California 30 2012 audio head unit upgrade

I have done a couple its not easy , nothing on a Ferrari is
I have a brand new genuine Ferrari / Clarion upgrade unit as supplied by Ferrari UK which I would sell also have the Ferrari facia etc
Not some cheap copy

 

I’d also be interested in the answer to this as I’m planning on doing the same in my 2010 Cali. I’ve seen people recommended the Pioneer AVIC Z810 DAB, or the Kenwood 9902S. I don’t know if these are the most up to date headunits that would be suitable though. The most recent one on the pioneer website is the Z910 DAB.

 

Anyone upgrade theirs and want to share the steps they went through removing the original one?

 

I looked to upgrade for the same reason (cars-lay) in my 2012. I went to an audio shop that could do it and got an estimate from the ferrari dealership. Both were around $9k. Dealership actually recommended trading my car in for a new car with CarPlay already installed. I trust the audio shop as they have worked on several of my cars, but their indication is that it is 1. hard, 2. complicated wiring, and 3. sometimes turns out buggy. Given that, I abandoned hope.


In short, I enjoy the car and live with the stereo.

 

I just bought an upgrade unit from Foreign Cars Italia, new outta the box...$1000.00USD. Reg price $2750.00. My OEM head unit has had it. It comes with all needed software and uses the existing wiring harness. I’ll let folks know how it goes.

Here is a good description

https://boutique.ferrarine.com/store/p569/Infotainment_Display_System_612_Scaglietti_and_California_and_assembly_kit.html

 

I have a 2010 california, the oem head unit has just given up the ghost.
I have now just upgraded my head unit retaining the steering wheel controls with the best head unit on the market from pioneer to date the avic z920 with wireless CarPlay all singing and dancing including a front facing camera which looks oem.
The total cost (self install and a few hours labour foc) under £1000 fitted.
Yes the dash needs removing and yes there are plenty of wires to re route
The harness conversation is however from a vw and is a direct plug and play
See the pre re install photos

 

Sorry I forgot
I had to re machine the Ferrari alloy facia to allow for the head unit to side down and open
( took 10 minutes being carful with a 1 mm plasma cutting disc on an angle grinder)
The hardest part was cutting the cardboard the right size for the side infills and covering them in a carbon fibre film (real carbon) looks expensive and very classy

no sweats

cheers Andrew

 

Harness arrived this morning
Can’t wait to fit it and button up the car
I will post the results

cheers Andrew
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I always contemplated this but never built up the nerve to attempt. Kudos to you.
Do you have pics of the front parking camera and how it’s mounted?
How difficult was it to remove the dash?
Can you post a Link to the harness?



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Wiring harness adapter fitted, new CANBUS unit fitted to allow communication with the cars ecu and retain original functionality of steering wheel controls
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So I just worked with Bill at Maranello Motorworks on mine. Don’t let anyone tell you its plug n play. More like pain in the ass. Andrew don’t forget to reuse your old CL module or it work. The extra wires are also a pain to store behind the panels. Also had to by a new video cable as the one that came with the kit did not fit.
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Do you happen to know which wiring harness I need to adapt a new pioneer head unit to the existing wiring in a 2010 california and maintain the use of steering wheel controls and other functions that might be affected? Thank you

 

Hi all,
Just an update to my radio install, it’s been a long time since I stripped the dash ready to install but I have had little spare time.
I have been waiting for my air vents, steering wheel Center, Center bridge and radio surrounded to be returned from being overlaid in carbon fibre with a satin Matt finish.
I had also had a key piece of equipment made for my install which panned out as follows:-

So I needed a way of answering the phone without touching the screen or taking my eyes off the road as with the existing steering controls they don’t allow you to make / receive a call, scroll through contact menus or even easily flick through album collections.
Well after trawling through the internet and various electronic audio manufacturers I came across a remote control wheel system that works much like the scroll wheel in my s205 AMG, perfect I thought apart from it being very large and cumbersome, how will I integrate it into my car without butchering the existing trim and still make it look factory?


Well I had it made to my specifications by the manufacturer in China for the princely sum of $60 + shipping then had it overlaid in carbon weave to match the other carbon in the car.

The original worked with a battery and was wireless but I had the need for batteries removed and is now wired to a 3v 1amp mini transformer which comes on with the pioneer radio, it still works remote and communicates with the stereo wirelessly It has a receiver that wires to the Canbus trigger in the connect 2 harness adapter
The original steering wheel controls still retain all their original functionality.
I still have a couple of new magic boxes to incorporate into the stereo that allows the front and rear cameras to sense when you are parking and automatically switch between each other when the need arises without any driver input or button pushing - very clever
I will post about that when I get more time to fit that stage of the install before finally re installing and buttoning up the dash.
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edited to also say that the buttons light up when the car headlights illuminate along with the rest of the dash

cheers
Andrew

 

Wow! Very nice..keep the info coming..

 

Very impressive.


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Hi all,
I thought that i would post a couple more photo’s of the new scroll wheel, i also finished the switch are in black gloss chrome film to blend everything together.
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Missed one

Cheers Andrew
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Hi Andrew

Thanks for a very good topic. My radio has also given up and I am now about to do the same replacement as you have done - which looks very nice.
I have a question; I have found the same wiring kit as you have installed but for me it seems like there is missing a connection to the small plug between the two big ones. Could you please share with me what you have done regarding this issue?
Thanks
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That small plug in the middle is for U-Connect functionality in the original head unit which isn't used in any of the aftermarket replacements. You can just let it hang free, it won't bother anything.