Factory CD changer started jamming a lot so I looked into new head units. Went with the new Pioneer AppRadio 3.
Factory subs work fine without the need to splice anything as others had claimed. Biggest pain was 2 of the 3 screws that hold the head unit in place on the driver side and 1 on the passenger that had to be drilled out as even an impact screwdriver after Liquid Wrench had done it's thing for over an hour wouldn't free them.
Since it supports a backup camera I threw in a cheap $12 one from Amazon that works fine. Comes on automatically when you put the car in reverse or can be checked any time while driving by pulling it up on the head unit so you can monitor a trailer (who would pull a trailer with a CL-S) or see the guy behind you.
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Works slick. Can control my iPhone 5 right from the touch screen. Run any GPS app I want while streaming Pandora or whatever other audio app you like. Siri works through the unit so you can have it make calls or play specific songs. Should be interesting to see what is added with the release of iOS 7 in a couple weeks and the new iOS In The Car features it will add.
Installed the parking brake bypass so you can watch video and do some other things not normally allowed while driving although I have no intention of ever watching any video on it as that seems pretty silly.
Went with the 210 which has a CD/DVD player. Cruchfield and Best Buy charge $499 for it but Amazon has it for just under $399. Even buying the $12 mounting kit & $5 wiring harness from them still makes it a much better deal.
Now if only I didn't have the stupid factory GPS sitting there being worthless at this point. Looks a little goofy with the 2 screens especially since the AppRadio one is so nice and the factory GPS is all old and crappy looking.
Factory subs work fine without the need to splice anything as others had claimed. Biggest pain was 2 of the 3 screws that hold the head unit in place on the driver side and 1 on the passenger that had to be drilled out as even an impact screwdriver after Liquid Wrench had done it's thing for over an hour wouldn't free them.
Since it supports a backup camera I threw in a cheap $12 one from Amazon that works fine. Comes on automatically when you put the car in reverse or can be checked any time while driving by pulling it up on the head unit so you can monitor a trailer (who would pull a trailer with a CL-S) or see the guy behind you.
Works slick. Can control my iPhone 5 right from the touch screen. Run any GPS app I want while streaming Pandora or whatever other audio app you like. Siri works through the unit so you can have it make calls or play specific songs. Should be interesting to see what is added with the release of iOS 7 in a couple weeks and the new iOS In The Car features it will add.
Installed the parking brake bypass so you can watch video and do some other things not normally allowed while driving although I have no intention of ever watching any video on it as that seems pretty silly.
Went with the 210 which has a CD/DVD player. Cruchfield and Best Buy charge $499 for it but Amazon has it for just under $399. Even buying the $12 mounting kit & $5 wiring harness from them still makes it a much better deal.
Now if only I didn't have the stupid factory GPS sitting there being worthless at this point. Looks a little goofy with the 2 screens especially since the AppRadio one is so nice and the factory GPS is all old and crappy looking.