Radio recommendations... Again...

Hey all, I know this has been asked a lot.

I've never owned a vehicle with such a difficult system to upgrade lol.

I've been looking for a system that retains all OEM functionality, but adds all the goodies like AA and all that jazz.

I purchased the best available option from Phoenix recently. They assured me that it would reatin all OEM functionality.

When I installed it, it did not retain it. I have the Y91 rpo code, full bose, and rear screen.

Their unit displayed on the rear screen, but the aspect ratio was off and the video was 1.5" tall. They were unable to offer a solution for this. Also, I wasn't able to let the kids watch something while I listened to music up front. Deal breaker there. On top of that, it wasn't able to use the OEM mic for calls. Through it, their customer service was wonderful, but this was a huge bummer.

Anyway, been searching for a good setup to retain all this stuff and I have been SOL.

Has anyone been able to do it?

Any ideas?

P.s. I'm having problems with my radio at the moment too. Got a few speakers not turning on.

Maestro rr & pioneer or kenwood double din, like the wnex 8400/8500

Doubeleive said:

Maestro rr & pioneer or kenwood double din, like the wnex 8400/8500

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Ok I'll look at those. I read in the sticky that the MRR doesn't retain Bose though right?

I'll look again.

Talking with crutchfield right now and they don't have any dual zone radios that fit my dash anymore. He said they're rare anymore. Weird

builds4christ said:

Talking with crutchfield right now and they don't have any dual zone radios that fit my dash anymore. He said they're rare anymore. Weird

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Cruchfield are robbers anyway, you can find the w8500, w8600 out in the wild still. And a double din is a double din it might need a small cut in the back of the dash.
The maestro rr retains bose fade and DSP., plus it has obdii integration

Doubeleive said:

Cruchfield are robbers anyway, you can find the w8500, w8600 out in the wild still. And a double din is a double din it might need a small cut in the back of the dash.
The maestro rr retains bose fade and DSP., plus it has obdii integration

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Gotcha, do you happen to know if it reatinsnfull function on the rear screen?

Sorry for the late reply.

builds4christ said:

Gotcha, do you happen to know if it reatinsnfull function on the rear screen?

Sorry for the late reply.

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yes, as long as the radio supports dual zone