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Thinking of getting my Grandma setup with a backup cam as I think she'd find it useful. I've no experience with double din units as I've never had a car that supports them.

She drives with the radio off, but occasionally uses it whilst parked up waiting somewhere. If the stereo is "off", does it still wake up when reverse is engaged?

Does it even make sense to go for a branded unit over a cheaper Chinese one in this case? Sound quality does not matter at all. It will only ever be used for low volume FM radio.

It's that time of year to get the fan out to have some chance of sleeping. I've got one of those generic cheap supermarket ones which is absolutely battered and is long over due replacing.

There's an overwhelming amount of options out there now and the prices range quite a bit. I know air con is ideal but not really an option for my tiny bedroom.

I see Shark have a few battery powered options which seems cool but £99+ for a fan seems a bit steep? Some Meaco option looks very promising but again over 100 for a fan seems hard to justify?

Probably going to purchase a DREO on I've found for £60ish, are these any good?

Or is it all a waste of money and just get another cheap one from B&M

I don't mind spending money if it's worth it, any recommendations?

I've put DAB capable head units in a couple of my cars but I've never had much luck with it working well. Can't really find much info online.

My current car has a Pioneer stereo with a Halfords Auto leads film windscreen antenna. Worked alright on a couple stations but adding a dash cam made it very flakey and after adding a speaker amp it's basically useless.

My head unit can provide power to the antenna but the antenna has a separate power lead. Would connecting that up to 12v make any difference?

I've heard these film windscreen antennas are just a bit shit? Is there any better option?

I've driven a few vehicles with it built in as standard and it worked great.

Once my car is running properly again, and if I decide to keep it, I plan on doing a few more mods on it. There's no real power gains to be had but I'd like it to sound a little more dramatic when giving it some.

I mean little. I want a nicer more deeper throaty note to it. Not something obnoxiously loud but a bit theatrical when putting my foot down, if you get me. Should blend in when driving normally but more lively when driven more spiritedly.