Could anybody with aftermarket head units show me some pics of how it looks. I've got the stock single CD in mine. I think it will look like **** if I put an aftermarket unit in, but if there's a tasteful way to do it let me now. Pics would be great.

Thanks.

 

I have seen some pictures on cardomain.com - there are some pretty elaborate setups out there. I am looking to upgrade myself in the short term. A single DIN just might kill the look, not sure? Does the stock unit play mp3's if your burned them to a cd-r?

 

Mine won't play MP3s. I'd like a stereo that will support full connectivity iPOD and play MP3s. I had a nice Alpine unit in my mustang that had full control for the iPod.

 

Alpine makes some really nice headunits - very good quality. I also like the Pioneer Premier lineup. Are you looking to go with a double din screen? Those flip up screens are kind of cool, keeps your equipment nice and descrete for bad neighborhoods - but then you have all of that plastic when the screen is closed.

 

the aftermarket cd players look like shiznit.. imo. i would go for the ACM from the dealer.

 

Best buy has a transmitter that hooks into the antenna behind the stereo. The cord comes through my ash tray now. It's not quite CD quality but closer to CD than radio quality. It was $100 installed. My wireless FM transmitter wouldn't pick up **** through the antenna in the window. Took em about an hour to install.

The Jag dealership said the ACM was like $399 so F-that and I agree, I wouldn't want to mess up the look of that center stack.

 

 

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n.../jagradio3.jpg

 

do you know what this part is called? will it work on an 02 with a factory cd player?

 

It's an FM Transmitter that's wired to your antenna and they set it to 88.3 on the radio. I have the single CD player, so it should work for yours.

 

The Fm transmitters, to say it nicely, plain suck! You'll lose the sound quality through the airwaves and on an occasion the signal itself.

Very cheesy and i don't recommend.

 

but what happened to thestock controls? I want to do this as well.

 

That aftermarket double din dvd player is freakin ugly.
Stock is so much cleaner looking.

if you can find one that can keep a stock look go with that.
otherwise just stick to the acm from the dealer

 

of course but i've seen some that can be fitted perfectectly making it look like stock...my only worry is the stock functions...like the AVC and all that other stuff...will I loose those?

 

depends what brand of radio you got. panasonic, Sony and a few others have a kit that lets you utulize the steering wheel function. They also have the Nav, bluethooth and a few other options.

I was the first to do this back in 2005, so my radio is a bit outdated, only reason I did was becasue the dealer told me it couldn't be done...lol....i wanted the nav feature and T.v but the factory jag setup would have cost about 3.5K....that setup only cost me $900 and i had everything, and when you hook up your Ipod to it, it was fantastic, no distortion or anything!..

Anyway, to each his own.

 

thanks, good to know.....

 

Sei