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    30 minutes ago, mart86 said:

    I've got a 17 unit with dab but no nav.  Ripped it straight out because it is utter rubbish.  I've seen the older units on ebay going for around £300 which is an outrageous price.  I'm holding on to mine so can return to stock if I sell.  As others have said though there are much better options for much less money.  If I spent £300 buying one of these units I'd be gutted when I realised I'd just been robbed.

    Yeah £300 would be much too much! 

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    26 minutes ago, Lauren said:

    It's just utter shite, no pre-outs for an amp, the touch screen is a bit laggy and low res. It doesn't have DAB, you cannot adjust the bass individually. The trouble is the entire system is crap which is why I ditched it after a month and went for a pro-install. I got sat nav and DAB that way too with an Alpine HU. It'd probably work okay with decent speakers having said all that. 

    Fair enough! If I just wanted a head unit that I could listen to a bit of radio but mainly Bluetooth music and wanted something easy that didn't look like something out of the fast and the furious would it be ok?

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    17 minutes ago, Lauren said:

    The stock head unit is pretty rubbish really. As other's have said you could add DAB but it was expensive. I haven't seen many post 2017 Head units being offered up for sale but you never know. I've got a stock head unit from 2013, only used a month from new.  No DAB, no sat nav as I was always going to take it out after buying my car. They all have a touch screen. I'd honestly say buy an aftermarket head unit, it wouldn't be difficult to do better than the stock unit. 

    Thanks for the info! What makes it rubbish?

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    6 minutes ago, Dave86 said:

    I've got the pre-facelift headunit (2015) and I updated it myself to nav and dab, really straight forward. The downside is that the dab unit is another £300 on top, and the nav is about the same if you can find the module.  My old headunit is just gathering dust.

    Your old headunit is one without DAB and Navy? Is it still a screen though?

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    Hi all,

    I am not a (current) 86 owner, instead I have a mark 3 MR2. I hope you don't mind me invading your forum!

    I want to upgrade the radio in my MR2 and I've heard that the radio from a GT86 is basically a straight swap in. This appeals to me because it's a modern radio but doesn't have the stupid lights and buttons of an aftermarket radio. I would like a 2017 unit so I can have DAB (which I understand is only on post 2017 models). Have any been sold? Do they come up often? I guess those of you looking to track your cars might not have need of a radio. And the most important question, how much is the going rate? 

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