I found a 2010 that doesn't have the nav, but does have Bose speakers. Is there such a thing as a Bose radio in the Corvette? Does having the Bose speakers mean that it's got a Bose radio? Is there any difference in OEM nav units, or are the all the same regardless of year vehicle they came from? Will any nav unit, say from 2006 fit in a 2010?

I want to make sure I get the right nav unit to take advantage of everything the car has to offer. Thanks for your help.

 

Short version,

The Bose on the doors means that there is a bose amp in the passenger foot well next to the fuse block, the big speakers in the door are actually thumpers, and the wiring harness behind the radio in the dash will have the Speed Sensor harness (just taped up and away on the main harness) needed for a Nav unit.

Without being Boses, then you have to hard wire into the needed Speed sensor wiring into the car's main wiring instead.

As for factory or aftermarket,

Factory unit will display on the HUD system, where the after market will not. If you pick up a used Factory system, the install is pretty straight forward since all the wiring harness are there, you will install the Nav antenia on top of the air duct, then will have a $100 charge from the dealer to marry the Nav to your car is a Tech II tool is needed for this (to put the Nav unit back into a learn state so it marries to your car when powered up). The down side, the factory unit is lacking a ton of features that would be considered standard for a Nav system.

On the aftermarket system, no so much play and play with the factory harness (wiring involved), will not work through the HUD system, but do not have to pay a dealer to marry the unit to the car, and end with a ton more options/features than you would with the factory unit.

Trust is, after market system is the way to go, but its the lack of it working through the HUD the downfall now. There is a company working on a integration module to allow after market radio/Nav's to display through the HUD, but just has not hit the market yet.

 

If you have Bose, consider installing one of the new USB Nav radios that are in the 2011-13 C6s. It's a pretty darn simple installation and not that expensive if you can find a deal on a good used or new USB Nav radio. There are some brand new ones on eBay right now for $850 and a nice used one just went for around $400.

Here's the complete writeup:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...corvettes.html

The new USB radios are nice!

Ray