Car CD/MP3 Player for £39.99 with 3 yrs warranty from Aldi.

Thunderbird_2

Hi

Aldi has a head unit on offer this Sunday for £39.99 which comes with 3 years manufacturer's warranty.

• It comes in either Silver or Black face.
• It comes with a remote control, two conection cables (Line in cable and USB one).
• AM/FM/LW Radio
• CD/MP3/WMV Playback with CD-R/CD-RW Compatibility.
• Front AUX input for convenient.
• Advanced MP3 search system.
• SD/MMC card support (Up to 1 GB)
• USB flash drive support.
• High sensitivity PLL tuner for clear reception of radio stations.
• 30 preset AM/FM stations.
• Multi colour LCD panel.
• ID3 tag display.
• Detachable front panel with carry case.
• Anti shock deck mechanism.
• Noise filter.
• RCA output for amplifier.
• Subwoofer output.
• 4*40 watt RMS power output.

This looks good with 3 yrs warranty ( If you keep your car or reciept for that long)
2 months ago there was one on offer from Netto for the same price, which was Goodmans brand, it has not got AUX nor an SD/MMC card support.

Most important thing to remember is Martin's Mantra :money:

If you are skint:

• Do I need it?
• Can I afford it?
• Can I get it cheaper some where els?

If you are not skint:

• Will I use it?
• Is it worth it?
• Can I get cheaper some where else?

Oh, and here is the link, Clicky Linky! :A

Ploddy

Pretty good price, that, I bought one similar to this about 2 years ago for £70, it's worked ok since, but now when I first get in to the car there is no radio reception for a few minutes. Don't know if this is the unit or aerial and can't be bothered to find out. :whistle:


I'm now looking for one similar to this but with another USB port on the rear for a usb harddrive to be plugged in to, looks too untidy from the front. :rolleyes:

Thunderbird_2

Was your Cd player from Aldi? If it was, then you have 3 yrs warranty. If not, there is nothing you can do about it.;)

welshblob

It is a good price although one of my mates also had a previous model from Aldi and he said the radio reception was below par. I think a load of those models were sold off on one of the clearance sites for about £30 delivered. However this appears to be a new design so maybe its better quality?

I'd also like inputs to be rear mounted as you can then make the cabling a lot neater and hide the hard drive\ipod in the glovebox or centre console.

Cheers
Rob

Edit : If you are after a decent brand then this Sony looks good value although not as feature rich are the Aldi one and this is clearance so stock will be limited -> http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5005488

Lütz_Pangaloo

I bought a black one of these at lunchtime - two black and six silver still left in my local Aldi around noon.

I haven't fitted it yet but it looks very smart - not as cheap as it lloks in the picture anyway. Along with the usual support strap and removal keys you get a diddy remote, plus a 1m long 3.5mm male to 3.5mm male cable for the AUX input and a USB male to USB female cable of similar length.

I can confirm neither of these inputs are replicated on the back of the unit - there are 2x RCA SUB-OUTs and a left and right RCA PRE-OUT, along with the aerial and ISO sockets ofcourse.

I was hoping to get it installed today but getting a bit late now. Oh well.

Lütz_Pangaloo

Well as it turned out I did get enough time to install it.

Very straightforward connection to the wife's Renault Megane - just plugged straight in with the supplied ISO adaptor.

Sounds pretty good - I can't really tell it apart from the previous Sony Xplod headunit it swapped out, but that didn't have a USB port.

Tested the USB with a 4GB memory stick - sounds good, and the ID tag info scrolls nicely across the display as the track is playing, but I don't think you can search by tag.

The only fly in the ointment is the position of the USB port - it's on the far right and there's a real risk of hitting a memory stick every time you go to put the indicators on! Even the supplied cable pokes out a fair distance.

I suppose one solution would be to buy a Saab or a BMW - I don't think they have indicators!



EDIT: Joking apart, the best alternative is probably to use the SD card slot instead of the USB, but it is supposedly limited to 1G cards - I wonder why?

deebster

I bought the previous model about 6 months ago. This one and mine seem to be basically the same other than cosmetic stuff and mine plays from a 2GB SD card no problem.

Hardly the end of the world if 1GB is the max though. It's not like the cards are expensive these days. I still remember a dashboard full of tapes.

Lütz_Pangaloo

deebster wrote: »

Hardly the end of the world if 1GB is the max though. It's not like the cards are expensive these days. I still remember a dashboard full of tapes.

True enough.

But then I almost didn't buy it because it didn't have Bluetooth - at £40!

:eek:

traceye

wheres the cheapest place for a memory stick ? i seem to remember playdoing one a while ago for cheap...

twe

yeh i got the previous version of this....
only bad thing about it is the fact that some of the plastic finish has come away and looks even cheaper... can that be taken back under warranty?