Advice please chaps! Chavvy Android head units.

[overrun]

I plan to buy a Pioneer Android Auto for my Toyota, but I am hanging on for now.

They look the business, though.

[beko1987]

The dead nav screen on the gooner makes an excellent place to stick my phone holder though...

[Jim Bell]

I just sing. Its free.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

No advice here, but I didn't realise such a thing existed! For somebody who works in IT, that's pretty bad...

 

The Mondeo has a double-DIN dashboard and I kind of want one now, pending price.

Wouldnt be so sure, I could be wrong but I think mondeo mk3 has 1.5 Din, its not quite as tall as a 2 Din...

 

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[mercedade]

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I put one in the 75- same unit as E46 BMW. Hooked it all up with factory plugs,worked with the steering wheel controls and everything. Sat Nav was surprisingly good,sound quality was OK, BUT, every now and again,randomly it would go right up to 11 for no reason and I'd jump out my skin, or just freeze. Would I buy one again? No.

 

I have an Xtrons unit in my ZT (really, ignore the 'branding'. Xtrons is just a distribution name rather than a manufacturer - they're all the same model). Also very easy to root and customise, if that's your thing. I have to say I'm pretty impressed with it:

 

Bluetooth call handling

Reversing camera

TV tuner (separate tuner but plays on screen)

Google Play Store

 

I tether mine to my phone via wifi and use it to play Spotify, using the Spotify app on the unit. I also connected up my 32GB memory card for other music, plus CD player and a decent radio.

 

It's the same E46 BMW unit and fits in nice and easily.

 

Frustrations:

 

1GB of RAM is WAAAAAAAY under-specced. Seriously, do not buy one with 1GB of RAM. Given plenty of warm up time, it can just about handle flicking between Spotify and Google Maps, but no matter how many memory saving cheats/rooted memory apps I try and delete, it remains infuriatingly slow.

 

RDS FM reception has been pretty flawless for me.

 

Sound quality is fine. Absolutely not a patch on a decent late 90s/early 2000 CD player with an external amp, but adequate and has enough outputs to make use of RCA connections if you wanted to go down this path (I have partially, in that I now drive the parcel shelf sub from the ZT's Harman Kardon set up using an external amp fed from the 'sub' output on the headunit).

 

 

Seriously though, don't scrimp on RAM.

[Jim Bell]

I lied. I cant sing.

[Guest]

I'd rather burn the car than install an apple based product

You sir are missing out- just back from Lidl and put the Strudel in the boot. It was delicious after I installed it.

[davidfowler2000]

As long as it's not iStrudel...

[Jim Bell]

Wey aye strudel.