RX450h CD Player Facelift Swap

[MJZ97]

Hello, I've just bought a 2010 RX450h. The CD player unit is a little worn, I've read that the one in mine has a 6 CD changer and Hard Drive, but as I plan to upgrade the screen to an Android and don't plan on using CD's I was wondering if I could swap the CD unit over to the facelift version? I've attached photos of the differences, the photo isn't my unit just a photo from online but it's the same model. Thank you, Michael

[Herbie]

You don't say which photo is yours but I'm assuming the top one, being as that is actually in situ.

If you think the bottom photo is just a "facelift" then I'm sorry to say it's not. It's a Mark Levinson, which is an entirely different system with more speakers, different connectors and so on.

I'd therefore say no, you probably can't do it.

[MJZ97]

Thank you, sorry I did name the photos and thought it would show 😅 I did check the back of the facelift 'Mark Levinson' version & the back of a normal facelift unit and they do seem to show the same connections so that's why I didn't think it mattered

[Herbie]

Well, looking at those photos they certainly look the same, and given that I've never tried to do it myself, you could well be right.

Hope it all goes alright if you try it