Just in case anybody has been looking at the new Alpine that has a built in phone holder, that was launched last week, as an alternative to the pricey single din 7” screen affairs, I pulled the trigger and installed this morning and fits pretty well in 300 tdi dash, see pics.

its almost like it was designed for the defender dash!



The adaptor that comes with it plugged straight into the two cables that the 10 year old aftermarket clarion,


but needed stuffing into the hole towards the fuse box to fit



it is about 1-2mm too long, but with a gentle squeeze it fitted, but you could
move / remove the heatsink as there is a lot of ventilation in a defender!


the mic you can see comes with it and have fed out of dash and clipped at top of a-pillar trim (its meant for sun visor but defender one is too thick) but works great there when parked... Next I will install a cam that plugs into reverse light and install it on top where a top brake light is installed. Its great value and has a detachable plate, and for what you save on the screen version you can have a desicated mid range smart phone / phablet that is upgradable and removable for off roadi ng, which the built in ones are not.

cborrman said:

Just in case anybody has been looking at the new Alpine that has a built in phone holder, that was launched last week, as an alternative to the pricey single din 7” screen affairs, I pulled the trigger and installed this morning and fits pretty well in 300 tdi dash, see pics.

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Why does it say Pioneer on the front then??

Cheers

hahahaha - it’s been a long week lol. Been looking at alpine and pioneer single din screen ones for a month now...

That was all chinese to me. Can we get back to leaking swivels and wobbly uj's?

Wimblowdriver said:

That was all chinese to me. Can we get back to leaking swivels and wobbly uj's?

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Let me simplify the post for you. Op fitted a new wireless, it was a bit too big but fitted with a push!

Kwakerman said:

with a push!

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Ah - so it is a landy

Looks good, how does it sound and did you upgrade/add speakers?

neilp1 said:

Looks good, how does it sound and did you upgrade/add speakers?

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More to the point...

Where do you stick the cassettes, I have a red plastic case full of them and I want to listen to adam and the ants on stereo....

Cheers

Kwakerman said:

Let me simplify the post for you. Op fitted a new wireless, it was a bit too big but fitted with a push!

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hahahaha, what he says ^^^

Wimblowdriver said:

Ah - so it is a landy

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It was a good few pushes and some swearing.

neilp1 said:

Looks good, how does it sound and did you upgrade/add speakers?

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It sounds way better than the, for then good one it replaces, and is loud enough until you start the engine Driving around you have to crank it from 18 to about 40. May fit a small amp and rear speakers, upgrde existing if same size and worth it, will update if so. Did a bumpy road bounce check and bits will start falling off the landy before the phone falls out of this thing, so happy with it