Looks cool! 👍

 

It looks very good. I will buy it some day.

What is your opinion on how it works? Is it fast?

 

Can you run Gaia on it?

 

yeah its super super snappy. I'm very impressed with it

 

not sure what that is

 

Can/does it adjust the brightness? One thing that annoys me at night/day it's to bright or not bright enough.

 

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According to the joying information it does support brightness adjustment.

 

How responsive is google maps or any other mapping software?

 

honestly havent tried cuz i just use apple carplay which streams the map straight from my phone. in that mode its perfect. no lag.

 

Have you used the hands free phone yet? How about "xm"?, very interested in this set up, thanks, Tim

 

yeah the bluetooth works great, 0 complains of people not hearing me.

XM? no idea. im sure you can get the XM app and just stream from the app. you can do this through the carplay/android auto streaming or just directly get the XM app on the unit and use your phone as a hotspot to connect.

For me carplay is easiest. I get in the car, start it, it automatically connects to my phone, allows me to use anything for streaming that has a a dedicated app. I use iheartradio all the time

 

How long have you had it and how did or where did you order it from? I looked at your link and read it and it looks like this maybe what I need for here( hands free phone use only). thanks, for the response, Tim

 

ive had it for a month or so. I ordered it from Joying's site. it arrived from china in about a week.

 

Sorry to keep bugging you on this, do you have to pay fees to run this setup? Does this work with your apple phone? Local radio comes in good? I have the factory amp, do you keep that or eliminate it to run this setup? thanks for the help, really looking forward to this if it works!

 

no worries. so no fees to run it. it does connect well to the iphone, especially for carplay. I didnt bypass the factory amp and it sounds ok to me. as long as you dont turn it up too loud. I got the amp bypass harness kit but it looks like a total pain to run all new wires.

I will say the radio seems a little weak but i stream all my local radio stations via apps on carplay anyway, sounds way better.

I'll post a video of using the unit here soon

 

Thank you, I am happy that this may be what I have been looking for for awhile.

 

Here is the link to the unit and the bezel I got

https://www.joyingauto.com/android-.../android-10-0-car-radio-for-6-2-single-din-head-unit-with-physical-buttons.html

This is the unit I got, you can also get it without buttons, i believe the screen is a little bigger. It works great

I also got this bezel, it does a decent job of covering up most of the back of the unit

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N7V3O8K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Got this exact unit and have it installed in my 5.9.
I'm now having issues with my unit sticking too far out. It doesn't come loose or wiggles, it is just not looking fine for me. From your pics it seems your radio is far more into the slot. The bezel you mentioned isn't available at the moment so I installed the HU with the bezel i used with my old 1din kenwood head unit. Maybe that's the reason for sticking out too far. Are there other bezels with that kind of "offset" to cover more of the back of the unit?

Walter

 

can you post some pics??

when i measured i tink mine sticks out 2cm or so. it definitely sticks out, its not flush or anything

 

Here are the pics



Walter

 

yeah something doesnt seem right. there WILL be some part of it sticking out. I actually 3d printed a black bezel to cover the white part but it doesnt stick out that far.. I'll measure it next time im in there and take some pics.

 

Thanks!

 

Yup. That looks awesome. Love how large the screen is and bright too!

 

amazon and ebay have them. beware. it would be a bear to wire in. I decided to just run through the amp.

Basically the wiring kit, as i understand it, taps in at the amp and runs individual wires to each speaker. So you'd have to run wires all over the car. the kit has like 20 ft of wiring.

they accidentally sent me a second one and told me to keep it. If you want it.

 

Alright finally had a chance to take some pictures of my setup closely. I used my key for scale to show how far it sticks out. also remember i 3d printed a black bezel to fit over the back trim on the screen.

It sticks out on mine too. but with the black bezel it hides it. it’s not perfect but for me it works well

 

Thankyou, very informative. Yours indeed looks ok for a modern unit on our old bricks :smile2:

Seems that the 3d made black bezel is hiding much of the white parts of the unit. Have to look out for a bezel or for a 3D printer lol.

Thanks again for the pics and the explanations.

Walter

 

I'm happy to send you the file i used to design it if you know anyone that can print it

 

Recently did mine:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zahpr5BSgdv7sZZ7A