Since I upgraded to a D3 in my GTI, I have the stock premium 7 HU sitting on my dresser. I just bought my fiancee a Saturn Vue and the stereo is terrible in it. I wanted to see if anyone had any input on wiring up the VW HU in her Saturn. I realize I will probably lose XM due to vehicle specific tuners, and I know mounting it will probably suck. I am more interested on how to get wired up and full functional.

Any input at all is appreciated as this would be the most involved install I've done if I can figure out how to get it going.

I asked on VWVortex ans SaturnFans, but I figured there's more car stereo guys hanging out around here. Thanks in advance!

What year is the gti and vue?

What year is the gti and vue?

both are '06

Better off going after market in the saturn. The radio in the gti uses canbus to turn on, a signal which is not available in the saturn. TO my knowledge noone makes an interface to do it either.

Better off going after market in the saturn. The radio in the gti uses canbus to turn on, a signal which is not available in the saturn. TO my knowledge noone makes an interface to do it either.

thanks. I thought the CAN-BUS would get me, but that was only an educated guess.

Any recommendations for a decent HU for not alot of bucks? My fiancee is electronically challenged, so it doesn't have to have all teh bells and whistles. I do want preouts though, as we will probably do a small sub.

The only thing I can suggest would be to take a trip to a couple of places and play with the radios on display see what she likes and go from there.

i have an 08 gti bud and what i was thinking might screw u over besides the CANBUS is the coding in the radios of our cars? i know you can buy radios from other gtis and throw em in urs but u can have to get it recoded from what my dealer told me..