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Old Jan 16, 2021 | 04:01 AM
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hello everyone, I am new to this forum and I am from Europe.
I have been searching for more than a year and looking for the best option for my 2007 Mini Cooper R56, the main problem is that my factory car is without any possibility to listen to music via mobile phone.
I came across various possibilities related to upgrading it and I don't like dual din radio at all, but I found a lot of android radios that fit the original car interior, but I'm undecided which one to choose because everyone has a difference or a flaw.
Let's say Seican company, according to everything I've read, has very poor technical support and people have bad experiences with product warranties if something is wrong, and also "allegedly" after a while the radio stops working or its controls do not work or is already factory defective.
Not to lengthen my question is did anyone have experience with changing the radio, and which devices could you recommend to me.

Thank you
 
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Old Jan 17, 2021 | 03:19 PM
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I'm looking something like this
 
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Old Jan 18, 2021 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Shadowfax090
my factory car is without any possibility to listen to music via mobile phone.
Not even an AUX in? Because you could use a Bluetooth-AUX in adapter to stream music from your phone if there is one.

Originally Posted by Shadowfax090
a lot of android radios that fit the original car interior, but I'm undecided which one to choose because everyone has a difference or a flaw.
Judging from the real pictures posted on forums (instead of the edited ones from manufacturers or sellers), I wouldn't want to have any of them in my car. Their finishing, detail and user-friendliness seem to not be on par with the Mini's interior. Whether it is too bright lit led's, cheap look and feel of materials, bad design, reports of errors out the box or shortly after, they do not seem to be of very high standard.

Plus: I suspect there must be a reason why none of these cheap radios is marketed by established, european re-sellers who would have to abide by local cunsumer protection laws and provide warranties.

Just my 2 cents worth, there may just as well be happy users out there.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2021 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Shadowfax090
I'm looking something like this
Id be all over this if the oem Sirius worked with the above radio
 
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