Replace PCM-1 with CDR-22?

[fridsten]

A brief update:
I've gotten the 2DIN installation kit with front faceplate from Germany. I understand that I'll probably have to modify it.
For a year or so, I've been looking at units on eBay, considering pros and cons. I've been trying to find units with either ISO sockets or wiring, so I don't have to bother with that.
I've also decided against an optical driver, after talking it through with my wife. I had found some interesting units at around $150-200, when all of a sudden I found this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/253016641879
It's an Xtrons Android unit with 4 cores 1GB RAM and 16GB storage. It has wi-fi and RDS radio. And it was only $14.99!!!
I know it's a huge risk, and that I might just as well end up with a box with a brick in it, but the chance was impossible to pass up.

I'll let you know how it goes...

[thatguychad]

That looks very similar to the head unit I have and at a fraction of the cost. It probably won't have a DAB+ dongle, so you'll have to pick one of those up, but for the price, you can't complain. I still don't understand how it's so cheap! Anyways, I wasn't happy with android 6.0 on that unit and went back to 4.4.4 Kit Kat running the Boroondock ROM. Very stable and it looks very nice.

[fridsten]

Originally Posted by thatguychad

That looks very similar to the head unit I have and at a fraction of the cost. It probably won't have a DAB+ dongle, so you'll have to pick one of those up, but for the price, you can't complain. I still don't understand how it's so cheap! Anyways, I wasn't happy with android 6.0 on that unit and went back to 4.4.4 Kit Kat running the Boroondock ROM. Very stable and it looks very nice.

I'm hoping for the best but expecting nothing.
The Swedish government has stopped DAB expansion, so that's not very useful here, unfortunately. But that makes the lack of a dongle easier to live with...
I might add a dash camera (if I can get one that supports 1080p) just to make race logging easier.

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by thatguychad

I still don't understand how it's so cheap!

DAB; nvr seen nvr heard! Could get rid of the car's antenna and not look back in fact. Tunneling my Montreal radios to my 1din unit's BT using my mobby atm.

Liquidation! Unfortunately those units are hardware specific and so is most of the software that plugs in them. Hard'er to re-use. Doesn't make them bad, just a proprietary design type. Vendors are at a stage where they made so much money that cost is not an issue anymore - they desperately needs the latest hardware to be able to survive their game. If this unit wouldn't have sold at $15 it would simply have ended in the seller's bn anyway. So everybody is happy at the end!

Good business; the units that sells online today for $300~400 are roughly $25~30 in parts in the street markets of Shenzhen. Cool toys for sure.

So cool that I have to own one myself. Not using those parts though. DIY, scalable, part-time, so fun

[thatguychad]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

So cool that I have to own one myself. Not using those parts though. DIY, scalable, part-time, so fun

Care to share with the rest of the class, Fred? I’m enough of a gadget nerd that I’d be willing to try to throw something together, too.

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by thatguychad

Care to share with the rest of the class, Fred? I’m enough of a gadget nerd that I’d be willing to try to throw something together, too.

Nope. TOP SECRET stuff sorry. I would never share with anyone how to DIY a Infotainment for Porsche Cars, ever never dever I'd do that.

Half way there already tough... can't wait to show off the beast when its ready to install and being self managed

Great idea for the DIY section one day! Hang on... you do visit the DIY section of 986forum right? Cool stuff going on there too

[thatguychad]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Nope. TOP SECRET stuff sorry. I would never share with anyone how to DIY a Infotainment for Porsche Cars, ever never dever I'd do that.

Half way there already tough... can't wait to show off the beast when its ready to install and being self managed

Great idea for the DIY section one day! Hang on... you do visit the DIY section of 986forum right? Cool stuff going on there too

Well I can't wait to see it. I wish the pre-fab Android units could get their act together on bluetooth call quality. The ROM I'm running on my head unit now is great and the MP3 player app I use is also great. Sound quality is acceptable, though it's probably my speakers that are the weak link there.