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trig42: The AWSC-1 is separate from the Harness (ISO to Car adaptors). I got those as well.
Mine (Nissan,2001) wired to the plug that went into the old stereo for the steering wheel controls, and into the power somewhere.
To install the stereo in mine was a bit of a mission, as the factory unit was a Bose, and Bose speakers apparently are only 1ohm (so running an aftermarket Head Unit to them will kill the head unit eventually). I had to remove the Bose head deck, and the Bose 'Amp' in the boot and re-route speaker cables. I also had to replace the Bose speakers.
Installing the head deck was pretty simple, I got a Nissan to ISO loom, and a ISO to Pioneer bit, so that was a piece of cake. The AWSC took a little bit of thinking, but we got it first time round following the instructions on their web page (just had to find the correct plug in the car to connect it to, it doesn't go to the stereo wiring loom. We just cut the existing wires, crimped on bullet connectors and put it all back together).
I'd definitely recommend the AWSC-1 (along with the ISO adaptors - they are cheaper online than at Supercheap). The steering wheel controls are pretty much all I use in-car. Best money I spent when putting the new unit in.
rhysb: Have look at the JVC KD-X250BT. Has an Android app and allows two concurrent BT phone pairings. Replaced a 2yr old Pioneer Unit and the JVC sounds way better. You can pick it up for around $160.
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lchiu7: +1 for Google Music.
I have a JVC head unit in my car and regularly play music over BT with it. It pairs automatically when I get in the car and fire up the ignition.
This is with a Galaxy Nexus. I do have one strange behaviour I cannot yet diagnose. When I first fire up GM the sound comes from the phone, not the car. I have place a call from the phone first to get BT audio to pair. As soon as I hear the ringing tone I hang up and then the music plays over the car stereo. I need to solve that one day.
One great thing about Google Music was when I drove from San Francisco to LA on I10 I was listening to my cloud based music (some 50GB of music which I uploaded from my entire CD collection) on my phone through the Kia rental car BT sound system. T-Mobile provided enough coverage for the entire trip with very few if any dropouts. And with random play I re-discovered music I hadn't listened to in years!
Plus I had Google Maps Navigation on all the time also though strictly speaking it was not necessary until I actually got to LA.
gcorgnet:trig42: The AWSC-1 is separate from the Harness (ISO to Car adaptors). I got those as well.
Mine (Nissan,2001) wired to the plug that went into the old stereo for the steering wheel controls, and into the power somewhere.
To install the stereo in mine was a bit of a mission, as the factory unit was a Bose, and Bose speakers apparently are only 1ohm (so running an aftermarket Head Unit to them will kill the head unit eventually). I had to remove the Bose head deck, and the Bose 'Amp' in the boot and re-route speaker cables. I also had to replace the Bose speakers.
Installing the head deck was pretty simple, I got a Nissan to ISO loom, and a ISO to Pioneer bit, so that was a piece of cake. The AWSC took a little bit of thinking, but we got it first time round following the instructions on their web page (just had to find the correct plug in the car to connect it to, it doesn't go to the stereo wiring loom. We just cut the existing wires, crimped on bullet connectors and put it all back together).
I'd definitely recommend the AWSC-1 (along with the ISO adaptors - they are cheaper online than at Supercheap). The steering wheel controls are pretty much all I use in-car. Best money I spent when putting the new unit in.
Hey, thanks for that. Sorry I might be thick but still struggling to understand what wires you hook up the AWSC-1 to? When they say to hook up to 12V and ground, where do you get the wires from? Is it from one of the looms? does it matter which one?
Cheers,
Guillaume
Trunks2: Anyone use an android app to control their headunit? I have a tablet permanently installed in my dash with the head unit tucked away behind the tablet so it would be handy if I could control all the head unit functions through an android app (I listen to alot of FM radio which the tablet does not support).
The closest I can find is sony's app remote which seems would let me control everything I want including volume, but only on certain models I think and it's unclear which models are supported.
I was looking at this one at repco http://catalogues.repco.co.nz/Christmas_Gift_Ideas_/5414/Sony_Bluetooth_CD_Tuner/535211
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