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The red line indicates roughly how I routed the wire for the Bluetooth function of the head unit. The wire is completely hidden. Removing the weather seal allows access to pop off the a-pillar cover. Then remove the lower dash cover, route the wire up to where the head unit will be and voila!

The install manual recommends placing the microphone away from the phone. I thought this would be a good spot where in could pick up my voice easily enough and was as far away as possible from where I keep my phone when driving. Initial tests seem to be that it can pick up my voice fine when on a call.

Here is the Kenwood KDC-X994 illuminated red, with onboard computer illuminated for reference.

Here is the Kenwood KDC-X994 illuminated orange, with onboard computer illuminated for reference.

Here is the head unit powered off. It's a little shiny, but there is very little metal which is a welcome change from most of the current available units.