Quality pioneer car stereo.
Use code STEREO10 to get a further 10% off.
Price is on sale at £109 - 10% = £98.10
Plus get a £10 voucher for any spend over £50!
Don't get a £200 fine for driving and using your mobile, upgrade your car stereo instead. This has Bluetooth for hands free calling.
Also has digital dab+ radio for more national radio stations.
USB front slot so you can play your mp3 songs. You can also play mp3 songs direct from your phone wirelessly via Bluetooth.
Top comments
snappyfish to joshtbh
5 Mar 1713#22
Couldn't read most of it. Was driving.
tan159
5 Mar 1710#13
My view is if you are that incompetent that you can't speak and drive at the same time then you should not even be carrying passengers, let alone answer a call albeit hands free.
More so, for some people that are challenged by voices in the car, their radio should be removed as well.
From the statutory law point of if you are weaving all over the road or involved in an accident then you can be prosecuted if found you were on the phone. If you are scared of that then please re-read my previous 2 paragraphs.
tan159
5 Mar 179#15
I don't deny accidents can happen but seriously, if you are so distracted by talking or listening to another persons voice, you shouldn't be on the road.
joshtbh
5 Mar 178#20
This escalated quickly from a pioneer radio post
All comments (73)
tan159
5 Mar 172#1
There is also a Sony unit also at halfords for £10 cheaper but after reading one if the reviews on their website I decided to go for the Pioneer.
Note this does not have a CD player but who wants one of those and the corresponding clutter of CDs anyway when you can copy them all onto 1 USB.
Slick.Rick to tan159
6 Mar 17#56
I tried two Sony units from Halfords, and both of them were a disaster. I wouldn't touch another Sony car unit.
LetoKynes
5 Mar 171#2
Reckon I could fit this in an 08 plate Pug 207?
quakerphil to LetoKynes
5 Mar 17#4
Yeah, with a fascia adapter from ebay.
tomj17 to LetoKynes
5 Mar 17#10
Yes you can
Argyll68 to LetoKynes
6 Mar 17#35
Be aware fitting will cost extra if you want it connected to the steering wheel paddles. I have a Peugeot van and it was costing me an extra £100+ for fitting as I was told it needs an additional harness at £58 and would have to be connected to the ignition £50.
BigBen75020 to LetoKynes
6 Mar 17#39
yes but you will need a facia adapter and ideally a professional to do the job . and to keep steering wheel control and etc
Hunkzilla to LetoKynes
6 Mar 17#50
Probably would, but since you're at it, just change the car to something less...Pug.
woldranger
5 Mar 171#3
Where does it mention spotify - I looked and couldnt see anything.
Donzy12 to woldranger
5 Mar 171#6
If it's the same one as mine then you have the option of Spotify from the source button, but I always use the Bluetooth to connect.
Probably a stupid query, but I'm intrigued and genuinely curious, by the place of individual car stereos, like this, in modern-day cars (with their moulded dashboards and facias, hidden electronics and remote controls etc.)
Is it purely for older cars or a simple transition?
polarbaba to Poppydog
5 Mar 171#9
depends on your car, some cars.can use a fascia adapter and perhaps other adapters to connect to the loom and steering controls.
some .. may not have this facility,
if your car has an aux in then you can still connect a Bluetooth adapter to it, also various dab solutions are also available to allow your dab audio to be retransmitted over FM. or even Bluetooth to FM devices.
so even if your car cannot use a fascia adapter, then you still have options.
Bossworld to Poppydog
5 Mar 17#18
Older cars, and some lower spec newer ones.
My 09 Clio had a normal DIN sized aperture so would have been an easy swap, and I doubt that's the last of the cheaper cars to come with similar. At worst, you'd need an adaptor lead and another for the steering wheel controls.
In comparison, my current mini (and the last one) would be an utter nightmare and probably need half the dash removing, and other stuff wiring and coding to fool the system.
Annoys me that the display technology on these cheaper end ones hasn't moved on for nigh on 20 years. Quite fancy the 8700DAB for my mr2 but it's usually around £170 at its cheapest, which is a lot more to pay over this deal, just for a three line display. Go further up and the £300 double-din full screen ones are barely better than factory-fit stuff from five years ago.
fishmaster to Poppydog
23 Mar 171#71
I've got a Mitsubishi FTO, I still haven't put a radio in it, this would do fine for me
noblinking
5 Mar 172#11
"Don't get a £200 fine for driving and using your mobile"
Just in case there are any morons reading that think hands free is safer than hand held - it isn't.
