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Dogger · Jul 23rd, 2001, 10:10 AM

Lewis - Gazzaman28 helped me through some of the more intricate areas of this (thanks Garry).

I was due to do the same as you - i.e. swap my current MiniDisc Player for the standard tape deck. Any branch of Unicar will fit a stereo for around £25, providing there are no \'special requirements\'. The MINI uses standard DIN ports (whetever they may be), but you\'ll no doubt have to get some kind of adapter to connect your wiring to BMW\'s. Unicar also warned me that as the current system has been tailor made to run just in the MINI, the temperateure testing, shock tests etc will not have accounted for another system being substituted. The backplate will also be about 10mm bigger when trying to fit your existing stereo and no-one really knows how much this will costs to produce.

Given a few months I would imagine there\'ll be cheaper versions on the market soon enough.

In the end I\'ve opted to take the MIniDisc, along with the dodgy £135 radio wave upgrade, on the basis that it\'ll look much better in the car, and it\'s a better specced stereo then my current Sony (having the various ports for mobile phones, variable volume/speed control etc).

Hope this helps?..:)

Jul 23rd, 2001, 10:10 AM	#26
Dogger Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Leeds (Garforth) Local Time: 05:58 AM Posts: 358 Offline	CD player Lewis - Gazzaman28 helped me through some of the more intricate areas of this (thanks Garry). I was due to do the same as you - i.e. swap my current MiniDisc Player for the standard tape deck. Any branch of Unicar will fit a stereo for around £25, providing there are no \'special requirements\'. The MINI uses standard DIN ports (whetever they may be), but you\'ll no doubt have to get some kind of adapter to connect your wiring to BMW\'s. Unicar also warned me that as the current system has been tailor made to run just in the MINI, the temperateure testing, shock tests etc will not have accounted for another system being substituted. The backplate will also be about 10mm bigger when trying to fit your existing stereo and no-one really knows how much this will costs to produce. Given a few months I would imagine there\'ll be cheaper versions on the market soon enough. In the end I\'ve opted to take the MIniDisc, along with the dodgy £135 radio wave upgrade, on the basis that it\'ll look much better in the car, and it\'s a better specced stereo then my current Sony (having the various ports for mobile phones, variable volume/speed control etc). Hope this helps?..:)