Anyones recommend a car hifi?

NeilF

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Want a good replacement CD player with USB connectivity (at rear - I'll put a cable to the glove box).

Don't need IPod or Blue Tooth, just good sound and good controls...

Say £100-140?

A couple I've spotted which look great (eg: Sony) aren't even USB2?
 
I've recently got a Pioneer unit, and am impressed at the sound quality, and ease of use. It has USB and AUX in, full iPod control, but this can also be used on a regular hard drive. Mine is the DEH-P7000UB, and was bought for £160, but there are a couple of lesser models a bit cheaper with possibly a few less features, but the overall sound quality seems to be similar.
 
acevuk said:
I've recently got a Pioneer unit, and am impressed at the sound quality, and ease of use. It has USB and AUX in, full iPod control, but this can also be used on a regular hard drive. Mine is the DEH-P7000UB, and was bought for £160, but there are a couple of lesser models a bit cheaper with possibly a few less features, but the overall sound quality seems to be similar.
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Little bit too much... The Pioneer 6000UB would be in my price range. Just wary about paying for IPod stuff I'll never use...

Have you played stuff from a USB stick? Do you know if it's USB2?
 
NeilFawcett said:
Don't know :rolleyes: - If I have say X hundred tracks on a USB dongle just concerned about access speed of the files/directories...
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I think you will find a unit without usb2 functionality is more than capable of scrolling through hundreds of folders.. I could understand if it was for video but you won't have a problem at all with audio.
 
NeilFawcett said:
Little bit too much... The Pioneer 6000UB would be in my price range. Just wary about paying for IPod stuff I'll never use...

Have you played stuff from a USB stick? Do you know if it's USB2?
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I realise it's a bit much for you - that's why I suggested the lower models... ;)

tbh, even if you don't use the iPod bit, you can still use the folder structure for a hard drive/external player, so it's well worth it.

AFAIK, it's not USB2 (not sure if any units are), but can double-check on the box when I get home.
 
acevuk said:
I have X thousand tracks on my iPod and it's pretty much instant access - I think USB2 would be overkill tbh...
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And just a regular USB dongle (ie, not an iPod)?

A couple of the Sony units look great, but they all have the USB ports on the front :(
 
NeilFawcett said:
And just a regular USB dongle (ie, not an iPod)?

A couple of the Sony units look great, but they all have the USB ports on the front :(
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Do you mean just a memory stick? or a USB 'stick' MP3 player? I could have a go tonight if it would be of any help...
 
acevuk said:
Do you mean just a memory stick? or a USB 'stick' MP3 player? I could have a go tonight if it would be of any help...
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I'd just be plugging in a standard memory stick (or USB hard drive).

I'm wondering two main things:-
1) How easy is it to navigate files/directories on the unit?
2) Out of interested does it sort the files alphabetically? Older units used to just show files unsorted in date order (ie: they order they were placed on the USB device). Ideally you want them in some sort of sorted order (eg: just alphabetical).


ps: I believe yours is USB2 (as the Pioneer DEH-P6000UB is USB2).
 
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