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I just bought the new samsung infuse 4g. I have a pioneer dvd receiver with both a usb and aux input on front. When I connect the infuse to the pioneer with usb cable, the head unit says form read and does nothing. It will play music through the aux but I would like to have some control on the screen like I do with my iphone 4. Any help is greatly appriciated. This is my first android phone been iphone for since 3g, 3gs, 4.
most head units are formatted mainly for ipod.
i have the idrive system in my suv and i cant get it to come up like it does on iphone or ipod. just lets me play forward rewind skip the general functions.
but when i plug in my ipod. i get full track list albums and what not
It's certainly disappointing.
word. pisses me off at times, because i got buttons on being my steering wheel to control all of that but noooo.
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I just bought the new samsung infuse 4g. I have a pioneer dvd receiver with both a usb and aux input on front. When I connect the infuse to the pioneer with usb cable, the head unit says form read and does nothing. It will play music through the aux but I would like to have some control on the screen like I do with my iphone 4. Any help is greatly appriciated. This is my first android phone been iphone for since 3g, 3gs, 4.
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the easy answer is that you need a dock. a dock can be simulated but im not going into that in this post. the home dock alonk with the deskhome app enables usb out. you can get a different app that will work but you still need to trigger dock mode. sorry there isnt an easier way that i know of. not untill there is some development on the platform.
When you plug in infuse into usb
Port it asks if u want to use it as disk drive kies or something else
I forgot what now.
This might be the problem as it should be usb disk drive
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ooh crap i think i read wrong. ok you need to mount the storage to the headunit. it "may" support usb audio, but it is likely trying to look for media on the device. that is the only way that it would potentially use the stearing wheel controls. if it were to use audio over usb it would still use the phones media player.
it might not have drivers that can support the infuse to be mounted as storage. but if it does you can mount it from the notification bar on the phone.
hmm, try getting a widget that mounts the SD card when you plug it in. ("plug it in and turn me on"- Afrojack ) anyways, yeah maybe if you can get the sd card to mount it will works as a USB disk drive.
So...is there no answer on this yet? I have a Kenwood head unit in my truck and it sits on reading as well. I've tried the mass storage option and media player. I've also plugged the phone into my laptop and synced it with WMP thinking that would create a folder structure that the head unit is looking for, but nothing. I've plugged in various Android devices and they have all worked (even the cheap Chinese ones). There has to be an easy answer to this.
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So...is there no answer on this yet? I have a Kenwood head unit in my truck and it sits on reading as well. I've tried the mass storage option and media player. I've also plugged the phone into my laptop and synced it with WMP thinking that would create a folder structure that the head unit is looking for, but nothing. I've plugged in various Android devices and they have all worked (even the cheap Chinese ones). There has to be an easy answer to this.
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In my experience it has been.hit or miss device to device.
Did you try the app mentioned above
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In my experience it has been.hit or miss device to device.
Did you try the app mentioned above
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I haven't tried the app above because the way the post read to me was that I also needed the dock. Maybe I haven't tried enough devices, but every device I've plugged in has worked so far, even a plain flash drive, until I tried this unit. Which leads me to think if I can make a plain and simple flash drive work, then surely I can make this work in mass storage mode. I'm thinking it has to be something to do with file/folder structure. Again, it could possibly be the file system. Seems like I read somewhere the file system was formatted with something outside the norm. So I wonder if I format a microsd card as fat or fat32, then maybe that's the trick?!?!
I'm getting closer to a fix. Here's what I have working so far. If you create a folder on the microSD card called music and drop all your tunes in there, select mass storage mode when you connect to the USB port, then the stereo should start reading from that folder automatically. I didn't format the card that came with the Infuse so whatever file system they formatted it with seems to be fine. I also haven't tried this folder on the internal memory, but will try that as part of my testing. I listen to a lot of podcasts as well, so I need to figure out a way to organize so I can switch between music and podcasts easily and so far I've only been able to control it from the headunit. I also haven't been able to get things like GPS voice navigation to play through the head unit either...yet.
Keep us posted for sure!!!
I have an old 500gb drive i use for this so really no need to do it from the phone...
My jvc has bt so i just play stuff thats on my phone over that
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So far I've hit another brick wall. I'll figure out something, it's driving me nuts. I can't believe they would leave this functionality out, in particular for use a GPS navigation device.
