I coulda SWORE I wrote this long ass review of my test fitting and now POOF. Gone. Ahh well.

Anyway, I am happy to report that the extension cable I have in place from my year-old unit fits perfectly onto the back of the new one. The new one used an adapter with the red CANbus adapter. Not only did the radio power up, the steering wheel radio butttons for volume and next station worked! CANbus included, indeed!

Of course, every OTHER freaking adapter is different. Speakers? Yeah different. USB harness? Yeah, direct to USB on the unit now. Of course WiFi antenna and GPS antennae are the same. Camera harness is also different.

Having said all of that, most of the connections for these adapters back to the radio are right there. It seems a simple matter to remove the old ones and plug in the new ones. the speaker harness certainly was. Unfortunately, I did not plug in the amp power signal so I did not hear any music.

A 5 minute walk around the unit revealed what I perceive as faster performance than my current one. The interface was different of course, but switching between and launching apps like Waze was noticeably faster.

Friday or this weekend, I will try to cajole a buddy into swapping the new unit in. This may be the moment when I do a test fit on the white one with the old unit. Since it doesn't have DSP, I think I will be able to just plug the damn thing in. And if it's that easy, I will be overjoyed.

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