When I bought my car in May ( used ) it had a Skoda cassette player in it so I asked the dealer to fit an CD player,I was told that a JVC CD player would be fitted into the car but I would have prefared an Skoda CD fitted ( we came to some sort of arrangement which I got the JVC for free) but I also kept the cassette player. Nine months or so down the line I want to replace the JVC with an Skoda CD, seen a few on e bay. To the question............. I have the two metal sticks which came with the JVC to take it out of the car, if I fitted back the old cassette player ( which would keep me going until I got a Skoda CD ) would I be able to take out this player with the two sticks or would I have to go to my local dealer. How much does new Skoda CD players cost. Thanks.

I think that the skoda cd players are quite expensive if you are buying from a dealer, from personal experience the unit was not that good but my car was i bit of a pig in a poke tbh:( .

Anyone agree with gayle_vrs.

i have just replaced the tape deck on my fabia with a cd player and the 2 metal sticks will get the unit out no probs when you push them in the holes they should click into place

if your talking about the sticks used for the jvc unit they will be different to the ones for your skoda tape deck. they will probably have different cages altogether. i went to my local skoda dealer to take my skoda stereo out and they charged me £9!

daz

One advantage of the Skoda CD player over most aftermatket ones is that it incorporates speed-sensitive volume control (the faster you go the louder it gets). Until I took mine out, I didn't realise how useful this was.

Would this speed volume work on my 1.2 comfort. Any sticks on the market where you don't have to go to the dealers to take out the radio unit.

If all skoda units are the same ,measure the slot in the front of the unit and cut a strip from a credit card (longways) to fit into the slots in the front ,push them in as far as they will go ,remove unit ,was told to do this when i fitted satnav and cassette player came out no problem

paul

I would say go for a Skoda CD playing over an aftermarket one. If you want better sound add an external amp. The Skoda CD player comes with both front and rear pre-outs.

Would this speed volume work on my 1.2 comfort. Any sticks on the market where you don't have to go to the dealers to take out the radio unit.

The GALA speed signal is I think pin 1 of the big connector on the back of the radio. If there's a wire in this position on the connector, you ought to be able to set the speed sensitivity on the Skoda radio (instructions are in the radio manual - not the most readable of documents, I know).

Brother and I have got the old cd player out and have managed to connect the wires up correctly the black/brown plugs into the correct slots and the wire into it's port but can not push back the unit all the way. We have lined up the two metal flips ( which i think are for the radio key to pull in) with the platic groves at the side of the unit ,also have tried to get wires out of the way but with no luck. We have taken out the tray under the radio and the 3 trim panels from around the radio section.

Anyone with any advice.

Anyone with any advice.

Get a Pioneer. Hang on, just realised what you were referring to..Big edit to follow

Best way I found to get around the bunched up wiring issue is to prise out the centre dash air vent setup, unplug hazard switch and set-aside. Remove head unit to around 50% out, and take a look down that hole in the dash. See the top of the head unit. Grab a load of the wiring and lift on top of the head unit as you ease it in, so push in 10%, lift some wiring, another 10%, grab some more. Eventually I got my Pioneer sat back flush, with a lot of the RCA feeds, etc sat on top of the radio, rather than jammed in behind it.

Hope this helps.

Bloody hell, will refit JVC back in and wait till I can afford both Skoda CD and fitting cost from Skoda.

An aftermarket CD/MP3 player will usually sound much better in general than the Skoda oem unit.

I realised how good my Pioneer sounded after driving my Dad's mkV golf around a bit recently. Its got a factory symphony type CD player too, and it was pants. :(

I understand after market players might sound better but I don't like the look of them in the fabia. How much to pay a dealer for the CD player and to fit?.

A Radio would be a very easy job to fit (just two ISO plugs into the head unit), so if you can get it on a materials only basis, that would be good. Also symphony CD players appear on Ebay quite often so it might be worth getting it from there.

Briskoda will help you fit it.

Seen a few on e bay, any idea how much a new one cost and to fit from a dealer.

I got mine off eBay (only a couple of weeks old - guy was replacing his vRS symphony CD with an aftermarket one).

Went to my local dealer, who freed the old tape unit free of charge (they said they don't sell the removal keys), all I then had to do was pull the old unit out and slot the new one straight in. Took 2 minutes.

Only problem is the cutting out issue of the Symphony Cd (see separate thread!) :confused:

Cheers!

03 'plate Fabia 1.9 TDi Elegance

Any problems about putting the unit all the way in.

Oh, and Kenwood keys (readily available from most aftermarket ICE fitters ) work well at removing the Skoda oem units.

I believe the oem units have a lot less wiring than many units, so I doubt you'll need the centre vent trick.

No problem at all putting it in - just slotted into the aperture left by the old tape unit. Looks like its been there since day one, although its a slightly darkers shade of grey than the old unit!