Car Stereo Deals & Offers

Bought this a month ago for around the same price on ebay. Easy to install with the iso harness and steering control kit. Great unit.

I also have a subwoofer already wired into my double din kenwood I won’t need to do anything additional to bring it to this stereo would I ?

Good price for a fab unit. I have the XAV AX100 model in my Golf. Had it since Xmas and love it. Never had any problems connecting my phone XZ premium or my mates iPhone. Sony are the only ones who give you the 4x55 Watts and the extra power on high volume's is never a problem. Android auto has been fantastic and so easy to use. Just plug your phone in via USB cable and good to go There are plenty of reviews on Halfords website and Amazon. The only kit I needed to fit my Golf was connects 2 steering wheel module so can control the volume and settings of steering wheel plus fascia. Kit was around £50. Easy to fit as plugs into the original iso plug.

I bought this same unit a few months back and my Samsung phone wouldn't connect also

Saw I saw One 2 star review on Sony's site. The only review. Nothing remarkable and not easy to use XAV-AX3005DB 17/03/2019 by Nick238 I bought this product as an after market audio for my Fiat. The device is NOT compatible with my Samsung phone (device not recognised) and switches off every time that the car automatically stops its engine (start/stop device). The graphics seem to be very naive or simple, and I do not feel that is is a patch on the Pioneer radio that I had installed in anothe car some years before.Show less

Got mine and it's basically brand new, so got lucky!

And in fairness, I've bought a few things graded as 'like new' and they've been trash.

Got one to put in my old cheap car, hopefully it'll work.

Understood, but in fairness Amazon usually grade the goods. I've bought a few things before and they've turned up like new.

No need myself but ask yourself why the original purchaser returned the item to Amazon? I would have returned it if it didn't work, i screwed up and killed it or it was no good. If it was returned unopened or damaged box the description would state that.

sold out i think.

Is this still available? Can't find it on their site now...

Can anyone tell me will this work without the green cable being connected to the handbrake.Thanks

You're lucky, mine has wax cylinder.

Yes

Seems a fair price,but these days its got to have DAB at least.

Speaking as someone with an Xtrons... If you don't need the screen, go ahead. My screen died after only a couple of months and have since had to use it by guess work - leaving it in Bluetooth mode and using my phone (hands free) to pick music /radio etc. I'd pay the extra myself and get a device from a reputable name.

Agreed, I asked the guy who installed my pioneer if he had fitted many of the Chinese head units, his reply was “ I replaced lots of them “

Will it work on my meriva???

Easy to fit in the MK5. Takes maybe 20 minutes at most, plenty of YouTube tutorials

It says collection not available and delivery not available!

Decided to keep my banger for another year...this helps keep it.

Perfect upgrade for an older car, BT and DAB is all you need! Was hard to find anything with both this cheap a couple years back. Heat! Wonder if it comes with the DAB antenna though.

Highly unlikely. Didcot is my nearest at 184 miles away

Is this available in all stores?

There's a better bargain ?

......b but it cant play a good old CD (lol)

Also remember there is no CD player with this, its just a radio, no more

Need to purchase and install a DAB antenna to get the best reception.

Actually managed to get one of these reserved at my local.

It says it does have bluetooth...

Hence why it's £35

But they were trying to get £60 for it and no Bluetooth at that price seems unreasonable.

Bose headphones

No Bluethooth and no dab, no cd. Has this got a radio?

Brought this for my son.hes really pleased with it but only had it a week and its started to get hot then cut out

Okay thank you for your help!!

Yeah it will, you need to purchase a wiring harness adapter separately this makes the wiring in plug and play. Have a look on youtube there are loads of videos showing you how

I'm not good with cars but will this fit a 2008 peugeot 207? I've got the basic radio with no Bluetooth or aux and the Bluetooth recieved I have is terrible

Not sure, I will get my brother to send me a picture of it now he's opened it and post it up.

Fitted mine today in about 90 minutes start to finish. Picked up a few accessories (DAB antenna, harness to use the steering wheel controls and FM aerial adaptor) and it works perfectly. Bluetooth picks up instantly, tuned in to all the local FM/DAB stations without issue and definitely improved the sound over the stock head unit.

so tempted so undecided...

Although reviewers seem to report good results by using a splitter and their car's existing aerial.

Tired...

As per the OP comments I believe....

Thanks OP I reserved the Bluetooth one in Newbury, except they couldn't find it so gave me a brand new MVH-S410BT for £35 One happy wife to have bluetooth handsfree again, the parrot had died.

Thanks OP! Unfortunately I can't get my phone to use it for Bluetooth calls, only for media. Anybody else experienced this?

Ex Display Sony XAV-AX100 6.4 at £250 if you're a big spender (y)

They've got Ex Display S4000bt for £50 which is a decent price if you want/need a CD player. Other £35 for the S300bt (similar spec to the s4000 minus CD) is a bargain if you can find one.

Great post, ordered the S4000 which was in stock at a store close to me, twice the price but has blu tooth and fuel savings made this a very good deal. Thank you.

