Had an idea.My current xcarlink adaptor has a 3.5mm jack which is how the audio from my current dab adaptor inputs the head unit.Could i simply buy a 3.5mm female to RCA male cable and connect new single din unit that way.All the single devices seem to have a L/R RCA audio out at the back.All i then need do is connect power source.Keeps things simple and all sound will input head unit just as it does atm with no wiring mods needed
That is probably not a bad idea come to think of it as long as you can fit the single din stereo in without removing the factory amp, I don't know how it is mounted in the non-nav cars but in mine it was mounted using the same bracket as the nav DVD drive which I had to remove to fit my stereo in.
I really don't like having to cut factory connectors etc so I did this all using adapters
Regardless, this is the fascia I used for under the factory stereo, a bit pricey but there aren't many single din fascias about for our cars and the various double dins about are literally a hole in a bit of moulded plastic.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-Ac...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
It says that they don't include a wiring harness but they sent me one anyway for no extra cost, I'm not sure if this was a mistake or if they're just trying to get rid of the stock but I wasn't complaining!
When I didn't know I was getting a wiring harness for free anyway, I ordered this one from aliexpress paying the $2 extra for the aliexpress standard shipping because I wanted it to arrive this side of Christmas,(it took about 2 weeks)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32880025998.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.3d9a4c4dm3POMw
If you decide to go for a traditional stereo install, that's the sort of cable you need to retain the air-con temperatures and clock functionality of the factory stereo and you need to wire it up to the harness of your after market unit.
Do you have factory steering wheel controls? if so, I had a bit of a mare getting them to work properly but I found a solution in the end.
I bought this from halfords
https://www.halfords.com/technology...eering-wheel-control---nissan-res-285145.html
I know it says nissan but it's a universal unit and on clearance so massively cheaper than the universal unit on ebay. All you need to do is chop off the Nissan wiring harness.
I then bought a few of these wiring harnesses to use for donor pins to put into the wiring harness above
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-Ci...427631?hash=item5d71eeb42f:g:E8AAAOSwEZdaJ-Zn
using these extra pins and wires, I connected pins 3(steering wheel remote +ve) and 11 (steering wheel remote -ve) and wired it up as per this diagram
and the bank of 8 dip switches need to be configured as per this picture though the bank of four will vary depending on the head unit you buy (mines a JVC)