johnnelson

Paul, you have moved the process forward by just showing the willingness to dialog. Thank you so much. I should give you a little background about myself so that you can be confident of what I am capable of understanding. I am, by trade, a recording engineer, so I am hip to the idea of signal flow, speaker powering and impedence matching, the independence (and dependence) of the various componenent parts of the system, and most importantly...when to jump over the rail and exercise the art of letting go. If I may, at this point, having all of the expense of this ahead of me, show preference for those things I really need, and work down to those things that I can do without, at least for now. First to go would be steering wheel control, Backup camera is a luxury, so for my purposes here we can disregard it, I have two critical priorities, and then the rest falls in. First, I need a head unit that tunes to Sirius XM channels, and it needs to have a screen so that all of the ambitious things that utilize the screen can be added later. Getting an adapter that allows me to use the current amp and speakers resulted from the idea that a new amp and speakers would be way more expensive. Finally, the entire project came about because the stock head unit isnt working. Replacing it will be a bit expensive, so boom---a project is born.

I humbly request a dialog with some experts.... I am ambitiously seeking to replace the stock stereo in my 02 LS430. I would love some help with my checklist, and some advice about what will or will not work. My Utopian dream is to have a stereo with a nav/backup camera screen, that tunes to sirius/xm channels, uses the stock amp, allows for steering wheel controls to remain useful, and cooks breakfast. Can I do it with the proper harness, a sirius/xm adapter, a stock amp adapter, an adapter for the steering wheel controls, and a basic backup camera rig (which I can do with a backup cam compatible head unit) any and all assistance/advice is welcome. thx