HOWTO Upgrading to Scion Pioneer Premium radio

[flynn4]

Originally Posted by misterfly

Hello, i just want to say to the people like me was searching a answer about the pioneer t10018 (scion fr-s radio ) to retrofit in a yaris 2007 and up , it's work like a charm with this 2 adapter :

Scion Antenna adapter cable, part number: PT546-00120-AD
Scion 20+8 Pin to 28 Pin adapter cable, part number: PT546-00120-CH

I dont have buy the mic and usb i go on another route than the op :)

Good to hear that the t10018 will work fine with those two adapters. What did you mean by not having to buy the mic and usb? Does bluetooth streaming work without the mic or is there one built into the head unit?

[flynn4]

Originally Posted by flynn4

Good to hear that the t10018 will work fine with those two adapters. What did you mean by not having to buy the mic and usb? Does bluetooth streaming work without the mic or is there one built into the head unit?

I bought the t10018, so to answer my own questions:

Yes, the bluetooth streaming will work without the mic. There isn't a mic built into the head unit. In order for calling to work properly the microphone kit must be purchased.

For those that want to follow the same: picked up the head unit itself on ebay for ~$160, then the two PT546-00120-AD and PT546-00120-CH from a local Toyota dealership for about $26 each. The Mic kit will run me $67 so I'm trying to decide if it's worth it for making & receiving phone calls. It's something I rarely do and still have the old battery powered bluetooth adapter on the visor I could use for just that purpose. I've read bad things about the voice quality on that expensive mic kit, too. If anyone has a different opinion then please let me know.

The radio I got from ebay happened to come with the proprietary USB cable but I don't have anything to plug it into and I don't really stream things off USB sticks anyway.