Hey,
Perhaps not exactly in the right topic but I wanted to ask how you use car kits with android on hd2. Is there option that when I put phone into car kit it would recognize it and run car home automaticly? Is there option to put my Igo into car home panel? And the phone seems to go idling with blackscreen even if its charging on the car kit, how to change that? Using Mdeejay 2.6 and original hd2 car kit.
Thank you in advance if you point me to the right direction
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the route 66 navigation program that comes with desire z build is frankly crap. is there anyway to change the shortcut on the car panel to run another program such as CoPilot?
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We have seen phones that have laptop docks for a bigger usable interface. We have seen phones hook into a huge touch screen monitor and work well. Would it be a feasible idea to have a phone plug into a flip up car stereo and mirror the touch screen. I use my phone all the time in the car whether its for music, navigation, information or anything else. It would be great to be able to plug my phone into my stereo and have a bigger touch screen right there on the radio. Just a thought and wondering if its possible.
probably possible. i think it is more feasable to have a hole cut into the dash to house a 4.3'' fone with a usb/headfone jack.
schneidz said:
probably possible. i think it is more feasable to have a hole cut into the dash to house a 4.3'' fone with a usb/headfone jack.
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Or just a dock or stand. But this seems like a better idea. It would be a lot easier with the newer cars with usb/3.5mm jacks preinstalled.
It would be cool to see this thread flourish, Car mods! I'm trying to create a dock in my car for my phone, so that I cun use it to control my radio garage navigation or any other instance of automotive life, like even check the status of the engin.
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I fancy getting a cheap 5-7" tablet for this job - My 10.1 Gtab would look plain silly mounted as a sat nav and wouldn't last 5 minutes if left unattended.
Try using Vlingo or Google Car Home for starters. Vlingo will read your texts aloud and allow you to reply with using your hands. You can also start navigation or send messages completely hands free by saying "Hey Vlingo!" prompting it to auto listen for the next command.
Next up if the free version of Torque(or paid for if you need).
This connects to your car via a cheap bluetooth ODB2 device (~£15 on the bay)
This will give you access to readings such as mpg, speed and any engine error codes.
There are also plugins such as a video/data recorder.
I can't post links to the android market pages of these apps as I've not made 8 posts yet but they're easy to find!
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My ultimate setup that I would like to see would be a radio that has a touch screen flip out that I can plug my phone into and have it mirror my phone. That way I wouldnt have to have a seperate tablet and phone that have a different setup. Essentially this would turn the radio into a mini tablet with your phone being the host for the screen. Thanks everyone for the replies!!
I would dearly love this!
I wuould like it werry much too
It has been my dream for a long time too… They have made it for iphone, maybe we will have it for android too some day.
Please make a google search with the string below (I am a noob. I am not allowed to post links yet):
telematicsnews.info/2011/05/21/video-iphone-screen-duplication-on-in-car-display-comes-to-aftermarket_my2211/
Cheers!
Wonder if it will work with gooapple. And does it just use ur current Pandora app or does it have a Pandora app of it. I just want to use my Pandora app. http://telematicsnews.info/2011/05/...n-in-car-display-comes-to-aftermarket_my2211/
2nd this.
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My ultimate setup that I would like to see would be a radio that has a touch screen flip out that I can plug my phone into and have it mirror my phone. That way I wouldnt have to have a seperate tablet and phone that have a different setup. Essentially this would turn the radio into a mini tablet with your phone being the host for the screen. Thanks everyone for the replies!!
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Yes it is Possible !!!!!
jfafard81 said:
We have seen phones that have laptop docks for a bigger usable interface. We have seen phones hook into a huge touch screen monitor and work well. Would it be a feasible idea to have a phone plug into a flip up car stereo and mirror the touch screen. I use my phone all the time in the car whether its for music, navigation, information or anything else. It would be great to be able to plug my phone into my stereo and have a bigger touch screen right there on the radio. Just a thought and wondering if its possible.
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We already have a solution which works on rooted android device.
We can certainly help you.
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Can't send PM. What r u talking about.
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We already have a solution which works on rooted android device.
We can certainly help you.
PM for more details...
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There is a kickstarter campaign product that allows you to combine your phone with the car stereo into a single double-DIN device. Currently, they have working faceplates for the iPhone 4 and 4S but they are developing Android ones as well.
Check it out: [I can't post external links but a simple search of "kickstarter dash" will take you right to it.]
You know, this would be quite simple with an MHL adapter and a method to send touch input to the screen, which im sure is out there.
TFT LCD Developers Kit
There is a developers kit for a 7" TFT LCD, now I realize this is a full microprocessor board. It does run android, perhaps it has something in its code that is usable, or point to what hardware is required to interface with a smartphone.
Not enough posts yet, so just Google this:
LS6410 SAMSUNG ARM11 S3C6410 board kit 7" TFT LCD (Android)
love this thread . im going to get a nexus one or zte blade and mount it up to the space above my stereo . going to put a bigger antenna on it to help boost gps speed. hook it up to power . and have a full size sd card instead of micro sd . wire it to aux audio. it will music and navigation system.
I just bought a 7.0 galaxy plus 3g with this in mind. I got rid of my phone when I bought this tablet too. I spoke on my phone 15 minutes last month and all that was in the car. I can do that with voip...
