Angus came with its standard Landrover fit radio cassette player and while this was probably quite posh for a working Landrover in its day it really didn’t cut the mustard by todays standard. I listen mostly to my iPod anyway using an FM transmitter and the radio just wasn’t picking the signal up very well at all. I also miss having RDS on the radio.
Landrover factory fit head unit
Fortunately, I had an old Panasonic head unit lying around in the garage which used to be fitted to one of my wifes cars which has long since gone. It’s nothing particularly special but it does have a much better tuner and better quality amplifier plus it is blessed with RDS and a CD player. It also has scope for adding an extra pair of speakers in the rear when I get round to it.
The wiring was very straightforward as the Panasonic unit had a lead which already had the standard ISO sockets on the end so it was literally just a case of unplugging the old unit, plugging in the new one and away you go!
Replacement head unit
The sound quality is much improved despite still using the crappy standard speakers and the iPod works much better too!
