After an excessive amount of deliberation over various in-car entertainment solutions that weave together the possibilty of enjoying our collection of iPods, iPhones & portable DVD players in one usable package, we’ve purchased a rather exotic Sony CDX-DAB6650 DAB CD stereo from our local Halfords (who remain excellent at returning & refunding items if we aren’t totally totally happy, and remember to keep all the packaging).
Despite having only basic electrical skills, I coped with fitting the DAB unit myself, and it’s actually quite a simple installation into the Citroen Synergie (& variants) thanks to a large ‘airy’ dashboard with plenty of hiding spaces for AUX cables & 3.5mm jack behind the main instrument binnacle. Love the natty little remote control too.
iPhone friendly
Our perfect iPhone solution in combination with this DAB radio, was to run the iPhone through the headphone socket using a high quality Belkin stereo cable into the back of the head unit, meaning I can control the iPhone easily on the move with it mounted on the Halfords universal PDA screen mount. A call comes in, the stereo fades down to mute, and the iPhone then puts the call through either my speakers, or straight to my o2 bluetooth earpiece. This, for us, is the best all round solution for business use on the move, and for family weekend usage.
There’s a long user review here if you’re interested – and as the unit has been in production since 2006 I considered it ‘well-tested’ by now.
