thanks for the information.

the driving area can 1 said 50% town 50% highway ?

~17km/litre is around that

hi, can i know how to listen to mp3 from usb or SD in viva?
fm transmitter?
other than that?

Our car OEM HU lacks a lot of features such as aux input, usb port etc.. So its either u burn the songs onto a CD or u use FM transmitter with usb and SD card reading functions. Even better just upgrade ur HU..

but if burning into cds, only few songs can be included right?

what brand of fm transmitter do u recommend?

Im not sure if Viva HU can support MP3 function.. But if it was able to then u can easily burn a lot of songs into the disc.. more than a 1000 songs.. But i would recommend u to get an FM transmitter and then u save the songs into pendrive, as it is easier to manage ur library of songs..

I hv never used one b4, so I dunno which brand to recommend, but find those FM transmitter that has song selection function and can skip to the next song and also next album.. SO its easier to find songs that u like easily..

If u have some budget.. I recommend u to upgrade those stock speakers to something decent as its sound quality is very hollow and awful.. a budget of RM500 can get u a nice good HU with USB input and decent component speakers..

Suggestions are:
For HU - u cant go wrong with pioneer Other brands HU are not cheap for their good quality ones.
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1712301&hl=
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1775722&hl=
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1695629&hl=

For speakers
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1070453&hl=
and a lot more.. just cant find any at the moment..

it shown in the specifications -"1 DIN radio-CD player with mp3 and WMA". so i think it supports MP3. but to get 1000 songs, need switch between many CDs right? as cant burn so many songs into one single CD right?

means if i change HU without changing speakers also no use?

Yes u can burn many songs into a cd.. But to search for a song in the cd is going to become very tedious if u don't sort it by folders and album.. A 4min 128kbps mp3 will take Around 4-5mb.. A 192kbps 4min song in mp3 wil take around 6-8mb. A cd can fit 700mb. So it's around 100 high quality mp3 songs in a disc.. Sorry for the typo in the previous post. .. If u change hu u can use a USB thumbdrive to store songs and u can sort the songs easily in the thumbdrive.. But sound quality I don't think there will be much improvements lah..

wow, 100songs in one CD? much more than what i expected as i thought each CD can only have about the most 20songs. so i do not need to change the format of the songs right? just directly c&p the songs to the CD right?

okie.
thanks alot for the info!!!!
helps me alot!!!!!!
super kind person u r.

p/s: lack of cash now, so will use CD now while save money to change HU.
haha. thanksssssss

Erm it depends on what ur current song format is.. Then u have to change it to MP3 format.. Make sure ur song title doesnt include weird characters, or chinese characters etc.. Just sinple A-Z, 0-9 and less than 24characters in the song title.. Then the CD player would surely read it. U can just get a cracked copy of Nero burning rom, it can help to convert any songs into MP3 format b4 burning into the CD..

Glad i could help.

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Added on June 19, 2011, 11:48 pmBro i see that ur FC is very consistent when u pour Petronas.. Whats ur city and highway driving ratio?
Currently im pumping Esso all the time and thinking of changing to some different type of petrol to test test.. XD

This post has been edited by ZenGTMM: Jun 19 2011, 11:48 PM

after 3 year of warranty, now its time to go outside to services.

anyone can share expr ?

1st time service after 3 years ? what engine to use ? any things need to change or service ? i don wan to go back SC.

The FC consistency is mostly depend on my right foot la.. whereas for the type of fuel, Petronas give me the best mileage then followed by Esso...just a little bit more only..

I also wanna know .. borrow your sentence ya ..

Earl-ku , please let me us some ya ... I know you no longer driving viva but I believe you have some experience over that

Earl-ku drives what car now ? I also bought a saga fl recently.

but still using viva . i think me and Earl-ku was the earliest to get viva which there werent any on the road.

He is drive honda if I'm not remember wrong but forgot which honda model xD

it was 3 yeasrs back , almost 4 years from now. men should upgrade , which unfortunately i am not .

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Added on June 21, 2011, 7:40 pmone more thing , my tyre never change since i got the car, and i notice that one of the tyre for deflated faster than the other 3. i bought that car at 2007

This post has been edited by lunacy: Jun 21 2011, 07:40 PM

Can you give some feedback on Saga vs Viva? Need to buy a new car but don't know go for which model (Saga, Viva, Myvi, Alza). Thanks.

Only my opinion , don't take for granted. THe final decision still on you.

Saga : I drove saga before and I feel the car power is there,engine sound is loud,comfort car for family,not bad.
Viva : I always alone and my size quite ok so I don't mind driving a small viva. Easy to parking and quite nice FC
Myvi : A slightly bigger car compare to viva,look nice too .. recommended geh. The amount also not much diff.
Alza : Never sit on this car , to me is too big

FOr alza part let me help you.

i own a alza manual SXI version power so so smooth. auto no power ...

Big car can be use to do shooping at any where can convert the car from mini mpv to mini van.

believe or not i can carry a 2 sitter chair in the alza from ikea to melaka still have plenty of small space to put other thing.

but not enough for a person to sit in excerpt the person can break to pieces ..