2010 Toyota FJ Cruiser: Smartphone friendly radio and let there be light!

After taking delivery of this very bright yellow FJ, we were initially tasked with providing better smartphone connectivity for these long time customers. A few beach trips later, we were tasked with some extra illumination for those evenings on the beach. With some research, we were even able to setup a 100% OEM look on the toggle switch.

This customer hails from overseas where it is illegal to even touch your phone while driving, so their main goal was to ensure that level of driving safety in their new Corolla.

Their expectation was that this sort of level of integration with the vehicle would not be possible. Much to their surprise, we showed them an Android Auto receiver and they found it to be a winning combination. We even set them up with a nice HDMI / USB port so they had easy access to the device and a nice and clean installation.

We were pleasantly surprised to see yet another five star review from them the following day and an email letting us know that everything worked as advertised once they got home.

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Lexus installations can sometimes be tricky but we were prepared for this one. We were told by Lexus that there was only one radio interface that was verified to work for this project and we ordered the appropriate parts. However, when installed, the “correct” part sounded horrible and didn’t work well, so we had to come up with another solution.

We found that we were able to adapt another radio interface (that was not listed as compatible for this car by the manufacturer) and it got the factory amplifier and speakers to work correctly as well as enabling all the new features of the DVD in-dash receiver including the Bluetooth function for phone calls and streaming music.

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This client is very particular about his installations. He came to North Carolina from California (the land of car audio) so his expectations were high. In his eyes, Radio-Active was the obvious shop for the job when he was doing his research.

We ended up doing 3 projects total:
Project #1: CarPlay receiver integration and backup camera
Project #2: LIDAR laser speed detection
Project #3: Custom RADAR detector mounting (not shown)

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This customer wanted to his truck to have the ability to use both CarPlay and Android Auto since he uses both Apple and Android platforms. He went to other car audio shops and they all told him it wasn’t possible.

Well, we were able to think creatively and made it happen! We were even able to retain the Microsoft Sync and the factory USB port in the center console for him and use the factory SiriusXM antenna. He left with everything working exactly as he had visioned.

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This customer came to us to get a new bluetooth touchscreen radio to replace the factory unit in his Corvette so he and his wife could enjoy listening to their music via their smartphones.

They also wanted to enjoy commercial-free radio so we added SiriusXM.

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This is not your average Corvette. The folks at RPM Motorsports have tinkered with the engine bay and the owner brought it to us to update the vehicle information and entertainment system.

The obvious choice to make sure this Corvette’s driver can execute a fast getaway with all that extra turbocharged horsepower, was to make sure that he had an accurate navigator at all times – hence selecting a touchscreen GPS receiver to replace the factory radio.

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