Hi Ross,In all honestly I would strongly avoid going for an Android unit. I owned one for around 1.5 years. The best thing about it was the OEM look and many features although the buggy firmware and rubbish touch screen put me off for life. Luckily I managed to sell it to a friend but had to fit it for him. I also only got half the money back mostly down to the volume nob becoming loose! Several people warned me the sound quality wouldn't be great on the Android unit however I didn't listen. I was duped by all the features in the description and was very excited at first. I thought it was the coolest thing ever downloading apps from google play store and using Wifi in car. I ended up blowing all my OEM speakers due to the hard hitting poor quality sound from the unit and excessive eq's. In the end I replaced all the speakers and purchased a double din Pioneer deck. The best decision I made in a long time. The difference in sound quality was unbelievable. Saying that I'm only referring to the Chinese made ones. If you find a branded Android stereo by all means go for it. Then again you get what you pay for. I made a video some time back of my unit, if you want I can upload it so you get a good idea of how the unit was.
Quote from: Golfmk5GTD on June 29, 2017, 09:13:42 pmHi Ross,In all honestly I would strongly avoid going for an Android unit. I owned one for around 1.5 years. The best thing about it was the OEM look and many features although the buggy firmware and rubbish touch screen put me off for life. Luckily I managed to sell it to a friend but had to fit it for him. I also only got half the money back mostly down to the volume nob becoming loose! Several people warned me the sound quality wouldn't be great on the Android unit however I didn't listen. I was duped by all the features in the description and was very excited at first. I thought it was the coolest thing ever downloading apps from google play store and using Wifi in car. I ended up blowing all my OEM speakers due to the hard hitting poor quality sound from the unit and excessive eq's. In the end I replaced all the speakers and purchased a double din Pioneer deck. The best decision I made in a long time. The difference in sound quality was unbelievable. Saying that I'm only referring to the Chinese made ones. If you find a branded Android stereo by all means go for it. Then again you get what you pay for. I made a video some time back of my unit, if you want I can upload it so you get a good idea of how the unit was.Get used RCD510DAB. Fit used RCD510DAB.Done.
I used to have a pioneer in my Leon i think ill go aftermarket!
Conversely I have had no issues with my Android headunit bar it being a tiny bit slow at times when you have multiple applications open (especially Waze which seems to lag the worst while other sat nav apps run perfectly well). Can't fault the sound quality either - sure it's not on a par with my high end Alpine I have sat on the garage shelf but then I am running standard speakers all round anyway so who cares? I can download my music whenever I like or just listen to playlists from Spotify or Amazon without having to remember to have loaded new tracks to a USB key or some such messing around. DAB reception is decent and the bluetooth handsfree is also good.Touch screen is good, on a par with any tablet I have used and is made from glass too - possibly a little reflective in bright sunshine sometimes.Then again I am a techy so did a couple of modifications to it following guides on the XDA site on the software side of things.If I was doing it again, I would go for one of the brand new ones which started to become available about a month after I bought mine which have increased memory which I am sure would sove the lagging Waze app.
Quote from: Chris_R on July 04, 2017, 08:49:33 pmConversely I have had no issues with my Android headunit bar it being a tiny bit slow at times when you have multiple applications open (especially Waze which seems to lag the worst while other sat nav apps run perfectly well). Can't fault the sound quality either - sure it's not on a par with my high end Alpine I have sat on the garage shelf but then I am running standard speakers all round anyway so who cares? I can download my music whenever I like or just listen to playlists from Spotify or Amazon without having to remember to have loaded new tracks to a USB key or some such messing around. DAB reception is decent and the bluetooth handsfree is also good.Touch screen is good, on a par with any tablet I have used and is made from glass too - possibly a little reflective in bright sunshine sometimes.Then again I am a techy so did a couple of modifications to it following guides on the XDA site on the software side of things.If I was doing it again, I would go for one of the brand new ones which started to become available about a month after I bought mine which have increased memory which I am sure would sove the lagging Waze app.Hi Chris, I'm intrested in what mod's you've done to yours? I recon a Firmware update and maybe a better launcher might sort mine out.
