Son's VW Polo 9N3 - audio upgrade HELP

Son's VW Polo 9N3 - audio upgrade HELP

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IceBoy

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2,444 posts

228 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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Hi All,

My son, who is still learning to drive and is a petrol head, wants to change his double din head unit.

On Ebay, there are many double din andriod/apple units from £50.

It looks like the connectors at the back are different shapes but they do provide the right connectors with bare wires.

Am I right in thinking that it is a simple case of cut the connector from the car and splice the new one in?

I think I can figure out the speaker cables (only 2 speakers) but how will identify the main cable?

IceBoy

markyb_lcy

9,904 posts

69 months

Sunday 16th February 2020
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You can buy “ISO connectors” for most standard cars/manufacturers. Your local halfrauds will stock them.

mawallace

184 posts

80 months

Monday 17th February 2020
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Done this on my son's Polo - best thing is to go to a site like https://incartec.co.uk/Volkswagen and select the car.

TO save on wiring it's best to get a connector which provides a live feed rather than having to run cable to fuse box.

there is also some good You tube videos.

defblade

7,624 posts

220 months

Monday 17th February 2020
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Put the original stereo back in if you end up getting a guy come to fit a back box, mind... posts on here suggest that they will report any changes to the car back to the insurance as modifications, which a lot of insurers aren't happy with for new drivers. (And this is much easier with the previously mentioned ISO adaptor!)