Sorry but there is not much Depth at the top cubby hole as its not square. I did fit a tom tom start 60 and a Dab mototion behind it thougth

I've not yet fixed how best to get bluetooth and satnav into the car, so interested to hear how others are getting on.

I've wavering towards a third party replacement head unit, I'd appreciate any recommendations for decent brands/units. I'm concerned it's not a great place for a satnav though, so would consider a separate device in cubbyhole.

Whilst I'm weighing it all up, I've been wondering whether I can add extra speakers to exploit the existing mount points on the dash. The basic radio has - as far as I follow- 6 speakers, driver and tweeter in each front door and a single speaker in each rear. The dash has panels for wide and centre speakers which the higher-spec radis would use. If I replace the radio would these additional speakers be easy to add, or would I need to worry about wiring, amplification etc? I appreciate the replacement radio - likely to be 3rd party as the LR upgrade requires a lot of wiring I don't have - would need to be able to manage these extra speakers, and (although I've not yet checked) I assume the grilles are empty and I'd need to source the speakers themselves. Also, does the premium radio system have a subwoofer? Might be a bit trickier to fit, as I'd expect it to sit somewhere at the back (hence more faff moving trim etc) and need separate amplification.

I'm really just wondering if, give I'll be pulling bits of the dash out anyway, it's worth looking to improve the speakers at the same time.

The sub is in the boot, there are also speakers in the rear pillars. Not sure if your wiring would be there, might be worth a look?

mattie wrote:

I've not yet fixed how best to get bluetooth and satnav into the car, so interested to hear how others are getting on.

FWIW, I fitted a Garmin Nuvi 2699LMT-D into the cubby hole which has Bluetooth connections for the phone and traffic information from my Android phone.

It also has the facility for a wireless reversing camera which I may fit if the price comes down.

Have dropped mattie a PM, but for anyone else that's interested on an upgrade that gives Sat Nav, bluetooth and more whilst keeping the OEM system check out the car computer that I installed http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic12711.html

Coincidentally it's been sat in a box since I upgraded to a MY13 last year and am looking to get rid of it if anyone is interested? Freelander 2, 2014 Dynamic SD4 Santorini Black

Going for the Garmin is a good fix. Easy to fit, even I managed it, and looks like it was made to measure.

Chuckalicious wrote:

In terms of sat nav, I have the GS too and although it is very basic, I put a simple phone mount bracket in the cubby hole above the stereo and when I need GPS, I stick my phone in the bracket, book it up to audio with the aux socket, use aa power socket to charge it and just use Here Maps which is an offline mapping GPS app. Works perfectly and as long as you're playing music through your phone the app dips the music and it all comes nice and loud through the stereo. If you're listening to the radio, just don't have the phone coming through the aux socket.

Not the prettiest solution but the easiest if you have a smart phone already. Most people don't really need sat nav on every journey anyway.

RogB wrote:

Pretty sure its not a simple retro fit on the older pre 2009/10 models.

I had a parrot Bluetooth kit fitted for hands free/music streaming and while the dash was off I ran a long USB power cable down the back from the cubby box to the front aux power socket next to the gearstick.

My Garmin sat nav slotted into the cubby with no need for a bracket and was ignition powered by the AUX socket with a USB adaptor plug, and I could hear the instructions quite clearly from the standard sat nav speaker (I think the cubby box had the effect of amplifying the voice slightly)

All in about �200 including cost of parrot, sat nav and fitting at Hell Frauds.

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Bogart wrote:

Going for the Garmin is a good fix. Easy to fit, even I managed it, and looks like it was made to measure.

Afraid not Alex, that was quite some time ago and I can't even remember where I bought it. I've since moved on to a different mount anyway which sits on top of the dash rather than over the cubby.

Personally I've found I need the cubby more regularly than I need sat nav and nothing beats Google Maps on a phone anyway so I just use my phone as it controls all.my media in the car anyway.

Have played about with so many options and all of them feel like a bodge so I've given up trying to fully integrate anything. FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - so many issues
2019 DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental
Now greatly regret selling the Outlander. MPG of the FL2 is atrocious and so are the fuel bills. Fun though 😎
Couldn’t afford the fuel bills so back to an older Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Significantly better than I remembered it to be…

Thanks for the reply mate

No worries. There's a ton of info on here with all sorts of options, from fitting sat nav units, to replacing head units, amps, harnesses etc. Personally I've found the best method is simply using your phone connected via Bluetooth or aux. Not as pretty, but always up to date and always works. FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - so many issues
2019 DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental
Now greatly regret selling the Outlander. MPG of the FL2 is atrocious and so are the fuel bills. Fun though 😎
Couldn’t afford the fuel bills so back to an older Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Significantly better than I remembered it to be…