Installed Boss BE7ACP head unit and Crux CS-GMC2 interface last night.
My Bose speakers and sub sound way better than the stock XM/Nav head unit did!
For the money... What a huge improvement!
FYI- If you have factory Nav radio, which is already double DIN... The Boss radio will fit with more than enough room behind it. You will not need a hacksaw to cut anything in the dash to make room.
Crutchfield Ready Harness service made all the connections to make it plug and play.
As part of the Ready Harness service, the Crux module came already wired in to the rest of the harness as one unit. DIP switches for the module were preset correctly my the Boss system too! All my steering wheel control buttons work as they are intended on the new radio.
Easy and fast install. I was in and done in less than an hour. Most of that time was playing with the mounting brackets to find what holes they should mount to for install. (Hint: Flush top and bottom and flush with the black plastic on the front of the radio.)
The Ready Harness also takes care of making the direct connection to have a reverse trigger signal for my back-up cam I'll add this week.
For the cam I only have to run the video signal wire to the yellow rear cam video input and tap into the 12V+ power at the reverse wire in the tail light or tow harness. Just two easy and quick connections (one plug-in and one quick snap-on wire tap) and cam will be done.
There is no need to run a separate 12V+ power feed from the battery or fuse panel.
On our trucks that reverse trigger is already in the vehicle harness up front, so no need to crawl around under the dash to find it. With the Ready Harness, you don't even need to think about it. Whether you are installing a camera now or not, that connection between the harness and the radio will be there and ready when you do...
Tip: You should (and will want to) go into the Boss "Source Level" settings menu and up the settings and set your Bluetooth audio output on your phone to MAX. I may move setting up from 6... I just wanted to try it there and see.
I wanted to show you where these settings need to happen: