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

**nedkerry** · 17-12-2013 08:41 AM

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

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** · 17-12-2013 07:30 PM

looks interesting, especially with that screen mirroring thing

**nedkerry** · 18-12-2013 08:22 AM

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** · 18-12-2013 06:11 PM

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
Top
Side

On a side note, they mentioned they have the JVC-AV51 for $229, starting tomorrow (specs here). It's currently $497 from JB Hi Fi

**curtis265** · 19-12-2013 11:43 AM

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** · 19-12-2013 10:16 PM

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** · 23-12-2013 01:19 PM

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.

I'd recommend it.