Can anyone help with suggestions? My stereo is finally dying. The radio is stuck on one station and the cd skips whole tracks. Does anyone have any ideas on what is suitable and easy to fit.
General Pop 2012 stereo upgrade
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General Pop 2012 stereo upgrade
One option is to keep things original and just buy a secondhand OEM radio; I'd expect to pay around £50 or so. So long as it comes with the radio code; swapping it over will be about as simple as it gets.
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Are the buttons dirty for selecting radio? For CD you could buy a cheap lens cleaner that would stop the skipping hopefully
Good idea, thanks
I'll take it out and check but I doubt dirt can get in. Thanks for the suggestion
I have recently upgraded the stereo in my 2018 Panda as the original was messing about, I paid £70 for a Pioneer DAB mechless stereo new & sealed with free delivery from ebay. I also needed,
1) Fiat/Alfa Romeo Radio lead with CAN ignition (without steering wheel controls) Part Pumber 20-101-IGN £35.99
2) Autoleads Audi / BMW / Ford / VW / Vauxhall Fakra to DIN Aerial Adaptor, Part Number PC5-100 £3.49
3) Car Stereo Single Din Fascia Panel Dark Grey For Fiat Panda 2012 Onward, Part Number CT24FT33 £16.95
4) As my stereo is DAB I bought a magnetic roof aerial with SMB female connector from halfords £10.
5) Stereo removal keys in which I used Vauxhall double din removal keys from Halfords for £5 as the Panda stereo only has 2 holes & the vauxhall keys are quite spread apart as I wanted to avoid marking the dashboard.
So the total cost for me was just over £140 all in but was well worth it
There are 3 different colour fascia for these model Panda, dark grey for Pop & Easy, gloss black for the Lounge & silver for the Cross. Here is a picture of my car which is a Pop with the correct dark grey fascia after installation
Installation was easy enough to do apart from getting the old stereo out as it didn't want to leave home without a fight, also if installing a DAB aerial there isn't a lot of room around the back of the dash to route the aerial it's doable but very fiddly as when the old stereo & factory cage are removed its not all open like on older cars, the stereo & cage sit inside an enclosed rectanglar box section inside the dash, so I mounted the DAB aerial to the roof at the rear of the car
I then routed the lead which was 5 metres(I would not get any shorter as this was only just about long enough with a small amount of excess lead) through the car via the boot under the base of the rear seat, tuck under the edge of the centre console, up round the back of the dash by the glove box & into the box section via a small hole in the corner, all of the aerial inside the car hidden & out of sight tucked under trim
1) Fiat/Alfa Romeo Radio lead with CAN ignition (without steering wheel controls) Part Pumber 20-101-IGN £35.99
2) Autoleads Audi / BMW / Ford / VW / Vauxhall Fakra to DIN Aerial Adaptor, Part Number PC5-100 £3.49
3) Car Stereo Single Din Fascia Panel Dark Grey For Fiat Panda 2012 Onward, Part Number CT24FT33 £16.95
4) As my stereo is DAB I bought a magnetic roof aerial with SMB female connector from halfords £10.
5) Stereo removal keys in which I used Vauxhall double din removal keys from Halfords for £5 as the Panda stereo only has 2 holes & the vauxhall keys are quite spread apart as I wanted to avoid marking the dashboard.
So the total cost for me was just over £140 all in but was well worth it
There are 3 different colour fascia for these model Panda, dark grey for Pop & Easy, gloss black for the Lounge & silver for the Cross. Here is a picture of my car which is a Pop with the correct dark grey fascia after installation
Installation was easy enough to do apart from getting the old stereo out as it didn't want to leave home without a fight, also if installing a DAB aerial there isn't a lot of room around the back of the dash to route the aerial it's doable but very fiddly as when the old stereo & factory cage are removed its not all open like on older cars, the stereo & cage sit inside an enclosed rectanglar box section inside the dash, so I mounted the DAB aerial to the roof at the rear of the car
I then routed the lead which was 5 metres(I would not get any shorter as this was only just about long enough with a small amount of excess lead) through the car via the boot under the base of the rear seat, tuck under the edge of the centre console, up round the back of the dash by the glove box & into the box section via a small hole in the corner, all of the aerial inside the car hidden & out of sight tucked under trim
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