u/zombiedes

Headunit swap

I recently got a 2016 patriot with the 130 RES headunit in it. The headunit doesn’t work (i.e. I plug in the aux and the song plays for 2 seconds and then cuts out for 5 seconds then comes back for 2 seconds and repeats until I just turn the headunit off) so I opted for an upgraded one. I am not tech savvy at all but after doing some research I saw that I could just buy a newer factory radio and it would be plug and play. I bought a used 430N RHB on Facebook for $25 and tried to install it. Radio doesn’t turn on, all dash lights come on and flash, the car starts for a min and then dies, the red antitheft light comes on, etc. Is this due to the headunit being a high speed can bus and my patriot being low speed? Or is this something else? Upon further research, I now know that low bus and high bus are not compatible but does anyone know any easy ways to get around it if that’s the case? That probably sounds stupid but I’m just confused because one thing says you can find an adapter but I can’t find any adapters for this, and then another thing says I just can’t use it at all. How screwed am I?

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u/zombiedes — 6 days ago