Re: Packard Radios

Posted by BigKev On 2015/3/5 18:09:13

Thats an Aurora FM-1.

It's a proprietary chip set, and they only sell thru authorized dealers. Those dealers only do conversions if you send them your radio. Basically you can't buy the board yourself and install it on your own. So it cost $400+ so the basic conversion. If you want line-in (ipod, etc) or Bluetooth then it gets really expensive. I looked at that before I decided to roll my own.

They use some kind of interface as well to program the inputs and options. I going to build mine with open source parts, and some coding that runs on the microprocessor to tie everything together. It should cost dramatically less as you would install in yourself.