Joying Android 4.4.4 Kitkat Toyota Head Unit

[joop1987]

I replaced my Kenwood DNN770HD with this joying and I would not go back. I don't think you will be disappointed.

[B-R-Z]

I would definitely recommend not getting a CaFi and buy one of the units in this family (Joyous, Eonon, HuiFei, etc). Plenty of support out there on xda along with custom ROMs. I've had my Eonon for 2 years now and still 100% happy with it.

The Eonon GA5167, which is a plug-n-play unit, fits perfectly into my BRZ Limited dash. Currently on sale for $299.
http://www.eonon.com/Car-DVD-Players...ta/GA5167.html

[hmong337]

Originally Posted by B-R-Z

I would definitely recommend not getting a CaFi and buy one of the units in this family (Joyous, Eonon, HuiFei, etc). Plenty of support out there on xda along with custom ROMs. I've had my Eonon for 2 years now and still 100% happy with it.

The Eonon GA5167, which is a plug-n-play unit, fits perfectly into my BRZ Limited dash. Currently on sale for $299.
http://www.eonon.com/Car-DVD-Players...ta/GA5167.html

What do you think of this unit?

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Pure-Android-...IAAOSw9mFWIwmR

I'm pushing for a quad core unit and under $300.

[B-R-Z]

Originally Posted by hmong337

What do you think of this unit?

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Pure-Android-...IAAOSw9mFWIwmR

I'm pushing for a quad core unit and under $300.

Here I found it for $239 and I think free shipping:
http://m.eonon.com/productShow.aspx?pno=GA2114

It's the same company that sells the unit I have, Eonon. They are all basically the same on the inside as far as functionality. Just find one that has an interface/layout that you like. That looks like a double din so you will need a kit to install it.. It will not fit exactly like the OEM unit does like my Eonon unit ga5167.

The unit is definitely rootable and there are modded roms available. Take a look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2660662

Make sure anything you do is specifically for the RK3188 quad core chip.

[rdrdtheta]

Originally Posted by joop1987

I installed one of these last weekend and so far I like it a lot. Shipping was fast and install was pretty simple. I had to grind the nipples off the original brackets and move the amp wire from pin 8 to 9. If you have a BRZ, you need to connect both pins. The unit comes with the Toyota harness for power, speakers, .... But you will need the antenna adapter cable (Metra 40-LX11) and USB adapter cable(Metra AX-TOYUSB).

Hi joop1987,

Could you go into a little more detail about needing both pins for the BRZ?

Does that mean you're swapping pin position 8 and 9 with their corresponding wires or soldering both 8 and 9 wires to pin position 9?

Thanks

[B-R-Z]

You basically need to repin one wire iirc because the pin isn't in the correct location for your antenna preamp which would result in no radio reception.

Repinning ia very easy to do with a pin or tiny flat head screwdriver

[joop1987]

From what I read, the BRZ uses both (pin 8 for FM amplifier and pin 9 for AMP in trunk). The FRS only uses pin 9. The harness does not come with anything in pin 9 so you would have to make some kind of jumper.

[B-R-Z]

The pinouts of the unit and FRS/BRZ are documented. Before installing mine I made sure that everything lined up as it should and I did have to move a wire to power on the antenna.. I believe I connected the antenna amp wire to the speaker amplifier trigger wire coming out of the radio.

[rdrdtheta]

Thanks for your helps guys. The antenna for the BRZ is already powered through PIN 8, all I needed to do was follow DJCarbine's instructions for connecting the amp wire to PIN 9 and I was done.

I also had to elongate the holes of the metal brackets since the plastic bezel wasn't fitting on after the install. Kind of what everyone else was saying, the unit protrudes a bit much if you don't do that.

This might be a dumb question, but is there a way for this head unit to have HD Radio?

[eggncheese]

Can someone take a picture of what's hidden behind the SD card flap? Why does that flap say GPS on it? I neeeeeed to know.

[Lord09]

Is the boot up time still ~30 seconds? It'd be nice if there was true sleep mode that would boot up in a few seconds.

[B-R-Z]

Originally Posted by eggncheese

Can someone take a picture of what's hidden behind the SD card flap? Why does that flap say GPS on it? I neeeeeed to know.

There are 2 microsd slots and iirc a mini usb jack. The GPS one is used for updating the MCU and ROM... not sure why it's labeled GPS though. Maybe the native navigation app uses it? I just use Waze.

There is a partial sleep mode. When I get gas it usually turns back on immediately after I turn my car back on and doesn't need to boot. I think with the custom roms you flash this can be configured. I'm thinking the default is 3-5 minutes before it truly powers down.

[B-R-Z]

Here's pics. 2 microsd slots, 1 headphone aux jack, and 1 mini-usb. My unit is sold by Eonon but it is a Klyde on the inside--same as Joyous I believe. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80493

[eggncheese]

@B-R-Z , thank you very much.