I had to replace our dying Magnadie "RVRadio" recently in our 05 Adventurer. I had no problems with the wiring since the Magnadyne harness used standard wiring colors that matched my replacement radio. I had to splice, solder, and shrink wrap each wire individually since the Winne and Magnadyne connectors were non standard.
The real problem I had was with the size. Tha RVRadio was a DIN 1.5. I couldn't find anything in a DIN 1.5 that was "worthy", so I opted for a Blaupundt DIN 1 receiver with a Blaupundt DIN 1 CD changer below it. Cutting out the dash to a DIN 2 size was trivial, but ran into major problems with the metal behind. There wasn't enough depth for the changer and this required some "modifications". I'm not sure I would have gone this route if I'd known how much modifications would be required.
But now I have more room in my over dash cabinet after removing the CD changer I no longer need, and my wife can load the in dash changer while we are on the highway, so this is a big improvement. Also now we can use MP3 CD's and flash drives, and have hands free phone courtesy of the bluetooth interface.
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Steve, Gail and "Shadow" (Black Cocker Spaniel)
2005 Winnebago Adventurer 38J
06 Subaru Forester toad; 67 MGB - Alternate toad
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