Claire
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and I fell in love with a poineer headunit  It's the one that has like two faces, you press a button and the front moves out and down and another face (with OEL display) apears behind I totally neeeeeeeeeed one but they're nearly £600 in halfrids  Does anyone know anything about this head unit and where i can get it cheaper??
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jrsteeve
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That it? £399 if so
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Claire
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Thats the one
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Gav S
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Halfrids? 
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Claire
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jrsteeve
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£375 is the cheapest i've found it at www.mcs-direct.co.uk
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Claire
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Thanks Time to get the credit card me thinks 
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wainey
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my mate advised me not to buy that one, sure he said it wasnt a face off anyway he changed my mind about it cuz hed had a few back in that he sold! go for an alpine head unit for around that price range, better quality!
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Claire
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Its not a face off. I've had alpine and didnt like it much once i had amp fitted. Im in loveeee
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SteveW
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The Pioneer IS a face-off. I used to work in Halford and we took it off. BUT the motor for the flip down face is dodgy. They kept breaking down. This happened about once every 2-3 months. I would say go with an Alpine, they are good sound quality but dont have the flashy looks of the Pioneer. You could always go for a Nakamichi, admittedly they dont look all that, BUT they are wicked quality. Or try the Kenwood Z838MP headunit, they got the looks.
Hope this helped.
Steve.
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Marc
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Yeah, my m8 has it. its a face off.
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Matt Ings
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I work at halfords and kno its a rip...and is also a SH!T unit...i wouldnt bother...mototrs on the face always gettin broke..have had loads returned to us and we have the only 1 in cardiff in the boards that actually is working...in all the other store it has jammed...and sound quality aint too good eitehr
Matt
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Natz
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u tried bassjunkies???
mite b a bit cheaper on there
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corsacraig1909
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i have that stereo it is a face of and the quality is brilliant
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Drew
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ya lucky - cause if it was halfords at team valley - i was heading there tonite, but decided not to bother, and just drove about instead
i'll catch ya next time thou
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the jug
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mcs direct will be the cheepest
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corb
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Those units are well bad, overpriced and much better available for the money. What about a Kenwood KDC-8081 (i think) thats got flashy lights and stuff. The pioneer has the top face that comes off, then leaves a black metal base plate behind, covering up the second face.
The pioneer 8400 was recalled a while back as the front faces had dodgy connections.
Or like snowy said, try Alpine or Nakamichi, but being a girl and all that, you'll probably just want one with flashy lights and things.
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vibrio
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go for the JVC one
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SteveW
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corb - you might be in a bit of trouble with the girlz now. Bravogirl just told me to say "Shut the fook up". She has a nice rockford HU which is very good. No flashing lights but looks real KOOL>
Vibs - Stick with what you know...........errrmmm what is that????? GAYS n DOGS
Steve
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Joff
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I was thinking the JVC one too Vibrio - a particularly tasty MP3-compatible one.
However, if people are having a hard enough time coping with Pioneer being a crap choice of headunit, they're hardly going to welcome the "unkool" yet superior JVC units.
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vibrio
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I have a pioneer one and they don;t give out ebough bass. good mid to high but bass is poor. JVR give a class range from low to high
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corb
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Or how about one of these
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corb
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That 'girls' comment was made on the basis of how 95% (at least) of females who come into the store and see that unit react, including my sister. As for the other 5%, 4% arent interested and 1% give a damn about how good a unit they are buying. Sorry Steve's bird
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Happy_2008
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It is a face off cos i have one. Sweet looking and lights up nice in the dark as well
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Trotty
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Alpine CDA-7894RB
Everything you could want from a head unit, nice looking without being tacky (IMO), good build quality, superb sound quality and more features than you can shake a stick at
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