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Originally Posted by Gabex35
Hey
@ Superjet
, I am a novice when it comes to electronics wiring but does this all require a whole lot of splicing of wires or is everything plug and play?
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I just went through this (minus the Maestro portion) on my brothers FJ.
No, it's technically plug and play, but you need to be comfortable with soldering the adapters needed for the Factory to the new HU's harness. There's no splicing, you just have to connect the HU's harness to the adapters. It's not "easy" as pure plug and play, but it's not that hard either. I think if the HU comes with a Maestro connection, that portion is plug and play.
Just make sure you have the right adapters or else you'll lose functions like USB, AUX, Steering Wheel Control, Bluetooth, and back up camera.
The FJ didn't have a factory camera, so we did have to do some slicing to get power to the new aftermarket one, but it wasn't difficult. Probably easier than the soldering. We just used a tap for that.