Symphony I radio in a B4 Passat (2001.5)?

[Michael McLaughlin]

I think that price tells us more about the age of the electronics.  :-)

On Feb 10, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Danton J.A. Cardoso wrote:

> Unreal a headunit for $39.  Is that telling us something about the  
> markup on electronics?  I doubt that you could find something  
> comparable on Crutchfield for that amount.
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:27 PM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> According to the add, the Symphony I is a straight Double DIN.  But it
> appears the VAG gods have deemed no interchageabilty (I honestly  
> thought
> that the Symphony would've been the same as a Double DIN Monsoon with
> different tuning for the speaker amps, silly, silly me). I was  
> looking for
> cheap, as Mom sort of doesn't really care (except when the head  
> unit doesn't
> work).
>
> On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Michael McLaughlin  
> <mcloffs at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Plus, I'm pretty sure the Symphony wouldn't physically fit in the
> > Passat without some major trimming.
> >
> > I'm planning on replacing the stock setup in my early 2002 Passat  
> (my
> > car has the same single-DIN stereo, plus the single-DIN CD player)
> > this spring; too bad I haven't done it already or perhaps I could
> > help you out.  :-)
> >
> > -Mike McLaughlin
> > Spokane, Wash.
> >
> > > That may be a challenge, IIRC, the Monsoon has an amplifier that
> > > runs off
> > > the headunit, thus a harness for the Symphony would be different.
> > > Can you
> > > try it out prior to purchase?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:18 PM, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> I have a line on cheap Symphony I head units and wondered if one
> > >> can use
> > >> one
> > >> in a one for one swap
> > >> in the aforementioned Passat. Current head unit is a single DIN,
> > >> non-CD
> > >> Monsoon, although there is
> > >> a DIN box in the lower slot. It's Mom's car, and her Monsoon has
> > >> got a
> > >> flaky display and controls (gee,
> > >> sound familiar?). I'm hoping the harness would be the same, and
> > >> somehow I'm
> > >> pretty sure she'd get
> > >> past the red display vs. blue and would appreciate the CD slot.
> > >>
> > >> TIA,
> > >>
> > >> LL - NY
> >
> >
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