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Old Feb 27, 2003 | 07:42 AM
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Hi all, im from the UK so i don't know if ur dealers give u the same info....

basically, i want the harmon kardon kit, but my dealer has told me that i must have the 'BOOST' feature in the head unit, and therefore if i want the harmon kardon speaker setup i must have the head unit supplied by them and not any other head unit.

so my question is, do any of u guys have after market headunits with the h.k. speakers or do u all have the standard head unit that comes from the dealer?
 
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Old Feb 27, 2003 | 07:54 AM
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Since the head unit controls the HK modes (spacial, electronic, MINI h/k, etc) then I imagine that the two must go hand-in-hand ...

I still think that good aftermarket speakers will make the car sound excellent without needing to try a HK retrofit (having just switched from MC with MQ Quart rear speakers, to MCS with HK).

 
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Old Feb 27, 2003 | 08:03 AM
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Im in the UK, and my cooper S on order has the HK and as of yet no head unit cos im getting an aftermarket one. My dealer knows this and didnt say anything, so think u should be ok. By the way if your getting SAT/NAV then this includes the boost, but my cheeky bastard dealer tried to charge me for it anyway, so check yours hasnt.

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Old Feb 27, 2003 | 08:04 AM
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By the way, post this is the audio forum if u want some knowledgable responses.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2003 | 08:08 AM
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lol didn't realise there was an audio section :smile:

hmmm my dealer made it very clear to me that i could definately not have any other head unit with the h.k. which is the only thing thats putting me off a bit. i'm gonna have another word with them!

i havent ordered sat nav, although just about everything else
 
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Old Feb 27, 2003 | 11:26 AM
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hmmmm, maybe i should have a word with my dealer guy too. Im usually wrong about these things!

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