I have an ossuret android 10 head unit amd the RDS only seems to show the station name no other info, I have Installed dab-z and have a dab+ box and I stalled an external dab aerial rather than the windscreen one as I thought I'd get a better signal but it's not great.
I was wondering if its possible to update the android on the unit or update the radio player as I don't like the built in stuff I searched the play store but they were all streaming players.
And one last thing I play music from tidal through Bluetooth which is fine but it doesn't show the album artwork is there a player or app which I could use instead to do this?
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Hi,
I just got a car from my company, it is a Toyota Auris 1.3 VVT, 2012 (before the recent facelift version), and I'm thinking to replace the built in unit with an Android HU.
I don't want to spend too much, and I would prefer a 2 DIN Universal unit, should I return the car or I get a new one, then I can move the HU to the new car.
I like the unit listed here: tinyurl.com/ybj7nmlo (please add https:// because I can't post url yet)
The price and specs seam reasonable. I can't really find any information about this unit, is it a safe buy? The seller seams to have many positive feedbacks, and they can deliver from Germany within EU so I could avoid customs. What should I expect or know about this unit?
I need the following:
- radio (FM mostly, if possible, by station name display)
- music player from SD card (at least 32GB size). Should be able to easily select artist, album, tracks. Would be great to have album art.
- navigation (IGO). I think it comes preinstalled with Igo, and then I can easily update to latest maps, other goodies. Would be great if navigation and music/radio can run together. For example, if I listen to music, but I run the navigation, then I hear the music in background, but when the navigation voice is saying direction, then music should fade.
- Bluetooth phone call, for incoming and outgoing calls. The built in mic should be fine, I don't talk too much when driving.
- Steering wheel control! I believe I will need to buy a canbus adapter for Auris, and then probably it will work. I have volume up/down, skip next/previous, and Select buttons. Should do the trick for volume, and skip track. Maybe long press would work too, for skip to next folder?
- would be nice to have it paired with an OBD2 interface, then I could even use Torque I guess or other app. I have an OBD2 device off eBay. Not sure if I can pair both the phone and the OBD2 at same time, or maybe yes? This is not so important.
Features like DVD/CD, and movies video playback are not important to me, and rear camera too.
What do you think, should I buy this unit, is it reliable? I don't need super sound, just decent enough. I have factory speakers only in front, that's it.
I still need to get a fascia for Auris, and a cage. And the canbus for steering wheel.
Or any other unit that performs fine in the same price range, available in EU from Aliexpress or eBay?
Thanks!
also looking but with dab built in.
if it doesn't have 2GB of RAM skip it
I bought the Bosion HU with Android Marshmallow about half a year ago, I am very happy with it.
Mainly because now I feel so free when I can install any app I want.
I installed PowerAmp for music player and TuneIn for radio stations, Google Maps and Waze for navigation
The microSD slot did accept without any problem my 64Gb sandisk card with all my music
It all works well, there are , though, a few small problems:
* The built in apps "steal" the speakers. Meaning, if you are listening to the Radio app (from the antenna, not the web) and you press Play on PowerAamp, you will still be hearing the radio. You have to launch the built in Music player, which "steals" back the speakers, then play Poweramp, this time it will play your music.
I haven't found any fix to this behavior, but to do the steps I just bescribed.
* Along the same line, the built in Music player and built in CD player seems to launch automatically and it takes a few minutes to stop them both and use your own app.
* The internal SD memory is not mounted, so you cannot write it
As you see not much to complain, for me these problems are not critical, and anyway I don't believe they are going to be fixed any time soon. The seller is not in the business of maintaining the OS.
The seller from eBay was very communicative and responsive, he/she just didn't have any solution to the problems, sometimes he/she did not understand the english in my description of the problems.
UI have a new G6 and a new problem with Play Music. When connected via Bluetooth to my 2016 Subaru Outback head unit, Play Music track info does not appear on the head unit display. My previous LG G5 had no problem doing this consistently. Other apps like Pocket Casts displays track info, no problem. I reviewed the G6 supported Bluetooth profiles and they are compatible with the Subie head unit.
This is maddening! Has anyone else experienced this and then found a solution?
cheers,
mordango
UPDATE: I had this phone replaced with fresh G6. It was still on the 11a Verizon software version. Connected it to the car head unit via Bluetooth, played Google Play Music, got all the info on the head unit as it was supposed to do. Updated to 12b software version, no more music information displayed on the head unit. So, the 12b update breaks this for Play Music. Some other audio apps still display info but Play Music and Soundcloud are broken.
This is an old thread I know but this still happens on my US997 on 15a
Hey There!
I have a PX5 Android Radio (xtrons) built in my Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W211). This car has a display built in the speedometer, where you normally can search for another frequency or play the next DVD track.
