Upgrading stock Radio Unit with an Alpine Unit

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Audio and Electronics' started by Miguel Olivares, Oct 9, 2016.

  1. Miguel Olivares

    Miguel Olivares Junior Member

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    I just purchased an alpine car stereo and am considering installing it on my 2005 base unit prius.

    Question 1) will I be able to use the steering wheel buttons to control and change the music?
    2) will anything else be messed up if I replace the stereo? ( temperature buttons not working..)

    3) if so, what can I do so in the end, I have an alpine stereo in my base unit prius with all of the steering buttons working?
     
    #1 Miguel Olivares, Oct 9, 2016
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    since you have a base model, all you really need is a metra axxess interface for the steering wheel buttons and an adapter harness from scosche which has a 68 ohm resistor made into it. I would contact crutchfield for the correct parts.
     
    #2 69shovlhed, Oct 9, 2016
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    Spoke with Crutchfield and it seems you'd need about $150, not counting the radio.
     
    #3 Tomek310, Oct 20, 2016
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    that seems a bit steep. you might try ebay or amazon for a better deal.
     
    #4 69shovlhed, Oct 28, 2016
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    I bought the PAC TATO and PAC SW interface for $20 off ebay. What do you think about these? What trim kit do I need?
     
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    the one I got was scosche kit from ebay. it had the bezel and adapter harness w/ 68 ohm resistor installed.
     
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    What is the resistor needed for? And how do you install it?

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    The resistor is needed to terminate a data bus. Since its included as part of the adapter harness, you won't need to do anything additional for everything to work correctly.
     
    #8 Rocket Man, Oct 30, 2016
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    You mean it's included in the PAC TATO?

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    the 68 ohm resistor probably isn't included with the tato, you need to check the instructions to see if it is. if it ain't, do a forum search to find out how to install it yourself, or buy the scosche adapter harness from ebay.
     
    #10 69shovlhed, Nov 13, 2016
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