MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Modifications & Technical Area => Sat Nav and Car Audio => Topic started by: hakko on April 02, 2013, 08:11:23 pm

Title: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: hakko on April 02, 2013, 08:11:23 pm: Hey guys,

So I have the base head unit in my GTI, which hardly gets used. I always use my Parrot MKi9200 for MP3's though. Parrot is also annoying as I can't see it in strong sunlight. Also, if i'm navigating with maps I need to use my phone (dangerous!).

So i'm on the lookout for a decent headunit that has support for maps, handsfree, mp3/iPod and also apps for streaming etc. I'm currently looking at the Parrot Asteroid smart.

I'm interested to see what others are using and how they look in the car.
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: Squeeguk on April 03, 2013, 09:34:46 am: First question, what's your budget?
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Post by: 18stuart88 on April 04, 2013, 10:25:56 am: I have the VW Kenwood unit. Great peice of kit and has everything you need aswell as Kenwood offer a few other added extras like integrated reverse cameras etc etc. Only downfall of the Kenwood unit is the price of the satnav update which is £200. but other than that its really good and reliable.
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: ell.s on April 10, 2013, 12:13:49 am: Like most people with Nav on here I have an RNS 510 as I like to keep to the OEM stuff, its a fantastic bit of kit with the updates and maps readily available on the tinternet.
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: rich83 on April 10, 2013, 12:16:04 am: Im rocking an MFD2.... its well sick!
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Post by: xjay1337 on April 10, 2013, 12:38:09 am: Quote from: richwig83 on April 10, 2013, 12:16:04 am
Im rocking an MFD2.... its well sick!

IZ IT BLAD?
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: hakko on April 10, 2013, 11:26:08 pm: Hey Guys,

Sorry for not replying sooner.. I forgot to enable notifications when I registered.

Anyway, I think my budget would be about max £650 i'd say.

Have any of you guys tried the Asteroid Smart from Parrot?
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: Tank on April 19, 2013, 09:34:02 pm: I have this:
http://www.erisin.com/erisin-es1268v-8-hd-car-stereo-wifi-3g-dvbt-mpeg4-nav_p365.html (http://www.erisin.com/erisin-es1268v-8-hd-car-stereo-wifi-3g-dvbt-mpeg4-nav_p365.html)

Its cheap and you can tell it's cheap but with features like a reversing camera, free view, dvd's etc, you cant go wrong.
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: MC71 on April 19, 2013, 09:51:13 pm: Quote from: ell.s on April 10, 2013, 12:13:49 am
Like most people with Nav on here I have an RNS 510 as I like to keep to the OEM stuff, its a fantastic bit of kit with the updates and maps readily available on the tinternet.

This.

£650 should see you with the latest DAB one too (if you can find one).
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: yascooluk on April 24, 2013, 06:03:51 pm: I've got an erisin 898. Looks more or less like an mfd 3. Plug and play, Bluetooth, tv, DVD, mp3, sat nav, radio, touch screen, USB port

For £220 you can't go wrong! Don't quote me on reliability though however had it for 5-6 months and so far so good
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Post by: dub singh on April 24, 2013, 08:50:39 pm: Alpine 117ri... :smiley:
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Post by: Kalpsn2000 on April 25, 2013, 09:48:52 pm: I've recently upgraded to a Kenwood DNX521DAB, great unit, although probably slightly out of you budget.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kenwood.hr%2FUserFiles%2FImage%2Fnovosti%2FDNX521VBT.jpg&hash=1fa183c6f353f57336ec65be4b369eeb6f26b6fa)
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: dub singh on April 26, 2013, 12:25:41 am: Car audio secuirty (in Hayes) sale this weekend... Pretty much all headunits have prices slashed for 2days only...
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: MightyMullet on April 26, 2013, 07:02:35 am: Tank or yascooluk, either of you got pictures of this fitted. It looks good in them pictures, wondering if it looks the same in person? Hows the interface? Tank how long have you had it?
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: Rob. on April 26, 2013, 09:50:02 am: What are those Erisin units like? I'm generally pretty wary of budget-brand head units, as they can sometimes be painfully slow with weirdly designed user interfaces.

They do look pretty OEM though.
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: S4nup on April 26, 2013, 11:06:19 am: Quote from: dub singh on April 26, 2013, 12:25:41 am
Car audio secuirty (in Hayes) sale this weekend... Pretty much all headunits have prices slashed for 2days only...
im going to this over the weekend, need a double din HU, so see what I can pick up!
Title: Re: What head units are people rocking?
Post by: Leebo310 on July 23, 2013, 02:14:47 pm: Quote from: Rob. on April 26, 2013, 09:50:02 am
What are those Erisin units like? I'm generally pretty wary of budget-brand head units, as they can sometimes be painfully slow with weirdly designed user interfaces.

They do look pretty OEM though.

+1
What are these units actually like to use? Is the sat nav any good? I'm tempted by a Kenwood 4023bt for about the same price, only that doesn't have sat nav. The sat nav on the erisin would have to be good to convince me to go with it over the Kenwood.
As a couple of others on here have mentioned, if anyone has any pictures of these fitted too that would be good!
Are there any other connectors I'd need too or was the Erisin just a plug and play job?
Cheers for any advice
Leebo