dkoldman
Senior Member
My Android/Car Play unit arrived today. Glad to get in 2 days, but nothing special to have pay prime to get.
Since it is almost freezing (52F) I decided to hook up in the house versus brave the elements ( light rain too) :whistling:
- 1st thing is it must have a 12v power source so I had to plug into my portable 120vac to 12vdc cigarette socket. It has a USB - C plug, I was wishing I could plug it direct to a 12v fuse, but I believe the cigarette socket doubles by also being the FM antenna, so the 12vdc socket is probably permanent.
- the unit was packed and powered up very fast, it looks very impressive and has nice weight. The Android Auto setup took me about 30 seconds and it works flawless. It worked and looked exactly as if I was in the Navigator
- It has nice on/off button. Automatically turns itself on/off. You can turn it off even when it has power.
- I used the aux cable to plugged into a portable bluetooth speaker and sound is awesome. I plan to use Bluetooth for audio when I get around to putting into RV.
- Dash cam already shows potential, my Rove Dash came days may be numbered or I may move the Dash came to Navigator and / or boat. It may come down to what I could sell it for.
Things that I wish were better
- The Superlink(mirror casting) does not stream YouTube or Netflix. But I think it is issue with copyright not the device? It does have Air drop so I have yet to dry to play a media file that is on my phone?
- It looks like the only way to disconnect the Android auto is by disconnecting on the phone?
- There support is a gmail email, so I may have to wait a few days to get all of questions before using it
- The rear camera does not record. It connects to a reverse signal so it knows when to display. I am not sure I want to use the reverse camera although I will have to see what it's quality at night looks like. If it is good, I may have to check if the new rear camera will work in the pioneer? If it does, I will need some type of extension cable because the rear of RV is 30 feet.
- When mirroring if you have a app that is portrait only like Victron Connect, it is a tiny look on screen because the 10" is only horizontal.
- I may still use my phone for the Victron App or if I really want to stream You Tube I can while Android Auto does the rest on 10" screen.
At $98, way too early feedback is it the best no brainer value I have seen in a long time.
Thanks Ace, you da man
Since it is almost freezing (52F) I decided to hook up in the house versus brave the elements ( light rain too) :whistling:
- 1st thing is it must have a 12v power source so I had to plug into my portable 120vac to 12vdc cigarette socket. It has a USB - C plug, I was wishing I could plug it direct to a 12v fuse, but I believe the cigarette socket doubles by also being the FM antenna, so the 12vdc socket is probably permanent.
- the unit was packed and powered up very fast, it looks very impressive and has nice weight. The Android Auto setup took me about 30 seconds and it works flawless. It worked and looked exactly as if I was in the Navigator
- It has nice on/off button. Automatically turns itself on/off. You can turn it off even when it has power.
- I used the aux cable to plugged into a portable bluetooth speaker and sound is awesome. I plan to use Bluetooth for audio when I get around to putting into RV.
- Dash cam already shows potential, my Rove Dash came days may be numbered or I may move the Dash came to Navigator and / or boat. It may come down to what I could sell it for.
Things that I wish were better
- The Superlink(mirror casting) does not stream YouTube or Netflix. But I think it is issue with copyright not the device? It does have Air drop so I have yet to dry to play a media file that is on my phone?
- It looks like the only way to disconnect the Android auto is by disconnecting on the phone?
- There support is a gmail email, so I may have to wait a few days to get all of questions before using it
- The rear camera does not record. It connects to a reverse signal so it knows when to display. I am not sure I want to use the reverse camera although I will have to see what it's quality at night looks like. If it is good, I may have to check if the new rear camera will work in the pioneer? If it does, I will need some type of extension cable because the rear of RV is 30 feet.
- When mirroring if you have a app that is portrait only like Victron Connect, it is a tiny look on screen because the 10" is only horizontal.
- I may still use my phone for the Victron App or if I really want to stream You Tube I can while Android Auto does the rest on 10" screen.
At $98, way too early feedback is it the best no brainer value I have seen in a long time.
Thanks Ace, you da man

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