My new to me 04 Tahoe and Stereo adventure

[S1nemesis1s]

Hey folks,
So my new to me 04 tahoe Z71 will not play discs or dvds, and looks like an alien language on the display. I ordered:

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_130X380BHS/Pioneer-AVH-X3800BHS.html

The salesperson told me it had a built in mic...come to find out it does not. I have to place an external mic somewhere in the truck. Now, it is VERY important I make fairly clear calls for my job. Can you guys suggest a location that I could run my mic too? I have seen lots of things on the forum but I am not sure. Someone said the A-Pillar - but I heard these are a pain to remove and does not work well.

So could you suggest some locations, please. Pictures would be awesome, but if you cannot, just post a suggested place.

Thanks!

 

[NathanJax]

Put it in the same place as your Onstar MIC, on the roof center console.

 

[Rocket Man]

Mines on the A-pillar and is crystal clear. And the pillar is simple to remove. Just pull on it until the clips release. If you want to run a wire to where the OnStar mic is, you still need to pull the A-pillar p!us the visor and the overhead console. They're the same distance from your mouth btw.

 

[David Paul]

Damn that's a nice HU. Wish I had seen that before I got my Alpine. Anyway, I put my remote mic in the same spot as Nathan posted. Sounds clear to everyone I call.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Damn that's a nice HU. Wish I had seen that before I got my Alpine. Anyway, I put my remote mic in the same spot as Nathan posted. Sounds clear to everyone I call.

X2. I mounted mine there also and it sounds clear to callers.

 

[BigDaddy13440]

I have the mic for my JVC head unit run up the A-pillar, acroos the front of the headliner, and clipped onto the overhead controls, close to where the factory mic is. My reason for snaking it over is so that if my wife is in the passenger seat, she can link her phone up via Bluetooth, and have just as good clarity speaking.

 

[S1nemesis1s]

Excellent guys! I would like to maybe run it over to the center console for the wife as well. How hard is this to do? I understand I just kinda yank on the a pillar, with care, until it comes loose, but how do you go across the front of the headliner? You guys are fantastic!

 

[Tonyrodz]

Just tuck it between the headliner and windshield. Get it in far enough and it should be fine.

 

[S1nemesis1s]

Thank you all! I will do this!

 

[S1nemesis1s]

Here goes!!!!

So I got the stereo in. It sounds AMAZING! Waiting on my microbypass to come in. Now, what speakers do I need lol? I want to update a bit. Something with a little bass.