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| jont Member Since: 02 Apr 2011 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 242  
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Seems to tick all the buttons for me with DAB+, iPhone and Bluetooth and only £299 ...
Granted need to work out how to modify the td5 centre on ole to take a double-DIN but seems to be room ... anyone know of a faceplate mod ? Thanks Jon |
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29th Mar 2013 10:34am |
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| JeremyJ Member Since: 16 Nov 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 1758 
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Have a look on East Coast Rovers website. They have fitted a few double din head units to TD5 dashs
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29th Mar 2013 10:46am |
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| barbel jim Member Since: 12 Dec 2012 Location: Northants Posts: 1440 
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Mud do an adapter plate that allows extra carling switches, extra gauges or CB to be fitted. It dose involve a bit of butchery to existing console but should do the job. About £20 IIRC. Its on there web shop. Double din will be different and good  . As regards Pioneer. well...... for the purists there has been this argument for years - Pioneer or Alpine, Alpine or Pioneer. You won't regret it. Sound quality will be excellent, and they have a reputation for being relatively simple to set up and use Your not too far from me PM me if you would like some help/moral support |
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29th Mar 2013 12:53pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20754
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Pioneer.  WeWillWinπ¬π§πΊπΈ
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29th Mar 2013 1:30pm |
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| chadjizz Member Since: 25 Apr 2012 Location: sussex Posts: 559  
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because  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge they are quality. no stupid flimsy fold out screen. completely accessible and very good (not being a sloping dash means you actually get no annoying reflections) view with my pioneer, i am sure it might be a problem with different makes which have poor quality screens. Touch screen is very responsive and fast. Not a pain to fit, took phil (the guy that made the centre console for me) and I 2 hours to fit including the microphone and gps antenna, relocating the hazzard and the cig lighter. Double dins have all the tech built in with no annoying boxes you have to find homes for (well my pioneer doesn't). built in - parrot Bluetooth, loaded Europe maps with traffic updates on your route, multiple route options, speed camera warnings, full ipod control, stream music via Bluetooth, all your contacts from your phone. The list goes on! YES any pioneer products are quality. Sound quality is unbelievable. I have been using them since I first started driving with a pioneer d3 in my focus, f900bt in my fiesta, pioneer x3bt single din in my first tdci puma and now this pioneer f920bt in my 130. I would never have anything different. (p.s. custom90steve i will argue against your double din view all day, week, year, sorry mate) |
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29th Mar 2013 9:39pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20754
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Maybe so but there is no "better" of the two as both work and both ultimately do the same job. Also Single DIN screens are not flimsy unless you go for a Chinese cheap thing. That I can guarantee. Personally myself I don't like double din on a Defender simply because it's not factory integrated from the factory. I.e. I can't stand the idea of the switches and so on to the side as most are as the original idea behind the 2007> Defender dash re-vamp was to centralise all the controls into one area ... The centre dash. The double DIN units change that again. Again as with any mod everyone has their likes and dislikes. There is no need to scorn other peoples mods just because it does not match your own. I simply said why go Double DIN I did not say they are rubbish single DIN is better did I. Yes, double DIN does have most things in-built but it's also bigger twice the size. Either way I see your comments as a slight derogatory dig at flip out units due to the common "What I have is better" argument which I did not intentionally start nor instigate. So on this one we will have to agree to dis-agree. WeWillWinπ¬π§πΊπΈ β½οΈπ’οΈβοΈπ§°πͺ |
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29th Mar 2013 9:59pm |
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| chadjizz Member Since: 25 Apr 2012 Location: sussex Posts: 559
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fair play pal. i love mine. feels and looks factory, the cig lighter is on the grab hold dash bit which works well with charging phones etc. everything else is still on the centre console.
sorry did not mean to have a whos got a bigger willy argument, i just got over excited. |
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29th Mar 2013 10:15pm |
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| TJ101 Member Since: 30 May 2007 Location: Taunton Somerset Posts: 3750  
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First Puma 110 in 2007, i fitted a single din Pioneer Avh, pop out screen worked fine, and took a beating on the washboard roads of Morocco, etc
For the 2009 version,, when for a double din Pioneer, again no problem,, bar the screen was too upright and fixed, plus moving the top switches,, (Station wagon has a few more to move !!) Gone back to the single din unit, again Pioneer for the current 110, , plus i prefer the screen being 3/4" higher up, and being able to adjust the tilt angle California F1, 75th 110 "Kermit", 50th Ann V8, 90 V8 Hybrid, 55 Series 1 Main Brian James Trailer Dealer for South West UK |
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29th Mar 2013 10:20pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20754
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No problem, I don't want to argue or cause any bad feeling.
I too like mine a lot and hey both are better than LR fitted originally!  Mine never even originally had the luxurious 3.5mm input jack.
Personally for myself mine suits me perfectly as I'm sure yours does you. I prefer mine having the extra control unit behind the seats as it's easy access to plugs and so on for my amp in a similar location. Equal to that mine is a little old now compared to many of which is all self contained such as the 526 mentioned on another thread. There can also be some features that some people will use and will not use so there's difference in all units and owners. Partly why most find it difficult to choose I think.  WeWillWinπ¬π§πΊπΈ
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29th Mar 2013 10:22pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20754
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Also forgot to mention to be fair to you.. Yours is one of the best one's I have seen many many I've seen are not anywhere near as decent and I certainly am not keen on the switches positioned to the side. (Unless for different uses added on such as lockers or Temp gauge. WeWillWinπ¬π§πΊπΈ β½οΈπ’οΈβοΈπ§°πͺ |
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29th Mar 2013 10:25pm |
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| marc r Member Since: 02 Dec 2010 Location: north yorkshire Posts: 46 
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I like the double din look and have a pioneer which was in my previous car waiting to go. Was the facia a one off as I'll be needing one of those when my defender arrives. Nowt like forward planning
 Defender 110 xs Utility
B8 RS4 Bright orange exige |
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29th Mar 2013 10:45pm |
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| jont Member Since: 02 Apr 2011 Location: Aylesbury, Bucks Posts: 242
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Is that the American site ? |
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29th Mar 2013 11:54pm |
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| JeremyJ Member Since: 16 Nov 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 1758
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Yup! |
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30th Mar 2013 7:22am |
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| JeremyJ Member Since: 16 Nov 2011 Location: Aylesbury Posts: 1758
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Have a look here -
http://www.eastcoastrover.com/ECR12.html |
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30th Mar 2013 7:24am |
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