Repco Xmas Catalogue - $200 2-Din Unit w/ BT

[nedkerry]

Did anyone else see this for sale in their latest Repco catalogue?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/108454819/Car%20Stuff/amv-6200bt.jpg

Seems pretty cheap for a BT 2-din head unit with the following claim - "Projects compatible phones display onto screen such as maps and playlists."
Mirrorlink?

Anyone own one of these or use Automedia products? Are they reliable, reputable, or are they just cheap products?
I went to my local Repco on Sunday to have a look but they didn't have it on display.

Thanks.

[curtis265]

looks interesting, especially with that screen mirroring thing

[nedkerry]

I've contacted 6 Repco stores in VIC and none of them have the unit on display - apparently, they get another vendor to install the head units on the board and they're not allowed to install it themselves *shrugs*

[nedkerry]

I bit (bited?.......bote?) the bullet and purchased one from Repco, as today was the last day of the promotion.

According to the sales guy at Repco, Automedia are an in-house Repco brand (which explains why there's nothing about them on the internet), and apparently Automedia products are manufactured by Clarion! (who would have thought?)

Before doing anything else with this unit, I'm going to contact Clarion to confirm those claims and find out more about the unit itself (e.g., does it have mirror link? how do i change tracks? how well does BT work? what are the warranty conditions? etc)

The Repco sales guy said I could still return the unit if my homework/research comes back unsatisfactory........and providing that I hadn't installed the unit.

Here are a few photos of the box which detail the specs:
Front (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/108454819/Car%20Stuff/front.jpg)
Top (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/108454819/Car%20Stuff/top.jpg)
Side (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/108454819/Car%20Stuff/side.jpg)

On a side note, they mentioned they have the JVC-AV51 for $229, starting tomorrow (specs here (http://www.jvc.net/me/car_audio/av_receiver/kw-av51/index.html)). It's currently $497 from JB Hi Fi (http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/car-sound/car-dvd/jvc-kw-av51-6-1-2-din-av-receiver/688613)

[curtis265]

If you install try get those clip adapter things, hopefully clarion stuff will work

so you can install it and try it without necessarily ruining it nomsayin

[nedkerry]

what type of clips are they?

I called Clarion and they have no idea about the unit.
Another thing I'm conscious of is that it might actually sound worse than the stock Civic unit which I think is pretty balanced.

If there's a way I can hook it up without making it obvious, I'll do it.

[nedkerry]

I connected the head unit and had a play around with it. It's actually a pretty sweet unit.
The audio was a lot better than I expected and video quality was really good.

I've uploaded a 10min overview of the unit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UovFyEWF_P0

I'd recommend it.

[curtis265]

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/do-it-yourself/recommended-adapters-for-car-audio.aspx

these save you a lot of time lol.

[EKVTIR-T]

wow nice effort on the video NED

more reps coming your way when I recharge :thumbsup:





and that JVC seems bargain for only $229,damn tempting

[nedkerry]

I was gonna get the JVC but since it had no BT it was a deal breaker. However you can buy a BT adapter for it.

[nedkerry]

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/do-it-yourself/recommended-adapters-for-car-audio.aspx

these save you a lot of time lol.

cheers dude! i have a bottleneck on sending you rep points >_<