[kronos288]

Just wondering if anyone has any experience or any luck with the iDatalink Maestro RR. It seems to have the ability to integrate the factory vehicle controls as well as the steering wheel and such with after market radios such as the Kenwood DNX571EX. Seems like it could be the perfect solution for those of us who want to replace the mylink, or upgrade the factory stereo to a double din while retaining all of the factory controls and not have the dealership program a $1000 OEM touch screen upgrade.

Kenwood DNX571EX:

http://manual.kenwood.com/files/IM382_Ref_K_En_00.pdf

iDatalink Maestro RR:

iDatalink - Maestro - Maestro RR

 

[kronos288]

You have a whole lot of research on this 1 ..
Start with the authorized dealer of the Maestro RR ..
the other thing that you are assuming is that you would be replacing the Cd, XM radio mylink canbus and the analog buttons that control those signals for the particular functions .. so what interface will give you those functions if you remove them ? Good Luck ....

If you read the capabilities of integrating the Maestro RR with a compatible headunit, you retain all of the steering wheel controls as well as all the vehicle controls (e.g.: climate, door chime, onstar, siriusxm, vehicle settings, etc.).


I realize you need to buy the additional wiring harness and that's not a big deal. I haven't seen a solution other than the Maestro that would potentially allow you to have everything that you would normally have in the MyLink integrated into a name brand headunit. I would much rather go this route than buying an OEM mylink for more than $1k and then have the dealer install it and have to flash the firmware.

 

[kronos288]

These systems are great, pretty much plug and play and if you get the proper radio, you retain everything. In some models you can go as far as viewing tire pressure on the radio with the aftermarket radio.

You do not just purchase the Maestro though, you need the wiring harness for the car as well. This is what ties into the cars wires and plugs into the Maestro.

As far as I know though, it doesn't work on the Cruze yet. You can view the compatible cars on Idatalink.

Sorry for the separate post I should have multi-quoted haha. On their website it doesn't show the cruze as being a compatible model, but you can flash it through a web plug-in when they come out with the update. I asked if anybody has any experience with it because of this fact. It looks like it would be a really clean solution. It also seems to allow you to set custom gauges without needing a bluetooth OBD adapter and an app like Torque.

 

[kronos288]

It installs very cleanly. If the vehicle allows it, it's the only option we go with now. They work very nicely on the silverado's and mustangs. I'd imagine it would work great on this car too.

That's exactly what I want - a super clean install. It's too bad iDatalink doesn't list the cruze as being compatible...yet! The day they add compatibility is the day I install a double din. Thanks for the input!