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

[FF_Attack]

Just checked the tracking, mine comes tomorrow morning. Pretty excited.

[Midnightsun]

Originally Posted by hackenfort

What I am finding is th USB does not work well with any volume of data. Seem that once presented with much more than 1GB it gets very slow in loading, but does work, can't get it to work at all wit 16gb. Everything else is working fine, except the iPod function, can't get that working at all, which I find this unacceptable. I have written the seller to see what if anything can be done.

While it's a GREAT looking unit, it doesn't perform anywhere near where it should, with external data (MP3s) or a newer iPod. I may end up putting the JVC Head unit back in and sticking the Garmin back on the window if this can't be resolved.

Kevin

Update: The seller is now telling me in only works with iPod's made prior to 2009, but the listing states all version.

Thanks for the update as I was about to get one of these however with the issues for Ipod/phone and other items you have listed I will look elsewhere. Thanks.

[FF_Attack]

I'll see how my iPhone4 works on my HU tomorrow when it arrives. Worst case scenario I just buy an older iPod that I stick in the glove compartment.

[FF_Attack]

I installed mine last night. It's kind of a mess and a little bit slow sometimes. If I leave the radio screen for the navigation screen the radio sound turns off.

My iPhone4 works fine with the iPod connection, but the sound quality isn't nearly as good as my factory stereo's iPod connection.

All-in-all it does the job, for $450 shipped it's a good deal. The interface menus are real ugly though.

Toy, you said you ditched the iGo navi app? Is the TOM TOM one much better? Any other suggestions?

- Chris

[FF_Attack]

I'm going to try running Wolf NCU to change the interface:

[toy_toronto]

Originally Posted by hackenfort

What I am finding is th USB does not work well with any volume of data. Seem that once presented with much more than 1GB it gets very slow in loading, but does work, can't get it to work at all wit 16gb. Everything else is working fine, except the iPod function, can't get that working at all, which I find this unacceptable. I have written the seller to see what if anything can be done.

While it's a GREAT looking unit, it doesn't perform anywhere near where it should, with external data (MP3s) or a newer iPod. I may end up putting the JVC Head unit back in and sticking the Garmin back on the window if this can't be resolved.

Kevin

Update: The seller is now telling me in only works with iPod's made prior to 2009, but the listing states all version.

Sorry to hear you aren't too happy with it. I honestly expected that there'll be a few quirks here and there (WinCE), and I didn't really have much expectations with this HU based on the features it has for the price I paid.

I just use the microSD mainly for MP3's and movies -- works fine for my needs. I also sometimes just stream my iPhone 4 over Bluetooth and that part seems to work for me as well.

[toy_toronto]

Originally Posted by FF_Attack

I installed mine last night. It's kind of a mess and a little bit slow sometimes. If I leave the radio screen for the navigation screen the radio sound turns off.

My iPhone4 works fine with the iPod connection, but the sound quality isn't nearly as good as my factory stereo's iPod connection.

All-in-all it does the job, for $450 shipped it's a good deal. The interface menus are real ugly though.

Toy, you said you ditched the iGo navi app? Is the TOM TOM one much better? Any other suggestions?

- Chris

Actually, I ditched Route 66 and still running the iGO NAVI -- I think it's great

What did you mean the radio turns off if you leave the radio screen (with Nav/GPS running)?

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[FF_Attack]

Originally Posted by toy_toronto

Actually, I ditched Route 66 and still running the iGO NAVI -- I think it's great

What did you mean the radio turns off if you leave the radio screen (with Nav/GPS running)?

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I played with it some more and I too like Route 66.

When I leave the "radio" screen and go to the "navi" screen the music from the radio stops playing. Do they all do that? It seems that you can only run one at a time.

I'm really liking it. I'll have some photos up after work today. I'm also playing with the wolfncu program you linked to earlier in this post.

- Chris

[toy_toronto]

Chris you should be able to listen to radio, CD, MP3's, watch dvd/movies (pip), etc. during Nav.

I too had that problem before but I figured it out after tweaking around with the menus.

1) Get to the GPS main settings (see image below) and try this:

2) touch anywhere on the screen and you'll notice a small yellow lock in the upper left hand corner.

3) Click on the yellow lock icon quickly since I think you only have a second or two before it disappears.

