New headunit?

[Arctic]

Looking for a new stereo for the leon, the standard system is great but it doesnt play MP3s which lets it down bigtime, ive got just under £300 to play with and thinking of the following 2 units

Pioneer Bluetooth headunit £260 (hopefully cheaper) looks good but the blue wont go with my dash.

or

Becker mexic pro which is £270 and looks OEM fit which i like

I'm not going to up grade the speakers/ add subs etc

Any opinions on either of them

(its in here as ICE section seems dead!)

 

[stoneyfordNI]

i like the oem look of the becker , plus its lights match the dash etc , the pioneer could attract attention of the wrong kind

 

[Arctic]

But the only time it attracts attention is when its parked, but the face off will be with me

Must admit i love the look of the Becker OEM look

 

[stoneyfordNI]

aye but will u remove the face everytime . plus u might get some scum smash the window n take the unit on the off chance the face is in the glove box etc ,



becker all the way

 

[STOCKY]

I have the Sony CDX-M8800 ( the one with the 2 red buttons in the corner)

When car is turned off it looks like there is nothing there as the whole unit looks black! Only cost £150 from ebay so Im happy

Heres a pic

The becker does look nice, very OEM--- go for it!!!

 

[Arctic]

I like them both! decisions!

Anyone got a picture of the Pioneer in a leon dash?

 

[Wrighty]

 

[Pabs]

Thats my pioneer 6700MP unit. It has 8 different colours for buttons and 8 different colours for backlight as well. Matches the Leon VERY well...
Unfortunately pic isnt fantastic - flash of the camera makes the leon lighting look orange in comparison.

If anything the red on the pioneer is MORE red than the leon lighting.
I am sure most Pioneer units above mine have different coloured backlights? I paid an extra £15 over the other pioneer model as it only did 2 colours..

 

[Pabs]

oh, and btw, that was ALMOST finished install - forgot to put on the trim round the outside of the headunit to cover up that cage

 

[Rokerlad]

Do these headunits work with the multi-changer?

 

[BlackFR]

Nope no chance of them working with the OE CD Changer

 

[Arctic]

Cheers guys, got the becker headunit today,

Looks soooo cool!

 

[aphix]

wrighty, that head unit looks so good.. looks like it came from the factory like that

Rob

 

[stoneyfordNI]

yep the becker wins , wats the sound quality like

 

[Wrighty]

i had the previous model (mex pro 4627) in the alfa i had before i bought the leon so knew what i was getting in the new one, and the SQ is fantastic, huge improvement over the aura unit on standard speakers.

im not one that goes for flashy lights and swimming dolphins, the becker is understated, as aphix says it looks very OE with the same illumination as the dash (that phone pic doesnt really do it justice)

 

[leonlad]

Thats my pioneer 6700MP unit. It has 8 different colours for buttons and 8 different colours for backlight as well. Matches the Leon VERY well...
Unfortunately pic isnt fantastic - flash of the camera makes the leon lighting look orange in comparison.

If anything the red on the pioneer is MORE red than the leon lighting.
I am sure most Pioneer units above mine have different coloured backlights? I paid an extra £15 over the other pioneer model as it only did 2 colours..

youve got a wonky centre console too bit scratched up too lol

 

[Wrighty]

youve got a wonky centre console too bit scratched up too lol

mines wonky also! must be a design feature

 

[Arctic]

Sounds brilliant, i am very impressed with it, the red looks so nice with the rest of the car, Im with Wrighty im not one for flashy lights also im not adding a sound system so dont need all the features

 

[Pabs]

oi - my centre console is scratched up and wonky purely cos I fitted it that way I wanted to match every other leon out there

i didnt actually realise til you mentioned it - might have to pop out to me car and sort it out!

 

[dannyk]

Sounds brilliant, i am very impressed with it, the red looks so nice with the rest of the car, Im with Wrighty im not one for flashy lights also im not adding a sound system so dont need all the features

Could've gone for the Phatbox if i wanted to keep the standard look.

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=70671&highlight=phatbox

Just an afterthought.

Cheers

Danny