UPDATE: After a couple of months of usage, I’m going to lower my rating on this radio to only 3 stars: OK. Here’s why. First, the antenna is clearly not as strong as the stock radio I had. Driving around in normal, populated areas where I should be getting very strong signal I get static and signal loss. Also, the screen glitches out every so often. Sometimes it loads up monochromatically (I’ve seen purple, green and red) and sometimes it is just electronic digital noise and you can’t see anything. Power cycle usually fixes this but it bodes poorly for longevity of the product.

I installed this in my 2008 Dodge Caravan. I needed and bought a Metra dash kit, harness, and antenna adapter in order to get it working and fitting well. Installation was not, however, a breeze as expected.

Wiring to the harness and dash kit was easy except that I had a few wires left over because of how my van harness didn’t have them (my van didn’t have the options) – red 12V ACC and light green REAR CAM. The red wire was a problem and as I looked for any wiring diagrams I found that the instructions for this radio were insufficient. Without connecting it to power I could not use the radio even though my old radio (stock) worked with just yellow 12V. I checked Planet Audio’s website online and got the same booklet as was included in my box. Unfortunately, nothing included explains the wires (no diagrams) and since I am not a pro I had two options: call tech support or try stuff until it worked. First I tried tech support. I left a message and more than a week went by with no response. Then I tried stuff. I co-wired the red 12V with the yellow 12V together with the yellow from the Metra harness and got power but the radio stayed on unless manually powered off. (Battery drain risk)….