Hi everyone,
I purchased a 2008 Yukon Denali about 3 months ago. This unit has the non-screen dvd player with the rear flip down monitor system. 2 weeks ago, the DVD player stopped working and says error everytime you start the vehicle.
I took it to the Dealer I bought it at, they of course said it wasn't covered. The gave me a quote for the part I needed, $500 + labor + programming fee I think.
Anyways, I was really wishing this unit had the DVD/Nav system upgrade so I thought since the unit was broke I might as well do the upgrade if I could find the head unit for a decent price. I found a unit out of a 2011 Denali, but I believe it is a truck version, and called my dealer to ask if the install would be possible. I had read in my searches it was and that I would probably only need to additionally buy a GPS antenna for it to work, unless I wanted to try to integrate in Bluetooth (which I would if I had someone who knew what they are doing). The dealer said they had never done an upgrade like that and they weren't sure if it was possible. I asked them if I could give them the part number to check but they said the only real way to tell was to bring the unit in. I drove 2 hours each way to pick up this unit, ran it down to them, and they said it won't work. The plugged it in, it said locked, they went to program it, apparently the GM sign came on across the screen and then it should go to the time/date screen or something like that but all that came up was two little circles at the bottom. He said that it obviously wasn't compatible but really wasn't sure.
The part number on the Denso unit is: GM 25966512, it also has DW468100-6454 on it as well.
Is this unit not compatible? The service manager said he doesn't think it is possible to upgrade from a non-screen DVD head unit to a unit with the touchscreen monitor and navigation. And if it is possible, is it possible to add the bluetooth option for my wife as well?
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
---------- Post added at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:47 PM ----------
Also, I forgot to mention, my Denali has Bose sound and so did the Denali truck it came out of.
I am not sure this isn't completely a problem with the dealer not knowing what they are doing, they also tried to tell me if it worked I shouldn't need a GPS antenna cause the Onstar has a GPS antenna already which I know is wrong.
I purchased a 2008 Yukon Denali about 3 months ago. This unit has the non-screen dvd player with the rear flip down monitor system. 2 weeks ago, the DVD player stopped working and says error everytime you start the vehicle.
I took it to the Dealer I bought it at, they of course said it wasn't covered. The gave me a quote for the part I needed, $500 + labor + programming fee I think.
Anyways, I was really wishing this unit had the DVD/Nav system upgrade so I thought since the unit was broke I might as well do the upgrade if I could find the head unit for a decent price. I found a unit out of a 2011 Denali, but I believe it is a truck version, and called my dealer to ask if the install would be possible. I had read in my searches it was and that I would probably only need to additionally buy a GPS antenna for it to work, unless I wanted to try to integrate in Bluetooth (which I would if I had someone who knew what they are doing). The dealer said they had never done an upgrade like that and they weren't sure if it was possible. I asked them if I could give them the part number to check but they said the only real way to tell was to bring the unit in. I drove 2 hours each way to pick up this unit, ran it down to them, and they said it won't work. The plugged it in, it said locked, they went to program it, apparently the GM sign came on across the screen and then it should go to the time/date screen or something like that but all that came up was two little circles at the bottom. He said that it obviously wasn't compatible but really wasn't sure.
The part number on the Denso unit is: GM 25966512, it also has DW468100-6454 on it as well.
Is this unit not compatible? The service manager said he doesn't think it is possible to upgrade from a non-screen DVD head unit to a unit with the touchscreen monitor and navigation. And if it is possible, is it possible to add the bluetooth option for my wife as well?
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
---------- Post added at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:47 PM ----------
Also, I forgot to mention, my Denali has Bose sound and so did the Denali truck it came out of.
I am not sure this isn't completely a problem with the dealer not knowing what they are doing, they also tried to tell me if it worked I shouldn't need a GPS antenna cause the Onstar has a GPS antenna already which I know is wrong.
