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Hi thought I'd give a bit of background first, bought car last year and was going to swap out the OEM radio with the JVC KD-BT11 that i had fitted in my old car, so whet to Halfords to find out what cables etc i would need and was told by them that it was a massive job would cost lots of money was to complex for them to preform, as it involved taking half the front of the dash off and I would need get a specialist auto electrician to do this. i couldn't afford to do this at the time so just got on with the fitted equipment.
Yesterday however I had to change the batt due to a dead cell and of course this meant the fitted radio need the activation code (which of course the previous owner didn't give me) so i figured i phone a local auto election to find out how much to fit the radio i had lying around doing nothing.
Unlike Halfords he didn't seem to think it was that big a job and was happy to come out and take a look at it. Out he comes and quickly removes the old unit and all that needs to be done is to plug in the new unit and all at a cost of £45, exactly like i would have done 6 months ago if Halfords hadn't have told me it was way more complicated than that.
Anyway new radio is fitted and works fine however I've lost the use of the steering remote just now as I need a PC30-REN - £20.42 and a PC30-JVC - £81.69 to connect this (according to halfords).
I have 2 questions 1. Do i need both these cables as I'm unsure after doing a bit of online reading and 2. Does anyone know where I could get these cables cheaper as I grudge paying Halfords prices.
Yesterday however I had to change the batt due to a dead cell and of course this meant the fitted radio need the activation code (which of course the previous owner didn't give me) so i figured i phone a local auto election to find out how much to fit the radio i had lying around doing nothing.
Unlike Halfords he didn't seem to think it was that big a job and was happy to come out and take a look at it. Out he comes and quickly removes the old unit and all that needs to be done is to plug in the new unit and all at a cost of £45, exactly like i would have done 6 months ago if Halfords hadn't have told me it was way more complicated than that.
Anyway new radio is fitted and works fine however I've lost the use of the steering remote just now as I need a PC30-REN - £20.42 and a PC30-JVC - £81.69 to connect this (according to halfords).
I have 2 questions 1. Do i need both these cables as I'm unsure after doing a bit of online reading and 2. Does anyone know where I could get these cables cheaper as I grudge paying Halfords prices.
