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GS MTCD Android 6.0 HeadUnit Soft-Buttons Issue and mirrored Touch Input

Hi folks,
I have bought a Xtrons PB96MTVAPL last week. which is a GS MTCD PX5 Octa-Core HeadUnit.
I am very pleased withe the performance of the system and the UI in general.
Since i am pretty new to the matter i played around with it a bit today.
I wanted to optimize the Factory Settings today and "accidently" pushed the "Reset Soft-Buttons"-Option... resulting in directly disabled Soft-Buttons... which is not preferable on a "Soft-Button-Only HeadUnit".
I also have a horizontal mirrored touch input now wich is really crappy and twists my poor brain...
I have contacted the Xtrons-Support but I have the feeling they force me to return the Unit which i dont want....
Is there maybe a way to remap my MCU Softbuttons?
Is there anybody who could send me a copy of his dmcu.cfg for the PB96MTVAPL?

[solved]
Hi,
i solved the issue myself by using the "Reset Toch Screen" function. One has to point at the upper left and lower right of the touch area. After that one can remap the softbuttons.
it was quite a struggle getting there with a totally flipped screen.

Hi. I am also interested in you unit. How is the radio reception, the audio quality and generally the unit? I would like to send me a quick video if you can or upload one in youtube. Thanks

Eonon GA2168K "DO NOT OPERATE WHILE DRIVING" error while opening apps

Hi All,
I just got this unit from amazon. I have the quad core 2GB RAM 16GB ROM 10.1" version which came with Android 8.1. Installation was easy and the unit seems very nice and fast enough but when ever I try to open an app like spotify or youtube or even OBD apps the screen goes black with "DO NOT operate while driving" error. I tried installing a third party launcher and it caused this error every time I tried to go to the home screen. Google maps does not cause this issue.
I currently wired the rear cable to ground just in case wiring causing the issue but that did not help. Under the settings there is no option in the video section which would allow me to turn off this error. Overall the rom on this as is looks half baked missing bunch of options. I do not even have a system update option for me to flash a different firmware.
Any suggestions that could help me get rid of this annoying issue and use this unit properly?
Thank you all.

Seems nobody cares but I finally figured out the solution. Under settings>car options>about there is another settings button. If you select that and enter "8888" it will take you to the deep settings menu where in drive options you change "Break" to "0". This will get rid of this bug permanently.
Thanks in anyways.

I care
I just had the same exact problem with the same radio
thanks so much for taking the time to update your post!

Do you have anymore information on tips and tricks for this radio?

Hi, tried this on my mekede head unit, took a few minutes to figure out which menu to follow and the part to alter but it worked great. Awesome. Cheers

Eonon ga2168k
Good job on figuring it out... I went through this with the same exact head unit...
Let me expand on this "problem" a little further please...
So most head units now are more than just a radio/CD player ..specifically ones with DVD players (or ones that can play any video really) the manufacturers can be held liable for people getting into an accident while driving because they were watching a movie or had a movie playing (Cant fix stupid) on their head unit located on the dash (as well as it being illegal in most (if not all) states in the USA).
REAR DVD players are exempt from this because... well they are in the rear... and not in the driver's line of sight.
With that being said, one wire on the harness that came with this unit (wire #23 I think) is labeled " BRAKE CONTROL" - IF (a big IF here) EONON set this up like most other head unit manufacturers that make an in dash DVD/video display, this wire needs to be connected to the brake switch so that it receives a signal saying that the brake is "on" and the vehicle is not moving...therefore "SAFE" to operate this unit (watch a movie, video, make setting changes, brew you a cup of coffee, paint your nails etc etc etc......)
Because there is NO REALLY good diagram for wiring this to the brake switch... you are left with a guess as to how it is to be done. (Should just be a positive connection from parking brake to wire.... I think... I guess...)???
This brake safety feature has been in other units for years and a LOT of people negate this circuit (I wont list the ways... it's easy to figure out) I even know of some car installers that worked for a national electronic retail store that would "bypass" this circuit in the customer's cars.
I am glad Eonon put this programming control into the back end of the unit because I, (having installed a few radios in numerous vehicles I have owned) REALLY didnt want to go through the trouble of bypassing the circuit... so shutting it off, on The unit was just as well for me. 1 less wire to worry about.
Just go into the root menu as stated above, and select "BRAKE" then adjust to 0. This removes all enable/disable requirements for that circuit.
Great unit so far... wish Eonon would spend more time writing a more informative instruction manual.. and maybe hire an American or British to actually write the darn thing so people could understand it.
Hope this helps.

