New Stereo

Well after about 5 years, it's finally time to say goodbye to the OpenAuto stereo that I built from a raspberry pi. It has been working perfectly this entire time, but the makers of the software abandoned it, and about a year ago the wireless Android Auto stopped working after an AA update. So plugging the phone in all the time was getting annoying. It was kind of sad ripping all of that out, after so many hours of researching and gathering parts to make it all work.  But it was time, I'll have to find something new to do with the raspberry pi at some point. 

For the replacement I was originally thinking about buying another Kenwood deck like I put into the Camaro.  But then the other day, I scored big at the thrift store. I found a Pioneer AVIC-W8500 for $6!!! I snatched that up hoping there was nothing wrong with it. Got home and it worked just fine, everything works perfectly! So into the 4Runner it went. 

The Axxess AXSWC-2 Steering Wheel Control module is a little pricey,  but really made things simple.  Just plug it into the Metra 8114 I already had,  and then plugged it into the deck and it just magically figured out what I was driving and what the model stereo.  Everything just worked.