| NEWB needs help, upgrading from BOSE radio to single din Aftermarket Pioneer - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| chazandnic |
I have been searching for a while now and found out nothing on how to upgrade from a bose head unit to an aftermarket pioneer single din head unit. Can anyone fill me in on what is involved exactly, I will be buying a 2004 SE with Bose upgrade and already have the pioneer AVIC -X3 stereo/screen to put in.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Cheers
Charlie |
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| zebelkhan |
Welcome to the forum, and sorry but you cannot easily replace the HU with an aftermarket. The radio faceplate has a circuit board that also controls heating and cooling functions and must remain in place.
Some members have added their aftermarket units to the MO but not in place of the original radio. |
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| chazandnic |
thanks for the quick reply, could I not just rip the stereo itself out of the face plate and put my own in leaving everything else as it is?
are you talking about the control buttons below the bose stereo because i would leave that well alone. |
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| zebelkhan |
Yes. The heater/AC/fan controls are integrated into the radio faceplate. You can remove the radio/cassette/cd units themselves but cannot cut-up the face plate to accomodate the new stereo.
Edit: there are many posts, some with pictures, of what the circuit board looks like. Take a look at the Audio thread. |
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| chazandnic |
| please read my updated previous post |
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| jkster107 |
I can't see the photos here at work, but I believe this was the thread that had a picture of the back of the Head Unit.
http://www.nissanmurano.org/forums/...=&threadid=1785
You'll have to get mondo creative if you're going to implement a different stereo into the Murano. |
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| chazandnic |
hi, That all looks a little in depth, the stereo i have will fit into the empty slot that removing the factory radio will create. i will trim a plate up for the small gap below the new stereo.
its just the wiring bit I'm not looking forward too. If anyone has a wiring chart for the bose stereo i.e perm live, switched live, earth, and the speaker wire colors. that would be great.
I also need a speed detection wire color and reverse wire too.
Again, thanks for all the help folks.
Charlie |
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| AlanR |
Charlie,
Did you see the pictures of the circuit board behind the radio? It is not a simple matter of removing the radio and replacing it with a new one, even with a wiring kit.
Though it looks like a 1.5 DIN factory radio from the outside, it is not. It is just a big faceplate that looks like a factory radio. Behind the Bose radio faceplate is a large circuit board that runs from the heating controls to above the radio, with cut outs for the tape and cd decks. It would kill your heating/on board computer controls to cut into this board.
Replacing the Bose factory radio is nearly impossible and is not something that could be done by the average person. The only ones I have seen done are by people who have mounted custom made after-market face plates in place of the stock radio.
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| BikerJohn |
Here's what the back of the face plate looks like.
The actual head unit is behind all this. |
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| chazandnic |
wow!!!
i didn't know that was back there, I need another plan! I think I will leave the factory BOSE stereo in, and use the pioneer in another motor.
How hard would it be to upgrade the bose system to nav then?
cheers
charlie |
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| pat in dfw |
Rather than upgrading to NAV to use the built in screen it is MUCH easier to get a standalone GPS and stick it to the windshield of dash. I have seen the factory NAV and compared it to aftermarket GPS (such as Garmin) and I like the use and operation of the aftermarket much better. I have the Garmin nuvi370 with built-in bluetooth and it works great - much better than the factory NAV at a fraction of the cost.
To answer your question - yes it can be done, but not as easy as buying a standalone GPS. |
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| krush40 |
I have the Garmin Gvn53. It is a standalone GPS that uses any sort of external monitor. Then I got one of the little video adaptors that convert the factory MO screen to allow video.
Then plugged the 2 into each other. Works perfect. I just use a little switch to jump back and forth between normal screen contents and the nav.
All in all cost about 600 if I remember correctly.
It looks pretty much stock and has the convenience of having aftermarket nav. Plus I added on the garmin traffic accessory so I know where traffic is and how to avoid it. |
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| 07Murano |
Hey Gang!
I too had previously installed the GVN 53, the only thing I did not
Like about it was the use of the remote!. I just could not get use
to it.
I uninstalled it and added factory Nav, and find it works great!!
Jim |
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