I have tried BT connections in other cars, but my bionic ears notice a considerable drop in sound quality when doing that.
I have e-mailed Samsung to see what their official response is to this.
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in particular for use a GPS navigation device.
I have tried BT connections in other cars, but my bionic ears notice a considerable drop in sound quality when doing that.
I have e-mailed Samsung to see what their official response is to this.
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lost me there on the GPS ...
I can tell a slight difference in sound quality but not enough that it has bothered me....I think I just dig not having cables running everywhere.
I may try and mess with mine tomorrow if I can find some time
What I was saying about the GPS is that it's nice to hear the turn-by-turn instructions over the stereo. If other people are talking, then sometimes you don't hear it if you're using the phones speaker.
FWIW, here is the response I got from Samsung. I just looked through my settings and most of this is already done. My gut feeling is...Samsung ain't gonna' do jack about this! Maybe I don't understand and manufacturers aren't using Android devices to compete with iPhone. But if you want to compete with iPhone, then I would think connecting to external devices as easily as iPhones do would be a key part of that competition. This is why Windows never lost out to Linux and ios became king. There are a few of us geeks willing to dabble, but most people just want it to work. I'm no phanboy, but I certainly have to give Apple credit on this one. Maybe this will improve with a GB or Ice Cream update.
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By default the phone has a feature to make a mass storage option to the computer so it can browse file and transfer files between the phone and the computer as well. However, we don't have much information on 3rd
party devices for it will be a compatibility issue which is why it is not working on your USB device.
You may try to check the USB settings below for mass storage option:
> Tap Menu
> Tap Settings
> Tap Applications
> Tap USB settings
> Tap Mass storage even if already selected
> Tap Home key to return to the home screen
Make sure that under Development, all option should be unchecked:
> Select Menu
> Select settings
> Select Applications
> Development
> Uncheck all three options (USB debugging, Allow mock location, Stay Awake)
Connect the USB data cable to the phone and to the device’s USB port
On the phone screen, touched “Connect USB Storage”
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What I was saying about the GPS is that it's nice to hear the turn-by-turn instructions over the stereo. If other people are talking, then sometimes you don't hear it if you're using the phones speaker.
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I guess where I am lost is in that has nothing to do with hooking the device up via mass storage
That one is another great benefit to BT set up...GPS broadcasts to the head unit, all sounds do
When hooked up via mass storage the head unit will only be reading files....so that is what threw me off when you mentioned GPS
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I guess where I am lost is in that has nothing to do with hooking the device up via mass storage
That one is another great benefit to BT set up...GPS broadcasts to the head unit, all sounds do
When hooked up via mass storage the head unit will only be reading files....so that is what threw me off when you mentioned GPS
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OK. So you got me on the BT thing. But I'm not going to rush out and spend $200+ for a decent HU that has BT. Maybe I can find an adapter.
The GPS thing was a side thought.
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OK. So you got me on the BT thing. But I'm not going to rush out and spend $200+ for a decent HU that has BT. Maybe I can find an adapter.
The GPS thing was a side thought.
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It's awesome! Sorry, I have been addicted to BT for years now...I have two sets of stereo headphones, the JVC in the car, and have been looking for a home surround system with BT (not as important now that most blueray players are network/pandora ready). They prolly make an adapter specifically for your H/U
I had this same issue over last weekend, on the way to a music festival. My friends kenwood deck wouldn't play my infuse through the USB. As far as I can tell it's seriously just something that Samsung has left out. There were 3 other droids in the car that played perfectly through the USB. Very frustrating to say the least, especially on a phone of it's level.
I have an Enonon G2110 with android 4.2. It has RK3066 1.6Ghz cortex A9 Dual core, DDR3 1GB. I am overall happy with the unit but I do have a couple questions for you all with this stereo.
1, The SWC controls randomly stop working and will stay not working until I reboot the unit. It is hooked up using the SWC1 wire through the SWC board on my steering wheel and hooked back to ground. It is the resistance type where every button has a different resistance. It programs correctly in the SWC program on the unit. I also have the canbus set to none in the "factory settings" area.
Any fix for this?
2, Bluetooth. When connected to my phone (LG G3) and making or receiving a phone call, the volume is super low through the unit. I have the unit hooked up using RCAs only through an amp in my car. The bluetooth connection for music works fine and is the correct volume. Is there anyway to turn up this volume on the unit? Or another program for bluetooth connection?
