No good head units for Corrado..

[G60ING]

Didn't cost me a dime other then buying the mk3 tdi donor. You can buy the mk4 version with red and blue lighting for $29 at your local VW dealer as they are on closeout.

I used the mk3 wiring harness for the radio and then rewired the car. This required me rip open the door speakers and yank the amps in there. I used the wires running through the doors and towards the rear of the car that were already in there. It was not plug and play but now I can use most OEM radios in my car. I did this same wiring for the car that has the becker unit. The becker head unit uses a factory style plug but requires two pins to be swapped in the plug.

I will check on the part number of the radio as I too would like a spare.

[G60ING]

Here is what I wouldn't "mind" having (Jetta City mentioned above) - The thread referencing this is dead, so I won't post the link.




So, let's see and hear what you got. Opinions welcome and I know there are a few out there with them on Audio

Does this light up green or blue and red?

[sdezego]

Does this light up green or blue and red?

Red, but I was willing to change the LEDs in it if I could find one at a reasonable price. There was a pic floating around with it lit and I know there was a Corrado member that found one one ebay a few years back.

[Treesnake]

I have a Blaupunkt HU, but I increasingly dislike the look, and want to go back to stock.

Is there any way to connect an iPod to the stock "premium audio" headunit, through the CD changer control?

[RedYellowWhite]

There's one for sale in ebay.co.uk right now
Not much features but comes with cd changer connection...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Hurry up folks

[G0to60]

This is why I haven't changed out the 10 year old Pioneer CD player that's in mine. It's not that it's a very good stereo. It's just that I haven't been able to find a decent looking replacement. I'd like to see what people come up with in here.

The best one I've seen in the thread is (like many other people have said) that City Jetta unit. Where did these orgininate? Was it a European, UK, Chinese, or all of the above?

[sdezego]

Hecho en Mexico

I "think" Canada may have gotten it too, but not positive. The tex member that had one was from Canada iirc, and he had searched a long time to find one and finally got one off of ebay, which leads me to believe maybe not..

[NoCYet]

Hecho en Mexico

I "think" Canada may have gotten it too, but not positive. The tex member that had one was from Canada iirc, and he had searched a long time to find one and finally got one off of ebay, which leads me to believe maybe not..

I know the City Jetta was a model sold in Canada, so most likely.

[cyberstasi]

Factory... It's the only one that looks right. The Nakamichi aren't too bad looking though. I read somewhere that there was a shop(s) that mods factory units. Adding inputs/outputs, tweaking the power output etc...

Here's mine, it's got an input jack for my IPhone, and that's really all I need. That gives me all my music, plus Sirius, Pandora etc...

I just picked up 2 of these yesterday, except they are the ones stamped 'premium' and have the CD changer control stuff built in. I just need to power them up and make sure they work fine. If anyone is looking for one, drop me a pm. Otherwise they'll go on a shelf to pull out and try to sell in another 200 years when there are none left anywhere else in the world.

Note: the CD in jack shown in the picture above is (to my knowledge) NOT a stock feature. The radios I have do not have that.

[RedYellowWhite]

There's one for sale in ebay.co.uk right now
Not much features but comes with cd changer connection...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Hurry up folks

^^This was sold for 3 uk pounds...

[NoCYet]

^^This was sold for 3 uk pounds...

That wasn't the one everyone was looking for. No USB. Those are all over U.S. EBAY.

[RedYellowWhite]

That wasn't the one everyone was looking for. No USB. Those are all over U.S. EBAY.

Neither is the one you posted (above) now is it??? No USB port...
Anyway, I just posted that link because it's factory, so looks period correct for the Corrado and it's also cheap

[vdubjim]

here is what i have in my SLC.
Not to crazy looking, bluetooth works great.
and CHEAP.

if you look around, 125.00.
Sony mex-2800BT



EDIT:
found it at amazon: 119.00

ordering one for my other car!

[NoCYet]

Neither is the one you posted (above) now is it??? No USB port...
Anyway, I just posted that link because it's factory, so looks period correct for the Corrado and it's also cheap

Gotcha. I misunderstood.

[G60ING]

Kenwood MP745U



Kenwood BT945U
as above, but with bluetooth


Simple looking, but looks great in the dash.

-Dave

I'm rocking a friend's mk2 GTI with a BT900U and its pretty nice. The sounds is great when on the Ipod and from what I hear Kenwood's Bluetooth is great because they farmed it out as opposed to having it designed in house.

[sdezego]

I'm rocking a friend's mk2 GTI with a BT900U and its pretty nice. The sounds is great when on the Ipod and from what I hear Kenwood's Bluetooth is great because they farmed it out as opposed to having it designed in house.

