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      06-15-2022, 08:54 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by dtox9 View Post
Yes, that's pretty much it...

There is a plug-n-play harness that comes with the monitor that plugs into the factory harness and OEM head unit, providing a pigtail cable of wires to route up to the monitor.

You do have to remove one pair of wires from the factory harness plug, and insert in the into the same exact spot on the plug-n-play harness going back into the head unit, but it's all of about a 5 second process.

The most challenge I had was routing the pigtail up to the monitor, and fitting the new bulk of wires and harness plugs back into the dash. I fitted them just underneath the head unit in the back, and it was tight, but I didn't have to force anything into place. It really wasn't much of a challenge, but it was the most challenging of everything in the process.

That's all I used, and EVERYTHING works exactly like OEM
Stereo control knob, iDrive knob, and steering wheel controls = 100% the same functionality.

It literally is just swapping out the 8" monitor screen with a 10" version the way I did it.

In the box also was a microphone, gps speaker and antennae, pigtail harness for connection to 3rd party cameras, audio inputs, etc... and an aux cable.
I did not use ANY of these in my install.

I can still use the AVIN Android 9 part of everything if I want to / just without sound or gps signal........ but that wasn't my purpose for the purchase, so I'll never even click over to those parts of the system.
Wow okay. So it's basically what you said plus removing the old monitor. I'm seriously going to have to look into this.
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