Also I can't get my PLX devices bluetooth KIWI to connect to this unit. I have the program TORQUE to obd2 monitoring. Not sure if its just an issue with the bluetooth program or something I am missing. The KIWI connects and works fine on my G3.
3, Screen flicker. My car has auto headlights. I have the headlight input wire hooked to the unit to change the brightness depending on day/night. When it switches modes from day to night the screen flickers for about 3 seconds. Is this normal? Any fix for this?
4, Google services stopped error. If i happen to kill the car and have to restart the engine, the unit says shutting down and the screen turns off for a moment and then back on. When it comes back on the error "google services has stopped" and I hit OK. Is there away around this? (besides not killing the car of course) It's not a big issue or anything but its something I have noticed.
I tired asking these questions on someones post but it got lost in the shuffle. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
This has been a little lockdown project for myself.
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for ANY distractions caused by the shiny new interface, or any bricking of peoples tablets caused by flashing a custom ROM!
For those who don't know, MBUX is the new UI design language that Mercedes uses in the W205 models and up.
I decided to have a go at porting the interface to my MTCE tablet, using assets pulled from reverse engineered cluster firmware for the W213 E class.
Currently, this application works as a new home launcher, being the exclusive application running on the device. There is no way to browse other applications currently (I need to integrate that into the interface), however, it decodes data from CANBUS, and displays a TON of information!
Limitations currently (Early developement)
1. Volume controls and brightness doesn't work. We are bypassing the stock headunit canbus decoder box! (Reasons below)
2. The app will crash on first launch due to USB permissions
Current data shown on interface
1. Fuel data (Consumption per second, Average + Current MPG)
2. Transmission status for 722.x transmissions - Gears, oil temp, Torque converter status and more
3. Climatronics data (Get to see interior and exterior temps, as well as current fan speed, AC work load, Refrigerant pressure, flap statuses)
Future additions
1. Sending track data to Instrument cluster display - full name supported, as well as play duration
2. Phone support on IC display (Show current caller name, as well as call duration)
3. LOADS more sensor data - I have full access to every module on the cars as well as all the messages on canbus and their containing data!
4. Possible 0-60 lap timer?
5.
Why bypass the stock canbus box?
1. The stock decoder box with headunits spam data to the instrument cluster. I've reverse engineered the cluster protocol in these cars, so i can display a lot more text on the display!
2. The stock decoder box triggers the headunit to force show the reverse screen when the car is in reverse. I want the app to be in control of what happens, not the headunit.
3. The arduino required for this project talks to BOTH Canbus C and B, so no need for the headunits own box (Which i found out was filtering data)
What you'll need to try it
1. Malysk ROM installed (Root is required to run it, and Malysk has WIFI ADB debugging enabled for ease of development!)
2. Arduino Uno with 2x CANBUS shields (We will bypass the Headunits own canbus box for our own!
3. Suitable wires for running the Arduino to the 2 CAN systems on the car (see below)
Installation
1. Connect your Arduino to CANBUS C. I have 2 wires running to behind the instrument cluster. These plug into the 2 green wires on the cluster harness (Green is CAN L, Green+White is CAN H):
2. Connect your Arduino to CANBUS B. I have 2 wires running to the hub connector, accessible by removing the panel on top of the driver's pedals. (Brown is CAN L, Brown+Red is CAN H)
3. Connect your Arduino to a laptop, and upload the code found in UNO_CODE in the code repository
4. Connect the Arduino to the headunit with a USB cable.
5. Compile and upload the APK to the headunit, and choose "MERCEDES UI" as your new home screen.
6. Enjoy!
Code repository: https://github.com/rnd-ash/MBUX-Port
Ha - you the man.
First project Ive come across for my car.
However couple of Qs.
1, what is this project for, just to display car info with MB launcher?
I know this is good but without normal control of headunit apps there's not much point.
Could you not easily achieve the same with torque and a similar launcher thats similar
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2nd. My px5 has a built in canbus, no way to bypass or disable it. Could it still work with the limitations / further research?
Does this have to be run on malaysk rom. Can it not be run as an app or on Hal9ks?
Anyway fantastic news and well done for having a go. Let me know if I can test anything for you.
203 or 211?
