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I think if im going to get a new headunit i may as well get one with a decent connection rather the hoping an FM transmitter will sound ok. There are a lot of new ones that complement the MR2s interior quite well. I have this in my car, looks really good i think. It sounds great too and has ipod connection on the front and on the back. Can take a pic of it fitted in if u like.
clickysnail wrote:I wouldn't bother trying too hard to get a modern radio that looks like it was made in the 80s, they are very expensive.
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Cheers,
Oli
- anything uncluttered (like above), is fine. The original digital unit makes quite good sound anyway, so long as the speakers are upgraded 
It gives you track/artist information on the head unit and the ability to navigate via the head unit, just as if you had a CD changer fitted. You can easily route the iPod connection into the glove box and keep your iPod out of sight. www.connects2.co.uk'top of the range' (aren't they all?) when it was on the market in '88, so just the right age. 'F' reg 944 and has 'high power' plus a 3.5mm socket for the MP3 player. The display changes to 'CD' when in use. No RDS, traffic, just numerals on the LCD display. It has a pre-out for a Panasonic amp, but so far I've not been able to find one. But the acid test, how does it sound? In a word 'brilliant'! It's a Pioneer DEH-P77MP. I've ordered some infinity speakers and an ipod adapter to go with it and will be installing it on the weekend.
Soupasam wrote:My new stereo arrived today!
Does anyone know if the Infinity speakers are likely to come with enough wire and connectors?
I've got some 4" Infinity Kappas for the front and some 3.5" ones for the back. Is the standard wire going to be OK?Soupasam wrote:Yeah they will be in the same locations.
- I've used 10cm front/9cm rear alpine's in mine with standard wiring, which sound ace, I suppose if into serious ICE it wouldn't be up to scratch. 
Will I need to get some connecters to wire it all up?Soupasam wrote:Thanks Guys!
This may sound a bit dumb but the speaker inputs on my stereo look like auxillary ones.
HTH 
(Fronts L+R, Rear L+R, and Sub L+R) but im not sure if im going to have to buy some male auxillary type connecters for the ends of the original toyota wires. If you know what I mean.... 
Soupasam wrote:I've ordered an ISO to Toyota adapter, but im not sure what connections the standard MR2 speaker wires will have.
On the back of my stereo i have 6 female auxillary type inputs.
Those are for a sub etc.
- looks very nice Sam!(no problem if you don't mind answering the how much!)- but slightly different...(never had Infinity speakers, so not certain on this one, but should be and I know that JVC, Pioneer and Sony do bundle a length of wire with their speakers). The wire that the speakers come with is really quite cheap quality though. It'll be somewhat better than the 17+ year old wire in the '2 but if you can afford it, it may be worth getting some alternative wire. This is of course if you're planning to change the wires. On my last personal ICE installation I couldn't be bothered and still use the same old wires that were in the car (also 16 years old) and although I know that sorting those out would be one are of improvement, they work just fine. Having not yet personally looked at an MR2 standard speaker yet I don't know what connections they've got, but the last time I did this (again my French car) the car had a proprietary plug going to the speakers which I had to cut off and then attach a crimp connectors onto the wire. Modern speakers have a flat connector (one a different size from the other) which you slide the crimp connector onto.(the crimp connector looks like this:
)'2 to the ISO standard. It's just a simple plug and play! Unless if your car has no connector block behind the current Headunit (if someone has already hacked it off) in which case it's abit more complicated and probably best not to cover it here unless you really need to!..-MaxHT wrote:Soupasam wrote:I've ordered an ISO to Toyota adapter, but im not sure what connections the standard MR2 speaker wires will have.
On the back of my stereo i have 6 female auxillary type inputs.
You just need the ISO.
- HT is right - you just need the ISO. Those connections are there if you ever decide you want to add an amplifier or subwoofer later on - you wire those up directly to the aux type sockets rather than the ISO connection. I may be wrong on this but I have a feeling that I read somewhere that Toyota changed their adapters in the early '90s...£130. May seem a bit steep, but it's supposed to retail at over £300!!. There were a couple for about £90 but had scratches and no box or instructions."iceclearout" who have a shop on eBay, but I gave them a ring to see how much postage would be with a few other bits. The speakers cost £48 for the fronts and £34 for the rears. Soupasam wrote:Cheers Max,
I bought the head unit from eBay for
..!(scurries off to ebay!)Soupasam wrote:I also bought a Pioneer iPod adapter which is apparently difficult to use but has decent sound quality.
I just hope I dont fry the thing while connecting it up!!
(I always do this anyway).