I know that some of us have been searching out this discontinued radio because it looks very "Factory" while offering features and performance beyond the stock units. I bought one from this vendor and it was as advertised...brand new and in the box. After I bought it, the vendor listed another (see link), so perhaps there are a few available.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2BSI%26otn%3D4

I installed it this past weekend, following the guide here on the forums by mattpolantz, and it works great, but it may take some time to learn all the features (the instruction manual is about the size of the Crossfire owner's manual!). The volume control is a bit sensitive when wired to the speaker outs. As it has 5V preamp outputs I may try wiring it up to those.

 

Thanks for the post.

I bought it last night for the $200 "Buy it now" didn't want to lose the deal. These decks look better than anything else I've seen in our cars.

 

I'm glad it went to a fellow Crossfire owner! It will be interesting to see if another is listed by the seller soon, as happened when I bought mine.

 

Have you tried the SD card slot yet?

The manual says it will accept up to a 512Meg card but they have cards up to 4 Gig now.

I just talked to JVC and they haven't tried a larger card to see if it will work. It may or may not recognize it.

 

I haven't tried the SD slot yet. There is a 16GB SD at my office. Maybe I will give that one a try! (I'm not going to get my hopes up.)

 

I'm so dumb. I let one of these slip through my fingers on ebay a few weeks ago. I was 2 seconds too late in my bid, and it went for $150 shipped Haven't even seen any of these since then. Good catch guys, they definitely look great and would be worth the $

 

i do not think it will accept it because anything over 2gb is now in the new "SDHC" (secure digital high capacity) format. which, unless it is setup to receive SDHC it cannot read them and there is no firmware update (at least for the SD slot on my XPS laptop) as of yet.

 

You are absolutely correct. SDHC did not start hitting the shelves until 2007 and I think these decks are 2005 models. Maybe...just maybe SOME 2GB cards will work, but that is the best that can be hoped for.

 

2Gb doesn't sound too bad if it works. An Ipod 1 Gb Shuffle holds approx 240 songs, or 500 on the 2Gb version.

 

2GB SD Card works in Mine

 

2 Gig works in mine also. Someone should try a 4 Gig, but that's where they switch to FAT32 so I doubt it will work on an 05 unit.

 

hey there....is it possible to direct link an ipod to tis stereo and have it run into the glove box?...I have that kind of set up with a cheap kenwood but the color is slightly off plus the ipod interface really sucks

 

There is an IPOD interface that I've purchased, the interface is still far from ideal however.

 

gotcha....looks like head units with the best interface are Alpines. just need to find one in bright silver (hate mismatch interiors...especially the way our dash is designed)

 

If you go with a Blaupunkt it's a direct clip in no wire harness or antenna adapter, If you Look at the mp66 or mp56 they hava a digital tuner and decoder, meaning no more static on stations. Just an Idea, they are a factory deck for alot of german cars, I believe the mp46 is the deck they use for porsche

 

Is this true? Could you elaborate?
No VW harness with wire swap required? No special antennae cable?

I'm in that delicate zone of trying to find the right head unit...information like this would be good to know.

 

The wiring clip on the Blaupunkt recievers have the same wire pinout as the ones used by the Crossfire, porsche, Mercedes, and many other German manufacturers. Plus the antenna is a fiberoptic type plug like on the crossfire, not the normal one found on mostly all north amarican cars.
If you have a limited crossfire (I'm not sure with base) with the amp you will find it will only use the front speakers on the new deck. If you are using a different type of aftermarket deck you can purchase a harness from any of the more specialized shops for around $20 a (you will have to swap the Red and Yellow wire on the harness these are switched power and constant power) and the adapter for the antenna can run the same up to about $50, you do not need the boosted one that some volkswagons use.
Hope this helps

 

This is the case with the Balupunkt?
Then why wouldn't I get a different brand and use the harness in order to use all the speakers?

 

It would be the same problem, from the factory the car is only wired to use the fronts, but they run it through an amp and seperate the speakers at that point , I personally wish the car was wired differently from the factory. I have a pioneer deck in my car and with just using the factory harness and adapter you use the two front speakers and the factory amp controls the rear 6 1/2 subs. if you want to use the rears seperate you will have to completly rewire the rear speakers.

 

I justed snagged one of these units, and it is on its way. For those of you that have this unit, does it support/have the J-Bus technology? I would like to get the JVC bluetooth module too, but that requires the J-Bus connector on the head unit. What about modules for Sirius?

Thanks in advance,

Mark