I have the same unit but I can't get the panel to light up. Anyone knows how to wire to the car to get the panel to light up?

syung61 said:
I have the same unit but I can't get the panel to light up. Anyone knows how to wire to the car to get the panel to light up?
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Panel as in the buttons not on the touch screen? (Ie power, volume up volume down )
Wire (I believe its orange or blue in color if my memory serves me well) regardless it has a tag on it that says "ILL" or ILLUM... that's for illumination. You need to figure out what wire in your car is for illumination for the stereo... if you cant, run a wire from your headlight switch that controls the parking light. USUALLY, there is a wire for the stereo to make it light up when the headlights are turned on. You just need to find it.

Wyatte Steel said:
Panel as in the buttons not on the touch screen? (Ie power, volume up volume down )
Wire (I believe its orange or blue in color if my memory serves me well) regardless it has a tag on it that says "ILL" or ILLUM... that's for illumination. You need to figure out what wire in your car is for illumination for the stereo... if you cant, run a wire from your headlight switch that controls the parking light. USUALLY, there is a wire for the stereo to make it light up when the headlights are turned on. You just need to find it.
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Yep. In the Eonon harness, it's an Orange wire with a tag on it that says "ILL". just hook it to any wire that feeds your dash lights.

Dears,
anybody tried Eonon GA2178 - 10" Android 9 Head Unit?
I'm actually on Eonon GA2168K - 10" Android 8 Head Unit, it's a good device with minor problems.
Anytime developers fix a problem they introduce an other problem and there's no community support for MTK chipsets.
Because of this I'm evaluating the new Eonon GA2178, that is quite similar but based on Rockchip chipset.
Tks!

Brake setting
On my Ga2172 the brake setting shows open close or speed, so which is it to watch video on the move?

Recommendations for a double DIN unit?

Looking around at all the options, I'm overwhelmed but what's out there. Looking for recommendations on a cheap-ish double din unit to drop in to a my spare/offroad truck. Looking for something with reasonable aftermarket rom/firmware support.
Biggest thing I need is one that supports fast boot. The truck is a manual and I regularly stall it on the trails. Most annoying thing with my current ancient Kenwood nav head unit is that it takes over a minute to boot whenever I stall and restart, and I also have to restart the nav each time. It'd be really nice to have something that will retain memory for at least a few minutes when I have to restart the truck.
I can fit anything from 7" to 10"+. Just looking for something that will be fairly well supported for a little while....
Edit: would also prefer "hard buttons" and a real volume knob vs. all touch buttons.

[Help] Ford Focus Tesla Style Android Head Unit A/C & Nav Bar

Hello everyone.
I have recently purchased a android 10.1 headunit that fits perfectly in my ford focus mk3.
So far i'm liking the headunit but.... there are some problems with it that are quite annoying.
The top nav bar i can't seem to manage it, i can't change the applications it opens nor the icons.
The bottom part of the screen is horrible too, i'm losing around 1/8th of my screen due to it which defeats the point of the headunit tbh.
The bottom part of the screen is used for the home button, back button, ford (A/C, Heated seats, Sync etc) which has no use for me since i don't have those features in my car.
I am wanting to remove it and replace it with a smaller bottom bottom bar.
Is there anything i can do to fix this?
This is the headunit i bought by the way.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Android-...i-Navigation-For-12-17Ford-Focus/383939987371
Thank you for your time.

Simple answer. Tasker.
You can force immersive mode directly with tasker or with one of the many apps on play store, globally or at a per app level to remove the nav bar. and create WebScreens to replace your "back and home"
I haven't really experimented with adjusting the margins, as I mostly am in the HeadUnit Reloaded screen which can very easily adjust the margins. (PS the latest beta as of writing is the only version that works for me with the newest android auto release on Play store) I haven't tested it myself but this app looks like it may be able to help. I may try it myself! =). Good luck!

