Head unit replacement ideas for BT stream

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CTSVbecker

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Hey all I'm new but am poking around.

Just picked up a 12 denali and I wish GM has caught on to Bluetooth streaming.

What's everyone doing about this system? Replacing head unit or what?

Thanks in advance

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Bluetooth phone yes. Bluetooth as a streaming media player no..not to my knowledge anyway

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My 2013 Silverado with a non nav streamed music if I remember correctly but that was a few years ago so maybe I am not remember correctly.
 

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You're not remembering correctly. No bluetooth audio streaming until 2014 pickups and 2015 SUV.
 

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You're not remembering correctly. No bluetooth audio streaming until 2014 pickups and 2015 SUV.
Well Damn, this was the first time I have ever been wrong. My apologies OP for getting your hopes up.
 
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I know it didn't stream. No hopes up. Wondering if anyone has tried a Bluetooth aux dongle or anything.

Or are people just replacing the head unit. If so how do I like it?

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Bluetooth stream sucks imo, always cutting out/poor quality...get a thumb drive or better - use the hard disk, or worse case get a mini cable. No way aftermarket will function as well as stock hdd nav.

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I used a Bluetooth adapter from Amazon in my 2013 Impala. i hardwired a cigarette adapter behind the dash, then used a low profile 90* bend aux cable to plug into dash. It was low profile and accomplished what I needed.
 

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This is all I needed and ran about $30
 

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I upgraded the entire head unit in my 2006 but that's because it was outdated anyways. But the Bluetooth setup for the clarion unit I went with is fantastic. It autoconnects every time I get in and start up. Streams music flawlessly and puts on the screen what's playing from my device. The sound quality is excellent and it doesn't cut out ever. And then when I get a phone call it automatically pauses music and switches to the Bluetooth phone screen and I can answer the call. The only thing that I would say is a negative about the phone part is that when I'm on the phone it only puts the phone to the forward tweeter speaker and it only does left or right but not both at the same time. So I have to turn it way up to hear the person talking. But it is still clear and my Mic picks up my voice with no problem so it works. I went with the clarion nx405 unit which has nav, satellite radio input, bluetooth, backup cam, and then the regular radio funtion, and I believe it has the iPod cable hookup as well. It's a good unit and i got for a good price on ebay.
 

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