US Head Unit

[chrisJDM]

Soz not rotary related but need help! Just purchased a head unit of ebay from a US dealer who sells just to the uk, it states on the site that some fm radio stations wont work but not 2 worried bout that, its for the gfs Peugeot 106, have now been told by someone in a local car shop that it wont fit because the power supply is different, is this true??? if so can you get some sort of adapter??

many thanks

[wookie]

Err the power supply is different??
So the usa doesn't run 12 volt cars then :rollin
Do you mean the power connector? if you do then cut it of and solder the wires.
Unless you have ordered a 24 volt unit then you will be fine with the voltage supply. You will need a frequency expander to get the radio to recieve any thing thou. I don't know if the japanese expanders are on the same frequency's, speak to a us car importer and they should be able to do you a expander.

[chrisJDM]

cheers mate i thought that was a bit weird, i was thinking surely they use the same car batterys in US as they do in any other country lol just wanted to check thou

[NixRX7]

i expect he meant it would not come with the idiot proof ISO connector that most cars have these days.

As long as it has a manual you will be fine

Nick

[mrfitz]

A Frequency expander is not needed for a radio from the US.

It covers all the required frequencies but increases in 2Khz steps from and odd number so you can only tune in to frequencies that have an odd number after the decimal point.

For example:

99.3 or 99.5 or 99.9 are ok but it's impossible to get 102.4 or 100.00

I have one in my RX from the US. It's the same one that the Spirit R had in it (but American and not Japanese). It's good as it's a 6 disc in dash changer and I only miss out on the local radio station!

Mark.

[chrisJDM]

thats good then cheers everyone :)