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Been looking at putting in an MP3 head unit into the Stagea and came across online stores and cheap head units on eBay that appear to come from Indonesia, Singapore or the USA.

Ruled out the USA due to model differences, AM not working amongst other things.

Has anyone had experience with buying these overseas units and was it as expected, everything works okay, etc? Just want to make sure I will get what I expect.

Cheers, Al

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yeah i installed a jvc head unit in a amtes car that came off ebay a US model ... the seller claimed it ould work fine however the AM band on this unit would not work in australia... installed it .... low and behold the seller was talking shit lol, the AM band worked fine, aswell as the fm and cd

-Ruffels

but you take your chances with places like ebay

Thanks for the replies and surprised to hear about the US models actually working given they say the AM band doesn't work. Interesting with the US model DVD players though that are Region 1 only so not much use here for pre-recorded DVD's.

I was thinking of one of the JVC units either the KD-SHX705 (looks awesome with good features) or the KD-SHX855 which is also sold here.

Alternatives are the Pioneer range around the same price point.

Cheers, Al

yeah, got one off ebay as well, got an alpine, has a frequency selector for australia in it so i just changed the setting and all worked perfectly :D

just watch the dvd players, they will be the wrong region...

Edited by oRiCLe

I've ordered my gear from Euphourix the online ebay store. Awesome prices, australian compatible, and all come with serials (so i can get servicing in australia, if they dont come with serials, the australian distrubitor WONT touch them)

My Pioneer unit was a present from ebay... AussieCarAudio? Stuff came from Indonesia, works marvellously - just a little bit hard communicating with them during the sale.

Apparently they are based down in Melbourne?

Aussie Car Audio s who I came across first and they have the JVC unit I really like.

Checked out Euphorix store and they are cheaper again (thanks shanef) and they seem similar to some of the others although with lower prices. They appear to have the US based stuff given the model numbers

So all in all apart from potential warranty issues, those who have bought from eBay haven't had problems with the units actually working?

Cheers, Al

ive bought 2 head units (pioneer) and a set of speakers (pioneer) off ebay. 2 headunits came from malaysia, and they are the australian models. all australian writing on the boxes, just like you'd buy at autobarn etc. worked. hassle free

speakers, same deal :D

easier to just pick a model number of a product and search it

there is usually a few sellers of each thing, and the costs usually work out all the same

ie:

seller 1: item $400 + $50 postage

seller 2: item $390 + $60 postage

I received my stereo gear yesterday :P now all i gotta do is get CHRIS ROGERS to install it hehe, but b4 then i gotta find somewhere that does cheap DLS Ultimate UP6 splits, and a cheap Audison LRX2.250 amp <_<

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