removing Head unit (noobie question)

[Mattzda]

ello,

I've always paid someone to install my in car sound, but I need to swap the pioneer head unit in my new BA astina with the Pioneer HU in my other car. I can take the face plate off and the instruction book says that I use a 'special' tool to insert down either side of the HU and it should pop out. Have I read the instructions right? Do I need to take the whole freakin' dash off to remove and replace? Can I use something else to remove the HU?

any advice appreciated?

BTW, I did a search and from what I read, I am the only idiot who doesn't know how to do this.