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FF navigation upgrade: Jeep/Dodge android upgrade units ?

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  1. ElSpa

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    Hi,

    Has anyone tried to install a plug&play JEEP android navigation in the FF ? I took down my FF unit and it is the same as a Wrangler 2012 one (RHR 730N), same plugs. Here two pics of the units.
    There are a lot of great direct replacement Android upgrade units available for the Jeep / Dodge RHR 730N that retains all the factory functions. Common sense says they should work, right :) ?
    Like this one: https://www.amazon.com/MCWAUTO-Challenger-Wrangler-Navigation-Bluetooth/dp/B0742DS34M
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  2. SVCalifornia

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    Uncertain. There have been reports that Ferrari keyed the unit to each car in software so you cannot replace them and perhaps store key info in the unit that is not there when they are replaced.

    You don’t happen to have a installer/service manual with this replacement unit that you can post? It would be interesting to see what different features might be there and hidden.

    SV
     
  3. ElSpa

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    I'll.try and install the factory wrangler one, I have a friend with a wrangler with the same unit ..if it works then the android upgrade unit should work too
     
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  4. SVCalifornia

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    Give it a shot.

    But there may not be equivalence. Ferrari just has to change one thing for it not to work in the Ferrari which might not show up in the wrangler.

    SV
     
  5. iloveferrari

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    I knew it! I knew Ferrari also does stupid sh it like this. Just like how apple does it with its proprietary stuff making it so exclusive on the expense of customer convenience and satisfaction.
     
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  6. ttforcefed

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    did you try this? im on the edge of my seat!
     
  7. Bamsefar

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    This sounds like a cool project - keep it up :)

    (oh no I have a 2016 FF - it has a "new" unit for sure, not Android...)
     
  8. ElSpa

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  9. Bamsefar

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    Which unit is that? Make and model? Who did the custom changes?

    Since I am in a -16 FF, will it fit?
     
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  10. Eric360

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    What year was your FF that it was going to go into? Please PM me.
     
  11. ElSpa

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    #11 ElSpa, May 26, 2021
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    it's a Xtrons top spec unit, modded by them. My car was a 2014 FF, but it will fit any 2011-2016. It cost me more then $500 with the mods, but I will let it go for $500+shipping+paypal.
     
  12. Wallyman424

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    Do you happen to know what they had to do in order to modify it?
     
  13. ElSpa

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    the welcome logo, bus-can amplifier com, and something to do with the camera
     
  14. Bamsefar

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    I have not been very successful in figuring out what make and model my FF 2016 has for Navigation. It is not the one above, seems to be something called "Becker VP4 NIT" - but all tracks seems to end about there....
     
  15. vraa

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    Take a picture, I have a 2016 FF as well, it's just another Chrysler unit if we have the same one....

    Should be easy to get any double din + the 20$ trim kit to swap the stuff out (with all the other proper hardware)
     
  16. ElSpa

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    sold ! thanks
     
  17. Bamsefar

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    FWIW: My MY2016 seems to have an upgraded wiring harness (spelling?) which makes it impossible to retrofit for example the passenger display....

    And I have yet to find out what kind of head unit I could use to replace my current "Becker VP4" since it seems to be a not Chrysler based unit.

    Strange thing this, that my very late MY2016 (one of the last ones most likely) has "a completely different nav unit and cable harness" - right....
     
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  18. veelangs

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    2016 is when they added Apple Carplay (really the only feature most people seem to want)

    So it could indeed be different

    Also did the new owner ever install this?
     
  19. vraa

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    Can you share a picture of the front of your head unit and any other pictures you have?
     
  20. Bamsefar

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    Well just search for a FF 2016, like this one:
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  21. vraa

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    Yeah I have that head unit, I saw others which had another plug on the bottom right

    What's your wiring harness look like?

    I ordered a pioneer unit a few months ago but didn't have time to install yet, my understanding is the harness is all the same

    I ordered the chrysler harness too and the side plastic trim hahah its too late to return now so worst case I'll splice things myself and post the wiring diagram here
     
  22. Bamsefar

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    I have not looked at the harness, however I did ask for the passenger display retrofit a while ago, and the response was that I have a different wire harness so the kit does not fit my car (there seems to be a kit for installing that passenger display - of course it would have been cheeper to install from factory and all that)....
     

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