[5th Gen : 08+]: Grandcaravan radio upgrade
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Grandcaravan radio upgrade
I have a 2014 Grandcaravan SXT and it has a very bottom line radio in it. I would like to upgrade to a Uconnect RES 130S for handsfree and satellite operation. I'm thinking that I will need a new head unit, module and harness. Is there anyone out there that can shed some light on the subject? I've been looking om Ebay and am very confuse as to what I can do.
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I bought a 2013 caravan 4 years ago with standard 130 radio, no bluetooth.
I found it was WAY cheaper to buy a hi quality($600+) pioneer dvd nav head unit with blue tooth and back up camera and have it professionally installed with mods to use steering wheel audio buttons and to watch vids and program nav. while not in park.
This makes even more sense if no overhead dvd is present.
Now that I bought a new 2017SXT plus Blacktop with Nav and single DVD I still find that the pioneer sounds better and screen had better resolution than the new rhb though the newer uconnect is better intergrated to the vehicle. The higher priced units would have a usb or micro sd option. If you were to go the oem route and get full functionality you would need to buy new rear mirror with mic, new buttons on front of steering wheel to answer phone and the voice recognition button and then a trip to the dealership to activate all these features which will cost you.
I found it was WAY cheaper to buy a hi quality($600+) pioneer dvd nav head unit with blue tooth and back up camera and have it professionally installed with mods to use steering wheel audio buttons and to watch vids and program nav. while not in park.
This makes even more sense if no overhead dvd is present.
Now that I bought a new 2017SXT plus Blacktop with Nav and single DVD I still find that the pioneer sounds better and screen had better resolution than the new rhb though the newer uconnect is better intergrated to the vehicle. The higher priced units would have a usb or micro sd option. If you were to go the oem route and get full functionality you would need to buy new rear mirror with mic, new buttons on front of steering wheel to answer phone and the voice recognition button and then a trip to the dealership to activate all these features which will cost you.