Tilly The 300D Hands Free Stereo Upgrade
 

Hey guys thought i would share this up grade to Tilly.
Was going to put a stock radio back in Tilly.
But I was having a crazy time finding the right harness/connector for the Becker Europa radio I have. Soooo...I was at Best Buy and spied this open box BT ready Alpine UTE-42BT.
60 Bones out the door. The previous owner really had hacked up the harness to put in a crappy Sony head unit. I had to rewire most of it, had this one up and running in 30 mins. I ran the hands free mic up through and lined it up with the other instrument panel buttons. Kind of a hack job. If I had nicer zebrano finish i would have taken my time. Still like the idea of a stock radio. Maybe my next rust free 300d will have that :)

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What does the mystery switch do?

Sixto
MB-less

Is that a Bluetooth mike there?

I also bought an Alpine from BestBuy, a few years back. I liked the low price ($69), reserved look and the multiple inputs on front (AM/FM/CD, USB and Aux). Don't think they still sell them. I would like to put one in my SL.

Looks like this is new version: Alpine MP3/WMA CD Car Deck With Aux Input (CDE-140) : Single DIN - Best Buy Canada


This is the one I have: Alpine Electronics of America, Inc.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/...o-img_1561.jpg

mystery swtich :)
the center object is the mic for the cellie phone..it plugs in to a mic jack in the back of the stereo. hands free cell phone talking.

yeah graham, mine is just a media player...no cd player. i havent looked at a cd in like 10 years :P

Holy cow, dude, really? I'm still using tapes sometimes :P.

it does have bluetooth pairing for cell phones.
which is the main reason i bought it.
mine was open box and did not come with a mic..i went back to best buy and asked if they still had the mic..they did not... but gave me another mic from a kenwood open box :)

if my original becker europa woulda have worked...
i woulda rocked some old school punk rock cassettes

pisses me of i could not find the harness ends ends
i love keeping cars like this original
all though it does have the rust monster creeping up on it
so ill go to texas one day soon and find a nice rust free one
fingers crossed for all black :)
i will deff have a 300D in my for ever
freaking love these cars

Just had a look at Best Buy up here in Canada. $109 for that radio and not open box. Not so bad. I too don't need a CD player. I use a USB stick and at present can use it in our GLK and our 300D. E320 has a trunk mounted CD changer and no option for media (except via tape player adapter). My SL has a newer Sony. It may have an aux input, but no USB. Then we have a boat on which the radio has died. Might buy an Alpine and put it in SL then switch Sony to boat. But low on job list!

I don't use cell phone much, so Bluetooth not much use to me.

Probably for the Sun Roof.


Charlie

the second from the right switch is for the sunroof.
which needs greased...the sunroof guids ..not the switch :P...it still works pretty well
that and the rear window seal are next on the list.

edit: sorry luppi didnt understand your mystery button question about the button...for some reason its upside down :P
gotta fix that