Originally Posted by prnzez2

Ok, it's all installed!!! After staying up until 3:30am the other night and working on it the following afternoon everything is fully installed! I posted a video of the radio features. Sorry it's not the greatest quality, it was getting dark. Video Link: http://youtu.be/kz27DCNv1VA

I really LOVE this radio and backup camera! The Kenwood and Metra backup camera we just had Best Buy install in our other EX is more expensive and has half the features. The Eonon camera is half the price and twice as good!

My only complaints which I did highlight in the video were

1. the radio doesn't have a true seek feature.
2. no voice control

Ok, so a bit on the install. Another forum member did a great video here
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-retained.html
So I'm not going to repeat what he did a great job of covering.

Some notes on things that I had an issue with while installing,

1. DO NOT put both the orange and orange black wires to the illumination wire, lol, ask me how I know! I ended up having to change out 4 fuses, not a big deal, but a little annoying.

2. There are a LOT of wires to stuff with this unit! Here is a pic, it doesn't even show all the wires. You need to make sure the antenna is ALL the way plugged in. It's a pain to get it in there due to the antenna and iPod wires sticking straight down. If you pay really close attention to what wires need to be on which side it should slide in with little effort. If you are getting stuck pull it out and fix the wires.

photo 1 by thediaryofasupermom, on Flickr

3. I hooked up the backup camera using the reverse tail light wire on the passenger side, which in the 2000 Ford Excursion was pink/black. Then I used a self tapping screw to make a ground.

4. Technologic was correct about the Metra dash kit. It doesn't allow it to slide all the way back, BUT, it does provide a tight fit and you can still have access to the radio without having to remove the whole dash. So for the time being I'm leaving it that way because I'm seriously considering installing some monitors for the rear. I need to get a picture of it installed. I thought I took one....but apparently not. I'll try to remember to do it tomorrow.

Here is a better photo of the backup camera. With my bad lighting it didn't look very good in the video. This picture was taken at night. The metra camera on our other Ex is completely black in the same location! It really is a nice camera Here is a link to the one I got. Eonon -Low Price!!! Camera, Car DVD | Car Monitors | Car GPS Navigation|

photo-7 by thediaryofasupermom, on Flickr

For anyone wondering I bought both the head unit and camera from the Eonon Ebay store because it was cheaper and you got the navigation card with it, if you buy from their website you had to pay extra for the card. With the coupon they had in the Ebay store the total for both was $292.90

If anyone has questions let me know!