I've been looking at the Black version of this head unit as a possible replacement for the standard unit. I'm having trouble with the OEM unit, and the dealer I bought the car from is going to look at it tomorrow, but in case they refuse to do anything about it I have been looking around for a suitable alternative. The main things I wanted were Bluetooth phone operation and modern digital media playback, such as an SD card reader. As it turns out I'm getting a 3G iPhone to replace my Blackberry at work, so I'm hoping the Clarion is capable of streaming via Bluetooth with the 3G iPhone. Can someone confirm that it works well with the iPhone? My main concern is the colour. If it was matt black all over I would be less concerned. I'm not necessarily looking for a silver unit to match the centre console colour. I've seen the colour described as Brown and Black. How brown is brown? I don't really fancy painting any part of it... I'll only botch it up!

The other thing about the Clarion I like is the easy installation. The Blaupunkt unit above (SD27 model) looks like a good unit for the price too. Is that a straight swap out without any re-wiring? And can I use my mobile with it without extra parts needed for making phone calls? Does it do audio streaming with the iPhone?

Sorry about all the questions. I've spent hours reading all the various threads on head units for the Crossfire, and I'm a little disoriented now as to what unit does what! I think I've basically pared it down to these two units for the price. They are the two units I keep going back to.