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anshu · Newbie Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Posts: 4 Location: India

hi
i bought my new skoda fabia tdi..
i want to know which is a good stereo which has bluetooth n all!!

and if u then any shop in delhi

fabaspirant · Newbie Joined: 22 Jul 2011 Posts: 12

i too need same information

anjaneya · Newbie Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 19 Location: Pune

I too needed a little (ok. A lot) more than Skoda Beat Musinc player can offer..
hence I went with Caska Multimedia System....
and I am Loving it till now.... Will post Details about the Part Name / Number and Images soon...
This has DVD Video playback + Usb + IPod Connectiviety.
ONE Bluetooth device pairing mode...
7 Inch Touch screen..
Satelite Navigation system... (I got Map My India).

Hope this helps...
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admin · Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:57 am Post subject:

Wow! Caska really seems to be picking up. Price ??
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anjaneya · Newbie Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 19 Location: Pune

Here's The Prices of Accesories..
I hope they are not too outrageous Sad

Reverse Camera : 3,000/-
Music System : 44,000/-
Rear speakers : 3600/- (Pioneer i think) & 9430/- Skoda Original (Like in the front) -- Skipped these -- out of Money Razz

Will Post details Screen shots as soon as I can.
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anjaneya · Newbie Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 19 Location: Pune

Also It played avi(XviD/DivX video and mp3 audio -- rest not sure) files from DVD as well as USB pen drive but failed to read 1 TB HDD with 2 NTFS and Ext4 partitions (must be Fat 32 Filesystem only -- Typical..) but that's OK.

Further There are external Usb and I pod Connectors and I did not like their arrangement -- the wires are just dropped into the Space below. But I can live with it.

All in all it's a very good system with Nice sound (BBE+) but I have only 2 front speakers and no sub woofer. The Maps are Decent and provided in a SD Card which they said can be updated from them or from the website.

The Interface is Nice but there are little Annoyances like cannot turn off radio while using Navigation system etc.. Will look into it and post further.

There's a Nice option to choose which car Manufacturer Logo to display on start and I really Like the Skoda one Very Happy

Also the rear view camera in my opinion is not worth it.. Instead Proximity sensors which alert of any object close to us is much more useful.. But Darn already paid for it.. But it sure has a lot of show off value... Smile

The Video Quality is very Decent (Many who have seen it say it's very Nice), I own a Cowon D2 and Sennheiser Headphones (so high bar for sound) and have a Hi Def Laptop Hence high standards for video quality..
But it's more than sufficient for a Tv Show episode or watching a Movie when parked at the side for an overnight sleep Razz

I just got my license plates hence have not had a chance to go beyond city limits to try the GPS system..But it sure is a relief to just worry about the traffic and not the road to the destination.. Yup I easily forget roads.. Smile

The Accessories sales person finally managed to sell me a CA3621 SPECIAL FOR VOLKSWAGEN SERIES: 2010 POLO

When I should have got CA3691,SPECIAL FOR FABIA
PS. : I know the link say's Toyota but the Caska India Site has misspelled Skoda page it seems Razz

EDIT: Added Links to Which I got for Images & which I should have got Sad

But again now I think even this is fine, Except for Hanging USB cables where as from the screenshots CA3691 has Mini USB Connector. Hence When not in use the cable can be removed and kept in glove box.

Also I am going to ask / try to convince accessories guy to open the cutout inside the Lower glove compartment and keep the hanging cables inside there.. But who knows if this is indeed possible.
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admin · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:15 pm Post subject:

It is a good fit. Looks nice.
I think a lot of people will benefit from your experience.

Most home theaters do not support large capacity HDD. I guess same restriction applies here too. My home system can work with 8GB max.

What about the warranty?
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anjaneya · Newbie Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 19 Location: Pune

Thanks!
The dealer sales person(who also is a very very good guy by the way) also said that my system was one of the best fitted ones he had seen for a Fabia.

The system has 12 Months Warranty and Has 3 Service coupons which will be used when dealing with Issues I guess(have to find out more about them)

Firstly in spite of everywhere people advising to NOT go with accessories from the dealer, I decided to go with it.Reasons being :
1. Gut Instinct Razz

2. No Warranty Issues (fitting was to be done at the Skoda dealer)
3. Skoda Sales person was taking responsibility of good work and up to the price materials use.
4. In time Delivery with all selected & affordable Accessories.

This surely helped with the Issue below.

The accessories guy actually gave me a little scare Just after the delivery.
The issue was once I turn the car off and remove the Ignition keys the music system did not turn off automatically but had to be turned off manually by pressing and holding the Volume key to the left.
Also the Manufacturers Logo though selected by me was not visible on system start.
Further the Reverse camera was NOT starting automatically when I shift to reverse gear; I had to press Radio Button, Click Main button on Touch Interface then Click Camera to get reverse view.

When I inquired about these issues, The accessories contact person(who is always available at Skoda dealership) said that i had to live with it!
He was non committal about the tape not turning off after key removal; but for the Reverse gear camera he said he shall try to fix it by installing some chip?!? or likewise after 10 days.
The Logo part was too trivial w.r.t. above two hence I kept it to Myself.

The Reverse gear I found out on Delivery itself and reported it to him then and there and got above answer but Tape not turning off was discovered only after I reached home.

I was to go to the Dealer because of a separate Issue (will post and add link later) hence at the time reported the Turning off issue to him only to get no clear answer.

Since the payment was not completed yet I told them that If this is not fixed I would Hold payment and not take the car out of the showroom till the tape was removed and Skoda beat player put in. I had also managed to put the Issue down in writing in the Service request Page that Skoda uses for Servicing.But really I did not like the idea of going back to the simple Skoda Beat Music player.

Once the payment was at stake the Accessories person contacted his Caska Dealer / Expert and within minutes all three things started working.
I managed to see that he went into the System settings screen where he selected No-Can intead of currently selected Pasat
and Turned off Power to Radio Antenna Off(will confirm later).

Hence the lesson was, Don't pay till you are satisfied with the product as once your only real leverage (apart from defaming the Dealership & Accessories Shop)
disappears you will have to simply rely on talking to get the work done.I feel he was just stalling as it would be difficult for any of us to take out time from office hours for more than a couple of times and then we would just suck it up and use what we got!
But Fool me once shame on you Fool me twice...... and I have been fooled like this before so I was ready; and was Just saved from being fooled again(this is just my GUT! it is quite possible that the guy could have done it all eventually...)further the Dealership name / reputation was at stake as I had fitted all the accessories after consulting with them and by their recommended personnel. Hence there really was no way for Europa auto to shake off their hands and not spread dirt everywhere Smile

But all in all, The system is really rocking even with default set of speakers from Skoda.

Maps from Map my India work very nice and I have all details I think to log on to their site and get updates as I have already Purchased the Package Very Happy

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admin · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:01 am Post subject:

Wonderful!

Thanks for sharing you experience.
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anjaneya · Newbie Joined: 27 Oct 2011 Posts: 19 Location: Pune

Please find detailed Pricing I got from Accesories Guy with His & My Personal details removed :

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