Currently, it's still in early stages! But I've been documenting it all on twitter: https://twitter.com/rndashm/status/1286652539337940992?s=19
You can disable canbus. If your using the factory harness (big black thing with loads of wires going out of it), what I did was to simply tape up the male canbus pins on the headunit, so they don't make contact
And as for using existing canbus. No you have to use a dedicated shield. The MTC headunits seem to filter a ton down by the time the Android OS connects to the MCU controller, so there is hardly anything useful there to see. Not to mention that same onboard MCU controller spams canbus with messages for the instrument cluster display from power on, and can't be turned off. Hence I had to bypass that as well in order to render text on the instrument cluster display (I plan to show track names playing on the AUDIO page and, if you have the telephone page, allow you to dial a contact from there! (Ive done this with a prototype project on my GitHub account called W203-Canbus).
For now, I don't think you can test anything as such but I suggest you get some wires ready for both can B and can C, and buy an Arduino Uno and 2x canbus shields
Great Job !!!
I was desperately looking for CANBUS related info for my use case on a mercedes car (2009 W164) where i receive very limited CANBUS info and found this thread.
Comparing folks with Audi/VW/SKODA where they are able to see pleanty of info (AC, Parking Sensors, door open etc) with my situation on a mercedes vehicle made me mad for not able to have those info available.
Keep up
Thx, Alexis
Thanks!
I'm making a series showing how I'm building the whole interface FYI - you can see all the interface progress as I'm designing the system:
@UKSFM99 how's it going, it's been a while since you posted these... ?
Hi
I have purchased an Android HeadUnit for my Renault Megane 2 (2007) from AliExpress. Every function works except the steering wheel controls. The unit has the UIS7862 CPU @1.8Ghz, 6gb Ram and 128gb storage. I have installed the CanBox correctly and tried many CanBox settings in factory menu, but I cannot get the control app to enter learning mode. Does anyone have any idea? Maybe the built in key map application is at fault (com.syu.steer).
Did you find a solution to your problem yet?
I'm stuck at the exact same scenario, same unit. The support over at AliExpress mention to me to select "XP" for canbox settings. However, my canbus module is by Raise, hence I should be using the "RZC"
Also, my reverse cam doesnt work too.
Pls share your findings. Thank you!
I got the steering wheel keys to work with a custom controller made by an engineer in my country specifically for my car and my HeadUnit. The controller is connected directly to the wheel controls and the "key" wire on my HeadUnit. I had to disassembly the steering wheel base and route the cable around the original one. Now I can map every key to an action in the Key Learning app. For the backup camera, because I used a wireless kit, I couldn't use the "back" camera wire to trigger the HeadUnit to switch to it. The kit came with a receiver which only had power wires and a yellow RCA cable. I wired the receiver's power cables to the ACC power so that the receiver only powers on when the engine is running and I managed to map a button on the steering wheel to switch to the RCA input. Now when I want to use back up camera, I just need to press a button to see the image. The camera's transmitter is wired to the license plate bulb and I managed to fit it in the rear bumper.
This wasn't a "plug and play" experience that the Chinese seller promised, but overall I can say I am pretty happy with the end result. The audio quality is wayyy better than the stock HeadUnit. I didn't know that my stock speakers could get that loud and have so much bass. The DSP chip does it's job wonderfully. Also the radio reception is better than with the stock unit. The Android HeadUnit is fast and snappy. Apps open almost instantly and those 6gb of ram really help. I could compare the overall user experience with my OnePlus 7 phone. The unit also cold boots very quickly. The wifi reception is pretty poor. The unit shows 75% signal when my phone is in the car. It doesn't bother me because I put a Sim card in the unit and the mobile reception is as good as on my phone.
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I got the steering wheel keys to work with a custom controller made by an engineer in my country specifically for my car and my HeadUnit. The controller is connected directly to the wheel controls and the "key" wire on my HeadUnit. I had to disassembly the steering wheel base and route the cable around the original one. Now I can map every key to an action in the Key Learning app. For the backup camera, because I used a wireless kit, I couldn't use the "back" camera wire to trigger the HeadUnit to switch to it. The kit came with a receiver which only had power wires and a yellow RCA cable. I wired the receiver's power cables to the ACC power so that the receiver only powers on when the engine is running and I managed to map a button on the steering wheel to switch to the RCA input. Now when I want to use back up camera, I just need to press a button to see the image. The camera's transmitter is wired to the license plate bulb and I managed to fit it in the rear bumper.
