Cabasse auditorium difference

[DomP182]

My 172 head unit sounds absolutely crap, it's the standard tuner list which I've replaced the speakers to alpine SXE-1325S.

What is the difference with a cabasse auditorium and would it be an improvement over my bog standard thing? I'm wanting to retain the oe look.

 

[botfch]

Can’t say I noticed any difference in mine, didn’t even realise it has the extra speaker until I started pulling it apart.

 

[DomP182]

Can’t say I noticed any difference in mine, didn’t even realise it has the extra speaker until I started pulling it apart.

Extra speaker, Wheres that?

 

[botfch]

Extra speaker, Wheres that?

Above the cup holder.

 

[DomP182]

Oh didnt have that in my 182

 

[Martin_172]

Above the cup holder.
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None of my cabasse cars have had that either!

But yes it does sound a chunk better, not quite as powerful as a good aftermarket but a nice compromise of looking standard and retaining the controls/screen

 

[botfch]

Guess it’s a option for tuner list cars.
@Yorkshire Pudding is in the know.

 

[Louis]

Guess it’s a option for tuner list cars.
@Yorkshire Pudding is in the know.

Usually on satnav models.

 

[DomP182]

So is it worth me getting the auditorium version?

 

[Louis]

So is it worth me getting the auditorium version?

To be honest without getting a subwoofer you're pissing in the wind. My auditorium was great but i have nothing else to compare it to (compared to standard, I'm running an aftermarket unit now)

I'd just get a decent aftermarket headunit that looks close to oem. Plenty of nice looking alpine units

 

[Krarl]

The small sub was an option with cabasse iirc

Upper specc'd cars came with them, my dCi 100 had the small sub and a cabasse, my 172 doesn't have the sub but has a cabasse and tbh it sounds fuxking s**t compared to the old trusty derv

 

[Martin_172]

The small sub was an option with cabasse iirc

Upper specc'd cars came with them, my dCi 100 had the small sub and a cabasse, my 172 doesn't have the sub but has a cabasse and tbh it sounds fuxking s**t compared to the old trusty derv

there is no way that is a sub!

possibly on cars pre wired for nav as above.

 

[Krarl]

there is no way that is a sub!

possibly on cars pre wired for nav as above.

Nah i know its a right piddly little bag of s**t

But it can't be for nav as they didn't sell any sat nav dCi 100's iirc. Only a handful of dCi 80 Paris Initiales

 

[Louis]

Nah i know its a right piddly little bag of s**t

But it can't be for nav as they didn't sell any sat nav dCi 100's iirc. Only a handful of dCi 80 Paris Initiales

My nav speaks through this

 

[Krarl]

My nav speaks through this

Really?!

In my old dci it just made subtle wub wubs. The door speakers in that were the "upgrade" non paper things and were ace

 

[Louis]

Really?!

In my old dci it just made subtle wub wubs. The door speakers in that were the "upgrade" non paper things and were ace

Yeah haha

 

[Krarl]

It will forever remain a Renault mystery hon hon hon

 

[Martin_172]

Nah i know its a right piddly little bag of s**t

But it can't be for nav as they didn't sell any sat nav dCi 100's iirc. Only a handful of dCi 80 Paris Initiales

it was an optional extra and all the Dynamique+ dci 100's ive come across were pre wired for it though with the GPS receiver in the Ariel (my 100 had it) - they have the ariel with the big base rather than the small round one:

 

[Louis]

it was an optional extra and all the Dynamique+ dci 100's ive come across were pre wired for it though with the GPS receiver in the Ariel (my 100 had it) - they have the ariel with the big base rather than the small round one:
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You still got this? How was that aerial wired?

 

[Martin_172]

You still got this? How was that aerial wired?

Na was years ago, sorry I've never seen the wiring under the base to see how it was wired I assume an extra wire ran along side the main wiring to the sat nav system

 

[VXR killer]

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They come with iso connectors so were plug and play on the megane with bluetooth adaptor lead, but i beleive the clios tuner list headunit are straight forward iso connectors, so even better, no seperate power cables, or ignition, switches on when it detects signal from the stereo, was defo an improvement from standard, and with a underseat sub 100 times better.

 

[Darren S]

Above the cup holder.
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I learn something new every day!

Never knew some models had a speaker there - my certainly doesn't.

 

[Louis]

Na was years ago, sorry I've never seen the wiring under the base to see how it was wired I assume an extra wire ran along side the main wiring to the sat nav system

Did this car have satnav? Or just the standard radio?

 

[botfch]

it was an optional extra and all the Dynamique+ dci 100's ive come across were pre wired for it though with the GPS receiver in the Ariel (my 100 had it) - they have the ariel with the big base rather than the small round one:
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That makes sense my 172 has the bigger Ariel base aswell.
However it’s not fitted with a sat nav which is a bit odd for them to put the wiring in.

 

[botfch]

You still got this? How was that aerial wired?

 

[Martin_172]

That makes sense my 172 has the bigger Ariel base aswell.
However it’s not fitted with a sat nav which is a bit odd for them to put the wiring in.

Sean some seem to have the wiring with no nav but not seen an RS with this. Does the vin on your dash top match the car? People were selling sat nab setups for mega money back in the day, seen the dash top alone go for £300!

 

[botfch]

Sean some seem to have the wiring with no nav but not seen an RS with this. Does the vin on your dash top match the car? People were selling sat nab setups for mega money back in the day, seen the dash top alone go for £300!

Yeah all matches, satnav wasn’t speced on the original invoice either.

 

[Darren S]

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I know that some thieves will take anything.... but to swap out your fuel tank for a pile of porridge oats? That's all a bit weird....?

 

[Louis]

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I'll pm you mate!

 

[Martin_172]

Did this car have satnav? Or just the standard radio?

It was a dynamique+ so had climate and electric sunroof but just had the standard non cabasse update list with no sat nav

 

[Louis]

It was a dynamique+ so had climate and electric sunroof but just had the standard non cabasse update list with no sat nav

Weird how theyd do that. I removed my satnav and ran a standard aerial cable to the aerial from my radio but the signal is now terrible.
The gps unit they bridged through previously (that I removed) was an aerial booster it seems.

 

[DomP182]

I know that some thieves will take anything.... but to swap out your fuel tank for a pile of porridge oats? That's all a bit weird....?

Beat me to it except I was going for cat litter!