Double Din Touch Screen DVD/Navigation/iPod System (eBay Edition)

[BennyLava]

Anyone still following this thread?

[myfoothurts]

Yes, ordered last week from above link at DHGate, picking up package from Depot tonight & installing it myself!

:)

[Spidermandud]

I watch this thread awaiting more pictures, and someone to find ever lower prices haha.

[toy_toronto]

Originally Posted by BennyLava

Anyone know exactly how many millimeters the opening for a 2009 double din unit is? I am wondering if the unit that the OP put in, will fit in my car.

Originally Posted by BennyLava

Anyone still following this thread?

Originally Posted by BennyLava

Ok read the whole thread and I found out that it fits fine. There are only a couple of questions that I have.

1. Do ALL of these units come with 128mb of RAM? I'm talking about the exact same unit that the OP used. I see some websites are selling it, but they say something like "EMS Memory: 64MB". If you scroll down a bit after clicking on this link, you can see where they say that. I just want to be 100% sure that I get a unit with 128mb of RAM just like the OP did. I hate a slow interface.

http://www.dhgate.com/car-dvd-player...59f670fb5.html

2. How do you update maps? Do you just buy another micro SD card from iGO?

3. There seems to be some pretty big discrepancies in the prices of these things. Some places seem to be selling it for around $300, while other sell it close to $500. Is that cause some places sell it without the GPS software SD card?

I'm glad you read the thread as I knew the answers you needed were already posted (ex: first post, first picture for the bezel measurements). I no longer have my seller's contact since he doesn't exists on ebay anymore.

As for updating the maps you're kinda pretty much on your own finding the updates depending on which app comes preloaded on the SD card. Your best bet is to find the specs/info directly from other vendors, and if you can't get the answer then move on to the next seller who will provide them. You're pretty much taking your own chances with these units like I did and fortunately it worked out for my own needs.


-toy

[myfoothurts]

Toy Toronto, I cannot thank-you enough for starting this thread!

I am very impressed with this unit! Instalation took maybe 10 minutes at the most, my GPS worked out of the box. I have not checked my version or if I need any updates yet as everything works great!

I fished the GPS, USB & Ipod cable through the dash and into the glove box.

[toy_toronto]

Excellent and congrats :)


-toy

[BennyLava]

How exactly do you pair the bluetooth? My unit came with no instructions.

[Black_griffin6]

Originally Posted by BennyLava

How exactly do you pair the bluetooth? My unit came with no instructions.

I have the same headunit, and I have paired my phone to it.

It's pretty easy, but you have to do it through your phone. Just go to the bluetooth menu on your phone and go to "find device", then pair it with the head unit. Your radio has to be on for this to happen though.

[BennyLava]

Ah yeah I saw that before I even had a chance to come back and edit my post lol. For some reason I didn't see the little "sync" button at the bottom of the bluetooth menu on the phone.

But now, of course, I have another question. How do you get all your contacts from your phone, loaded into the navigation unit? If you are to make calls from the unit itself, you are going to need all your contacts in the little phone book so you can scroll through who you want to call.

[toy_toronto]

Originally Posted by BennyLava

Ah yeah I saw that before I even had a chance to come back and edit my post lol. For some reason I didn't see the little "sync" button at the bottom of the bluetooth menu on the phone.

But now, of course, I have another question. How do you get all your contacts from your phone, loaded into the navigation unit? If you are to make calls from the unit itself, you are going to need all your contacts in the little phone book so you can scroll through who you want to call.

I don't think you can to be honest... others can correct me if I'm wrong. I've always just used speed dial on my iphone while BT connected.

The only interface buttons I use on the deck during phone calls are the "call answer" and "hangup" buttons, lol. I also use the play, prev, next, stop, etc. buttons while A2DP streaming music playback from my phone.


-toy

[BennyLava]

ok thanks man i appreciate it. im having some trouble actually getting the gps to start working though. it says i have iGo 8. how do you make it actually stat telling you how to get there? i feel silly asking but this gps interface doesnt make it very aparent

[PROX4x4]

How is it working so far? i am interested in installing one of these.

[toy_toronto]

Originally Posted by BennyLava

ok thanks man i appreciate it. im having some trouble actually getting the gps to start working though. it says i have iGo 8. how do you make it actually stat telling you how to get there? i feel silly asking but this gps interface doesnt make it very aparent

Navigate to the main NAVI screen and when you get there click the Setup icon and point the path to the .exe so that the unit knows to find the iGo8 GPS application launcher.


(* ignore the red text and arrows)




The GPS app should launch automatically when the headunit finds the .exe on the SD card, you will then need to go to the GPS menu / settings to auto-detect the GPS port of the head unit before you can start to navigate.



-toy

[BennyLava]

Yeah I got the actual .exe gps thing loaded, and I set a route and everything. I was trying to actually use it, but it thought I was in san antonio texas for some reason, even though the little arrow that is supposed to be the car, never moved. And the unit never spoke directions. But I'll try your recommendation and see what happens. Then I'll report back heh

[BennyLava]

Ok thanks a lot man. Yeah for some reason, it doesn't autodetect the GPS antenna unless you go in and tell it to. Odd. Got it working now though!

And now... another question. Is there a way to... decouple the GPS voice from the radio volume? I maxed out all the settings on the GPS voice, but if you're listening to the radio, the radio is way too loud. If you turn the radio down enough for it to be tolerable, you can just barely make out the GPS voice.

[BennyLava]

Nobody know?

[BennyLava]

Is anyone else having this problem with the bluetooth?? When I use the bluetooth, I have to turn the volume way up. Then as soon as the person hangs up, my radio comes back on and it scares the crap out of me cause its loud as hell.

[Black_griffin6]

Originally Posted by BennyLava

Is anyone else having this problem with the bluetooth?? When I use the bluetooth, I have to turn the volume way up. Then as soon as the person hangs up, my radio comes back on and it scares the crap out of me cause its loud as hell.

Yeah, I have that problem. I haven't figured out if there is a way to set the bluetooth volume high then have the radio low.

I just have to remember to turn down the volume right when the person hangs up.