I am talking to Crutchfield about a Kenwood KMR-D768BT Marine CD receiver with Bluetooth. This seems to do everything I want with a future upgrade to XM possible. CD, Bluetooth, remote USB input, Remote mic for hands free phone, and a 5v preamp output.

Crutchfield is more expensive than other sources but all the wiring harness jumpers are included. And I know that they have good installation support.

I plan on using the existing speakers and amp but the CD player on the current radio doesn't seem to work well (although I haven't played with it much) and I miss the bluetooth ability.

PS the current radio is a Nav radio but that feature appears nearly useless now. I prefer standalone units when traveling.

2005 Crossfire Limited Roadster

 

Look no further. Great color match, features, 4v preamp out,so you can use rca plugs, good sound and radio light color can be changed to match existing dash lighting.

 

Well that's good to hear. With the Crutchfield supplied cables it appears this should be plug and play. And that's what I'm looking for.

 

Have a Clarion M303 unit in mine mainly because I have two others in different cars, has plenty of power, and I know where the buttons are.

 

I do like the look of the Clarion M303 better but the PreAmp voltage is 2v where the Kenwood is 5V. How do you boost the voltage for the stock amp

 

You can allways just use the speaker output into the stock amp, i did that and it sounds great .