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Old 04-16-2016, 03:41 AM   #1
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Thanks again for you input. I'm sure the $90 one is pretty much crap, but I have a couple of demands that need to be fulfilled, and it actually does that.
1. It has to be a 2DIN unit. Fitting 1DIN unit in a 2DIN cage seems pretty difficult, from the correspondence I've had with eBay sellers anyway.
2. It has to have an optical drive. Either CD or DVD is fine.
3. It must have either ISO sockets or a harness. I don't want to have to wire it myself. I could probably do it, it's just that I'm too lazy. :P
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4. RDS radio. I want to be able to get traffic information. (I don't know if you have it on your side of the pond, but here in Europe it's very useful.)

An Android unit would be nice to have, especially since I would be able to connect a camera, an OBD2 bluetooth reader and use Harry's Laptimer for track days. I would also be able to use a navigation app. But these are things I can already do with my phone, so it's not necessary.

Edit again: Did you have to do any extra wiring to the ISO socket? Or how did you do the wiring?

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Old 04-16-2016, 09:43 AM   #2
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Edit again: Did you have to do any extra wiring to the ISO socket? Or how did you do the wiring?
With the 7" Android head unit, it had a standard ISO adapter that plugged into the back of it. With the CD/DVD slot unit, I had to get a female ISO adapter and wire it to the pigtail that plugs into the unit. For both units, it's very simple since you're only wiring about 5 wires (not including power+ground for your antenna adapter):

12V constant
12V switched/ACC
Ground
Illumination
Amplifier remote power
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Old 04-16-2016, 10:21 AM   #3
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With the 7" Android head unit, it had a standard ISO adapter that plugged into the back of it. With the CD/DVD slot unit, I had to get a female ISO adapter and wire it to the pigtail that plugs into the unit. For both units, it's very simple since you're only wiring about 5 wires (not including power+ground for your antenna adapter):

12V constant
12V switched/ACC
Ground
Illumination
Amplifier remote power
That actually seems quite simple. I guess all the wires are properly marked or there's some kind of information about what goes where.
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