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Oh, and BTW, I just scored a Rosen Pirahana PR-UN1170 Double DIn 4" head unit w/Nav, Bluetooth phone, AM/FM radio on EBay for $140. I hope it isn't a scam. Just what I need to replace my 2014 NV1500 S stock 2DIN am/fm/cd player. My dealer has a set of wiring diagrams for the Radio waiting for me to pick up. They looked them up in their system & printed them for me. Very good service, I hope they give me the info I need for the connections. The Rosen unit should come with a manual, or I should be able to get one from them which contains wiring inputs to the head. Will keep you posted on results after my unit arrives. Hopefully no scam, but I am a little worried. Sounds too good a price to be true. Bill Melrose MA

Thanks AS Dad! Using your typed directions above I had access to the radio in my NV 1500 in 15 mins. I did buy the Pry Tools beforehand, and they were definitely needed. I found out why the instrument bezel needed to come off. It provides access to the screws that hold the radio/climate bezel. It is not pressed in as I expected, and my initial attempts to remove it were thwarted by the unseen screws. My wife's VW needed a radio after it broke, and the bezel pried right out. Overkill I think on the NV1500 to screw it in. Just my $.02. Without these directions I would have never started with the panel above my knees. Sheesh. Has anyone removed a left side phone steering wheel control panel yet? I cannot get mine off, nor do I see screws or retainers that hold it in. It is very secure in it's place, even though I have the blank panel w/no phone controls. TIA

What unit have people been using to replace the factory CD/AM/FM radio with NAV and Bluetooth hands free radio? I have found Rosen Electronics have a Pirhana unit that fits into the NV1500. It does Nav, AM/FM/CD, bluetooth hands free radio. Questions: ) I have no steering wheel phone controls, can I add them? I cannot figure out how to remove the flat panel so I could install factory phone control panel. ) Backup Camera options, my van doesn't have it. Again, the Rosen can take av input so can put in camera. What else have you used?

Back, just some context, my NV1500 Van has single CD player, no hands free phone buttons on steering wheel. From what I see, the NAV unit stands alone, and backup camera shows up on same screen. Bluetooth jphone seems to be inside the same unit. So my questions: - How to open up dash to remove CD radio to replace w/NAV/Bluetooth Phone/Backup camera stock unit. ( have tried to pry panel off around CD player with little success. - Do these vans come pre-wired for Bluetooth phone connections under my flat plastic plate on steering wheel? IF so I can just buy panel with phone controls from junkyard and plug in. - Is Backup camera pre-wired into van so I can hook up to NAV/CD/Backup camera unit that I want to put into dash? NOTE, I have read posts here that people have removed Stock NAV/ Radio unit. Is there something wrong with that unit? Or are they just wanting more flexibility with Audio Inputs? NOTE2: I am not that much interested in Audio, I don't want to be fiddling with phone and NAV while I am driving. I use NAV on Google Maps to get places and in-dash seems much more practical. Same with Bluetooth phone, enabling hands free phone usage. Bill Melrose MA

Hi all, Just purchased a used NV1500 Van. I don.\'t have NAV and Bluetooth phone or backup camera. This is my business van, and thest things are important to me. I didn't know that they came with these options. Guess I didn't do my homework :-). There is a parts yard near me with a NV3500 in it wrecked in front. It seems to have all these options. I cannot find a description on removal of the radio anywhere else. I thought I saw one here, it was without pictures. Can someone chime in with a link to topics that could help w/Bluetooth, radio and backup camera removal & installation? I'll have to figure out how to search the archives of this forum. Next step I guess. Thanks Bill