2003 Yukon Denali Navigation Radio

[copout221]

Originally Posted by 04silveradoSS

I just purchased the 04 silverado SS ...equipped with the six disk indash xm bose system. First i must say for 42,000 one would think that this truck would be equipped with nav stock....but no. So now I am faced with the task it looks like u guys have been succesfull with.

ok the question is when u re3moved ur stock deck did the unit just plug and play with the existing harnress ....or did u have to cut and hardwire?

one more question is since mine is currently the six disk indash system and will be removed .....what changer can i hook up to this unit?

thanks for any help!!

There is no cutting of factory wiring required. It is basically plug and play. You must add the GPS antenna which is very easy to do and mounts inside the dash. My truck has the six disc changer installed in the lower part of the dash (pic below) seperate from the stock radio. So the Nav radio acts as the controller for the changer and the cd slot on the nav radio is for the nav map disc that I leave in all the time. You can play music cd's with the single player on the nav unit but the nav map cd must be removed and the nav feature will not work. The nav unit will work with XM, Bose, Onstar, and steering wheel controls without any problem, however I cannot guarantee anything. I have a friend who installed this unit in his 03 silverado and it works fine. The main problem you will face is losing the six disc changer option which is nice to have.

[04silveradoSS]

I just activated my xm online with the 8 digit id in the radio.....what happens when I plug in this new unit ??? do I cancel my subs. with my old code and renew with code in new radio....\
\\can anyone help

thanks
Dave

[copout221]

NO, the xm module is seperate from the head unit and will still work with the new radio.

[Vintalage]

That is correct. You just plug the new nav unit in and everything should work as usual. The only thing that would need reprogramming is the Nav unit.

[04silveradoSS]

hey thanks for all the help guys......and for the hot tip on mike at caddilac part dept. just ordered my unit today...head unit, 04 dvd, and antenna all new for 2400.00. I get it all tommarow and will be installing it fri night ....I will put up some before an after pics.

Once again thanks for all the help

Dave

[copout221]

You will love it, especially since it is factory and does not look out of place and will work with everything you already have in place.

[04silveradoSS]

Hey u guys spoke of the tech 2 tool to program...
do u think i will have to do that if the unit is brand new.....mike at caddi said just plug in drive for a little while and the unit will calibrate after a few min.

[copout221]

NO, if the unit is brand new you will not need to have it reset or calibrated by a GM tech.

[04silveradoSS]

thanks for ur help (copout221) I was wondering since u guys have found all these part #s that my local gm dealer cant find shit on....if u knew where or how i could find the wiring that goes from the deck to the cd changer....I just got one today off ebay and visited the gm dealer to look up the harness ....after 20 min of looking at exploded view diagrams I decided to leave thinking i would prob have better luck on my own. so anyway u anyone knows of a site that has an escalade or denali audio system exploded view or part list i would appr i am still searching with not to much luck.

[04silveradoSS]

hey disregard last post ....i looked back on page 4 of this thread and noticed the soundgate link....there changer is just plug and play....I wish I would have noticed that before i bougfht the escalade changer. So any way Ill post on monday and let u guy know how it works out .....thanks guys couldnt have done with out ya,,,,

Dave

[Vintalage]

Yeah, I bought the an escalade changer too but I cannot find the part # for the cable and most of the units are not sold with the cable. I wonder why?

By the way, a diagram of the '03 escalade is what helped me find the part # for the gps antenna.

[04silveradoSS]

ahhhh ...so got the unit,dvd and antenna today put it in and had the same prob the guy with sierra 2500dh has......no AUDIO no cd fm or xm....although
the nav speech comes out loud and clear....what a bummer. I guess I will search for this data bus II that he posted about earlier......tfoster3 if u are still out there please let me know what u have found out about this amp. any help is always greatly appreciated

thanks
Dave

[Vintalage]

This doesn't make any sense. You get no audio from playing cds, fm and xm radio, but you get audio from the voice prompts? That is weird. Also tells me that the amp works with the nav unit.

[04silveradoSS]

The Only Thing That Ican Think Of Other Than The Amp Not Being Compatible Is The Mute Button On The Steering Wheel Causing Some Sort Of Interference ......if I Tap It There Is A Quarter Sec Of Audio From Cds And Radio....but Once Again Shot In The Dark

[Vintalage]

Something is causing the unit to continously mute the audio for music and the only thing I can think of is the onstar. I'm thinking that's causing the conflict. And if it is, that is odd since copout has onstar in his Yukon Denali. Hmmm.