Non Factory Stereo -- Do you lose the in dash display?

[Aurock]

When I bought my 2006 pt, I thought it was kind of cool that the radio station you're listening to shows up in the instrument cluster, or the cd track info if you're playing a cd.

If I were to replace the stereo with a non-stock model, would that no longer display, or can this data be pulled from any head unit?

[betdathurt]

You will loose the info. Its a canbus data system and no aftermarket radio has data out yet.

[djdan74]

With my JVC player, I was able to draw details of songs played via USB port. (model in question was JVC KD-G820. This was due to detailing the songs in WMA format. As Betdathurt indicated, radio display is a no-go.

[Aurock]

Originally Posted by djdan74

With my JVC player, I was able to draw details of songs played via USB port. (model in question was JVC KD-G820. This was due to detailing the songs in WMA format. As Betdathurt indicated, radio display is a no-go.

So, to be clear, when you were playing WMA files froma USB stick through this radio, it sent the song data to the in dash display?

[betdathurt]

No
You cannot get info from an aftermarket radio on to the dash display.

[Aurock]

Ok, then what was DJDan talking about?

Did you mean the song data showed on the display of the JVC unit, rather than the indash?