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I installed one of those and it works totally fine.

 

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I’m seriously considering ordering one of these but can only find them currently on a site out of Malaysia. It has the same model number as the one sold in Australia. Did you have any wiring issues on the one you installed? I’m hoping to determine if there will be any issues installing it in a US vehicle. One person mentioned previously there may be an issue with the steering wheel control adapter that comes with the unit. Thanks in advance!

The wires on the stock harness matched those on the radio.
Then it was plug and play. It fit perfectly and the face can mechanically tilt adjusted to compensate for the deeper inset at the bottom of the facia on the fj.
BUT, I soon discovered that the digital AM tuner is hard coded to step (land on) overseas frequencies and so it won't tune the US frequencies well,,,just get near them.
I tried a firmware upgrade to fix but I think that failed and messed up some of the other features..ugh


After all , I think that I have found the correct unit that is local, cheaper and for the US I am pretty sure. Check it out. According to its specs, for size, it is also a 6.8 screen and so fills the opening. But no tilting screen, but not a big deal.

https://www.amazon.com/Kenwood-DMX4707S-Capacitive-Multimedia-Receiver/dp/B085TQDJHV

 

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Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. I’ll take a look at the model you suggested. Was the FM reception a problem on the DDX919WS also or was it just AM?

The FM seemes fine, I've not noticed any prob getting station s. The AM gets a good number of stations but would not land on 850 which is a very strong broadcast from here in CO. So that was an eye opener. Googling reveals info on the diff in tuner stepping between US and SE asia, Europe. When in cellular range, I use the tunin app via the Android auto for AM streams.
BTW yesterday the firmware issue resolved and all features are working again. It might have been due to user error. There are so many configurable options on this thing.

I installed it last fall. The AM is not bothering such that I want replace it with the other model. I get the AM station s that I like and every other feature works great.

Also, I'm real sure that the provided wire harness plugged into the fj
-Jim

 

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Fasmoto is the website I was looking at ordering from. Did you order any wiring harnesses to go with it? From what I saw in videos from Carbon Car Systems in Australia, it appears the unit comes pre-wired to fit stock Toyota wiring harnesses. They also had tips to modify the steering wheel control harness to include the VSS. I have a 2007 and from the sounds of other comments in this thread the stock Kenwood harness is 28 pin and the one in my FJ will likely be 20(?). Either way, it’s good to hear the head unit got shipped to you so quickly.

I can't remember whether the provided wiring harness fit the fj. I'm very sure that it did. And I didn't get the DDX919WS from Carbon Car Systems . They refused to sell to US probably because of the AM turner stepping is not coded for US frequency .

 

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I appreciate all the info, it’s been very informative. I tried to purchase one from Carbon Car Systems previously too and they told me they don’t sell overseas, due to fraud risks. I’ll likely end up ordering one from Fasmoto.

I got mine from this guy.

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I got mine from this guy.

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I got my wife a radio from to these guys. They were legit, no issues honest and nice. It arrived within a week, DHL

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