We Have a 2000 LS Blazer w the stock am/fm/ cassette radio which works fine still but would like to do a moderate upgrade at reasonable cost. We dont need anything super fancy with giant speakers/ amps/ etc. Just want blue tooth capability so we can pull our road tripping music off of the ol iPhone, would like to be able to plug in a thumb drive with more music and charge things from that too. Hands free calling would be also be nice as well as a backup camera ( the last 2 not essential tho)

All that, preferably at reasonable cost along with any adapter/ antennae extensions etc required to install without a degree in electrical engineering, just typical experienced home handyman skills

Probably should ad that we successfully upgraded our Silverado radio some years back without frying any electronics too

So if anyone can recommend a set maybe from Amazon that they’ve installed without any problems we’d sure appreciate if yall could give us some model or part numbers to look at????

 

I’m using a low budget Dual XDCPA10BT with a Metra dash kit 95-3027 . Radio head unit is like $120 and kit is like $39 . Has Apple wired CarPlay , Bluetooth and Android auto . Also has backup camera snd voice control capability . Sounds ok and seems to drive upgraded speakers I have .Requires slight modification to dash plastic between existing radio and HVAC controls and instructions are in kit , but after install looks pretty factory install. Metra also has a wire harness adapter kit that may make it easier, but I just cut and spliced wires .
I also removed the factory remote cassette unit in mine and fabricated a plastic plate to cover it with a USB port attached to head unit in it for phone and usb thumb drive connection and an additional power outlet . It’s been 3 or 4 years and have had no issues with it