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Post by **sitas3** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:49 pm

well they've arrived at Bens - cost is £260 each delivered incl the dreaded. bargain or what compared to UK price??

thanks for the installation overview Dave - I may attempt this on Monday.

Post by **DaveP** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:13 pm

No worries mate....give me a shout if you run into problems....should be easy though. (Phil has my number if you need to)

Post by **bjacks** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:30 am

Arrived and installed. You're right Dave, it was a piece of piss

Well worth every penny of the £260.

Cheers

Ben

Post by **TWH** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:46 pm

So I take it you had to cut your panel as well ben?

Post by **sitas3** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:21 pm

aye mines in as well now - splendid.

Post by **DaveP** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:04 pm

They're good eh ? - Have to say I've been impressed with mine...no problems at all. The computerised voice makes for some entertainment too...."Sade" comes out as "Sad"

Post by **bjacks** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 2:56 pm

TWH wrote:So I take it you had to cut your panel as well ben?

Yep, had to make a slot in it for the cartridge. It is slightly protected due to the panel sticking out above the slot. Looks fine. Bit of a Blue Peter job as I wanted to get it done asap

Post by **TWH** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:52 pm

hmmmnnnnn, willl have to give even more serious thought to it!!!

Post by **Alan** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:05 am

I'm a bit confused

here...if the track name etc isn't displayed how the hell do you know what you're putting on at any given time or is it just hit and miss (and memory perhaps)

Seriously considering one myself but if I never know what track I'm about to play I'm not so sure...

Post by **bjacks** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:53 am

You only know which track it is playing by its number. The voice synthesis announces album, artist, genre etc.
I'm sure for full functionality you'd be better off with an aftermarket head unit but this is just such a simple plug and play option that it cannot be ignored.

Post by **DuncS3** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:28 am

and considering I saw it on the Audi dealers shelf for over £700 quid - yours seem a bargain!

Dunc

Post by **DaveP** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:36 am

As Ben says, you know what's playing because a voice tells you so...you get to choose different browsing methods (ie. you can browse by artist, album name, genre)....

So, when you're browsing by artist, it says "Now browsing artists, the current artist is 'Red Hot Chilli Peppers'" - if that's what you want, you leave it and it starts playing...if you want the next artist (alphabetically), you hit the next CD button...it then says "Sting" or whatver....

Very easy to use...the computerised generation of album/artist names can produce some funny results though

Post by **Alan** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:17 pm

ah ok thanks guys, so it "announces" what you're doing/playing then, so at least you know where you are, out of interest how do you change from, for example, browsing by artist to browsing by track name (can you do that?)?

Post by **DaveP** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:30 pm

On the symphony head unit, the 1-6 buttons are used to select different browse modes...eg. 3 selects artist browsing, 4 selects album browsing....

Post by **Alan** » Wed Jan 12, 2005 11:30 am

OK Convinced...I've ordered mine

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