MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Blackgtiman on March 24, 2015, 11:26:11 pm

Title: head unit advice
Post by: Blackgtiman on March 24, 2015, 11:26:11 pm

hi all,

im looking to upgrade the headunit in my golf gti 2007 (for ref I have Samsung s5 also)
budget is £250
Must have Bluetooth, double din
id like sat nav, dab.
it needs to be easy to install (although I do have vagcom and cable)


any recommendations please?

Title: Re: head unit advice
Post by: Blackgtiman on March 25, 2015, 08:31:43 am

so far I have investigated:

Appradio (but has compatibility issues with s5 and compatibility is unclear anyway)
Chinese units on ebay (no DAB and possible poor quality/function)

Title: Re: head unit advice
Post by: AndyBrown on March 25, 2015, 08:49:01 am

Tbh I think you'll struggle to get everything you want in a HU for £250.
You might have to make some compromises somewhere.

I've got a Chinese one, doesn't have DAB but has everything else on there, the user interface isn't as good as OEM but it does everything I want it to and ive had no issues from it.
Mine cost me £100 second hand and I'm more than happy with it.

Title: Re: head unit advice
Post by: numec on March 25, 2015, 11:20:42 am

With a bit of luck maybe you could get second hand unit in ebay. I bought my Kenwood HU for £205. I spent around £250 in the end and install it myself.

Title: Re: head unit advice
Post by: th3_f15t on March 25, 2015, 12:33:24 pm

Have you checked out the audio section of the forum?

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/board,19.0.html

Pioneer do a unit that matches your criteria but it's £60 over your budget;

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/head-units/double-din/pioneer-avh-x3600dab

Title: Re: head unit advice
Post by: Blackgtiman on March 25, 2015, 07:09:32 pm

thanks guys. the AVH-X3600DAB is a funny one. if you check the pioneer website most functions don't work with android.

Title: Re: head unit advice
Post by: th3_f15t on March 25, 2015, 09:48:24 pm

Quote from: Blackgtiman on March 25, 2015, 07:09:32 pm

thanks guys. the AVH-X3600DAB is a funny one. if you check the pioneer website most functions don't work with android.

I hadn't checked the website out till now, thanks for pointing that out! :drinking: