Replacement headunit options that suit the E30 interior

[Ether-D]

You might be able to change that though. last night I opened up the faceplate to my old Sony Am/Fm/cassette unit and messed around with the green bulbs inside. so on this unit, the screen backlights had green rubber on them. I pulled it off with little pliers, and colored the bulb with a red sharpie (I didn't have an orange damn it) and I colored over the green LED's that backlight the buttons. Put it all together again, plugged it back in...the screen is a bit more red than the OBC, and the buttons are barely visible at night, but I'll tell you, It's a HELL of a lot better than that damned green display. And it took very little time, and was free.

TBH I think the sound quality is better to my ears now because before I was too busy hating it over that green display to notice how good it really is!!!

if any of you guys want to see it I could post up a pic.


--Mike

I'll bite. Let's see that pic.

[15Michaeljoseph]

heres daytime... night time coming soon. it was green before i swear. scouts honor. I might end up getting an orange sharpie and taking the red off with goof off or one of those products.


--Mike

[Ether-D]

Yeah, I like that. It looks great, nice job.

[Mtriple]

heres daytime... night time coming soon. it was green before i swear. scouts honor. I might end up getting an orange sharpie and taking the red off with goof off or one of those products.


--Mike

Older Sony's are capable of both green and amber illumination. I cant remember exactly, but you push a combination of buttons to switch. SEL and preset one maybe? I cant remember exactly, its been 20+ years...lol

Great period correct radio!

[15Michaeljoseph]

Older Sony's are capable of both green and amber illumination. I cant remember exactly, but you push a combination of buttons to switch. SEL and preset one maybe? I cant remember exactly, its been 20+ years...lol

Great period correct radio!

haha thanks! it is a great unit; about 20 years old and it sounds pretty good and tapes play really well in it!!

looked in the manual...nothing like that!! there was green rubber that i had to peel off the bulbs, so i don't think it's possible anyway.

to relate, I just repaired the cd43 from my mother's e36 and those backlight bulbs have the BMW amber color rubber on them...hmmmm. It's safe to assume that many units are like this... so if you're feeling like you need a change, go for it. grab a sharpie!


--Mike

[StereoInstaller1]

I think it was the Sonys before that one that MTriple is referring to. I know I did that color change a lot back in the day, and it was something like that.

BTW, Denon also sold the little light bulb condoms, in several colors, so they may be an actual part of something, maybe you could find orange ones

[hendrixvodu]

Here's mine , full navigation "dated but works pretty damn good" , aux , cd , rds , sub out

Night time



Day time

[ringmeister81]

Blaupunkt Acapulco/ 1988 325iX

Daytime


Night


Great headunit (cd/mp3/aux), but I am really looking to upgrade to something with Bluetooth/USB in the near future.

***Shout out to my fellow Rhode Islander up above... 92 Pro Fm FTW!

[15Michaeljoseph]

I think it was the Sonys before that one that MTriple is referring to. I know I did that color change a lot back in the day, and it was something like that.

BTW, Denon also sold the little light bulb condoms, in several colors, so they may be an actual part of something, maybe you could find orange ones

hmmmmm. i might have to start looking for these 'condoms'. that's going to be an interesting search history.


--Mike

[StereoInstaller1]

LOL...we are talking late 80's, early 90's, like so:

[15Michaeljoseph]

LOOK AT ALL THOSE BUTTONS


--Mike

[CurrusDei]

RMT200 - this is BlackSpeed's - mine is sitting in my office.

[15Michaeljoseph]

I like how it sits flush. that's probably my new biggest peeve with my unit....


--Mike

[dlmrun2002]

denon head unit

Did that Denon come with a tweaker for Azimuth adjustment on the head?? harrr harrr

dlm ny country

LOL...we are talking late 80's, early 90's, like so:

[dwvw]

The later model Denons also had the option of the bulb covers. I had one back in the day. DCC 1500R I think it was.