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?

 

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).

 

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.

See ya

 

By the way, post this is the audio forum if u want some knowledgable responses.

 

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

 

hmmmm, maybe i should have a word with my dealer guy too. Im usually wrong about these things!

See ya