hobowillie
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- 2010 Ram 1500 SLT 4x4
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- 5.7
Yes, I know it may seem like a ridiculous concept to many, but I'm thinking of replacing the 5.0 stereo in my 2015 quad-cab with the base 3.0 one.
Never been a big fan of touchscreen stereos and have no use for bluetooth integrated into it. I like having actual buttons that I can push, and I rarely talk on my phone while I drive.
I do, however, kinda like having the back-up camera in certain situations, but it displays through the stereo currently.
So a few questions:
1) Would the stereo itself be a PnP swap .. as far as the radio functions go (music, USB playback)?
2) What would happen to the various settings controlled by the 5.0/ra2 stereo (headlight timer, door unlock settings, etc)? Don't need them necessarily but just curious.
3) Would I lose the compass in my dash display or just the one in the stereo? Not a great loss, but it is somewhat handy at times; and I have no idea what controls where that is displayed.
4) What would be required to swap the bluetooth mirror to a camera display mirror to keep the functionality there since it is already has the camera installed? Mirror, of course, and ... maybe different harnesses?
Any info would be appreciated, thanks.
Never been a big fan of touchscreen stereos and have no use for bluetooth integrated into it. I like having actual buttons that I can push, and I rarely talk on my phone while I drive.
I do, however, kinda like having the back-up camera in certain situations, but it displays through the stereo currently.
So a few questions:
1) Would the stereo itself be a PnP swap .. as far as the radio functions go (music, USB playback)?
2) What would happen to the various settings controlled by the 5.0/ra2 stereo (headlight timer, door unlock settings, etc)? Don't need them necessarily but just curious.
3) Would I lose the compass in my dash display or just the one in the stereo? Not a great loss, but it is somewhat handy at times; and I have no idea what controls where that is displayed.
4) What would be required to swap the bluetooth mirror to a camera display mirror to keep the functionality there since it is already has the camera installed? Mirror, of course, and ... maybe different harnesses?
Any info would be appreciated, thanks.