Let's not even get into the legality, or morality of doing such a thing however. It wouldn't surprise if some enterprising individual eventually figures out how to generate a valid activation code. The way the activation works, is the radio display a number, you send that to Chrysler, and they send you a number back to enter into the radio.
However, I'm pretty sure some market analysts at Chrysler ran all the numbers and found that having it non-standard, with a $700 option cost (or ~$550 dealer activated cost) yields the most profit. It should be standard on every 8.4 honestly, even if that meant a slightly higher base 8.4 cost. It's frankly ridiculous that GPS is an option on a $60,000 car like the Hellcat. Every Chrysler 8.4 car comes the GPS hardware and software in it already. Some garmin headunits can be had for well under $1200 as well.
You're paying for the GPS hardware, the screen, all the chips inside, all the software, the MP3 decoder licenses, etc. Where that comparison between an aftermarket headunit and the factory GPS option breaks down, is the fact that with the aftermarket head unit, you're paying for the physical unit. Go buy an aftermarket head unit with entertainment and Garmin navigation for your older car - what's the cost?Īt that price, $700 seems not so bad. Today, for that money, you get an envelope with a piece of paper and a 32-digit code that you enter into a webpage form to generate a digital file than then 'unlocks' your feature. Click to expand.The direct correlation here is that I have clients that are buying $60000 server rigs and are having to pay $1000-$5000+ to enable a feature that is 'already there.' Seemed more tolerable when that extra cost provided you a physical card or chip to be installed to provide the feature. And I'm not gonna pay.īoth are placed just to the right of the radios and available for a quick glance while driving. A small app called a key code generator that would generate the code for free. I the notice that the navigation button is on my display. Has anyone been able to modify the software running on their uConnect devices to enable one or more of the following things: Play movies from AVIs (or other movie containers) from the HDD Watch a movie on the front screen while the car is in movement (so that the passenger can watch a movie without sitting in the back). They are mounted via Panavise mounts, since I despise windshield suction cup mounts - precisely because they give up and the unit falls down. I paid less than $50 for the 1100, and less than $90 for my 1490LMT. Clutter is a matter of where you mount it, and if you don't have a large ICE screen in the car already, you likely have some space to put it in your line of sight and reach, yet not in the way.
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