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Franco Caution
Jul 18, 2003

Wicked. Tricksy. False.

I have finally decided to swap out the stock head unit in my 2006 Mazda5.
My other vehicle is a 2012 Mazdaspeed and with that head unit I can do the following which I love:

-Make CDR-s full of MP3s
-Use Aux In if needed to my phone (Galaxy Note II)
-Stream Music over bluetooth (Galaxy Note II)
-Take and make hands free calls over bluetooth
-Change volume and tracks from not only mp3 discs but also over bluetooth streaming.(huge deal to me)

Id like to have the same functionality in my Mazda5 but Im wondering which is the best way to go.

My initial plan was to just go with something cheaper like these:
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_130X700BT/Pioneer-FH-X700BT.html?tp=5684
http://outlet.crutchfield.com/p_105KDA735B/JVC-Arsenal-KD-A735BT.html?cc=02&tp=5684
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0079LGMB4/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

I planned on adding a Axxess ASWC so I could control stuff from the steering wheel as I really dont want to lose that functionality.
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_120ASWC/Axxess-ASWC.html

One thing Ive noticed in the past in other people's vehicles is the volume and bass just never seems to be the same over streaming bluetooth as it is if played over disc or through aux in. I might be insane, but I swear it doesnt sound as good over streaming. Maybe this was on older decks and they have this worked out on never ones.

Most decks I find are iphone iphone iphone iphone ready.
Im wondering if anyone can recommend me a deck that will play nice with my android phone for steaming audio and taking calls. Im not sure how it works making calls as none of the lower end decks I saw looked like they had voice dialing.

And then my last question would be, does anyone think with an AXXESS ASWC module and either of those head units Id be able to skip tracks over bluetooth streaming while using my stock steering wheel track up track down buttons?
My 2012 mazdaspeed3 does it, so I know the technology is out there. I just didn't know if there was any thing specific I needed to look at when shopping head units for ones that have that functionality.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Franco Caution fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Feb 1, 2013

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