Managed to find some time today to install the head unit. I had to postpone some other work to get it done. Cabinet door refinishing will have to wait! We need tunes!
Didn't take any pics along the way, but you know the drill, cross pollinate the Sony head unit wiring plug pigtail with the adaptor plugin to the OE harness, solder/shrink wrap the connections, etc.
Thank god for colour coding to industry standard. Easy peasy.
Fired right up first try. Monkeyed with a few settings, need to RTFM to figure out what the rest of the menus do.
Did not put the speakers in, still waiting for the wire adaptors. And the sub will go in sometime after that. I'll probably have to lift the passenger side seat and flooring to run the wires, we shall see.
Got the Bluetooth and handsfree mic set up. Nothing to it. Iphone 5 paired right up.
Apparently there is an App for the Sony stereo, I think it allows the head unit to access the iTunes library in your phone, as opposed to just running aux out via USB.
Also, I can stream music from the phone to the stereo over Bluetooth.
Tested the calling, works great, can access the voice prompt menus in the phone to dial anyone in your address book.
Cool.
One useless thing I noticed is the remote control for the stereo. I mean, it's within arm's reach of the driver or passenger. Of what use is a remote control??? How remote could you be from the stereo?
It's living in the original shipping box right now, I'll never use that.
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