I bought a vert about a year ago and almost immediately the stock head unit went when the "everything" fuse kept blowing because of a frayed wire on the glove box flashlight which I just removed.
Anyway, I'm getting power through the wires to the head unit but it doesn't turn on at all. Everything worked perfectly before this went out. I am now left with two options.
I had a KDC Kenwood head unit in my sedan which took me about a half hour to install myself. This vert has a premium sound system and so it has an amp in the trunk. The instructions from Crutch field might as well tell me to go kick rocks so I brought it into a local audio shop.
The audio shop told me that to get a non-BMW headunit to work in this car it would need to be completely rewired and that depending on the ohms and whatnot it could blow all the speakers or really leave the sound quality lacking.
The guy told me to go on the internet to find a working stock headunit with code and replace it with the same thing because it wasn't worth paying them the $150-$200 to rewire the whole system to bypass the amp.
I sent this guy an email - does anyone else know a reman shop for these or someone that sells used/working headunits? I've had trouble finding the same one. http://www.willmanselectronics.com/bmw.htm
Are there other compatible headunits with the premium system? I have the CM5905 or CM5907; I'm not entirely sure how to tell the difference. What other models would work if I'm looking for a replacement to use with the premium system?
Beyond this: What's the better option? New stereo and rewiring or keeping the old system. The speakers are stock but the backs are Blaupunkt. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
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Anyway, I'm getting power through the wires to the head unit but it doesn't turn on at all. Everything worked perfectly before this went out. I am now left with two options.
I had a KDC Kenwood head unit in my sedan which took me about a half hour to install myself. This vert has a premium sound system and so it has an amp in the trunk. The instructions from Crutch field might as well tell me to go kick rocks so I brought it into a local audio shop.
The audio shop told me that to get a non-BMW headunit to work in this car it would need to be completely rewired and that depending on the ohms and whatnot it could blow all the speakers or really leave the sound quality lacking.
The guy told me to go on the internet to find a working stock headunit with code and replace it with the same thing because it wasn't worth paying them the $150-$200 to rewire the whole system to bypass the amp.
I sent this guy an email - does anyone else know a reman shop for these or someone that sells used/working headunits? I've had trouble finding the same one. http://www.willmanselectronics.com/bmw.htm
Are there other compatible headunits with the premium system? I have the CM5905 or CM5907; I'm not entirely sure how to tell the difference. What other models would work if I'm looking for a replacement to use with the premium system?
Beyond this: What's the better option? New stereo and rewiring or keeping the old system. The speakers are stock but the backs are Blaupunkt. Any input would be greatly appreciated!
:(:(:(:(:(
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