[TenaciousB]

I’ve actually thought about doing this, apparently if you get the one from Seicane it comes with the exact harness you need for the Cruze in order to maintain your wheel controls. Let me know if you do it, I’m curious as well.

 

[TenaciousB]

Same.boat. trying to determine if I.need a rp5-gm41 module.

 

[TenaciousB]

Awesome Eddie. Thanks.for the feedback. Install fairly straightforward? Did you install a backup camera? Does one car work?

 

[TenaciousB]

Ah, I meant onstar (dann auto correct) would.only ever use in a emergency. Thanks, I have fine ordered. You the man!

 

[TenaciousB]

Cool and thanks!
I have the eco model, which has 9 speakers... Not sure if they will all work. Many unknowns. After install I'll do a back up and dash cam ideally.

Orders today after hearing back from you, so many thanks

 

[TenaciousB]

Thats the one i got as well, However you might encounter a problem while installing it. The actual guts of the radio maybe mounted too low on the screen and will not physically fit. I had to unscrew the 4 screws holding the guts to the screen and realized that there were mounting holes further up the screen for the guts to fit in the pocket where the stock screen would go. If this is the case only the 2 bottom screws would work as there are no upper holes to mount the guts to. I mounted it this way and just taped the exposed ribbon wire on the back to get them out the way, so far so good. BTW the code for factory settings is 8888.

Is the unit you bought like this?

Good day,
Is the guts and the screen in two pieces?

The unit I ordered from seicane came as a single.unit and was to thick in the middle as a result. I sent them this video to try and get them to send this specific unit but they won't, I'm currently waiting on a refund.

 

[TenaciousB]

No that's not the one. Mine had the guts screwed to the back of the screen......just in the wrong spot. I wish i would've taken pics to show you guys what i mean.

Did you have to cut part of the mounting for the old radio out?

Mine would make contact in the middle, then cause the bottom to stick out an inch from the bottom month points.

The one in the video above wouldn't have that issue being in two parts

 

[TenaciousB]

You're telling me this part is adjustable? It really doesn't look like it. I'm probably misunderstanding. This is what was stopping the unit from fitting for me

 

[TenaciousB]

It’s not. He is referring to the parts on the Tesla style radio.

Gotcha, the specific one I had I don't think any thing could be shifted. I'll be buying the one off eBay when I get my refund. Thanks again all

 

[TenaciousB]

Dag nammit... I wish I had known that before I sent it back... or that they would have told me. They just kept saying it fits. And another user said he had it installed by a shop and they cut that mounting part out of the car, so he could never put the stock in if he had an issue... he was still having problems like no steering wheel controls, door chimes etc.

Thanks for your help understanding.

 

[TenaciousB]

Anyone done this to replace the pioneer 9 speaker system? I received my unit but am getting no sound at all... seems I need to add a power to the amp....

 

[TenaciousB]

Thanks, how bad was it? I'd be open to swapping amp and speakers down the road. But it wouldn't be for awhile. A shop I talked to today suggested wiring 12v to the amp p wire.

Did you connect the small black connector? (black and white wire, just above "P cntr")

 

[TenaciousB]

These units will NOT work with stock amplifier and system for 9 pioneer.

Attached is a picture. After all connected and on. Make sure you turn volume to like two and choose station with a signal, then touch the orange p.ant wire to the blue p.cntr wire. You should get sound.

You can tape those together.

Now the main issue is this head unit does not put out signal for 9 speakers. So it won't sound right.

It doesn't fade properly either because there's not proper signal for 9 speakers. Plus I'm not sure about Voltage coming out of this unit being compatible with the factory amp.

Myself I've removed all factory speakers and amp. Then installed two rear 5way 6x9s, 4- 6.5 door speakers with tweets. I removed center speaker.

I have a 6 channel amp that is compatible with the unit. Plus I'm installing separate 10" subs custom built into rear foldable seat backs, so each seat back will be the front of the sub box and the sub will be hidden inside the seat cushion.

Shallow mount boxes only 3.75" deep. Each sub only needs 1.5 cf. I'll line them with the same black fabric. You won't see them and I can still fold seats down too! With separate amps for those. View attachment 285741

Unfortunately mine doesn't have the orange p.ant or blue p.cntr wire

 

[TenaciousB]

Your connector is different than mine?

Take a pic of yours.

This is it installed (with no sound)

 

[TenaciousB]

Anyone find a radio app with rds that works? (Radio station name/song title etc?

 

[TenaciousB]

I wouldn't recommend the unit I have, it freezes an rd I have to force close apps a lot. Also, my GPS will often go nuts, I currently have it sitting on top of my dash to get the strongest signal.

It will boot up within about 30seconds, but Google maps is about another minute before I can actually enter an address.

 

[TenaciousB]

Ok, do you have the 9 speaker system in your car?

 

[TenaciousB]

So, because of the 9 speaker system having the pioneer amp, I had to wire power to it. With the wiring harness, do you have a "AMP-C" wire? I had to tie that to 12vdc to power the amp.

 

[TenaciousB]

Hmmm, not sure, mine had a amp-C wire

 

[TenaciousB]

Hi,
I am having the same issue with a similar product as yours bought from ISUDAR H53 1 Din Android Car Radio For Chevrolet Cruze 2006-2014.
It doesn't fit because of the back of the radio and they asked to lower it down but but it doesn't work.
Have you got a refund or you manage it to fit it in the car without taking down the middle plastic shelf?
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Apparently the back of the head unit can be adjusted up/down as needed. I unfortunately did not find this out from another user on here until after I returned it. Good luck. I have the 9 speaker system and just had to connect the AMP-C wire to power to get sound working.