

Its operating concept, the simple design and the crystal clear reception contributed significantly to the popularity of the original Bremen car radio. The result is the Blaupunkt Bremen SQR 46 DAB. Now we present the reinterpretation of the popular 1-DIN car radio and unite the USPs of the 80s model with new technologies and functions. Like the legendary Blaupunkt Bremen SQR 46 from 1986. Over the years, some models have become true cult objects. But not only the car radio itself takes the user on a journey through time, the packaging of the device has been elaborately designed and modeled on the original. The new Bremen SQR 46 DAB Car Stereo has a short installation depth - ideal for classic cars with shortened installation slots.

Perfect for any 80's and 90's car enthusiasts. A once cult classic of Car Audio, the Blaupunkt Bremen SQR 46 returns with a modern feature list. Now to tinker with the RGB adjustments for the display to get the best match for the dash lights. IMHO the plastic fascia could have been engineered to be a bit more authentic (thinner and darker) but it doesn’t look out of place and is certainly an improvement both visually and sonically from the Sony. It doesn’t need separate power and instead takes its power via the DAB aerial port on the SQR 46 which has to be enabled in the settings menu.Īll in all I’m quite pleased with the results. There are a number of such devices available and this was the smallest, tidiest one I could find. This aerial adapter from Eightwood enables both FM and DAB to use the original wing-mounted aerial. There are some discrete accoutrements which I didn’t use but which would not look out of place - a small, wired hands-free microphone and a stick-on DAB aerial. The generations of bodges on mine took a couple of afternoons to sort out. If your car has correctly wired ISO connectors this should be a plug-and play swap, the only potential hitch being it needs a switched live. Having dabbled previously with a couple of cheap secondhand units from eBay (a vintage SQR 39 and a VW Beta) to replace the silver Sony CD stereo that was installed, and I use that term loosely, in my Scirocco when I bought it in 2017 I decided to bite the bullet and invest some lockdown savings in a “new” vintage-looking unit from Blaupunkt.
