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Offline thesoulbrother

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can anyone with a bit of ice savvy recommend a head unit for me please. want one that allows me to play cd's and mp3 (if poss) also an add on?? that allows me to connect a creative zen mp3 player to it. putting the player in the glove box. ( is this poss) ideally like to control the mp3 player through the head unit.. looking at spending around 150-200.....ive been looking at the     
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Offline Heyho

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Re: recommend me a nice head unit with zen player connection.
« Reply #1 on: 07 January 2008, 21:00 »
Don't think I've seen one that's zen-compatible, the i-pod appears to have cornered the market.  I may be wrong...

Offline thesoulbrother

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Re: recommend me a nice head unit with zen player connection.
« Reply #2 on: 07 January 2008, 22:17 »
it has a usb port on the adapter so perhaps a usb lead into the back??? of head unit..anyone..?

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Re: recommend me a nice head unit with zen player connection.
« Reply #3 on: 08 January 2008, 19:01 »
That may work if it can be seen as a simple mass storage device - perhaps take your zen down to halfords and have a play?

Offline Ruji

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Re: recommend me a nice head unit with zen player connection.
« Reply #4 on: 08 January 2008, 19:21 »
anything with a LINE IN realy.

you wont find anything that you will be able to control your creative zen from teh head unit...your just going to have to use a line in function a still operate your zen from itself to change tracks as such..only thing your car stereo will do is act as the input for a loudspeaker in your car.

To connect the 2...you get a headphone 3.5mm jack to the same 3.5mm headphone jack cable on both ends...so where you would connect your headphones on the zen..u would connect this wire and the other end going into the LINE IN on the radio..

several radios on the market with both mp3 cd and LINE In functions..pop down to your local halfords or any audio shop or even look on websites at car radios and you will see the several options for this function!

The sony BT2500 bluetooth headunit has an upgrade box package deal that comes with this little bluetooth reciever which you charge and plug into your zen via the headphone jack and then you pair the bluetooth reciever wirelessly to the headunit. You can also pair your mobile phone to use as a handsfree device wirelessly and its also a MP3 CD compatible unit. going for £149 i think..maybe slightly less. it does however also come complete with the headphone line in jack on the front of the headunit face so you couyld just get the one without the bluetooth reciever that plugs into your mp3 playerr and go for just the cable line in method. that unit costs i think around £129 but chek it out nevertheless.
exemptions of this unit..it has no pre-outs so you cannot amp it..and it is NOT compatible with any possible steering controls if you have any which if you have a mk3 golf or below..you wont have.

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Re: recommend me a nice head unit with zen player connection.
« Reply #5 on: 08 January 2008, 19:37 »
Whatever you do, don't waste your cash on ebay. 

I just bought a lead (in car charger + 3 pin socket) from ebay.  Got it yesterday and the port doesn't fit in my zen.  It half fits, which does power the zen, but falls out again.

thingying thing!