New $20 Stereo, $200 effort. Who needs an ashtray anyways?

[someotherguy]

is there some how to's on this? I plan on reverting to the stock radio on mine. I got my truck from dad, he put a deck between the vents and tossed the old radio. The aftermarket radio doesnt have an aux in and the cd is stuck. I was planning on finding a working stock radio and adding an aux-input

See -> http://www.gmt400.com/threads/adding-aux-input-to-obs-stock-radio.198/

For the bluetooth dongle, this is the one I've used in other applications. Pairs quickly, no annoying chimes/tones as it does so (I've read about others that have a really loud alert when they pair), no issues with it whatsoever. And cheap. https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Bo...19&sr=8-1&keywords=millennia+bluetooth+dongle

Looking at the reviews I can see some people have had trouble with it but I guess that's just par for the course with simple chinese electronics stuff. Mine has been working great.

Richard

 

[df2x4]

Would seem to me that this would be a lot less work, and it would fit in the stock location....

http://www.casmfg.com/Secretaudio.htm

That's interesting... Never seen this one before.

For the bluetooth dongle, this is the one I've used in other applications. Pairs quickly, no annoying chimes/tones as it does so (I've read about others that have a really loud alert when they pair), no issues with it whatsoever. And cheap. https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Bo...19&sr=8-1&keywords=millennia+bluetooth+dongle

X2 on the Millennia BT dongle. I've got one in each truck, good stuff. They've got a little bit of loss on the low frequency range but I have yet to encounter a BT adapter that doesn't.

 

[someotherguy]

Memory could be fuzzy but I think it was your post where I got the suggestion to pick that brand!

Richard

 

[df2x4]

Might have been!

http://www.gmt400.com/threads/millennia-bluetooth-dongle.29544/

 

[98chevy2500SS]

Neat idea, but... That would involve me reaching down further to change the station and the volume. I am lazy lol. That's the beauty of the 95+ dashes, you can rest your hand on the shifter and switch channels and turn the volume up or down and not have to reach far.

 

[deejaaa]

Would seem to me that this would be a lot less work, and it would fit in the stock location....

http://www.casmfg.com/Secretaudio.htm

yep, for 299.00 and 399.00, guess you DO pay for less work.

 

[30013Z3R0]

30013Z3R0, what did you do for front/back speakers and did you run an amp?

No, it puts out decent power on it's own.

 

[30013Z3R0]

Would seem to me that this would be a lot less work, and it would fit in the stock location....

http://www.casmfg.com/Secretaudio.htm

There are lots of options that would be less work. I could have bought the stereo that looks exactly like the factory one and just stuck it in. This cost me less than $50 in all. The one you linked, while nice, would be a starting point of $400 before shipping. With this my goal was for it to have the option of not being seen, leaving the interior stock appearing and on a starving artist's budget.

 

[30013Z3R0]

Neat idea, but... That would involve me reaching down further to change the station and the volume. I am lazy lol. That's the beauty of the 95+ dashes, you can rest your hand on the shifter and switch channels and turn the volume up or down and not have to reach far.

Yeah I could see that being a problem. I don't have that problem, I just use the remote lol