So yes less risk of getting fined, just as much risk of killing yourself and/or someone else.
89quidyoucantgowrong to noblinking
5 Mar 172#12
Although it is legal to use an integrated bluetooth hands free system, whereas it is not legal to handle your phone while the engine is running. Drives an £80k Range Rover, too stupid to work out how to link their iPhone to the in-car bluetooth.
rvcshart to noblinking
5 Mar 173#19
Greatly disagree.
Hands free is not perfectly safe, agreed. It is however an improvement over using the phone in your hand.
I also deeply believe it's more dangerous to talk to passengers than it is via hands free.
Natural instinct makes you want to look at people when they spook, majority of a conversation is done by body language and physical movement and not simply audible sound.
So yes, it's not completely safe to use hands free.
Point is it's safer than not using it, it's a matter of degree.
It's safer to drive at 20mph on a residential road instead of 30 or 40 or 50. But we'll still likely go around 30 on that road, even though 20 is safer there have to be reasonable limits. Points where we stop mass safety whoring.
tan159
5 Mar 1710#13
My view is if you are that incompetent that you can't speak and drive at the same time then you should not even be carrying passengers, let alone answer a call albeit hands free.
More so, for some people that are challenged by voices in the car, their radio should be removed as well.
From the statutory law point of if you are weaving all over the road or involved in an accident then you can be prosecuted if found you were on the phone. If you are scared of that then please re-read my previous 2 paragraphs.
sajtan
5 Mar 171#14
And the first moron chips in. Why don't you do some research instead of having a view? Start with the RoSPA web site.
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Opening post
Use code STEREO10 to get a further 10% off.
Price is on sale at £109 - 10% = £98.10
Plus get a £10 voucher for any spend over £50!
Don't get a £200 fine for driving and using your mobile, upgrade your car stereo instead. This has Bluetooth for hands free calling.
Also has digital dab+ radio for more national radio stations.
USB front slot so you can play your mp3 songs. You can also play mp3 songs direct from your phone wirelessly via Bluetooth.
Top comments
More so, for some people that are challenged by voices in the car, their radio should be removed as well.
From the statutory law point of if you are weaving all over the road or involved in an accident then you can be prosecuted if found you were on the phone. If you are scared of that then please re-read my previous 2 paragraphs.
All comments (73)
Note this does not have a CD player but who wants one of those and the corresponding clutter of CDs anyway when you can copy them all onto 1 USB.
http://www.pioneer-car.eu/it/en/products/mvh-x580dab
Is it purely for older cars or a simple transition?
some .. may not have this facility,
if your car has an aux in then you can still connect a Bluetooth adapter to it, also various dab solutions are also available to allow your dab audio to be retransmitted over FM. or even Bluetooth to FM devices.
so even if your car cannot use a fascia adapter, then you still have options.
My 09 Clio had a normal DIN sized aperture so would have been an easy swap, and I doubt that's the last of the cheaper cars to come with similar. At worst, you'd need an adaptor lead and another for the steering wheel controls.
In comparison, my current mini (and the last one) would be an utter nightmare and probably need half the dash removing, and other stuff wiring and coding to fool the system.
Annoys me that the display technology on these cheaper end ones hasn't moved on for nigh on 20 years. Quite fancy the 8700DAB for my mr2 but it's usually around £170 at its cheapest, which is a lot more to pay over this deal, just for a three line display. Go further up and the £300 double-din full screen ones are barely better than factory-fit stuff from five years ago.
Just in case there are any morons reading that think hands free is safer than hand held - it isn't.
So yes less risk of getting fined, just as much risk of killing yourself and/or someone else.
Hands free is not perfectly safe, agreed. It is however an improvement over using the phone in your hand.
I also deeply believe it's more dangerous to talk to passengers than it is via hands free.
Natural instinct makes you want to look at people when they spook, majority of a conversation is done by body language and physical movement and not simply audible sound.
So yes, it's not completely safe to use hands free.
Point is it's safer than not using it, it's a matter of degree.
It's safer to drive at 20mph on a residential road instead of 30 or 40 or 50. But we'll still likely go around 30 on that road, even though 20 is safer there have to be reasonable limits. Points where we stop mass safety whoring.
More so, for some people that are challenged by voices in the car, their radio should be removed as well.
From the statutory law point of if you are weaving all over the road or involved in an accident then you can be prosecuted if found you were on the phone. If you are scared of that then please re-read my previous 2 paragraphs.