I intend to do this install on a 2011 wrx. I just bought the JDM radio bezel that is 6.8x3.9 inch cut out (stock usdm is 8" wide). With a bit of dremeling I should be able to slide my tablet directly into the top of the bezel. I plan to put a backing plate so it looks finished with the tab removed. I want removal to be painless. As I plan to use this tablet a lot.
I'll be completely nixing the head unit in my car. To provide power to the speakers I will buy a clarion equalizer and a smallish 300w 4 channel amp probably the nice alpine on amazon for 120 bucks.
Here's where the fun begins! Audio out should be no big deal. I found cables that split the 3.5mm trrs audio into audio out and mic input. So I'll just run rca outs to my clarion eq and run my mic into the device. Done!
My wrx has steering wheel controls. These tie into a stock unit typically. That's no fun. I plan to buy a sparkfun ioio with bluetooth and intercept the SWC signals. Then using the google ADK I can read the pin signals and respond to things like skip track, volume, mode (use mode to switch open apps), pick up, hang up and voice command. I also want to use the ioio to interface with the headlight dimmer and illumination as well.
I just got my tab a few days ago. My bezel should be coming in the mail early next week. Once the bezel is done, I'll rip out the head unit and do the amp and equalizer install. At that time I'll capture the steering wheel control voltages and start hacking on the ioio.
I'll start a project thread for all this once I do the amp install.
Hey guys, I usually just lurkj the forums but I figured it is time to ask the pros. First off, this is the unit I am installing today: Seems i cannot post the link but here is the title. from amazon Pumpkin Quad Core 7 inch 2 DIN Universal Android 4.4 Car Stereo Radio HD 1024*600 Muti-touch Screen GPS Navigation Without DVD Player Support WIFI/3G/Bluetooth/OBD2/DVR/Mirror Link
I am running a t-mobile service on my phone and I get free data for certain streaming apps. Its pretty cool. Anyway, I just learned that using the phone as a hotspot and then using one of these streaming apps on the device, in this case the new stereo, it does use my data plan... bummer. Anyway I am wondering if there is a wireless mirroring solution that would work and have control over the phone using the touch screen on the receiver? If there is not, how about a wired solution? I have looked into things like android auto. Does that actually work descent and on our receivers? Thanks everyone and a little nudge in the right direction would be awesome :good:
The pumpkin deck has a really basic bluetooth audio interface. I guess that would be the main thing I would like to change. I use Pandora alot and the interface on the deck is really basic. It gives me the option to skip track and play/pause. If I could at least get a similar interface to my old pioneer deck (id3 tags, thumb up/down) that would be cool. Or even a front end app, now that would rock.... Thanks again.
Hello mates,
maybe it's a stupid question, but I couldnt find a solution yet. Hoping for your help.
Is it possible to use the px5/px3 head unit as an android car "car"?
I would like to connect my smartphone via USB or BT to the head unit and Android Car should recognize it as a car. So my Android headunit will receive and display informations like Whatsapp, Spotify, etc. from my smartphone. Like in my KIA, Audi or similar.
I dont mean some "Screen Mirroring" apps like EasyConnect or other similar things where I have to start an app on my android headunit itself and on my mobile Phone.
Looking forward to your answers,
Sebastian
Hi Everyone,
I have one of those chinese import android units for my car, fake android version etc. It says it is F9212B but don't know if even that is real.
My car is a Fiesta and so has an annoying shaped dash hole which the Android unit fits very nicely, it has a huge display and a custom shroud, not DIN or double DIN.
Anyway, the actual android hardware is such a pile of crap that I was wondering if anyone had ever disassembled these units and worked out if they use standard display connections like DSI, with common ribbon connectors?
I'm sure you can tell what I'm thinking. Could I chuck the android hardware but keep the display and touchscreen and connect it up to a single board computer, which tend to use DSI.
I know there would be a lot of extra work because of the CANBUS and it would need a separate Amp for the speakers etc.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Tim
Have you considered a raspberry PI type setup?
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Have you considered a raspberry PI type setup?
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Yes, that's the sort of thing I was thinking of. The Pi has a standard DSI display port, so was wondering if I could use the display from my android unit, since it's a custom fitting for the ford fiesta.
I've got this type of thing https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384802838107
Sorry to say, but to use a raspi would not be a good solution. You will have at least issues with switching off the ignition. As there is no proper shutdown, you can damage the files on the SD-Card. On top: Even a RASPI4+ is not faster than the one in your current setup. You would need an additional FM receiver, CAN receiver which would not be available for such a solution, so you need to fiddle around with that... You need an additional amplifier... you name it.
I would search for a touch screen with a proper resolution which can be mounted into the hardware of your dash and think about a proper solution like a car-PC, or something like that.
At least not a cheap solution and needs a lot of time to get this working as expected.
Well thanks for the input but most of those issues are solvable.
The power can be supplied via a power bank, it may be possible to reuse the existing CAN adapter for the android unit, which is external, plus you can get Car CAN adapters for the raspberry pi anyway. I know even the pi4 has limited hardware but there are other single board computers with better hardware. I wouldn't need an FM receiver as I have a USB DAB receiver for the android.
@HelloFromMars
Have a look at this https://www.autopi.io/blog/build-a-raspberry-pi-touch-screen-car-computer/
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@HelloFromMars
Have a look at this https://www.autopi.io/blog/build-a-raspberry-pi-touch-screen-car-computer/
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Sorry, but this is no alternative to any sort of car infotainment.