Recent content by Heinoceros

The compression quality should absolutely not change the volume, you have a broken encoder if you are seeing this. its just math here, the compression just uses less bits to encode the same waveform. The waveform is slightly less detailed, but the volume is determined by the highs and lows of...

could you elaborate a little more on why you dont recommend unplugging sync? Do you know of any specific bad thing that will happen? I am not trying to bust your chops here but i am looking for real information, not vague hang wringing. And i have to disagree with your position that Sync is...

i am a little surprised everyone thinks that sync must be kept. Head units pretty routinely handle the things sync does for me, which is bluetooth audio/music off of usb, and hands free calling. What else does sync really do that anyone uses? I know it does some sort of 911 thing kind of like...

hmm... this is a pretty shallow double din unit. have no idea if its any good or not, and i cant find an exact depth measurement, but its clearly a couple inches shallower than the standard double din radio http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/asteroid-range/parrot-asteroid-smart/ edit - its 4.7...

the tomtop unit sells with basically that exact bezel right? it might be a smidge too large, but it would be easy to fill in the gap around a 2DIN. i just dont see how you are going to get a unit in there even with the sync gone. the problem is there isnt that large a variety of double din...

the other thing is that without major surgery to the motherboard, you are going to have those big volume and tune knobs sticking out of the dash. They use the CAN bus right now to communicate to the existing stereo and screen, which is why the response time when you turn the knob is so...

even with the sync unit out, it would be a very shallow unit. maybe 5 inches deep? do they make any units that shallow? i dont think i understand what you are describing. If you are talking about fitting a very shallow unit up where the current screen is, why would you need to move the climate...

do you mean why dont they just sell a bezel for a standard radio? the problem is the actual radio is not behind the radio controls. The radio is 12 inches lower down in the console, so they cant just make a bezel for it.

http://www.seicane.com/10-2-inch-android-radio-for-2015-ford-mustang-with-3g-wifi-bluetooth-gps-navigation-system-capacitive-touch-screen-tpms-dvr-obd-ii-rear-camera-aux-headrest-monitor-control-usb-sd-video-s085693 this unit is so similar, but it claims to be only android 4.2. with all these...

Great! This is the first unit that appears to completely replace the stock system. I wish the details made it more clear exactly how it works. There is no picture of any plug adapters that will definitely be needed. But if they spent all the time working out the bezel, surely they are handling...

I am guessing this is just a better quality version of the tomtom, which is going to be a hard sell at even 750, much less if its north of a grand. we need a head unit! not just nav! we need to feed an amp with a decent signal! and sync is soooo bad! we need to replace sync! ok, rant over...

now that i have looked underneath that center console, i dont see how anyone will ever be able to adapt it to a standard double din aftermarket radio. Its not just a couple buttons and knobs, its got big microprocessors back there doing god knows what. it looks like a modern motherboard almost...

Ok, i have had the unit installed for about 3 days, and its working as designed. The navigation is surprisingly good. I especially like the "next 3 exits" feature when you are on the highway that makes it easy to see whats coming up on a road trip. I am unhappy that there is no easy way to...

You probably have done this already, but make sure you turn the car all the way off, then start the engine. Mine was stuck in a sort of half-on mode where everything worked except sync, and once i turned it all off, then started the engine it started working correctly. It did not work with just...

these type of units are usually flashed by copying the firmware file into the root directory of a flash drive and booting the unit with the flash drive installed in the usb, but if that .dat file is only a hundred bytes or so, that isnt likely going to do anything. Are you sure you are seeing...