A3 8P3 - 2DIN Chorus - Replacement

Hi mate,

Both the pioneer and rnse can work, really depends what you want. both units will set you back around £400-£500 but it's what you get out of them that is the difference.

With the rnse you get built in sat Nav in a unit that looks nice when fitted to the car, you will also get music off a couple as cards but that's about it! No touch screen, no DVD player, no CDs if you want to use the Nav, it's a pretty basic system. It needs coding for it to work properly

With the pioneer you get a unit that has all sorts of features... Bluetooth hands free and music streaming, sd card reader for music and photos, mp3 cd and DVD player, reverse camera compatible, iPod/iPhone control, and the newer ones even do app mode from your iPhone if you have one. Downsides is that it doesn't exactly look perfect in the dash and there is no Nav as standard. As long as you have the correct adapters it's pretty much fit and off you go.

I went for the pioneer as I needed iPod and Bluetooth which I'd you try to add in the rnse costs you an extra £500 on parts and labour!
Check out my blog in my sig and you can see what I have in mine and how it looks

Remember because your car has a Chorus, you'll have no rear speakers!

Lordiik said:

Thank you very much for your answer , I definitely won't buy RNS-E. What Pioneer (or other brand) model can you recommend? I don't need unit with SAT NAV. I'm just looking for media player with good connectivity (BT, iPod/iPhone support, CD/DVD, SD cards, AUX).

And if I get it, everything what I need is: 1) border to set new unit in to the dashboard 2) connectors reductions, that is all?

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Depends on how much money you want to be spending... the fascia and adapter cables will set you back about £100.. so then its just the stereo that you need to get.
The latest Pioneer unit (which is what i have) is the AVH-8400BT which has all the features you want.
Like i said the details are all in my blog so check it out.