Head Unit Harman Kardon Drive 'n' Play

[Steevie]

Hello,

Just bought the above ipod connection kit for my civic.

Halfords selling it for £99 plus fitting but bought it from ebay for £25!!

According to the bloke in Halfords, this is a very decent ipod connection kit and especially looks really good for the Civic with the blue lighting etc..

Does anyone know of anywhere in the Bolton / North west area that could fit it for me cheaply? Maybe even a member on here?

Thanks

[ctrdaveg]

Originally Posted by Steevie

Hello,

Just bought the above ipod connection kit for my civic.

Halfords selling it for £99 plus fitting but bought it from ebay for £25!!

According to the bloke in Halfords, this is a very decent ipod connection kit and especially looks really good for the Civic with the blue lighting etc..

Does anyone know of anywhere in the Bolton / North west area that could fit it for me cheaply? Maybe even a member on here?

Thanks

Have you a photo of it?? I like the sound of this

[FWH]

I presume you still need a Connects2 box to connect that to the head unit?

[sallytraffic]

Looks like it is a dual 'interface' job. Seems it has an inbuilt FM transmitter so you can go the cheap route of iTrip style, or there is also a 'line out' that you could patch to a connects2 box. There is a pretty comprehensive description of it here:

http://http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HARMAN-KARDON-DRIVE-PLAY-CAR-IPOD-INTERFACE-NEW_W0QQitemZ120228384182QQihZ002QQcategoryZ58350Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[sallytraffic]

Oh well, that link did not seem to work, sorry. I searched for it on ebay and found it quite easily though. The seller was 'iceclearout' if that helps.

[Foggy69]

Originally Posted by sallytraffic

Oh well, that link did not seem to work, sorry. I searched for it on ebay and found it quite easily though. The seller was 'iceclearout' if that helps.

There was too many 'http://' on the front of the address you copied.
Try this

HARMAN KARDON DRIVE & PLAY - CAR IPOD INTERFACE - NEW on eBay, also Car Kits, Apple iPod Accessories, MP3 Player Accessories, Consumer Electronics (end time 11-Mar-08 16:30:15 GMT)

[sallytraffic]

Darn, and I checked everything else, well spotted, thanks: The link tool put that in the front, I'll have to watch that

[Mad4amanda]

I have this kit in my passat its better than the honda kit as you can control the ipod better and get track read out on the screen .
having said that I would not use the fm link as the sound quality was apalling . connect with a connects 2 box though through an aux input and great quality.
A good deal you got apart from I got mine fitted at halfords for £80 all in including the connects 2 box and fitting . so I am happy too !
Passat goes tomorrow as it is a company car, looking forward to going shopping for a new accord perhaps but for now the civic or my MK1 Mx5 for work. for the summer!

[The Phantom]

Originally Posted by ctrdaveg

Have you a photo of it?? I like the sound of this

Here's a couple of pictures of mine installed. There's a few others who have this set up now and it works pretty well.

IPOD integration - Potential solution

It does come with an FM connection but from the looks of it this connects direct to a normal aerial line (yet another thing the Civic doesn't have), so it would take some creative wiring to fit this way. Best option is the Connects2 box, and will give a better sound.

[ctrdaveg]

Originally Posted by The Phantom

Here's a couple of pictures of mine installed. There's a few others who have this set up now and it works pretty well.

IPOD integration - Potential solution

It does come with an FM connection but from the looks of it this connects direct to a normal aerial line (yet another thing the Civic doesn't have), so it would take some creative wiring to fit this way. Best option is the Connects2 box, and will give a better sound.

Thanks for the photo's but not too impressed. The screen on the dash wouldn't work in any CTR because it would be in the way of the sat-nav screen and the radio screen

[The Phantom]

Originally Posted by ctrdaveg

Thanks for the photo's but not too impressed.

Gee thanks. I won't bother next time.