Postby mr_trhn » Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:04 am
Hi Graham (if you are still around),
I am also a new comer for this old PF world, and unfortunately it seems like we are the few and proud owners who are still around in these kind of forums. I have a 2007 PF just for 3 months.
Coming back to your question: I also visited tons of web pages and forums, and my conclusion is, if you want to have a aux in or bluetooth connectivity for your phone other than just phone calls, unfortunately we are out of options and shall say goodbye to our original stereo.
Yes, there are dozens of cheap/expensive options on the market, which you can put into your PF, at the cost of loosing the functionality of all navigation and other control buttons linked to the original car stereo. The control buttons on steering wheel might be 90%-95% programmed to a double din stereo (if the new stereo supports that, most of them do) depending on the "ohm" value of the signals coming from the steering wheel. I haven't done that conversion as I want to keep the originality of my PF, however its a pity to not to have a mirrorlink to your phone or listening to music via bluetooth. We all know that the car is 12 years old now.