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General => Car audio => Topic started by: nathyd on 15 October 2009, 19:37

Title: Gamma Head Unit in a MKII? also any other head units?
Post by: nathyd on 15 October 2009, 19:37

Hi there,

 I've had to replace the original tape head unit I had, now i've bought a universal apaptor and have been using a mates cd player
but it skips all over the place and i want to go back to a tape cassette so i can use my i-pod through the tape cassette.

will the gamma one's i've seen on ebay work with my MKII?  also I borrowed a rover 770 tape head unit and that was locked so do I hvae to worry about security codes with the head units I buy?

thanks alot in advance, I am very much a newbie

Title: Re: Gamma Head Unit in a MKII? also any other head units?
Post by: dragonfly on 15 October 2009, 20:40

Standard fit headunits tend to be a little weedy. If you want to use your ipod then either get a cheap tape player off ebay, buy an FM transmitter or buy a cheap headunit that will control your ipod as well.

Title: Re: Gamma Head Unit in a MKII? also any other head units?
Post by: nathyd on 15 October 2009, 21:34

thanks, so any tape head unit will work on my mk2?

Title: Re: Gamma Head Unit in a MKII? also any other head units?
Post by: nathyd on 15 October 2009, 21:35

also will the gamma from mk4 retrofit to a mk2?

Title: Re: Gamma Head Unit in a MKII? also any other head units?
Post by: dragonfly on 15 October 2009, 21:51

Just check that the existing Golf headunit wiring hasn't been hacked. Once you know what the wiring and connections are like you can compare them to the replacement headunit.