This wasn't a "plug and play" experience that the Chinese seller promised, but overall I can say I am pretty happy with the end result. The audio quality is wayyy better than the stock HeadUnit. I didn't know that my stock speakers could get that loud and have so much bass. The DSP chip does it's job wonderfully. Also the radio reception is better than with the stock unit. The Android HeadUnit is fast and snappy. Apps open almost instantly and those 6gb of ram really help. I could compare the overall user experience with my OnePlus 7 phone. The unit also cold boots very quickly. The wifi reception is pretty poor. The unit shows 75% signal when my phone is in the car. It doesn't bother me because I put a Sim card in the unit and the mobile reception is as good as on my phone.
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Thank you for explaining your solution. Seems like quite a bit of work.
I managed to get my steering controls working finally. Got the correct canbus setting and corrected a connection.
Now, I'm stull stuck with the reverse cam issue. The +12V does energize when I am in reverse gear - I tested this when I connected my cam to DV-in and cam turns on only when in reverse.
But I just don't understand why the Android won't switch to Cam in during reverse gear.
Will continue to seek help from the manufacturer. Otherwise, it's a great HU as you said. Awesome speed!
MasK said:
Thank you for explaining your solution. Seems like quite a bit of work.
I managed to get my steering controls working finally. Got the correct canbus setting and corrected a connection.
Now, I'm stull stuck with the reverse cam issue. The +12V does energize when I am in reverse gear - I tested this when I connected my cam to DV-in and cam turns on only when in reverse.
But I just don't understand why the Android won't switch to Cam in during reverse gear.
Will continue to seek help from the manufacturer. Otherwise, it's a great HU as you said. Awesome speed!
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You connected the reverse wire?
Maybe this triggers the camera view of it doesn't work via the canbus.
Well, it does work via canbus, just doesnt switch to cam input automatically. Perhaps its some software settings.
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Well, it does work via canbus, just doesnt switch to cam input automatically. Perhaps its some software settings.
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Not all canbus provide the reverse signal. So maybe you have to provide the reverse signal on the separate input.
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Not all canbus provide the reverse signal. So maybe you have to provide the reverse signal on the separate input.
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I feel that the HU knows when I am referring (CANBUS might be working here), because the 12V turns on when Im in reverse. The only issue is the HU doesnt switch to the cam automatically. Looks to me like a SW issue. Still awaiting reply from manufacturer.
Also, I realised my backward/forward buttons are swapped. Why is it I can't re-learn them?
It may not be the same for the Navifly, but on my unit, G5 must get the proper voltage to "detect" the car has been put in reverse. I'm re-using my factory rear view camera and it's a 6.5V camera. However, I had to up the voltage to 8.6V so that G5 go that voltage...then the rear image showed up. I reused the car wiring and that's why I had to do this.
Check the voltage that G5 is getting. With a canbus module, I believe there is a wire from the canbus going to G5. If no voltage, make sure the pins are in properly.
FYI, if you are using a canbus and the steering wheel controls go through the canbus, then I believe that you cannot remap the keys.
The 12 V from the reverse wire are coming from your car (or in some cases from the canbox if the information gets transmitted from car to the box via canbus).
My suggestion is:
There is a separate reverse connection (usually a brown wire) on the head unit which triggers the radio to open the app which shows the image of the reverse cam.
You could even connect ACC or B+ to the reverse connection for testing purposes.
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It may not be the same for the Navifly, but on my unit, G5 must get the proper voltage to "detect" the car has been put in reverse. I'm re-using my factory rear view camera and it's a 6.5V camera. However, I had to up the voltage to 8.6V so that G5 go that voltage...then the rear image showed up. I reused the car wiring and that's why I had to do this.
Check the voltage that G5 is getting. With a canbus module, I believe there is a wire from the canbus going to G5. If no voltage, make sure the pins are in properly.
FYI, if you are using a canbus and the steering wheel controls go through the canbus, then I believe that you cannot remap the keys.
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Absolutely correct.
Thanks guys, but there is no other brown wire for this.
I have a discussion abt this on this thread too:
Medeke/Navifly 7862
Hi, Recently received above unit for my 2006 RS4. everything is great (much better then the M400 I had before) apart from the radio. It seemed to work for the first 2 days, then worked intermittently and now not at all. I have tried...
