Headunit upgrade question Options

[cHinaman727]

Gotz a question.

What, in your opinions, should I get for:

The best price
Best sound Quality
Best Appearance

Also, should I save for a DD?

Are there any good deck under 200?

Oh, it has to have iPod compat.

Thx!

[cHinaman727]

i think my cd player only has audio out for some reason...

thats kinda why i want to get a new one..

[goferris]

i think my cd player only has audio out for some reason...

thats kinda why i want to get a new one..

like i said in one of your other posts post a pic of the back of your deck and i could tell you if you have an input. it you turn off your stereo and hold like the function button (or whatever equivalent your stereo has) it should ask you if you would like the aux on or not. if it gives you that option you do have input so all you will have to do is purchase a cord to plug into the back.
it's really not that hard. most semi decent decks have them. mainly for sat radio or a cd changer. so if it's sat ready it does have an input function that you can use your ipod with. the only downside is that you have to manually change the songs on the ipod not the deck as well as it won't charge your ipod.
if you are set on getting a new deck though i would suggest either 1) Alpine or 2) Pioneer. i have heard horror stories from most other companies.
jvc has a bad rep of breaking on a reg basis.
eclipse are good but most don't offer removable face (if you care about that kind of stuff)
whatever you do stay away from DUAL
i've had several pioneer (actually getting a new with ipod interface either this week or next thanks to rockman) and all have been pretty good.
i had an alpine in my 97 LE that was an older model that i really liked
it really just depends on what you want.
sorry for the ridiculously long post