You guys, I found this thread last night and ran out to Best Buy first thing this morning to get the Pioneer. They are on sale for Black Friday, down from $450 to $300. I had the old POS Axxera out and the new Pioneer installed in 30 minutes. I was able to use the cage from the old Axxera, so I didn’t even need a mounting kit. THANK YOU for the suggestion and encouragement to do this. It’s been 20 years since I installed a vehicle stereo; this was by far the easiest. There is so much room to work!
The only down side is the size of the screen. It’s the same size as the head unit, so you can see the aluminum cage (see image). For only that reason I might put in a unit with a larger screen. For now, I now longer have to deal with the Axxera freezing, turning solid green, shutting off, rebooting itself constantly, and completely non-functional navigation.
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