remote?

so its time for me to replace my radio, my 04 has that remote on the right hand side of the gauges and i would like to get a radio that i can use that switch with or a radio with a new remote and can replace the one where that remote is now ( sorry i cant get pics up )...so in other terms if i cant use the old remote, i want to pull it out and drop a new one in with hopefully not doing any mods to that hole to make a new one fit

Is it an alpine with the ovalish remote? I upgraded to the newest apline radio with Bluetooth and used the same remote, just had to splice the wire..

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it is oval but i think it was a kenwood..i have an alpine in mine now and im due for an upgrade

also has anyone made a bracket to hold the radio? the only thing thats olding this radio is that small fiberglass around it and like a flimsy 1/2 wide piece of aluminum that gos from the fiberglass back( wish my computer wasnt broken, id upload pics)

Sorry I think I have a Kenwood, I can check later, I just bought the same brand but newer, just unplugged the old one and plugged the new one on. Used the old harness and everything, the remote wire was different.

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Kenwood kmr440u is a direct drop in. I had an 05 and I'm pretty sure the head unit was the same in 04/05

Bought this one..

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and that plugged right up to the old remote on the drivers console?..how do you like it?

I had a clarion head unit go out. I couldn't find a replacement that used the same hardwired remote. I thought it would be easy to find a new head unit/remote combo that would fit into the 2" hole. It was difficult and I wound up with a Sony unit.

Good luck and shop around.