But the remote is still infrared, no?

The more I think about it, the more I want BT remote. Especially since the clean face look has little buttons and it would be nice to be able to mount a clean looking remote in/on the steering wheel.

[G60ING]

It has a remote but the buttons are sort of small too so I haven't played with it. I'll take a look and let you know about it.

[TheBurninator]

Nakamichi /thread

Looks period correct and sounds awesome.

x elleventy billion

[snowbird]

my current corrado tdi's head unit (from a mk3 jetta tdi so it has green lighting that matches the stock green lighting perfectly):

very nice!

[dogger]

I'm rocking a friend's mk2 GTI with a BT900U and its pretty nice. The sounds is great when on the Ipod and from what I hear Kenwood's Bluetooth is great because they farmed it out as opposed to having it designed in house.

I'm almost certain its made by Parrot as is the latest Alpine Bluetooth. Much better than what they both had going before.

[sdezego]

Still looking.

[TheBurninator]

Still looking.

Pretty sure the 3rd or 4th post ended this thread

Nakamichi /thread

[dogger]

Ends now!

[NoCYet]

Ends now!

Your footprint gas pedal appears to be broken...

[sdezego]

Pretty sure the 3rd or 4th post ended this thread

Pretty sure, no USB (at least) ended it for me

[TheBurninator]

Pretty sure, no USB (at least) ended it for me

Looking to control ipod from the actual deck then?

[sdezego]

Looking to control ipod from the actual deck then?

Ipod Control would be ideal, but I would settle for USB just for memory. Starting to care less about the CD, but I'll take it if its there.

I guess I want all the bells and whistles AND want it to look good

[dogger]

When I bought my current radio I thought it would be nice to still have a cd player, but I have never once played a cd in it.

Check out the Alpine IDA-X305s. Great radio with a nice full color display. Shawn if you want one, I can get you a very good price.

[TheBurninator]

Ipod Control would be ideal, but I would settle for USB just for memory. Starting to care less about the CD, but I'll take it if its there.

I guess I want all the bells and whistles AND want it to look good

Alpine has IMO the best ipod control I have used.

The nakamichi I would just run line out from the ipod (there is a lineout pin on the ipod connector) to the line in on the back of the nakamichi. No direct ipod control, but solid sound quality.

When I bought my current radio I thought it would be nice to still have a cd player, but I have never once played a cd in it.

Check out the Alpine IDA-X305s. Great radio with a nice full color display. Shawn if you want one, I can get you a very good price.

The only time I use CD's are when friends bring them into my car.

[dogger]

The Alpine IDA is a lot better quality for going iPod than the Nak going line input. The Nak was nice about 10 years ago but now its very outdated in many ways, especially iPod. Naks were great cassette decks...

[TheBurninator]

The Alpine IDA is a lot better quality for going iPod than the Nak going line input. The Nak was nice about 10 years ago but now its very outdated in many ways, especially iPod. Naks were great cassette decks...

The Alpine is still using the line out on the ipod connector though. Not sure I agree 100% with that statement.

Yes the Naks are out dated now, but they are period correct and don't look like a CD player had sex with a cyborg.

[ein]

Agreed on the Alpine's iPod interface, but its still not as good as just controlling the iPod from itself. I've yet to see one as good as just a line output from the iPod itself, not as trick or stealthy but hands down the best to operate.

My vote still goes to the Nak for this fact alone.

[TheBurninator]

Agreed on the Alpine's iPod interface, but its still not as good as just controlling the iPod from itself. I've yet to see one as good as just a line output from the iPod itself, not as trick or stealthy but hands down the best to operate.

My vote still goes to the Nak for this fact alone.

Your hand heal enough to type?

[dogger]

The iPod interface is great but its not the safest to use while driving. In my daily I have it line level and I find at times its not easy to use while driving. Whereas in my Corrado I never have issues using the Alpine interface. And its nowhere near as good of a interface as their IDA radios. Plus like I said, the signal they are using is much better than line level so the sound quality is much better. It uses a 24bit DAC.

[TheBurninator]

The iPod interface is great but its not the safest to use while driving. In my daily I have it line level and I find at times its not easy to use while driving. Whereas in my Corrado I never have issues using the Alpine interface. And its nowhere near as good of a interface as their IDA radios. Plus like I said, the signal they are using is much better than line level so the sound quality is much better. It uses a 24bit DAC.

I didn't think they were using the 24bit DAC. I know on my alpine deck in the daily it uses line level.