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Ummm subscribing to this...a lot of great info. Thanks for taking the time to type out all the info you gathered in your search. I started looking in to this a couple times and it can be overwhelming. :drinks:
Ummm subscribing to this...a lot of great info. Thanks for taking the time to type out all the info you gathered in your search. I started looking in to this a couple times and it can be overwhelming. :drinks:
I have to ask by off chance do you know if it is possible to do this in a 2015 with the stock 130 without the uconnect feature...? I'm just not sure how easy it's going to be to add the buttons to my steering wheel
Will this function with a rear view camera and a manual transmission or do I need to get one with a automatic? I'm planning on ordering mine with the stock radio and then buying one like you did to save some money.
It will function with a rearview camera, however you will have to get a flash from the dealer to activate the camera on your radio. You will also need the proper OEM plug that goes to the back of the radio or a NAV TV module or Lockpick module to make the connection to the radio. As for if it will work on a manual, I have an automatic, so I personally have not tested with a manual, but from my research, for these functions, there should be no difference between auto or stick! For the camera, it is still the switch to reverse gear that activates the camera, so that should still work, but I can not give you a 100% answer on that as I haven't tried it, but I am 99% sure that it will! (Sorry, thats my meteorology degree coming out, rarely would I say 0% or 100% without absolutely certainty, cuz technically, then you are never wrong! Haha! Sorry, weather humor from me, I am a weather nerd!)
Wow that is awesome information... Thank you
Mine is a 2015 manual I do satellite radio but I do not have the phone button or the talk button on the radio or the steering well. So it sounds like the 730n would be my best bet I would be able to have navigation keep my satellite radio correct?
Correct! If you have satellite radio then your Jeep is already wired for navigation! The antenna is dual function, so you will just have to unplug from your current radio and plug into your new one with that! Make sure for that function though that the 730 is an RHR code, as the RER code was pre 2011, but also 730, and you would have to split the antenna for two separate connections on the back of the radio. You don't want that, you will want the RHR code! And make sure it is meant for High Speed CAN Bus systems as that is what your Wrangler has! And as long as you have the volume and seek controls at 3 and 9 on the back side of the steering wheel, you are all good and wired for everything! Most of the "brains" of the radio system are contained inside each radio module themselves, therefore there is usually not too much that has to be added for these radios (speaking for this type of Chrysler radio), and the RHR will be your best bet for a simple plug and play installation! I do not know why, but Chrysler took the RHR out as an option for new Jeeps, the highest you can get is a 430 model, but in my opinion, the RHR is so much better, and has some other nice functions that the lower models don't offer, plus a nicely contained system!
They are all the same size right? So even in a new Jeep the 730 will fit the hole?
Correct, they are all the same size from 2007-current!
Ok thanks that just confirms my decision to buy the stock radio and save money. The 730 seems to be the much better head unit.
What's the latest Gracenotes update for the 730 unit? 4-5 years ago there was a website (Chrysler) that allowed you to enter your VIN and they would send a free DVD update out to owners. There were sites out there to download the files, but they were very temper mental and rarely worked. I tried to find the Chrysler site to see if they were still offering updates to no avail.
I am checking into replacing a 730n RHR with a different head unit. I do not want to pay to update maps and want to be able to use my iPhone. The RHR isn't fully compatible with iPhone.
I had the dealership turn on the backup camera option. Do you think that a firmware update will revert back to the original setup, which didn't have the backup camera turned on? I hate to have to pay another $60.
JK_BUB, to be honest, I have not gotten to this yet myself so I cannot speak to first hand experience, however, the flash from the dealer I believe it to the computer in the Jeep with adding a sales code, while the update is on the radio itself, so there should be no issue from all the research I have done, but like I said, no first hand experience from me but I would say do it and you should be fine! Let me know if you have any other questions!