it? Any specific tools that I will need? Or any connectors to go from the wiring that is there into the stereo?
Other than disconnecting the battery first I don't know a whole lot about it. Any advice welcomed!
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:25 pm |
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Location: Northamptonshire/Bedfordshire
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You don't need to disconnect the battery ( well from my experience anyway). Yes you have go the connections right. It's simply plug and play, you may need a aerial adaptor to use the radio and on the wiring harness provided with your new head unit simply switch the red and yellow wires around. I'm 100% sure this has been asked numerous of times!
Btw welcome to the forum 
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:49 pm |
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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Disconnect the battery to be on the safe side. One tiny mistake can cost over £600 to put right if you damage the BSI.
Have a look in the ICE section and you should find everything you need to know.
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 6:09 pm |
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Location: Athens, Greece
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You might not need the facia.
Also, forget that model and get one that has a USB port, you'll never look back and can be found for around the same price if you try.
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 4:19 am |
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According to the Halfords 'Will this fit my car' link on the page of the stereo I'm looking at, it says I need a fascia. It was £2.70 delivered off Amazon, so if it turns out to be useless I won't lose any sleep.
I was actually toying with the idea of a USB port, with the obvious advanages of a digital input improving the sound quality and preventing battery drain.
However, I have an Android phone and no iPod, so I'm not sure how seamlessly it will connect to the stereo. I did a bit of reading up on it and it suggests that as the music is stored on the microSD card I will have to put the phone into 'mass storage mode', which is a bit of a faff. If it's a choice between that and simply attaching the aux cable, then the latter probably wins.
Any thoughts on that?
Thanks for all of the other advice. I'll definitely play is safe and disconnect the battery! Is there any way of finding out if I need an aerial adaptor before I buy the stereo? I'd like to try and order it more cheaply off Amazon if I need one.
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 4:30 am |
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On the subject of which stereo to buy... I've been doing a bit more thinking.
About half of the audio I listen to in the car is podcasts via an app called Listen (made by Google), and there's a chance that this won't be compatible with the USB connection.
There's also the option of a bluetooth stereo. They seem to get pretty good reviews on the Android forums.
Sony offer this for £70
www.halfords.com/webap...65474#tab2
It doesn't come with a CD player, but I could easily live without that. It does however offer USB, aux and bluetooth. Might be worth looking into.
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