seeing tht budget... i will recommend 1.pioneer, 2.kenwood, 3.clarion, 4.JVC... based on the functions, and durability...

and no point looking at eclipse, alpine, naka if you jus wan to listen to music while driving... cuz it will a waste of money to buy such good HU and not using them to the fullest... and if i were you i would jus look for the lowest range of some trusted brands and compare the functions available then buy the ones tht offers the most functions... no need yo look at the RCA output offered... cuz you wont be using them... so it pretty much useless to you....

lastly, you may wan to avoid sony...

cheers...

hey eclipse user here, what they all said are true... i've compared pioneer 3950 and eclipse CD1000 (lowest level). 3950 sounds dull and not clear. eclipse i like it... i got my eclipse CD1000 RM 600.

HU very important la... treating ipod player as HU, and speaker as ipod's ear phone, now if you unplug your earphone from your ipod and plug it to capalang mp3 player, how is it ? you can imagine.

so speaker and HU got same priority of importance.

How much this low end or average HU costs? Less than RM500?

500-1000

I was able to find this shop in Tmn Permata (nearby Zoo Negara) selling Pioneer DEH-2850MP for RM365.....Worth?

BTW, guys, is there easy reference pricelist for ICE? (something like pricelist you for PC hardware...)

It's difficult to tell if something is worth for its price....



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BTW, forgot to mention that carbon-look MyVI HU bracket @ RM85 from the same shop...

But I personally don't like the carbon-look on my dashboard....prefer the ordinary looking one....will drop by to Brothers to check out their RM58 bracket (ordinary looking)

there r few guys in ZTH and LYN selling them... u can use their price as a guide...

if u manage to get the HU cheap, they'll charge higher in the installation and i would say it is almost the same unless u can install it urself o cheaper installation..

so more or less it's the same 1..

Just bought that player,sound nice,more durability compare to brothers last time,cos brothers got prob bfore 1 year.

Pioneer is the choice.The play for disc are very fast access,automatically play.

is eclipse HU picky on discs? can play pasar malam cd and self burn cd?

For a budget of RM300-500, a Sony or Pioneer HU would be great. I've been using a Sony HU for a year plus, no problems so far.

i had never had any error even with pasar malam and cdrw.....and i got a WMA disch full of scratches running very good on it..:>