Jimny 55 plate CD Player not working

I just fitted a single din Sony in mine and blanked off the remaining with aluminium so I can mount a torch and a phone holder in easy reach. It doesn't look factory at all but it's also much less enticing for an opportunist to put a window through. If I remember I'll put a picture up later.

Hi Scimike,

That looks really good, thank you for the picture too.

I'll have to take a look at Halfords then I think because I want it to look as good as possible.

Thank you for the model number too as this really helps.

Thanks,

Derk

Hi Lambert,

I totally get what you mean and due to the lack of security (mine is a soft top) putting one as you have described may be the way to go!

A picture of your installation would be great if you wouldn't mind putting one up?

Thanks again,

Derk

Hi,

I bought a Xtrons double DIN head unit with rounded corners, fits perfectly. Mine was an Android 8.1, they don’t seem to sell it now and the one they do sell is a lot more expensive.

Search Xtrons Jimny for the current model

Hi DrRobin,

Thank you for your reply, I have got in touch with Xtrons to confirm whether or not the current model is suitable for my gen 3 55 plate Jimny.

Thank you for your help and if this is suitable I may go for this one!

Thanks,

Derk

Hi Derk,

I have the Xtrons PR78JMSL (this is the older model) and it fits perfectly, see pics.
 
 

The current model is an IN70JMSL, list price is a fair bit more than I paid for the PR78, but it is a later faster model.  Photos of it show rounded corners so it should fit without a problem.

Someone is listing them on eBay for £215, search for Xtrons Jimny as they don't show the part number in the title, only the details below.  You get GPS (Sat nav), wifi, Bluetooth, hands free but not DAB, TPMS, Cameras, OBD these are optional modules, around £20 -£30 each.  I added these as options, but in all honesty the Xtrons DAB is rubbish, I have two of them and one DAB dongle failed, Xtrons refused to do anything with it, saying the warranty was only 3 months.  I reported them to Amazon (the retailer) but didn't get anywhere and bought a cheap DAB stick from eBay (£20) which works just as well.

I installed Here (Sat nav) and download the maps to internal memory as it allows you to cache the maps and has what I consider to be a proper Sat Nav display, easy to use with good search.  I have a link to my iPhone for music, but it was easier to put all of my music on a SD disk and then bought 'Poweramp' music player (about £5), that is much better than the stock music player.

I have another Xtrons head unit in my other car, it's a later model, so might be similar to the new one for the Jimny.  Xtrons don't make these, just re-badge and sell them on.  Their manuals are fairly poor and their tech support not that great, it is usually re-install the software, so if you get one and run in to problems give me a shout.  XDA-developers forum/website is probably the best resource for real help on Android head units, some of the guys on there know them inside out.  I run DAB-z app for DAB, the developer is on XDA-developers and is really helpful, he fixes bugs quickly and DAB-z is free, amazing.

Good luck

Robin