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My "cam12V" wire is from the HU and it turns on when I am in reverse. Does this mean that this signal might be coming from my canbus? If so, is there another input back to the HU to trigger the screen to display the video feed? Only other wires I see are AMP related
Give 12V to pin 2 and check if the app to display the image of the cam will start:
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Give 12V to pin 2 and check if the app to display the image of the cam will start:
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Yes! It took me a while to figure this out.. mainly because I'll have to cut the wire (wasn't very confident in that)
and also.. the wires at Pin2 didn't make sense! They were more like Battery12V. I did cut and tested that.
So.. it turns out its a pink wire at pin3!
I realized this as I looked at my old Dasaita wires from the canbus connector. Since canbus is a standard, they should be comparable. That reverse wire went into Pin3.
I'm really surprised that Mekede and Navifly has this pin layout printed in all their listings.. but it's just wrong.
Thanks alot for the help!
That means it works now? I think you had to cut the ACC wire according to the manual because the "ignition on" information is provided by the can box.
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That means it works now? I think you had to cut the ACC wire according to the manual because the "ignition on" information is provided by the can box.
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Yes it works now. Check out the images. The Pin2 (red) is probably ACC or batt 12V as there was no power when cut. I then cut the wire opposite it (pin10) in case I was looking at the connector wrongly. That turned out to be the headlight sensor.
After tracing the wire and comparing to my old Daisata, it turns out Pin3 (pink) is the reverse IN.
Excellent. Thanks for the clarification.
That means it makes sense to get the wiring diagram from the old radio of the car and compare it with the description of the new head unit.
In my case I had to completely rewire the harness (just if someone is interested):
Junsun V1 MTK8259 - the adapter battle (Kia Ceed Jd) / OEM camera usage / reference thread
I bought the Junsun V1 head unit but my Kia Ceed JD had a OEM nav unit which isn't directly compatible to Junsun V1. So I re-wired the wiring harness based on the pins description of my original OEM navigation unit. I'm only modifying the wiring...
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The only thing that I could compare to (between old and new HUs) is the canbus connectors. Rest cannot be compared as they're all different.
Oh well..
Anyways, the current Mekede I have has Radio chip NX6686. My old Dasaita PX5 also has a NX6686. However, the radio reception is absolutely trash in the new one. I dont listen to radio that often (I can resort to streaming radio) but my dad takes the car occasionally and he's already complained about it
Your experience on the harness rewiring is pretty intense!
Update: Turns out my Antenna connector was a tad loose and I had to do a re-connect. The radio reception is all good now
MasK said:
Thank you for explaining your solution. Seems like quite a bit of work.
I managed to get my steering controls working finally. Got the correct canbus setting and corrected a connection.
Now, I'm stull stuck with the reverse cam issue. The +12V does energize when I am in reverse gear - I tested this when I connected my cam to DV-in and cam turns on only when in reverse.
But I just don't understand why the Android won't switch to Cam in during reverse gear.
Will continue to seek help from the manufacturer. Otherwise, it's a great HU as you said. Awesome speed!
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So you found correct canbus settings and connections .. i cant find anything about you sharing them
I'm restoring a classic truck and doing some fabrication for a modern DIY headunit. Should I...
A) Mount a Galaxy Tab S8+, with a big beautiful screen, on my dash and connect to it with my phone via Headunit Reloaded?
-or-
B) Mount a big beautiful AMOLED touchscreen with similar specs on my dash and connect to it directly via HDMI out from the phone?
HR on a tablet seems great but there is some added complexity of HR not being supported in the future or Google bricking it with an update. Also I'd worry about leaving a LiPo in my truck. It would be idle potentially for over a week if I don't drive it, which could drain the tablet's battery, causing it to shut down fully, then requiring long bootup time.
I could get (pretty much) the same screen from aliexpress and mount that to the dash. No battery concerns. I'd just plug in the phone as soon as got in the car and then take the phone with me, running everything directly on the phone - audio out, etc. If I went this route, though, could I configure the resolution of the external monitor? Would driving mode work?
Anyone have experience here? Which approach would you choose? Why?
Thanks!
Maybe something over in the Automotive forum threads...
Android Automotive OS
Android Automotive OS is not Android Auto. This is more than an operating system designed to implement Google features into cars. It goes beyond just adding apps and navigation. Android Automotive OS controls the hardware of the car, like the AC, lights, seat settings etc.
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