Laz1287
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- Aug 12, 2017
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- Location
- Pembroke Pines, FL
- Vehicle(s)
- 2017 Civic Hatchback Sport
1) Imho it's very responsive. Little to no lag from touch commands. If you have a Best Buy near you, you can walk into their car audio dept and test it for yourself. Every single store is required to have one on display.I'm sour on Kenwood after my experience with the Kenwood HU for my 2003 Wrangler. Awful radio and even more awful customer service. Thank goodness for the good, kind folks at Crutchfield for taking care of me and letting me swap it for something different.
That being said, the Pioneer unit looks fine to me. I don't mind the "non-factory look" as long as it fits in the space properly. So if you have familiarity with the Pioneer, I'd like to ask a few questions if you don't mind:
- How is the performance of the unit? When I say "performance" I mean as far as swiping, opening/switching apps, etc.? For the money, I expect it to be snappy and not laggy like the factory HU.
- Will this unit retain all of the steering wheel functions, such as volume control, hands-free calling, etc.?
- Will this unit display all of the menus on how to manage the car (such as the car preferences), as well as the car performance data (such as fuel economy)?
- Can the stock shark-fin antenna be retained for SiriusXM? I understand that a separate unit is required for sat radio functionality, but would like to retain the factory antenna if possible.
Thanks in advance!
2) At the moment the ASWC-1 is the only steering control module I've found that is fully compatible with all the controls on the steering wheel. The only catch is that you can not use it's auto detect feature when you program it. You'll have to manually program all the buttons during install. Once you do that, they ALL work as intended.
3) This one is a little more complicated. All the civics I've done so far were entry level models ( including my own ) with little to no vehicle information on the radio themselves, so the clients didn't care much for it anyway. However, when installing a head unit like these that have a data port exclusively dedicated for this very thing, it's usually an option. HOWEVER iData does NOT make a compatible harness for the new civic YET. Imho it's only a matter of time before they release it. Feel free to check up on their website every now and again: http://maestro.idatalink.com/
4) Last I checked the answer for this one was a solid no. I did not see a sat ant plug behind the radio the last few times I removed the oem head unit in a civic. Honda usually tends to have their oem satellite receivers in the rear of their vehicles. I haven't sought it out, so I can't accurately claim it isn't possible. If you can find the module, then there is a good chance you can reuse the oem fin for an SXV300V1 instead of the ant it comes with. Sirius and XM have never changed their ant plug. The housing may be different, but if it is, then the ant port can be removed from said housing and will plug right into the new receiver. The trickiest part will be finding an extension that allows you to run the cable to a location closer to the head unit.
Sorry for the delay in responses btw. This is the busiest time of the year for us.
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