@rowan112
it's a bit off-topic, but would you share some of your experiences with this kind of radio? i can find plenty of those tesla-style radios for the ford focus, and i was really wondering if they are functioning well. i am particulary interested in the canbus, wether that's opening door, or whatsoever if those informations are being shown on the radio as well.

Landscape view - isn't

Hi,
I got my new head unit the other day, this one;
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003019883587.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.180c4c4dRzap6R
It;s a;
MTK 8259 8-core 2.0GHz
6G+128G
Overall it seem not too bad so far, not too long, sounds ok. But it has 2 major problems to me.
1. Landscape - Isn't
Although the unit has the screen in landscape mode, the unit appears to be coded to behave like portrait. So although all look fine initially, after using it a little you begin to realise it's not. For example most apps that are orientation aware reneder themselves different. Maps, Gmail, YouTube and YouTube music all have views split left/right; map on right, info on left; song of left, play list on right and so on. But the head unit does not do this, it tries to put the content top and bottom, like using a phone in portrait. On some apps, it just makes it horrible, like maps where when you view info the map is push to a skinny little band across the top. On some apps like YouTube Music, it breaks it. becuase you loose sight of the track list!! on a phone it would be under the song, but there is no space to do this on the head unit. This applies to all apps. It seems they have just not defined the mode to be landscape.
Is this just my unit, or is the a fault on others?
Can you via an app fix this? force it to be right. There is no settings for rotate or orientable in the units limited settings. I did try some apps, but they asked me to turn auto-rotate on in settings, but this doesn't exists.
Fixing this would be a big improvement. would move it from 1/5 to a 4/5.
2. WiFi.
This is broken. My unit has GPS and 4G and thus has antenna for each. I think that although the unit has Wifi it's actaully got no antenna for it internally, so signal is all but non existent. I can connect to my phone hotspot bc the phone is 2 feet away. but if i park my car on the drive, it will not connect to my router in the garage (which has great wifi coverage). I actually need to drive car into the garage and part car 1m away to get it too work at all.
Anyone else have this?
3. Firmware.
Is there other firmware for the version I have?
Thanks.

moa77 said:
Hi,
I got my new head unit the other day, this one;
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003019883587.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.180c4c4dRzap6R
It;s a;
MTK 8259 8-core 2.0GHz
6G+128G
Overall it seem not too bad so far, not too long, sounds ok. But it has 2 major problems to me.
1. Landscape - Isn't
Although the unit has the screen in landscape mode, the unit appears to be coded to behave like portrait. So although all look fine initially, after using it a little you begin to realise it's not. For example most apps that are orientation aware reneder themselves different. Maps, Gmail, YouTube and YouTube music all have views split left/right; map on right, info on left; song of left, play list on right and so on. But the head unit does not do this, it tries to put the content top and bottom, like using a phone in portrait. On some apps, it just makes it horrible, like maps where when you view info the map is push to a skinny little band across the top. On some apps like YouTube Music, it breaks it. becuase you loose sight of the track list!! on a phone it would be under the song, but there is no space to do this on the head unit. This applies to all apps. It seems they have just not defined the mode to be landscape.
Is this just my unit, or is the a fault on others?
Can you via an app fix this? force it to be right. There is no settings for rotate or orientable in the units limited settings. I did try some apps, but they asked me to turn auto-rotate on in settings, but this doesn't exists.
Fixing this would be a big improvement. would move it from 1/5 to a 4/5.
2. WiFi.
This is broken. My unit has GPS and 4G and thus has antenna for each. I think that although the unit has Wifi it's actaully got no antenna for it internally, so signal is all but non existent. I can connect to my phone hotspot bc the phone is 2 feet away. but if i park my car on the drive, it will not connect to my router in the garage (which has great wifi coverage). I actually need to drive car into the garage and part car 1m away to get it too work at all.
Anyone else have this?
3. Firmware.
Is there other firmware for the version I have?
Thanks.
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1. Enable developer options or search in setttings( "RTL" or"LTR" ...) and check if has rtl or ltr layout by default
LTR is the standard for some eastern and asian regions
2. Try hotspot from it and see how far it broadcasts wifi(if its small then manufacturer or seller cheaped ou ton the wifi chip or coded it very crappy)
3 Firmware try research, if you cant find anything in English repeat the search translated to chinese (modern) , you'll have better chances of finding something