Car audio recommendation

[knk]

Could someone recommend a single DIN car stereo head unit which works well with a plug-in USB hard drive containing MP3 tracks?
I have an archos 5 and would like to plug it in and use the head unit to access and power/recharge it as a hard drive.

Thanks
Kam

[knk]

Did I miss a car audio forum amongst the new P&P by the way?

[bored-of-coding]

get. this. out. of. here.

[dpbird90]

I would certainly recommend the Sony Xplod with Bluetooth (can't remember the model number but Halfords were doing it for £99) the latest version has a USB port, mine doesn't but has all the other features, the best one being the Bluetooth. It works like a conventional BT handsfree in that it stops whatever you're listening to and lets you have the conversation, the mic is actually built into the head unit so no worries about leaving wires everywhere, and it cuts back to the music when the phone is put down. The clever bit though, is if you have music on your phone, you can play it via BT through the car; when I bought a decent music phone this saved me carrying iPod and phone around everywhere.
Even better, hook it up to a set of Alpine speakers and there you have one of the best stereo's this side of a BOSE system

[samuelellis]

knk said:

Did I miss a car audio forum amongst the new P&P by the way?

a fella, it does not look like we have a car audio forum on here, best bet is to go to www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb as it is a forum dedicated to car audio

[Gaspode]

I had a similar question on here a few months back - see http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

As a result I bought a Pioneer DEH P3000 and I'm pretty happy with it. Sounds great, if I had a gripe it's with the display, in an ideal world it would show more detail, but it's usable.

[Nubbin]

knk said:

Did I miss a car audio forum amongst the new P&P by the way?

Car stuff goes in General Gassing. Always has done.

[knk]

Thanks.

Kam

[ian_c_uk]

I have a Blaupunkt MP47, which I use with a Lacie 100gb drive.

Unlike most, the usb lead is off the back, so the drive lives in the glovebox.