4) Set you default "source" which ever you like to listen to during GPS Navigation.



Hope this helps.

cheers.

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[FF_Attack]

Ahh, you're a lifesaver... thanks everything is working now.

Some quick iPhone pictures:

[FF_Attack]

Also, the long delay during navigation instructions and your music can be edited:

Igo8 Sound pause optimization ( time taken between a TTS direction and music to resume )

Edit your existing sys.txt and add ( or modify if already there )
[sound]
sound_q_length=200
queue_length=200
ding=0
suspend_time=0 ;timeout for wavedev to goto sleep

This is the lines in my original sys.txt
Quote:
[sound]
ding=0
queue_length=200
mute_os_key=1


This is how it should look after edit
Quote:
[sound]
sound_q_length=200
queue_length=200
ding=0
suspend_time=0

[hackenfort]

Please don't take my previous post wrong, I like the unit. My GPS works great, the audio is better than stock IMO, but not as good as the JVC I pulled out. My only complaint is the IPOD issue, I'm hopig to try an older iPod tonight.

IMO it's the best looking unit I have seen for the Yaris so far, and I'm enjoying it.

[FF_Attack]

Originally Posted by hackenfort

Please don't take my previous post wrong, I like the unit. My GPS works great, the audio is better than stock IMO, but not as good as the JVC I pulled out. My only complaint is the IPOD issue, I'm hopig to try an older iPod tonight.

IMO it's the best looking unit I have seen for the Yaris so far, and I'm enjoying it.

My iPhone4 works fine on my iPod connection, just the interface and menu for the iPod controls lag and are not easy to use.

[piranha0522]

Hey guys, i'm likely going to order this unit tonight. But I have a few questions which the the listing doesn't answer

- Does the unit come with GPS Nav software preloaded on an SD card? If so which software is it? I have seen a few different names thrown around in the thread so im wondering what it comes with.
- How do I get other software and maps if I don't like a certain one?
- Where have you guys mounted your GPS antenna?

[toy_toronto]

Originally Posted by piranha0522

Hey guys, i'm likely going to order this unit tonight. But I have a few questions which the the listing doesn't answer

- Does the unit come with GPS Nav software preloaded on an SD card? If so which software is it? I have seen a few different names thrown around in the thread so im wondering what it comes with.
- How do I get other software and maps if I don't like a certain one?
- Where have you guys mounted your GPS antenna?

- that depends on the seller. you can ask them if it will ship with the GPS SD card and if so, ask them which app they provide (* pref iGO).
- unfortunately that's the hard part. you have to dig the nets or find good 'underground' sites or maybe rapidshare, etc.
- I have my gps antenna on my dash, see post #37, #40 for my quick reviews and other tidbids about this unit.

Originally Posted by kachdoda

...the screen is frozen on the main page NAVI (although I did all settings: time, path, GPS antenna connection, etc.).. I still get the same message: NOT FIND NAVIGATION SOFTWARE!
could anyone help me to find a solution?
Thanks!

The only time I encounter that error is if iGO.exe is either missing or incorrectly specified under the folder path, or if the microSD card is not physically inserted on the GPS SD card slot (check to make sure you're using the left slot, not the right).



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[toy_toronto]

Originally Posted by FF_Attack

Also, the long delay during navigation instructions and your music can be edited:

Igo8 Sound pause optimization ( time taken between a TTS direction and music to resume )

Edit your existing sys.txt and add ( or modify if already there )
[sound]
sound_q_length=200
queue_length=200
ding=0
suspend_time=0 ;timeout for wavedev to goto sleep

This is the lines in my original sys.txt
Quote:
[sound]
ding=0
queue_length=200
mute_os_key=1


This is how it should look after edit
Quote:
[sound]
sound_q_length=200
queue_length=200
ding=0
suspend_time=0

Nice tip, thanks!

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[FF_Attack]

I opted to leave my GPS antenna under wraps. I routed it to the center console and it lives underneath my rear cup holder. It works fine and always has full signal strength.

I figure it's no different than a cellular phone. If my phone is in my pocket, or anywhere in my car it still has signal.

[toy_toronto]

GPS signal is pretty strong, isn't it? I was inside my garage with door closed and the gps antenna was under my dash during my initial install -- even then I had strong signals =)

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