I Have a 2004 sierra and I'm looking to get my first double din so I don't know too much about them or have any experience on how they work or there UI.
I was really into the Alpine line but a blogger or whoever on youtube said Alpine is laggy, and said that pioneer has a really good GPS system and is updated the most frequent. But to my understanding I thought pioneer was a lower brand and that Walmart sells pioneer product. I'm not looking to spend $300 and hope for the best and I'm not looking to overpay just for a name. I really don't mind paying 600 since you get what you pay for. Does anybody have any good recommendations on a model that has all the bells and whistles and 3 RCA connections?
GPS (not so important tho)
HDMI or some way to mirror. I could do Google Maps that way
Bluetooth streaming.
DVD player
3 rca outlets for amps
Not laggy
I did see some Android powered double dins but from what I read they were all Chinese brands.
Hi!
Looking to buy a car camera for the dashboard in up to 50$.
Searched and in some local forums here and found few recommendations about the:
VIOFO A118C
If anyone herard of it - is it the best for 50$?
Do you have a good expirience with your own (up to 50+-) car-cam?
Must say: during summer weather here is HOT (average temperatures in summer 31-32)
So if you heard that a spesific camera is able to survived - it would be the best.
Thanks!
What's going on guys, I'm new to the android auto but not new to the rooting and flashing of Android devices.
Anyway, I own a 2007 Mercedes CLS 63. I have been looking to update the HU but I feel like I'm stuck in a twilight zone of decisions. The HU I want I'd like it to match the same bracket/buttons that my oem HU has. I found several websites that make these HU (Xtrons, Erisin, Joying(outdated hardware compared to the other two)). I been reading all over the Android auto topics for a week now and just need y'all experienced opinions. I want the New px5 chipset HU and I plan on installing it myself (hopefully with some help from you guys).
Units I am looking to buy
Xtron- PB76M211AP
or
Erisin- ES6501B
I heard pros and cons on both xtrons and erisin, I heard more pros on reliability of xtrons. Which one would you guys suggest?
Xtrons HU for my car on their official website is 100-150$ more then the ebay one, how come? Is the ebay seller lying that its xtron?
Is the wifi problem fixed? I plab on using my phone hotspot to watch sports/movies mostly since I work with my car mostly.
Is the screen mirroring reliable?
What entices me more then anything is the dash cam and reverse cam. I want my dash cam to record/take a screen shot when the car is off and the car gets bumped from parking (NYC parking is atrocious). I just finished putting 13k onto my car because a lady that didnt know how to park messed up my front end, lady its an expensive car! Luckily insurance took care of it.
That's it for now id appreciate any help, I love the idea of an android HU, but if it's more of a hassle then it is worth it then I'm just going to stay oem.
I've been swaying back and forth on buying a Dex. In Canada, the retail price is very high ($250...although there are some deals).
I'm curious what owners/testers thought should have been included/excluded? I'd personally liked to have seen video-over-usb-c, an audio output, and a more approachable pricepoint.
Thoughts?
the price is insane,will not even consider at this price point....but im seeing some chinese knock offs that lead me to believe there is no proprietary/special hardware that makes this functionality happen. Maybe even a simple usb-c, 3-way usb-power / HDMI MHL adapter would work? Anyone tested MHL adapter yet?
I bought these.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074MYLP9C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This one does not work with DEX, it can mirror your screen that is all.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074SXBZ3S/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This is a cheapish Chinese one. I can confirm that this works as a DEX station, the one main difference between this one and the official one is the Ethernet lan port is missing.
From what I have found online there is a chip in the dock that tells the Samsung device to switch between the Dex mode or mirror mode. The only other option you have if you want to use the first type of usb-c dongle is to root and use a custom kernel that has been baked into a custom ROM.
aweskelo said:
the price is insane,will not even consider at this price point....
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I got mine for under $100 through B&H. Brand new.
The knockoff would be about $30 less and I'd much prefer to stick with the original dex station.
so far I´d change:
Hi Y'all.
I'd like a display port to complement the HDMI port.
A dock with a more case friendly design would also have been appreciated.
It took me a while to figure out the apostrophe on a physical keyboard.
"I'd, Y'all, can't" ect. gave me some weird responses.
A USB-C hub would have been nice to complement the other ports.
Apart from this I'm a happy camper.
Regards
Elo.
Hey, So picked up a E400 for next to nothing... Just a simple eBay filter and beer! As been looking for cheap android phone to use with torque (display vehicle turbo boost and kph) and a dashcam app.
Looking at best find ROMs to use and how to make recommendations please folks... If you think I should use different hardware, please let me know but want to keep total hardware costs below ~€20 (currently based in Italy)
Thanks,