rayfenwick
Member
Hello all.
As I promised last week in my introduction thread, I'm a newbie with a lot of questions regarding my first MB - a 1983 W123 240D.
At present it has a Kenwood cassette HU and Kenwood speakers in the parcel shelf - and I know that's not right!
As I understand it, my car should have had a Becker Europa as the stock HU, with the option to upgrade to the Becker Mexico, although I've seen some on a well known auction site with a Blaupunkt unit in them advertised as 'original radio'...
So, what is considered the correct HU for my car, and what's the deal with rear speakers? Were any supplied as options, or are all rear speakers owner add-ons?
I could put my Blaupunkt Woodstock DAB54 and a 100x4WRMS setup I have in another car in there, but part of me wants to keep it looking original.
I'm not a chav/boy racer, and if I did add an active subwoofer to the system it would be for cohesiveness and quality, not for rattling the body panels or charming the undergarments off Vicki Pollard-esque types, and for this reason I'm thinking that a sub in the boot would be pointless (only really useful if car is a hatchback) and might use a spare slimline active Blaupunkt I have for under the rear seat, perhaps.
It's all just ideas at the moment, and I'd welcome input
Thanks
Ray
As I promised last week in my introduction thread, I'm a newbie with a lot of questions regarding my first MB - a 1983 W123 240D.
At present it has a Kenwood cassette HU and Kenwood speakers in the parcel shelf - and I know that's not right!
As I understand it, my car should have had a Becker Europa as the stock HU, with the option to upgrade to the Becker Mexico, although I've seen some on a well known auction site with a Blaupunkt unit in them advertised as 'original radio'...
So, what is considered the correct HU for my car, and what's the deal with rear speakers? Were any supplied as options, or are all rear speakers owner add-ons?
I could put my Blaupunkt Woodstock DAB54 and a 100x4WRMS setup I have in another car in there, but part of me wants to keep it looking original.
I'm not a chav/boy racer, and if I did add an active subwoofer to the system it would be for cohesiveness and quality, not for rattling the body panels or charming the undergarments off Vicki Pollard-esque types, and for this reason I'm thinking that a sub in the boot would be pointless (only really useful if car is a hatchback) and might use a spare slimline active Blaupunkt I have for under the rear seat, perhaps.
It's all just ideas at the moment, and I'd welcome input
Thanks
Ray