Does anyone have experience with these head units?

"Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street." (demon-xanth) 01/09/2020 at 17:42 • Filed to: None

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Good? Bad? Set on fire and run?

PatBateman > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 01/09/2020 at 17:54

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I mean, it looks neat...

Clunker Connoisseur - In Lucas we (don't) trust > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 01/09/2020 at 17:59

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Not the ones that have the integrated housings and buttons so it looks stock, but I’ve used other universal Chinese android head units

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Clunker Connoisseur - In Lucas we (don't) trust 01/09/2020 at 18:30

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Good? Bad? Quirky? Welcome to oppo.

Clunker Connoisseur - In Lucas we (don't) trust > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 01/09/2020 at 18:35

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Well, on the couple I’ve had, I highly recommend them. I got a carplay adapter so I have Android Auto and Apple Carplay, in addition to all the apps you could ever want thanks to Android. I also got a BT OBD2 reader and paired it to the head unit for real-time data monitoring and code reading, it’s super useful. It’s a little quirky at first because they usually have some weird Chinese launcher on there, or a customs settings page, but it’s great once you figure that out. The aforementioned phone connectivity and obd2 capabilities make it great, and I have all of the usual streaming apps on there for when I’m killing time sitting in a parking lot or something. Overall, I highly recommend them (at least the couple that I’ve had, haven’t used the integrated one like in the OP)

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Clunker Connoisseur - In Lucas we (don't) trust 01/09/2020 at 18:39

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Now that makes me curious. Could you flash something like LineageOS onto them?

Clunker Connoisseur - In Lucas we (don't) trust > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 01/09/2020 at 18:46

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Not sure about that, I just installed another launcher and that solved most of my complaints. I’d imagine someone out there has done it, but I haven’t looked into it. I do know that they can easily be rooted if necessary. Also, the backup camera they come with is terrible so I wouldn’t bother hooking it up unless you buy a better separate one from eBay (should be a standard coax connection IIRC)

Just adding to this for anyone else looking at these comments: I got a 10.5" android 9.0 head unit from eBay for ~$85, a carplay adapter for ~$15, and the OBD2 reader for ~$9 from Amazon. It does everything I need and more for a fraction of the cost of a name-brand one, and loads more than anything name-branded around the ~$100 mark

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Clunker Connoisseur - In Lucas we (don't) trust 01/09/2020 at 22:13

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This is excellent information. I've been considering one for my R-class.

JMKarstetter > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 01/09/2020 at 22:14

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I got one for my Land Cruiser from a US seller, I haven’t installed it yet but the general consensus on the forums and FB pages are fairly good. I have read you want to make sure to get the 6 or 8 core versions as they are newer, but being as this one runs Android 9 you shou ld be okay .