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g-mack



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just ordered one Thumbs Up i didn't need to enter car make or model! just put it in basket and paid Thumbs Up My 109 thread

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Martin
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red
Yes it does now seem to work without the Peugeot faff about.  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW
Post #449654 27th Aug 2015 10:20am
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CarMan



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Collected mine today Very Happy

Just got to buy speakers now and fit it Neutral
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Hairysteve



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United Kingdom 2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Barolo Black
Just fitted mine and it was pure plug and play.

Didn't use the Bluetooth for my phone as I have a Parrot unit and that connects to the unit so am handsfree and used the 8GB fgree memory card to download some of my tunes and leave that plugged into the unit so dont need to faff around with my iPhone. Volume is a lot better than my standard LR unit and for £50 I am happy Thumbs Up
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cozz



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picked mine up, fitting it tomorrow
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Macpaul



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United Kingdom 2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Loire Blue
First of all, thanks to Martin for pointing this out.

I picked one up at the weekend and tried to swap it for the Alpine 133BT in my 2013 USW XS.

Trouble is the multi plug and the subwoofer outs are handed on the new unit and stretching them to fit makes a dogs dinner of the wiring behind the radio to the extent that I couldn't get the unit back in the dash.

I tried all sorts of things but eventually I took the dash off.

The multi plug is itself is connected to another plug fixed to the underside of a bracket by two plastic lugs, one a fir-tree.

How I did it in the end was by moving the fir-tree plug to two more holes on the other side of the bracket and rotating it, which re-routed the wiring enough for the radio to go fully home.

No great achievement but it might help someone else in the same situation and save them half an hour.

The reason I swapped one for the other was the old one rattled, and I just could not fix it.

This one is rattle-free Thumbs Up For £50 it's a great fix.

Simon 2003 Td5 110 Hardtop
Now a 2013 110 USW too.
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g-mack



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Mine turned up today plugged straight in! Sounds a lot better than the last piece of crap I had in!!!

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Force64



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United Kingdom 2005 Defender 90 Td5 SW Tonga Green
Picked mine up and fitted today. Great value, better sound than 10 year old LR one and bluetooth for telephone a bonus.

many thanks, Andy Defender Td5 XS90
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g-mack



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i also put 11 cds on the free usb stick, and still have 6gb of the 8gb left bargain!! Thumbs Up My 109 thread

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Martin
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red
Glad it's worked out for more people this time Very Happy

As far as I know it didn't get on the deals web sites so it didn't sell out immediately Wink  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW
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Martin
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red
Fitted to the XS this morning, I had to swap the cage which I wasn't expecting but the cabling all seemed to fit OK for me Smile  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW
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Wheel



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Hi Gents,

Can someone please help an ageing technophobe ; -
Is this unit better than the 133BT fitted to my XS and if so in what way ??

Thanks,
Mark
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Martin
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red
It has been discussed above Thumbs Up

For me, I changed to give me Bluetooth audio control (prev/next) which the factory fit 133 does not and cannot

The firmware upgrade from Alpine which should add this feature causes problems with the LR supplied variant of the 133.  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW
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Bushpig



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Wales 2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Alpine White
Please can someone confirm that the CDE-173BT unit is a straight 'plug-and-play' in a 2012 Defender?
Thanks in advance Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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Post #452660 6th Sep 2015 7:37am
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Martin
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United Kingdom 2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red
What is currently fitted?  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
2015 D90 XS SW
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