I installed one of these units in my Alfa 147 yesterday and am having a problem where it will boot from completely off most of the time. Occasionally it will boot from standby in around 3 seconds, but most of the time i have to sit through the entire boot from cold sequence.
I definitely have my ignition and constant wires the right way around, and I don't think it's a battery issue. I tested the voltage of the constant 12V and it only dipped to 10 or 11V when starting the engine. The problem also arises when just turning the key to the second position which rules out the starter motor bringing the voltage too low.
Any suggestions on how to fix this would be much appreciated.
Side note: the surround/bezel which came with the cage (from xtrons) doesn't fit over the head unit. Anyone else have this problem? It's pretty ugly having the cage exposed.
I have the same unit and I just installed it. I tried connecting by either switching A4 and A7 (my car is Peugeot 107 and this is how it should be, similar to your Alfa I believe), and without switching them, and it's the same. Also, I set the timeout on powering off when ACC is off to 10 minutes, but my head unit turns off immediately.
I've since figured out that in my case i was just expecting too much of it. I thought that it would stay in standby indefinitely as long as it had a power source. Turns out it will only stay in standby for as long as you set the ACC off timeout for, which is 1 hour maximum. I think this must be because it consumes too much power even in standby and would drain your car battery over night.
The way mine behaves now is that if i turn the ignition off it will go in to standby for one hour. During this hour it will turn back on within a couple of seconds when the ignition is turned back on. After that hour, it will need to boot from cold. This isn't actually too bad as it usually takes less than 10 seconds for a cold boot.
My main gripe with this unit now is how much the screen is recessed behind the bezel. Due to the angle it's at in my car this means that the bezel obstructs half of the notification bar when i'm sat in my natural driving position.
Actually, it turns out it works OK for me as well. I dropped the adapter that switches A4 and A7, and it works fine. It has it's flaws (today being a really sunny day, I wished display was a bit brighter), but it's a nice upgrade on my 2008 car stereo.
I know what you mean about the brightness. It's just about usable on a bright day though so not a deal breaker.
I can recommend the DVR019 dash cam if you don't have one by the way. Super cheap and easy to install - just requires USB connection to the head unit.
Let me know if you figure out anything useful about this unit.
Are you guys happy with the sound quality? I am looking into buying same unit.
Did you buy any special harness to connect to the car?
Set timeout to autosleep instead of timed, that way it'll always boot in seconds, mine starts instantly even two days later
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Set timeout to autosleep instead of timed, that way it'll always boot in seconds, mine starts instantly even two days later
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Can you explain how to do that? I only have the option for 10 minutes, 30 minutes and 1 hr and it doesn't work on any
Xtrons Androind installing
Hi!
Did you get any answer or solutions to this, after all..? I have the same problem, and originally installed the car navigator to get powered from the ACC cable.
I didnt try this yet, but i bet to use the 10min / 30min / 1 hour switch off, the navigator should be wired to the yellow 12V cable to get continuos electricity, and not to the ACC cable, what gives eletricity ONLY when you turn on the car..
Of course without the turn off timer, it would drane out the whole battery.. I think 30min delay would be pretty cool, the time to go for examle to a store and come back, and find the android system still fast and rdy to go..
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Hey guys. my phone was off. i plugged it in and turned it on. then it says battery low even though its charging. is that normal?
Its only once when i start it though. maybe its just a reminder ?
Yep, have it and very very annoying bug, especially if you have a Samsung car mount/charger kit..
I have had this twice now where I have been out all day in low coverage area and the battery dies, hop into the car, put the phone in, the car kit switches the phone on automatically, but as it is booting up, it gives a low battery warning (despite being connected to the car &charging) and then powers off! And then powers back up again (due to the car dock) repeat 20 times on a 30 min journey back to home until you plug it into a charger that doesn't power it up immediately, this gives it enough juice to not power down the moment it boots while even in the charger...very annoying! Of course you can fumble with the USB cable in the back of the dock and plug it straight into phone, but then phone has to float around on the seat or glovebox..
Samsung should definitely not power the phone down when it detects it is getting external juice!
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Mine isnt as severe as yours. It just says when battery is low that i need to charge when i turn on phone.
Though from my perspective it should not bring that message up since its already charging.
And I mean normal charging. Do you have the same issue?
Hello everyone, I'll tell you the ultimate experience even if it is not the first time that happens.
2 days ago I left the nexus to 46% of battery, the next day I found it turned off and the device would not turn on.
by trying to connect to the power turns on but the display flickers constantly and makes a sound as if he were about to explode.
if I leave a little in office and try to turn it on, it lights up with difficulty and then it shuts down suddenly emitting sound louder and have vertical lines and horizontal time.
I'll post a video to make you understand better.
the problem is not to download the battery or something more serious?
sorry for my enghlis, it's made by google!
video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLmB8oYIZDQ&list=UUzN7W_39t1nVjuznllixPIg&index=1
If you leave it plugged in and don't touch it for a while, does it eventually do anything? Just sounds like the battery is dead to me, although not sure about the weirdness with screen etc.
