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Thanks Robert. I am trying to find and chat with local Audio specialists (one of the local ones here in Wyndham hasn't got back to me) - and I've done a lot of research on-line till my head is spinning. I will be going down to see if anyone at A'bahn has expertise in this today. As for the wiring and harness, I have many years of experience fitting radios etc to the various cars I've owned and I have spent most of my life making electronic stuff and soldering - I was a radio ham for many years before coming to Aus. So making up a harness is a fairly simple job IF (and a big IF) I can get a correct wiring diagram of the unit and the ability to buy the relevant plugs and sockets for a harness. I would rather just buy the correct compatible head unit and the harness and facia surround. Questions I want answers to is, as I use an Android phone, whether the head unit can be a plain Android 10 system or must it have Android Auto specs to be able to stream/mirror my phone for nav maps (eg Waze and Google maps)? I presume, if the head unit can have these installed I will only need to use the phone as a hotspot for the maps to work live. As my current system already has DAB+ built in, must the new head unit be DAB+ compatible or does it just need to have a 2nd USB port (for a DAB+ Box - to be purchased) and have an app like DAB-Z installed? I don't have experience in these apps. I think these head units all handle the phone connect for calls and reversing camera, so really the only other specifics I want is current free maps and the DAB+. The system in the car now doesn't have a separate DAB+ box between the unit and the antenna. It looks as though the unit has the DAB built in. I might take a look later and see if I can pull the DAB out of the unit but I don't think it would have the necessary USB plug on the one end for me to re-use it. So it will probably be a lot easier to just buy a new DAB+box.

Is there a manual wiring available for the Rav4 2017-18 head unit. This is the unit in my car. I'm trying to find a replacement head unit with the right cable harness

I have recently bought a used mid-year 2017 RAV4 GX 2WD. I have a few of questions I'd like to bounce off you experts. 1. I see the navigation maps are out of date and in the searches I've made online it seems there is no continued free updates as the car is just out of its 3-year warranty. Is there a way of updating the maps for free? 2. I was hoping my Android phone could connect to the system and mirror my own nav maps (eg Google Maps and WAZE), but I don't think this can be done. The bluetooth works fine with the phone calls. Is there a way I can mirror to the system? 3. To use apps on my phone the manual says to install the Toyota Link app and register it, but on looking at the reviews I see all the reviews are terrible and don't recommend using it - even to errors occurring afterwards . So I am scared to try and use it. 4. I see too that a number of owners have replaced the head unit in their RAV's with an aftermarket two din or the like that will take Android Auto or Apple Play. When I was searching for a 2015-2018 RAV I noticed that the navigation didn't come in all models and was, therefore, expecting to buy a new head unit that I could use with my Android phone. The installation of a new unit seems pretty simple from all the videos I've watched. Should I replace this system? So right now I'm thinking that I should upgrade the head unit with a system that will allow both Android, and possibly Apple, to access it. Even if I must mirror the navigation systems from the phone. At least the software will always be up to date. I can't see what the version of my Entune system is - I think vers 2.

Thanks. Yes, That's the oil was intending to use. I have been using a half synthetic oil in the Corolla (as advised by the S'Cheap guys) that my grandson is taking over. I am in my late 70's now and I hope I don't have to buy another.

Hi everyone. I have just bought a 2017 Rav4 GX 2WD. I look forward to fetting ideas from you all.