Arnage phone / audio / sat. nav. upgrades.

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Has anyone on here had experience of upgrading their Arnage in car systems i.e. phone and sat. nav. which are effectively redundant technologies today? It occurs to me that there may be ways in which to upgrade the vehicle without creating a disturbance to the overall cabin layout.

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Thanks for the replies. I have a 2003 Arnage T and had been wondering about the practicalities of wiring up an I-pod / I-phone connection to the existing equipment and to do so by utilising the area located within the centre arm rest which currently houses the cradle for the original fitted Nokia phone. The sat/nav. is not likely to be used that often, however, it would be ideal to get the old unit replaced with a touch screen solution that was able to fit into the existing dash top arrangement.
I confess to being clueless when it comes to issues of this sort and will need to get sound advice before progressing. My overriding consideration is not to change the appearance of the cabin whilst at the same time attempting to incorporate up to date equipment.

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Thanks HdePelet,
I will certainly look into your suggestion of replacing the existing Alpine sat nav. with a touch screen solution from Alpine if this makes the task more straightforward in terms of using existing connections etc. However, if it were just as easy to do so, I might opt to use a Garmin screen, as I use one of their small portable units in my DB7's without any difficulty. I will do so investigation re the Parrot suggestion.
Regards, 12 POT.

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Thanks WelshBentleyBoy,
I have had a look at the RR&B site and it comments on the issue of replacing the original Alpine system with Garmin or Tom Tom touch screens which might be one way to deal with the matter. I am also looking into the possibility (via a local specialist) of replacing the sat. nav. with an updated Alpine screen that could possibly provide a variety of other benefits. I will report back on this if it looks to be a viable solution.