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26-12-2006, 11:47 AM
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Walking with God
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G'day All,
Hoping everyone had a great Christmas. I want to install my Sony MP3 player into the SR Sedan. I could do that myself easy enough I'd reckon, but I want to be able to use the wheel mounted control buttons. The unit itself doesn't have a remote, but that was an option. The guy at JB HI FI this moring said they have an adaptor for my unit, at a cost of $149. The fitting of it all would be $70 and the extra din storage would be $25. That's a total of $244 installed. The unit itself only cost me $200 last year. I really, really enjoy using the wheel mounted controls, but am having trouble justifying the cost. What are your thoughts please? Also, anyone heard of a place that could do it cheaper? The unit is a Sony CDX S2200. Cheers, GK
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26-12-2006, 12:31 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I sympathize with ya man, when i got my head unit i lost the steering controls and i miss it heaps! I'm considering getting one of those adapters so you can use em but i just dunno if its worth the money you gotta pay...
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26-12-2006, 12:34 PM
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if the unit doesnt have a volume knob/wheel then the buttons rule. but i dont use the buttons all that much...
what im trying to say, i guess, is that for $244 i wouldnt worry about it.
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26-12-2006, 12:34 PM
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Walking with God
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Decisions decisions! LOL! GK
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26-12-2006, 12:54 PM
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I guess that the rationalisation is "how much would you pay for them"? If you'd pay $100 for them then the true discrepancy is $150. If you plan on keeping the car for three more years it works out at roughly $2 per week for the convenience... Hope that helps, lol. |
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26-12-2006, 01:32 PM
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Walking with God
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GK
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26-12-2006, 01:33 PM
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GK
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26-12-2006, 04:01 PM
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Walking with God
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I think I'll do it.
I can recover some of the cost of the installation by selling the old unit. There is one currently in the "for sale" section for $150 ono. GK
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26-12-2006, 04:03 PM
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Just use your left hand to control the head unit - you get used to it after a while, and it's free. $250 is not what I would call money well spent, but then it's your car.
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26-12-2006, 05:53 PM
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