Dual DIN 7" Touch screen radio install

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Here is todays work with the project:


Pic 1, Pulled out the shelf...literally just yank is straight back and out it comes.


Disconnect the battery lead or else you might short something and the radio anti theft alarm will sound when the radio is removed.


Pulled the bezel plates from around the AC unit and the Equalizer.


Made my own radio removal tools out of some thin aluminum I had laying around the shop, and cut them to this shape because I remembered the one you buy where that shape. You need 2


Here is the little springy catch that you use the above tool on to to bend the catch inwards towards the radio.


There it is pushed inward to release the catch. You do both at the same time and the radio comes out.


There are little slots for the tools near the bottom corners.


Radio slides out, the upper AC unit and its rails come out with just 2 screws.


Equalizer also comes out with 2 screws.


This is the radio theft alarm. The Brown/Red wire to be grounded, (One person said it should NOT be grounded so test it out yourself) so unplug it and connect it to ground before conecting your car battery again or else the alrm will sound. I was able to leave it in place as the new radio made contact with it as it was with the original radio.

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All the panels on the console just pull off and I needed the carpeted side to come off so I could fish the AC wires down to the bottome slot where the Equalizer was.


Everything is out, plus I needed to remove the bottom cover with "Boxster" on it to get the AC in properly.


A few more minutes and the AC and shelf are done.


Just about half way through the UPS guy arrived with the new radio/gps unit...perfect timing.

Here is what I got for $230

A night vision backup camera, Radio unit assorted cables including USB, and ipod/iphone cables, remote some mounting hardware etc. all well packed and in good condition.



I had to hook it up to a 12v battery and try it out inside first to see that it all works. The GPS software on an SD card is under the yellow sticker preinstalled in the unit. I removed the ugly yellow sticker.
Everything works perfectly


Some GPS menus


Main Menu


Playing with the SD chip


More tommorow.