I replaced my existing JVC head unit with this today. It is about half the size of CD head units which is nice. Removed old head unit using metal grips, disconnected aerial, speaker and power connectors. Removed old holding cage and replaced with the new one. Slid the Sony unit in, popped the edge block on and put the face panel on. Took about 15 minutes and then spent another hour playing around with it. I'm happy with it so far and am going to dig out my iPod which has lots of albums on as you can have 2 bluetooth devices connected to it at the same time.

Use to use the Bluetooth everyday when travel to work, It was clear and precise, no one complained from the other callers about not hearing me, so I assume it was good. I fitted the stereo myself, just swap the red wire on to the yellow wire ( switch, to always on, this was the easiest way, but you stereo will still be powered on, when ignition is off. You will need a separate switch wire going to the fuse if you want stereo to be off with ignition, or just get Halford to fit it

Thanks for the review. How good is the microphone in it for voice calls?

I think your just as well off keeping an eye on there main site, I bought This a few weeks back for 60 quid, At the time a never realised it was such a good deal

I've just tried it again and it accepted it fine. Maybe clear your cookies and internet cache and try again. Use a different browser perhaps.

I know they are completely different technologies and phrased it wrong, but would it not help with transmitter amplification/boosting or similar if the analogue signal was turned off, as it did for digital TV? Therefore the total "bandwith" in the loosest sense, although I suppose this may only improve coverage and not actual bit rate?

OOS all gone!

I'm afraid not. They are like chalk and cheese - FM (frequency modulation) is an analogue technology, which uses mainly the VHF part of the radio spectrum with the signal being 'carried' on a carrier wave via the modulation of the frequency of the carrier. DAB on the other hand, is digital, and is broadcast on a very narrow set of frequencies ('ensembles') hence does not compete with FM, or for that matter AM, in any way. Blocks within these 'ensemble' frequencies are limited and therefore impacts the maximum bitrate a particular station is permitted to broadcast in. The more digital stations are available, the more crowded these blocks and available frequencies become. Essentially, the technology itself limits its own expansion.

Removing FM should then improve bandwidth available for DAB, no?

Buy a kinetic dab aerial and your dab issues will be gone, trust me.

Looking at the manual doesn't the connector and fascia plate come with the unit? Looking at pg 31 in the manual https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/res/manuals/4697/46974183M.pdf Edit - and going by this video

I got the deal from Halfords for £99 which I thought was a bargain as it includes the iso connector, fascia plate n fitting. If you were buying separately cost a lot more even though it’s been said it’s easy to fit if you let a pro do it if anything goes wrong you can blame them!! Sound is really good too!!

Yes

Do your indicators work though?

The cable hasn't split, it's the connection inside that's the problem. Loose wire maybe.

ICE has died a complete death now!

Cold for me then

The unit doesn't appear to have Nav so I suspect they're pretty nonexistent, never mind out of date.

No DAB radio :(

Doesnt seem to have android car

Currently have the gps antenna in at the back of the glove box, good reception but i am close to the transmitter. The antenna i made in the link was taped behind the plastic A pillar trim and performed better. Also like that your not advertising you have a dab radio fitted like when you have the windscreen type antenna.

Thank you for the comprehensive reply! It’s still a lot cheaper than the official pioneer antenna, which seems to get some pretty poor reviews. I take it you still had to lead the wire up through the windscreen surround to get good reception?

£5000000000

The item i bought is no longer available. This one is the same but a pound dearer, as long as its smb connector for Pioneer. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F231643651577 Just plugged it in with gps antenna still on it. I made one previously using the following instructions for a previous dab installation, worked slightly better just cut the gps antenna and use the cable/plug to make the diy dab antenna. https://www.my-gti.com/3691/adding-a-dabdab-aerial-diy

Would you mind posting a link to the antenna you used please? :D

No dab, no bluetooth, no stock. Just thought I would put all three together, saves others the trouble

No Bluetooth ;(

Non available in Newcastle.

Congrats (highfive)

Probably because it's ex-display. If you're near Newhaven instead, the R881BT model is a steal. This one doesn't have Bluetooth.

You can put the wire in the panel above window down side of door seal then under glove box and then into cigarette lighter, one i have i did this way and you only see a little wire at top.

Wouldn't get it installed by Halfords, whatever you do

It doesn’t have to be wired in.

You need the step down transformer or you'll blow the camera up.

Would have thought easy enough to cut the cigarette end off and either use a piggy back fuse into fuse box, or wire directly into cigarette lighter feed?

It’s a head unit that runs android, so effectively having a tablet for a car stereo

What's the Android element of it?

Glad someone snapped it up. It was a bargain.

only showing the one for £218, used one for £71 not coming up when adding to basket so I guess OOO - shame as I wanted one!

Academic now as it's sold out

You really are the end of a bell.

Voted cold, doesn't play 8-track or laserdisc.

Dat salt though... whys he not allowed to not like your crappy deal?

28 quid for a new JVC radio with USB not good value? Get out! I couldn’t give a monkeys about Bluetooth or DAB in my for my Gen 1 Eunos. I’d rather have this than £28 worth of your nonsense any day of the week.

i'll leave it then haha stick with 12 tracks on a CD and 3 radio strations