and it does indeed work
Picked up the six disc changer head unit (out of an 03 accord LX) off of ebay for $50, and it arrived the other day, but they forgot to send the anti-theft code w/ it!
I couldn't wait, so I installed it last night after removing the single disc head unit, took all of 20 minutes to do.
Got the anti-theft code this morning, punched in the #'s and everything is workin great so far. I definitely love having the black/white LCD rather than the amber/black, compliments the interior so much better. Now to get started on installing the spoiler
edit: no special tools were needed.