Hi guys, new to owning a Fiat, I have a grande punto active sport 2007 and am looking to get a new head unit with a sat nav built in. Any suggestions?

I have seen a few on Ebay etc that I like, is it easy to change the standard stereo to a different one?

Welcome fellow new fiat owner don't know too much all I can say is don't buy cheap Chinese my dad bought one everything still works accept the sat nav try and get a good branded one sorry I can't help you more

Thanks mate, I hate not having the ability to connect to my head unit via bluetooth, AUX or have the ability to put a usb/sd card in there. Plus i thought i could kill 2 birds with 1 stone and get one with sat nav

I bought a chinese one.. Erisin.. the antenna cable has snapped off

Smithy783 said:

Thanks mate, I hate not having the ability to connect to my head unit via bluetooth, AUX or have the ability to put a usb/sd card in there. Plus i thought i could kill 2 birds with 1 stone and get one with sat nav

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That's what I was looking for when I bought a car lucky for me mine has the blue and me thing with usb for the iPod however I haven't worked out how to use it all yet hope you find something when you do be sure to post pictures and how too

Honestly, just go to halfords haha
It's very easy to remove the old one, just need a pair of generic radio keys, push them in and the unit pops straight out, waiting to be replaced, you will need a fascia though for a new head unit to be flush with the plastic surround

jasgrandepunto said:

That's what I was looking for when I bought a car lucky for me mine has the blue and me thing with usb for the iPod however I haven't worked out how to use it all yet hope you find something when you do be sure to post pictures and how too

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Search on here it's been covered a while ago but to my best memory you need a converter for ipods.... I have same blue and me system but really dislike the head unit can't seem to find one I like either only the.ones from China and I'm just not sure about them....

I use an Alpine IDA-X100, I love it!

Neenan said:

I use an Alpine IDA-X100, I love it!

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I had a look seems nice however I would like a 7" screen, I was just looking at loads on ebay but then realised I don't know if it's single or double din?

timfuller1886 said:

I had a look seems nice however I would like a 7" screen, I was just looking at loads on ebay but then realised I don't know if it's single or double din?

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Standard HU is Single DIN.

Great they seem to be more expensive for what I'm after as I believe the fold out screen probably costs more than a normal 6 or 7 inch one.... Standard one just looks so big, but obviously not big enough....

Neenan said:

I use an Alpine IDA-X100, I love it!

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I do like the look of that one but I want one with a sat nav, especially for £250 lol

I got mine for £80 off of eBay!

timfuller1886 said:

Search on here it's been covered a while ago but to my best memory you need a converter for ipods.... I have same blue and me system but really dislike the head unit can't seem to find one I like either only the.ones from China and I'm just not sure about them....

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Yes I think iTunes can convert it into mp3 I don't understand the 2 different USB points in the glove box what's the difference

jasgrandepunto said:

Yes I think iTunes can convert it into mp3 I don't understand the 2 different USB points in the glove box what's the difference

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Two usb? I only have one....

Neenan said:

I got mine for £80 off of eBay!

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Awesome could you send a link if there's more available?

timfuller1886 said:

Two usb? I only have one....

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Yes unless its me being silly but there is one to the left that I use for my USB and one to the right which I don't use has a picture of the windows symbol

timfuller1886 said:

Awesome could you send a link if there's more available?

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Sorry, it was an auction! You'll have to have a look around and get stuck in! :slayer:

Right I've been getting stuck in looking about, but I am just not happy with what's available on the.market.... I can get a reasonable flip out 7" single din head unit even with android on how upon looking into the specs there Bearley on par my phone has quad core I get you probably don't need that but dual core would be nice and at least 2gig off ram otherwise it will so slow.... I hate this single din restriction, I wonder if a retro double din has been tried??? I will eventually have to give in to something but I'm not giving up yet.... Another question that's been on my mind :-S if you remove the standard head unit what happens to blue and me? I will off course convert steering controls with a connect 2 adapter....

You can use Blue&Me, however i scrapped it in favour of my Alpine having a Parrott bluetooth add on.