In my other cars i had a pioneer h/u. now that i have s brand new cobalt, i want a ddin navi. i plan to purchase and install a f700bt. This will be my first install but i will most likely purchase from crutchfield for the support.

I currently have my heart set on the f700bt, as i dont want any motorization, don't need dvd with a SD slot. How are is the quality on the 700?

I have a 2009 cobalt sedan, basic radio. I'm waiting for XM to expire before i install so that won't be a problem, but i want to keep my onstar.

I know i need:

F700BT

Double Din Kit

apple ipod adapter, or did pioneer make it better?

What Harness do i need?

What else do i need to purchase?

How long would the install take for a slow person like me, with maybe one or to problems along the way?

In my other cars i had a pioneer h/u. now that i have s brand new cobalt, i want a ddin navi. i plan to purchase and install a f700bt. This will be my first install but i will most likely purchase from crutchfield for the support.

If you order from crutchfield you will get the instructions, harness etc. for your car for free. If you don't order from crutchfield you can still buy the kit for your car for about $40 or so.

Hey koch1ar, welcome to the site!

apple ipod adapter, or did pioneer make it better?

The Apple Composite Cable kit is still the best choice from a quality and value perspective

What Harness do i need?

You will need a wiring harness adapter to go from your vehicles wiring to the F700. Because you have a newer Chevy with Onstar, you'll probably want to use PACs C2R-GM11. That will definitely speed up the integration.

What else do i need to purchase?

If you want to use XM with the Pioneer you'll need to purchase their external XM tuner (your factory tuner will not work).

How long would the install take for a slow person like me, with maybe one or to problems along the way?

You can do the wiring in your house over the course of a few days to get the harness ready to go into the car to decrease the amount of time your car is torn apart. If you do that, then give yourself an entire Saturday to do the install without being rushed you'll be just fine.

What Harness do i need?

You will need a wiring harness adapter to go from your vehicles wiring to the F700. Because you have a newer Chevy with Onstar, you'll probably want to use PACs C2R-GM11. That will definitely speed up the integration.

So do you guys recomend this cable to buy? u think the crutchfield one would be insufficient?

I'd give yourself an afternoon. Took me and my buddy 4 hours to do mine but we also had to dremel out a metal cross bar to make the unit work and had to run my rcas from my sub through the dash etc everything else was hour and a half two hours besides those two road blocks

spend less money and get a f900 or f90 from 6th ave find the coupon code here... post here for help and buy you accesories extra you will be better off with the dvd option