Anyone explain the differences between head units?

[kodiakz]

I was just going to correct my post about the drives in the D1, but Humm this beat me to it!! I had my installer do all of these that we have done to date. I don;t believe that the D1 plays dvds though I have not verified this myself.

As we just became Eclipse dealers this year, I am not intimately familiar with all older models, but I believe that the 2454 is last years model. The drive in the 5495 is not removable, but is not cheap either!! I would recommend either the 5435 or the AVN30d which is the same piece, but is sold only through new car dealer expediters and carries a standard 3 year warranty.

If you have and want to keep either onstar or steering wheel controls, you will need interface modules. Peripheral makes the GMAH24B (for bose) that will interface the aftermarket unit with the oem system while maintaining on star. you will also need a chime module (GMACHM) as the chimes are lost when the oem radio is removed. Lastly, you will need a PESWIX steering wheel adaptor which basically converts the steering wheel buttons to a few select commands that you choose and then retransmits those commands via infrared repeater which can be placed on the overhead console to aim at the radio (kind of like taking the remote and mounting it somewhere whithin sight of the radio and activtivating it using the steering wheel buttons). Hope that all makes sense!!lol