[Antti]

All done. Just added my Infinity Basslink sub to it.
Pink Floyd requires a certain level of depth and a wide frequency range to do it any justice.

Cool!

Few questions:
A) Does it work with factory Boston amplifier? What about fader and balance?
B) And do ou have EVIC? Does it show radio stations? Or even turns, when navigating?
C) Does that radio take long time to start up? 20 seconds maybe? Or can you listen it immediately, when you power it.

I'm interested of that radio also, but I wonder how it works in a Winter time. I'm from northern Europe.

 

[Antti]

just bought one of these units,
470$au, aliexpress have a 4 day sale on, so all up 520$au by the time taxes were added,
seller emailed asking for a dash photo within 30min, sent him 1 and he replied back with in 10min, impressed so far.
mines a wagon, so will have to cut an extra hole for the rear wiper switches.

now the delivery wait begins ....

Thanks for the tip! Price was 300 Euro and now it is back in 440 €.

I bought it also, with TDA7850 Amplifier Chip. I don't know is that better or not and do they solder that chip in place or not.

I have been waiting and waiting... Days feel like they were weeks.

 

[Antti]

Got that radio and now installing it. Sound quality is not ok.

"On the harness that came with the radio, move the white wires to where the violet wires are. Just cut and splice. Match striped wire with striped wire."

I have little problems to understand what that means:
- So should I solder white wires to violet wires?
- Or should I change those places: White wire changes to violet and violet changes to white? Line starts by white wire and end to violet wire.
- Or should I cut white wires vere violet are and leave some violet wires off?

 

[Antti]

There is three models of speaker wirings. Lowline, midline and highline. I think lowline has all four speakers and all of the wirings. This new radio supports this kind of (original lowline) radio. It has wires for 4 speakers: White x 2, Purple x2, Green x 2 and Gray x 2.

Then is midline, but I did not inspect that case. I don't write about it.

And I have highline, with 7+1 speakers and 360w amplifier. It is Boston acoustic. It has only left and right line. Fader is made by CAN-bus, and this new radio can't control original (CAN-bus controlled) amplifier.

So the new radio gives 8 speaker wires, but my car can take only 4 wires. Left +/-. And right +/-. It can take in only left and right: Left green +/- and right grey +/-.

I will write something of those wirings someday. Now I only say that I have to connect left speaker wires to left side and right speaker wires to right side. There will be no fader, if I won't buy new amplifier. But it is true that I have to cut and splice some wires.

To be continued...

 

[Antti]

Here is my feeling of the product:

Radio freezes many times like today twice. If Android doesn't wake up, I have to shut and start the car engine. It’s not good, if I'm driving on the highway so there is no opportunity to restart the engine. Today Sygig map also froze. I have not installed any programs or applications from Android shop, so my unit has no bugs.

Voice command of the Sygig map: While listening to the radio, commands are so quiet you can't hear them. At the same volume level, while listening to the music from usb, commands are clear and loud like they should be.

Unit doesn’t play WMA music, unlike according to the seller site: “Digital Media Format: Mp3, Mp4, JPEG, WMA.” That is not true. WMA doesn't work. It gives an error message and music won’t hear. MP3s are being played well.

There is no place for SD-card unlike seller’s site says: “SD card can up to biggest 32 gb”.

According to the website “Headrest video output: Can not support without customization”. Though later in the text after the pictures there is mentioned connector numbers 7 and 8 for video outputs. Below it there is a conflicting mention: “Supports DVD and headrest DVD connection and use by this unit.”

Screen reflects the outside view so much (especially when the sun is shining), you can't see the screen (for example the map) at all. It is like glass which reflects everything. Screen is TN not IPC model.
And that 2.5 HD screen is only a slight curvature at the edge of the glass display. Picture of the product in their site is different than what they send.

Sound and speaker wires won't work without cutting wires. In Chrysler 300’s sound groups 2 ja 3, there is an amplifier, but the unit doesn't support it. In lowest sound group 1, the radio unit works without modification. But the set they send, there is no stereo sound at all – if you have original amplifier. Only way to listen stereo is using left front and right rear outputs.

Also, speaker wires -/+ are not match in the label.

Plastic bezel doesn’t fit correctly. For example, fittings for clock are no good. You have to cut plastic of the bezel to fit the clock.

There are some other problems also, but I don’t write of those now.

I have to say, after using this product now for three weeks, I’m not satisfied. There is so many poor things and problems all the time so I have to say: Poor android unit. Don't waste your money to this product!

And here it is: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/QZ-...er-300C-2000-2014-Car-DVD/32853731324.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.3da24c4dYLWQCB

 

[Antti]

Thanks for the tip! Found now that RST-hole and now I have to find other player for the WMA music!

BillTheAxe, are you sure that the PAC wire gives video to the VES?

There is another model than doesn't have that 2.5 HD screen. Maybe it has better screen and it gives outputs for rear headrest monitors. But where I could find some non reflecting tape, etc for the screen?

And my old rearview / parking camera works ok. I took power to the camera from some brown wire. Wire is in that CAN bus box what comes with the unit. Got the picture of the correct wire from the seller. I don't know is my camera PAL or what.

I sent that manual from the unit to my e-mail. You need wifi hotspot to do that. But the manual doesn't have all information.

That SYGIC map is great, but it has so light colors that in the sun shining you can't see the map.

I have been thinking to replace that original amplifier. Does anybody have some ideas?

And thanks again for your help!

 

[Antti]

That is what that the PAC harness is for. To retain VES function after a change to an aftermarket head unit.

Sygic has a night time mode that can be switched to, that changes the colors to a darker color, it may help.

Can't help you with the amp, since I am fine with the factory one I have. All I did was add an Infinity Bass Link sub to the trunk to give the system a bit more power.

Yes, that night mode helps a litle bit but not much.

And that PAC wire seems to fit for 2008-> radios like Mygig. It has different connector.

And that new radio unit should give video output (from some wire), but I think that it won't have that opportunity. It feeds to the car only; CAN bus, speakers and +/-. There is no video output.

 

[Antti]

Antii do you have the link to this exact one a lot of people say it doesn’t work with Boston audio I can see that you have Boston audio

I bought it from same the place than others. Link is in the first or second page, if I remember right. I don't recommend to buy that 9" China radio from that seller.

But the problem is the original amplifier. It is taking only two speaker wires, not four. So the balance works by them. And the fader is made by CAN-bus. That is the problem in amplified models, not basic four on six speaker models. China radios or some other aftermarket radios don't have CAN controlled fader to handle Boston amplifiers. They have four speaker wires, not two speaker wires + CAN controlled fader.

There is some modules, which should give fader control back. I tried one, but it did not work fine with my 9" China radio. That 9" Android radio has many good features like Youtube, but Mygig 730n has found again in to my car: Bluetooth is better in 730n, screen won't reflect sun, VES to rear works, fader works, etc.

If you have a car without any amplifier and basic radio, aftermaket radio might be better. Connector behind the radio shows how many speaker wires are connected. Two tells that it has CAN controlled fader. Four speaker wires are better for these aftermarket radios.

"OPERATION
The amplifier receives fused battery current from a fuse in the rear Power Distribution Center (PDC) at all times. The internal circuitry of the amplifier switches the amplifier ON based upon a CAN bus message that is received from the radio receiver whenever the radio is turned on. The amplifier receives the sound signal inputs from the left and right rear outputs of the radio, then sends the amplified speaker outputs for each of those channels to the speakers."