has anyone upgraded their stereos?

[diarx]

For the Astra I ordered the d5103 on a Saturday and it arrived at my work on the following Monday!
The polo's I ordered early on a Monday and it arrived on the Thursday.. guess it varies? But still pretty quick.

Actually had some issues with an ebay reseller falsely reporting units in stock the first time I bought for my Astra, they ended up offering me a refund and I instead went directly through eonon.com

I guess provided the unit is labeled as in stock on their site it will arrive really fast - at the time I wanted to order the polo's unit it wasn't in stock, I subscribed to their stock notifier and it was a couple of weeks before they notified me of availability.

since it's winCE based it does take a little time to turn on, I think around 10 seconds maybe?

[flat6]

Thanks Diarx,

Spent the last week seriously going over all options in replacing the head unit, considered models like the alpine CDE-W203EBTi which is nice but lacks any features for the price, compared it with everything on the market at the moment and its great value.

Found that its practically the same as the D5102 which fits in the mazda 3 and has a much wider user base with heaps of reviews and forum support on it, this thread is pretty handy
Eonon D5102 Review/Q&A

Put my order in this morning and its already been shipped, I'll up some pics when i get a chance to install it.

Apparently the sound quality isn't to bad at all, they have some minor issues but the support is quite good

looking forward to getting it

[PeterHBne]

I'm thinking of kicking off my system with one of these...

http://cgi.ebay.com/alpine-7909j-old...item1e650c81d9

[flat6]

dam that's expensive for a cd player... may sound great but damn!

[safetyman]

Just a note regarding my install using the plugs that I listed on post #103.

I didn't alter any of the wiring positions that the plugs came with, meaning that the switched (ignition) power for the headunit was being supplied by one of the CanBus wires. The unit powered up however it stayed on constantly.
We had to physically switch the radio off every time we got out of the vehicle or risk a flat battery.

A few weeks ago the car was found dead as a doornail.
No lights on dash, no tick over.
Stick a jump pack on the car however and it would fire up, so a replacement battery was fitted.

After a few days I had some starting issues and door unlocking issues, all with Cd player noises coming from the radio which was supposed to be off.
It culminated with driving out of a shopping centre carpark with the alarm going while driving after being unable to open the doors with the keyfob. I then opened the vehicle manually, causing the alarm to go off.

Since then, I have rewired the switched power from the CanBus lead supplied by the plug to the power wire from the cigarette lighter socket.
It means that I have lost the ability to have the radio on unless the vehicle is running, however this is a small inconvenience when compared with having to deal with an irate wife that can't start a car

[PeterHBne]

dam that's expensive for a cd player... may sound great but damn!

They are worth it. Widely acknowledged as the best car cd player made. Awesome SQ. I had a 7903 which i bought new and it was fantastic for 10 years. Something so comforting about those six green cubes lit up at night.......

[flat6]

Ofcorse but considering, that money could buy an equally good/better sounding unit nowdays, its all placebo when it comes to car audio

[flat6]

Received my Eonon D5101 unit, postage was extremely quick, ordered Saturday and got it Monday

Just finished a temp install of it, for the price its great value

Sound quality is actually quite good, if not better than the stock unit, base is definitely deeper.

Usability isnt to bad, think it takes some getting use to, it has a few quirks that can be a bit annoying like a slight lag on the volume level, you sometimes hear a slight jitter in music playback when scrolling through the cd list.

And the unit doesn't turn off with the car, you have to turn it off manually, maybe the default wiring loom wasn't configured correctly, i'll have to inspect it on the weekend and see if its on aux

Like i said quirks, but all up im actually quite happy with it, its not bad for $380

I'll up some pics on the weekend of the proper install and connections at the back

[jamie88]

your car doesnt have an aux

i learnt it out the ahrd way, ie about 4 nrma callouts.

you need an axxess power supply, only about 70 bucks off ebay. easy to install creates a remote signal from the cars computer.

[flat6]

update edit: problem was due to wiring config on the stock loom, needs to be re-wired, working great now.

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Just an update on this unit, its a constant pain in the ass and im going to send it back, lesson learnt, Don't buy cheap **** from china

The unit crashes constantly, at least once every time your doing 100 down the freeway, you have to actually turn the engine off and back on for it to reboot. Its running the new firmware aswell which i believe is the issue, would it kill them to actually test it?

Volume control is dodgy, CD functionality is ok but still a bit of a pain to navigate in, SD/USB functions do not work, you cant play anything from them.

GPS is actually quite good as well as the bluetooth phone, best part of the unit and its a shame its let down so much by ****ty software.

Working in the IT industry, seriously cant be bothered with this **** as my car is meant to be a temple away from all things problematic.
Im going back to the stock unit..