Hi all. First post here. I have a 2011 TSX sportwagen with tech package; bought it a few months ago. Love the car so far with one exception: Front seat storage space. I don't use CDs anymore, don't have any DVD-A discs, don't care about the hard drive storing old CDs, and don't use the navigation. Cuz, you know, spotify, google maps, and waze on my phone. So the question is, if I remove the CD/DVD "head unit," (see first stock photo below) am I going to kill any of the car's other systems besides the ones listed above? Especially bluetooth, which I use all the time, cuz, you know, smartphone. I would find a junkyard non-tech TSX, grab the storage cubby, and install it (see second stock photo below). DISCLAIMER: I know there was another thread about this back in 2012, but that was never resolved (https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tsx-.../#post16070234).

 

I believe the screen for the nav will turn off or give you errors. If you look behind the drive you have harness hooked up to it.

 

That is a lot of wiring, indeed. Did you ever try doing this, msharifi?

I guess one option would be to stuff the drive in the glove box or somewhere while keeping everything connected.

 

I haven't and I don't think I would ever disconnect because you have speaker wires/bluetooth XM/sub etc connected to the unit if I'm not mistaking.

 

Trying to find a wiring diagram to see exactly what all those harnesses do, but not a lot of luck on google, acurazine, tsxclub, 12volt.com. Any thoughts on where to find a diagram?

 

Found a 2008-2010 Accord manual that looks relatively similar. So, the harnesses look the same but are in different locations compared to the TSX setup: Accord - Downloads - Hondahookup.com
It does look like all the functions of the tech package go through the unit, including bluetooth. Back to the drawing board, I guess...