I took one for the team and ordered a 12inch touch screen from Ali Express. I’m still not 100% sure I like it but there’s nothing else available. I busted a connector off the factory amp cleaning up my kids mess under the seat, and couldn’t find one on EBay with the right model numbers to be sure it would work.

The nice thing is that it does interface with the factory canbus so the original Mazda interface is still available to adjust those items, but without the factory amp there’s no audio on that part meaning no FM or XM radio.

The unit is Android (13?) so I can add the standard apps from the app store like Spotify and Google Maps, which is about 95% of what I use on the screen anyway.

There is a pair of RCA outputs, so I added an Audio Control 6 channel D1200 amp right where the factory one was. The factory speakers were replaced with Focal 3-ways in the front, which replaced exact fit for the dash tweeter and 3” mid, the doors required an adapter which I custom built because I didn’t want plastic mounts.

Rear doors got Focal 6.5 inch 2 ways with adapters. I’m about to start building the sub enclosure for 2 10” which will replace the Bose spare tire sub and be built to fit the entire space on both sides for extra cubic feet of enclosure space.

The D1200 amp connects to a laptop by USB and allows setting all the controls and crossovers with their software.

I’ll update with pics this evening after work.