Upgrade to Aura single CD - please help!

[will73]

Hi,

I've just bought an 03 plate Seat Leon 1.6 S which I'm very pleased with. Only thing is, it comes with the Aura radio/tape. I'm looking to intsall the Aura Radio/single slot CD instead (i don't want to go down the multichanger route). Now some questions. Where on earth can i buy the Aura radio /CD from for a decent price? The SEAT website is quoting £387.99! The reason I'm going for the standard Seat one is two-fold. Firstly i assume i can just pull the old HU out, unplug the wires, then plug them straight into the back of the new one? Secondly, I want it to glow red to match the rest of the SEAT dashboard. Are there any other makes I could easily install, which also glow the same red colour? perhaps any other VAG stereos?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Will

[Wrighty]

go for an aftermarket one, theres a huge difference in quality between the becker i have in now and the aura that it relaced. If youre worried about how difficult it is to swap to a standard DIN sized unit, dont be. Wiring adaptor, facia adaptor plus amplified aerial, an hour at the weekend and youre sorted:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/swright/Leon/After.JPG

plus its exactly the same colour as the dash illumination ad looks perfectly at home, very OE and sounds amazing.

[will73]

Thanks for the info. The becker in the picture matches well with the illumination and the dash.

The wiring adapter: would it come with the stereo?

[Steve]

Standard CD head units crop up on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Very-rare-genuine-single-disc-seat-leon-Cupra-cd-player_W0QQitemZ4586276917QQcategoryZ100918QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[will73]

Aha..thanks for that, Steve. I did look on ebay some days ago and there wasn't any. A bid will be on it's way...

Will

[MikeyS]

what did you use in the tray at the bottom to stop things sliding around?

[Wrighty]

its a non-slip dash mat i got off fleabay, cost about a quid. cut it to fit round the gear gaitor and it does the job

[will73]

If i install a non-standard CD player, I've heard it buggers up the VAG.COM diagnostics tool?

Also...does anyone know if the Aura single CD player plays CD-R and CD-RW

Cheers,

[FriarFR]

dont think it affects vag.com at all...?

if you dont win your bid on ebay i have a brand spanking new aura cd player you could buy....

[Wrighty]

only buggers up if the K-line pin is connected to a permanent live AFAIK

[will73]

You have email :)


Will

[FriarFR]

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