Leave it plugged in for a while on the original charger/cable and if it doesn't boot up right after 30-60 minutes of charging, you might have to warranty exchange it.
if I leave the tablet plugged into the power outlet for a few minutes (maybe 10) everything is back to normal.
the strange thing is that this problem occurs when the battery drops below 20%
di4b0liko said:
if I leave the tablet plugged into the power outlet for a few minutes (maybe 10) everything is back to normal.
the strange thing is that this problem occurs when the battery drops below 20%
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Good to hear! My guess is that it didn't have enough power to really power on, which I don't like in various ways.. First it might mean the battery was overly discharged (when your battery is at 0%, it's still well above minimum LiPoly minimum voltage, but I question that in your case for example) or that something else is kooky.
I'd say charge it to 100% and use it normally, and let it get down to 5-10%, lower if you like... If it continues to behave okay, maybe just a fluke. If it freaks out below 15% or something, warranty it.
After watching that video I would say return it. That looks bad man! Also, what is on the end of your power cable? Looks like a piece of wire or tape or something?
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HelloAll,
Ive had my new head unit installed for two days now, and been through all the settings etc checked all the leads and cant see anything wrong, but have had to put my car battery on charge twice now.
It seems the head unit drains the battery when I turn the car ignition off.
Also I have an airbag fault, but I thought this was just due to me unpluging the passenger side airbag warning light when I was fitting the unit.
its a Erisin ES3015V 8" VW Android 5.1
The only thing I left unpluged was the old GPS antenna as not needed (would this cause a drain if touching something, forgot to tape it up)
Also due to the instructions being in pigeon english can any one advise how I should set the dip switches on the back.
see pics attached.
Many kind regards
Guy
HAGster1969 said:
HelloAll,
Ive had my new head unit installed for two days now, and been through all the settings etc checked all the leads and cant see anything wrong, but have had to put my car battery on charge twice now.
It seems the head unit drains the battery when I turn the car ignition off.
Also I have an airbag fault, but I thought this was just due to me unpluging the passenger side airbag warning light when I was fitting the unit.
its a Erisin ES3015V 8" VW Android 5.1
The only thing I left unpluged was the old GPS antenna as not needed (would this cause a drain if touching something, forgot to tape it up)
Also due to the instructions being in pigeon english can any one advise how I should set the dip switches on the back.
see pics attached.
Many kind regards
Guy
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You may have swapped B+ and ACC. Normally B+ is yellow and carries +12 continuously. While ACC is normally red and should only carry +12 when your key is in ACC or further.
Concerning Airbag-light. Some cars need an airbag-light reset through the OBD-bus or manufacturer-bus. Sometimes it's good enough to disconnect the battery for some hours to clear various lights. I doubt that in your case since your battery been drained already. Maybe not low enough to clear the OB-computer.
thank you for the reply.
I might have sorted the power drain, flipping dip switch no 3 to off has now enabled the unit to shut down fully when the keys are removed from ignition, and now the standby option works so i can takekeys out and then have unit in instant on mode for 30 secs, 2 mins up to 2 hours etc before it completly shuts down.
I was thinking the light just needs a reset ill go see my friend who has a vag box to reset the light
Thank You
Similar problem
Hello,
Sorry to bring this back up...
I have a similar situation, but my unit Eonon GA6157f is installed in an Audi a3 with a BOSE unit.
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The above solution did not work...
Does anyone else have any ideas of how to solve this?
I get a dead battery after 24 to 36 hours
thanks
Hello.
I have same problem with Audi A3 with Bose. Any solution?
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I'm hoping someone can help me out. I have the above head unit in my car, and it works pretty well. But it boots from cold all the time. There is an inbuilt option where I can choose standby for 5, 10, 20, 30 and 60 minutes, which means if I return to my car within that time chosen my head unit comes on immediately, but it's maxed out at 60 mins, all other times it cold boots, and takes an age.
My last head unit in a different car did the same thing, found the remedy in switching the red and yellow wires. Worked perfectly. Tried that remedy with this head unit and it actually made it worse. Is still booting from cold, but now setting the standby time doesn't work at all. I can't take it back to the garage unitl next week..
So, Has anyone had any luck forcing it to go into standby? (I read someone had connected the red and yellow from the head unit to the red from the car. Not sure what this will do)
Thanks
T
I picked this head unit up and it works well when it works. It will work fine one day and then the next time I get in the truck it won't power on. I've found that if I pull the unit out, unplug the wiring harness and plug it back in it comes back to life. Last time I did this it hard reset and I lost all customization. I had the accessory turned on setting it back up. Turned the acc off, started the truck and it's dead again. Anyone have an idea why? Cheap Chinese torture device? Thanks!