Radio not as good as it could be!

retneprac

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• Jan 8, 2017

• #1

Was toying with replacing the radio/CD player as phone (for music ) is linked in via an FM modulator which seems to pick up a bit of interference and plays havoc with normal radio reception.

Any recommend a unit that's a straight swap but can accommodate an aux input for phone or USB, would be nice to play a CD that does jump on every bump to.

Cheers all.

 

Paul D

Old, nackered 'n broke, but the Landy is fine . :)

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Doncaster

• Jan 8, 2017

• #2

Dunno how often they come in, but I got a cheap no-name radio with aux for £39.99 from Aldi for my lads Fiat runaround a few years ago .. and it's excellent! It's running on a crappy original Fiat radio aerial and has no issues at all. It runs music from my phone or my old ipod, with an aux lead, perfectly. It came with a hed-load of connectors and was pretty easy to swap .. No idea how easy for a Defender, sorry ...

 

lightning

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High Peak

• Jan 8, 2017

• #3

My advice is don't buy a cheap no namer. Get a branded one, Sony and Kenwood do some nice budget models at £50-60 and they work really well.
For instance....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351146185355

Only £50. Good budget unit with all the features you asked for.

 

james6546

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Ashbourne

• Jan 8, 2017

• #4

Defenders are really simple, any one from halfords etc should fit. It's just awkward to fit the adaptors that fit behind the stereo. I've got a Sony one in at the moment, but preferred the JVC one I had before that

 

lightning

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• Jan 8, 2017

• #5

If your Defender is the older type you can get an adaptor that enables a new stereo to connect to the original plugs.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180733519232