I can play the next song with steering wheel buttons with the PX5, it even shows a small "AUX" text when AVIN is open, or "BT" when i play music via bluetooth. With the media player open, I can see the time of the track and can move forward and backwards.
Would that be possible with Spotify installed on the px5 to? Maybe with an android application, that sends the text via the canbus to the display? If that would work, it would be even possible to show Navigation on it.
Hopefully somebody could help me find a documentation or sth, so I could try to code such an application.
I have the same car with a PX6 head unit. It seems it's not possible to display any track info from Spotify or navigation info in the speedometer display.
Do you have the Harman/Kardon Logic 7 sound system? If so, are you using a fiber optics adapter with your head unit?
dape16 said:
I have the same car with a PX6 head unit. It seems it's not possible to display any track info from Spotify or navigation info in the speedometer display.
Do you have the Harman/Kardon Logic 7 sound system? If so, are you using a fiber optics adapter with your head unit?
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I don't have the Harman/Kardon Logic sound system. It should be possible to write Text or pixels to the Dash Display via the canbus. It already displays "BT or AUX" so there also should be existing code that does this.
It would be mind blowing to have the Navigation Info in the Dash Display among with Radar Detection etc...
Hello, after many month of thinking what to put in my car, I decided not to risk with ones straight from china , even though they have a great design , their prices went quite up. So I bought one from my country which again is Chinese but has 2 years warranty. It has the following specs: Android 11 - octa-core CPU, 4 GB RAM, 64GB ROM, RDS, DSP, CARPLAY . A decent launcher design. After I had it put in my car there are some problems of course...
First of all my dashboard became Chinese , secondly the steering wheel controls don't work. I searched for information and found that I can go in factory settings and change the can bus software or something. I found out I can get in these settings with the password 3368 . And there are many types of CAN BUS settings. Around 5-6 have Opel Insignia . So far I tried 3 and it doesn't work - it doesn't prompt me to reboot but I do it anyway. Also in the navigation "car settings" it just seems like it doesn't talk with the car at all. At least I got to put the Opel logo for boot up animation.
Climate control works from the old knobs , and does not visualize on the screen - this is not really a problem for me but still wonder why doesn't it work. Also i got a OBD II dongle which lights up when i plug it in and the navi Bluetooth finds it , but i cant connect to it - it wants a passcode and 0000,8888,3368 don't work .
Now for what DOES work - the new rearview camera starts when I put it in reverse , but the lines don't bend. Music comes out of the speakers . Blinkers and hazards and chimes have e new bad sounding beep , but at least there is some communication with the car. Sport and Tour buttons work ! The mechanics which put in the new unit took out the whole cd changer , I don't know why and if it was necessary and if it is a problem. Park assist also work and the button but it also has changed chime sounds.
When i contacted the sellers they told me they just sell, and don't know much about installations.. they told me its model is just "8581" not really helpful like the Chinese supports which i expected to avoid.
Any help will be greatly appreciated !! Mainly i want to fix my dashboard to be in English again(when the battery disconnects and the computer resets , it usually goes back in German, never Chinese) And the other thing is to get the steering wheel buttons to work and along with it to have more communication between the car and the navigation unit.
Try reading forums and posting what has been tried, or at least try to figure out what the unit is
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The problem was a wrong connection on one of the many cables . Now everything works , and im quite happy with the unit. I dont know in what standby mode it stays but it boots up for seconds, another 5 seconds for the wireless car play and the music starts automatically from Spotify and the maps are ready to navigate. My car leveled up
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The problem was a wrong connection on one of the many cables . Now everything works , and im quite happy with the unit. I dont know in what standby mode it stays but it boots up for seconds, another 5 seconds for the wireless car play and the music starts automatically from Spotify and the maps are ready to navigate. My car leveled up
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Hi mate hope your well I've currently got the same problems you had with my trip going Chinese and steering wheel not working or the heating on the radio any more information would be great cheers
tommytommy1990 said:
Hi mate hope your well I've currently got the same problems you had with my trip going Chinese and steering wheel not working or the heating on the radio any more information would be great cheers
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Hi all, I have same problem can anyone help at all. Thanks in advance
Hi, on one of my old Xtrons head units there was an app called iPod Player which allowed me to plug in an iPod via USB and listen to music from it through the head unit as well as use the controls on screen to change tracks and look through playlists etc.
I recently bought a newer head unit and this app was installed on it however it closes as soon as it's opened. The old unit ran Android 8 and this one is running Android 9 so that could be why but I'm not sure.
I've extracted the APK file and uploaded it here in the hope someone might be able to get it running or if anyone has a newer version of this app it would be much appreciated if it could be shared.
Thanks!
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