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Old 09-18-2007, 08:48 PM   #1
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Cheap Head Unit

i am in the market for a cheap head unit. my car came with one, but half the buttons don't seem to work, so i am looking to replace it.
not interested in anything fancy. the car does have 6 speakers in it(not sure if the amp for the sub is there or not) and they seem to be in pretty good shape(the two i have looked at were factory).
only things i need are a radio, a cd player, and i woudl like to have a front input for MP3/XM in case i happen to have some extra toys in the car.
it only needs to be an OK radio, i don't tend to blast the radio or anything and i am not interested in spending a ton of money.

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Old 09-18-2007, 09:00 PM   #2
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The one in the 77 is a pioneer I got at Circuit City for like $99 and has all that.
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Old 09-18-2007, 09:36 PM   #3
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+1 for Pioneer. I bought a low-end Pioneer CD player for my Cherokee two years ago and it works great! It's never skipped, and has decent power output. I used to buy Kenwood headunits, but the last one took a dirtnap a mere 2 months after its 12-month warranty expired. A friend of mine had the same headunit, and his bit the dust as well, around the same time. We were unhappy, to say the least!
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Old 09-19-2007, 02:26 PM   #4
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cheap Pioneers FTW, ive had one in every car ive ever owned!
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Old 09-19-2007, 03:31 PM   #5
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timmay, if you buy a pioneer that is ipod and xm ready, i have the ipod hardwire and the xm hardwire kits for pioneer
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Old 09-19-2007, 07:03 PM   #6
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thanks mike, but the stuff you have is worth waaayyyyy more than i plan to spend. i am shopping in the 100-150 range at most.
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Old 09-19-2007, 08:22 PM   #7
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Something like this would prolly work great:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1166840026727

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Old 09-19-2007, 08:47 PM   #8
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That is the one I got. $129 on the CC site now. I paid $109.
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the adapters i have are like 150 new for both
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Old 09-19-2007, 09:19 PM   #10
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I may be interested in the ipod adapter....
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Old 09-24-2007, 09:29 AM   #11
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IM me next time your on Tim i work and Bestbuy and get a good discount on everything
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I have a Sony XR-CA400 sitting here that's free to anyone who wants it..
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Old 10-02-2007, 08:34 AM   #13
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tim, what did you get?
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tim, what did you get?
Nothing yet....

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Old 10-03-2007, 05:12 PM   #15
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tim, ill hook u up with a cheap head unit if u can hook me up with the 2 months of advertising. I cant afford the $250 this month. All my bills hit at once..
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I got a flip down kenwood here you can have for 40 bucks.
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Old 10-06-2007, 07:53 PM   #17
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I found that Pioneer DEH-3900M on Amazon for $115.98 shipped......I'm prolly gonna get that for the Jeep. The one that's in there now skips like crazy, even after a lens cleaning. Damn Eclipse POS.

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Old 10-07-2007, 10:05 AM   #18
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I found that Pioneer DEH-3900M on Amazon for $115.98 shipped......I'm prolly gonna get that for the Jeep. The one that's in there now skips like crazy, even after a lens cleaning. Damn Eclipse POS.

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what model eclipse? i have an eclipse in my camaro and its great.
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what model eclipse? i have an eclipse in my camaro and its great.
I dunno, it's several years old. I'll check it and let you know.

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i told tim i can hook him up on the head unit, still waitin for him to get back to me
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i told tim i can hook him up on the head unit, still waitin for him to get back to me
Can you beat the price I posted above? I was getting ready to order that one from Amazon....

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Old 10-14-2007, 05:41 PM   #22
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what model eclipse? i have an eclipse in my camaro and its great.
Jake, It's an Eclipse 5440.....not sure how old, but most of the mods on my Jeep were done around 2000 - 2001.

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Old 10-16-2007, 08:36 AM   #23
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Jake, It's an Eclipse 5440.....not sure how old, but most of the mods on my Jeep were done around 2000 - 2001.

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those older ones are leaps and bounds better than the new ones. i have a 8503 which just has extra features over yours but is ultimately the same head unit. there is probably something wrong with it if it skips excessively.
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those older ones are leaps and bounds better than the new ones. i have a 8503 which just has extra features over yours but is ultimately the same head unit. there is probably something wrong with it if it skips excessively.
The skipping seems to have stopped now, hasn't done it to me in over a week now. I'm still prolly going to replace it though - I want MP3 playback. Plus I have all the stuff to hook my XM receiver up through IP Bus, which is why I'm looking at Pioneer for a decent headunit.

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Justin PM me a part number and ill look it up tomorrow at work. i check the boards all the time from there so it wont be a problem
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