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I have an 06' Jetta TDI with what I believe is the "premium" sound package. I know the car is equipped with the Package 2 trim level from the factory. How can I tell what sound system I have in the car, and what makes the premium sound package premium as opposed to the normal sound package? In either case, I'm looking to upgrade my sound but I'm undecided as to what I want to do yet. I have several questions:
1. I believe my car has either a 6 or 8 speaker system. If i'm right, how are those speakers powered? Straight from the headunit or from an external amplifier? Are these speakers all run off of 4 main channels (FR, FL, RR, RL) and then just split between higher and lower frequencies to power tweeters, mids, and lows?
2. Since I want to maintain a clean, stock looking dash, the local audio store recommended just adding an adapter that allows RCA jacks to be run to an amp and some subs. This would be good but then that leads to my next set of questions - headunit upgrades. I have read all of the FAQ writeups on these isses and I'm still left wondering how I should approach this. To me, it's between the RNS-510 or the aftermarket Chinese look alikes.
3. Is it worth spending the $$ on the OEM unit vs. the Chinese units since I plan to add bluetooth and ipod connectivity? DVD playback would also be nice but I'm a firm believer in the saying that says you get what you pay for. I dont want to buy a Chinese unit and have it go out in a few months, have crappy bluetooth clairity, hissing audio, not support my iPod, and not work with the MFD display. If the Chinese units are fair choices, which one is the best that provides the most features? It seems that the more research I do on them the more confused I get when it comes to which features are offered with each unit. It seems there is always a toss up between which units have which features.
I will really appreciate any help. I want to build a very nice system that can serve all my needs without going extreme with the $. Thanks in advance guys!
1. I believe my car has either a 6 or 8 speaker system. If i'm right, how are those speakers powered? Straight from the headunit or from an external amplifier? Are these speakers all run off of 4 main channels (FR, FL, RR, RL) and then just split between higher and lower frequencies to power tweeters, mids, and lows?
2. Since I want to maintain a clean, stock looking dash, the local audio store recommended just adding an adapter that allows RCA jacks to be run to an amp and some subs. This would be good but then that leads to my next set of questions - headunit upgrades. I have read all of the FAQ writeups on these isses and I'm still left wondering how I should approach this. To me, it's between the RNS-510 or the aftermarket Chinese look alikes.
3. Is it worth spending the $$ on the OEM unit vs. the Chinese units since I plan to add bluetooth and ipod connectivity? DVD playback would also be nice but I'm a firm believer in the saying that says you get what you pay for. I dont want to buy a Chinese unit and have it go out in a few months, have crappy bluetooth clairity, hissing audio, not support my iPod, and not work with the MFD display. If the Chinese units are fair choices, which one is the best that provides the most features? It seems that the more research I do on them the more confused I get when it comes to which features are offered with each unit. It seems there is always a toss up between which units have which features.
I will really appreciate any help. I want to build a very nice system that can serve all my needs without going extreme with the $. Thanks in advance guys!