TLDR; look at the pic (videos linked below), fully working factory Nissan Android Auto / Apple CarPlay radio. Yes, steering wheel controls, amp, fm, SXM, and backup camera working.
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Up until now, I had not been satisfied with the tiny screen stock radio in my 2016 Frontier. The sound was decent but the screen was too small and lacked modern features. Old unit for sale...
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In 2019 I noticed they started offering the larger screen Panasonic units in the frontiers, but they still lacked Android Auto and Apple CarPlay features.
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However, last year only Nissan offered an optional Android Auto and Apple CarPlay units in some non-frontier upgraded trim models.
I purchased several and began getting it wired with full functionality in my Frontier. If I can have a fully working VK56 in my 2016 truck, how hard could it be to get a radio fully working? Well… hard. This project took over 9 months. Partially because I was without the truck for Vk56 upgrade but also COVID delays and research time.
There were some obstacles to overcome, but it has been working great. My truck has more features than my wife's Lexus now
Video of the radio and various features in action:
Some features with this unit:
This can also be used for the NV200/NV2500 and Sentra / Versa as they use the similar sized radio.
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Up until now, I had not been satisfied with the tiny screen stock radio in my 2016 Frontier. The sound was decent but the screen was too small and lacked modern features. Old unit for sale...
In 2019 I noticed they started offering the larger screen Panasonic units in the frontiers, but they still lacked Android Auto and Apple CarPlay features.
However, last year only Nissan offered an optional Android Auto and Apple CarPlay units in some non-frontier upgraded trim models.
I purchased several and began getting it wired with full functionality in my Frontier. If I can have a fully working VK56 in my 2016 truck, how hard could it be to get a radio fully working? Well… hard. This project took over 9 months. Partially because I was without the truck for Vk56 upgrade but also COVID delays and research time.
There were some obstacles to overcome, but it has been working great. My truck has more features than my wife's Lexus now
Video of the radio and various features in action:
Some features with this unit:
- Dual USB (one in center console, and now one on right where 12v outlets are, pic at bottom of post)
- Android Auto / Apple CarPlay (this is a huge upgrade for me as a Spotify listener and a Waze user)
- Cop / speed trap alerting!!! (using Waze, pic at bottom of post)
- Larger screen (for backup and general navigation)
- Wifi (the unit will update itself over wifi so it doesn’t become outdated)
- Excellent voice command navigation (I didn’t use this much before, but it works great for changing audio and phone calling)
- Backup assist (when configured with vehicle dimensions, shows you where on road you will backup to with Anticipatory line and distance to obstacles)
- Customizable touch home screen (rearrange icons and layout)
- Similar amber LED glow colors that come on with the lights and screen dims the same as before
- Need to convert amplified to low-level to work with rockford amp. This means the unit will work in non-rockford systems though as well without adding an amp.
- Complex wiring harness needs created. Not a plug and play with any connector except the USB one. The 20 pin harness needs re-mapped along with the 40-pin harness. Having a 2019 Panasonic unit may not help much either.
- Antenna connector is different from normal Nissan/Infiniti for some special reason and needs modified or replaced.
- The camera, dunno why but Nissan made this difficult on the frontier.
- Steering wheel controls - This by far was the most difficult to overcome, I purchased some 2019 combination meters / gauges to try and debug but eventually ended up creating my own media-can bus (M-CAN which uses Nissan proprietary commands) and converting analog control input to digital.
This can also be used for the NV200/NV2500 and Sentra / Versa as they use the similar sized radio.
