Every car I've owned I have had to add something to the sound system. After buying this car back in Feb of 14, I thought it would only need a sub. That lasted a while and over the summer I had the itch to install a new head unit and eventually replace the rear deck speakers. I will list below what I have down so far. Feel free to ask any questions, I will try to elaborate where I can.
Installed:
Kenwood ddx 9903s Head Unit/ with Maestro interface to keep steering wheel controls and car inputs, tire pressure, doors open, engine alerts etc.
Actiontec ScreenBeam Mini2 HDMI wireless Screen mirroring dongle
Front Speakers still stock.
Rear Deck m6+ CDT 6.5 Mid Bass Woofer
Powered by Rockford Fosgate p400x1
Sub, JL Audio W7 13.5" sub, custom box.
Powerd by Phoenix Gold TI 1200.1
1/0 Power cable from Optima Red Battery, big 3 upgrade
Added 2 headrest monitors
Front camera on license plate (it was free)
Wireless charger for Galaxy S7
Added bank of 12v outlets with constant power.
Below I have some links to with the install and afterwards. I was a little apprehensive about tearing apart the front panel because of the soft foam of the dash. I found a video on You tube of guy who dove in and figured it out. The dash came off easy and so did the stock stereo. If you havent removed the stereo before you will find a nice surprise of a huge, cavernous open space that I have never witnessed in all my years of installing car stereos. This made stuffing the cables and accessories SOO much easier, and few times I had to trouble shoot and take the stereo in and out was also helpful with the big gaping install hole.
The Maestro interface required a download and a flash, WIndows only, that was pretty straightforward. This hooked up with the existing wiring harness from the corolla. Fairly easy. There are a lot of options and inputs/outputs on the ddx 9903s. I wont go into huge detail, there is plenty of reading material/videos on this head unit. Listing few here, DVD (no Bluray), HDMI input ( I installed a streaming stick/Phone mirror), Android Auto / Apple Car play, Future intergration with K40 radar detectors (looks awesome but pricey). USB inputs, Optional Sirius input. video inputs/outputs, Rear and front camera. And i'm sure I forgot some other stuff too.
I installed the video monitors in the head rest, this was also fairly straightforward. The only issue is that they did not have a remote turn on lead, only battery and ground. So this required a relay to be installed, wasnt a huge issue but took some time. I was able to get video on all three screens, nothing fancy for the head unit, you just have to ground the parking brake lead and your front passenger can watch while you drive
. The USB, and Aux were extended to a new flush mount terminal that fit perfectly in the dash cluster. I extended the USB from the back to where I charge my Galaxy s7 for my Android Auto connection.
I will post some pics, and I wont go into huge detail right now about the install but if you have any questions or comments feel free to ask.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mOUNXUFFIemVybzQ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mcWo1ZmRaWWM4dkE
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9maXRpcm1sNnZmNEU
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mZ1lYNmNnUEpEU0E
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mcGlkcXptR3ROYWc
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mNi1KQ1dOemZzWVk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mQkNBUjBWUWFTWGc
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9maHhkSk9rX3ZfY1k
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mbm9HeEpEMndWaDQ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mTmFNd2ZJM05TMnM
Thanks
Installed:
Kenwood ddx 9903s Head Unit/ with Maestro interface to keep steering wheel controls and car inputs, tire pressure, doors open, engine alerts etc.
Actiontec ScreenBeam Mini2 HDMI wireless Screen mirroring dongle
Front Speakers still stock.
Rear Deck m6+ CDT 6.5 Mid Bass Woofer
Powered by Rockford Fosgate p400x1
Sub, JL Audio W7 13.5" sub, custom box.
Powerd by Phoenix Gold TI 1200.1
1/0 Power cable from Optima Red Battery, big 3 upgrade
Added 2 headrest monitors
Front camera on license plate (it was free)
Wireless charger for Galaxy S7
Added bank of 12v outlets with constant power.
Below I have some links to with the install and afterwards. I was a little apprehensive about tearing apart the front panel because of the soft foam of the dash. I found a video on You tube of guy who dove in and figured it out. The dash came off easy and so did the stock stereo. If you havent removed the stereo before you will find a nice surprise of a huge, cavernous open space that I have never witnessed in all my years of installing car stereos. This made stuffing the cables and accessories SOO much easier, and few times I had to trouble shoot and take the stereo in and out was also helpful with the big gaping install hole.
The Maestro interface required a download and a flash, WIndows only, that was pretty straightforward. This hooked up with the existing wiring harness from the corolla. Fairly easy. There are a lot of options and inputs/outputs on the ddx 9903s. I wont go into huge detail, there is plenty of reading material/videos on this head unit. Listing few here, DVD (no Bluray), HDMI input ( I installed a streaming stick/Phone mirror), Android Auto / Apple Car play, Future intergration with K40 radar detectors (looks awesome but pricey). USB inputs, Optional Sirius input. video inputs/outputs, Rear and front camera. And i'm sure I forgot some other stuff too.
I installed the video monitors in the head rest, this was also fairly straightforward. The only issue is that they did not have a remote turn on lead, only battery and ground. So this required a relay to be installed, wasnt a huge issue but took some time. I was able to get video on all three screens, nothing fancy for the head unit, you just have to ground the parking brake lead and your front passenger can watch while you drive
. The USB, and Aux were extended to a new flush mount terminal that fit perfectly in the dash cluster. I extended the USB from the back to where I charge my Galaxy s7 for my Android Auto connection.I will post some pics, and I wont go into huge detail right now about the install but if you have any questions or comments feel free to ask.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mOUNXUFFIemVybzQ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mcWo1ZmRaWWM4dkE
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9maXRpcm1sNnZmNEU
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mZ1lYNmNnUEpEU0E
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mcGlkcXptR3ROYWc
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mNi1KQ1dOemZzWVk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mQkNBUjBWUWFTWGc
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9maHhkSk9rX3ZfY1k
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mbm9HeEpEMndWaDQ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byi95bYWHw9mTmFNd2ZJM05TMnM
Thanks
