How do I tell what model radio I have? 2018 Ram 1500

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Plainbroke

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Just had the radio replaced in my 2018 Ram. It had a 8.4 UAS, and it had the delamination issue. The dealer I bought it from sold me the bumper to bumper 7yr extended warranty. Thank the LORD for that. Anyways, the radio was replaced today. I went out to restore the settings since they had the battery disconnected during the swap. Here is the issue, it now is showing in dealer settings "Navigation Demo Mode" Does that mean this new radio is a Nav unit aka UAQ since UAS does not have Nav?

The Software version is: 21.14.14
Application version: NN-CAN-ASO-8.4-QR-39.6.0-20210405-Q0H4
Hardware part number: CVRC28N2FX
 

GTyankee

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just a wild guess on my part

Could the replacement radio be RA3 8.4A unit ?
I know the RA3 could be upgraded to a NAV unit, for about $700.00, i don't know if it could be done with the 2018 & newer radios

I know at one time, the RA4 8.4N unit, came with NAV from the factory
 

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Your 2018 should be the UAQ radio, that's when they introduced CarPlay. When I had my radio replaced in my 2018 it took about 24hrs for all the original settings to come back.
 

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"Navigation Demo Mode"

Look at the screen at about :35 - :36 seconds in this video, see if that's checked on yours. Not sure if you can get to that screen the same way on yours though

 

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What head unit would this be in a 2018 2500 Laramie with Sirius Nav and CarPlay? Need to find a replacement on eBay as the drawings 2500 bucks!IMG_2278.jpeg
 

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I just upgraded to one identical to that and it is a Mopar Uconnect 4C NAV UAQ 8.4-inch Touchscreen GPS Navigation, display looks the same.
 

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You could take the bezel off and remove the screws holding the radio in and take pictures of both stickers. The numbers on the unit can be used here to tell you exactly what you have.
 
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