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I've put off getting a CarPlay head unit for several years now because the prices seemed too high for what I considered a compromised solution. For me the best solution is having CarPlay factory installed and using my car's in-dash screen, rather than adding a unit with additional wires going everywhere. But at $109 (after a $30 coupon) it was totally worth it.Installation was relatively easy, the only real challenge being the small size of my car's dash. One of the included mounting adapters worked with the CD drive mount I already had for my iPhone, so I used that as I didn't want to block my reverse camera and I didn't want it on top of the dash impeding my view. (Still trying to figure out where to put my iPhone now.) The instructions weren't terribly detailed and it took me a couple of tries to connect my phone to it but most of the time was spent figuring out where to put it. (If your intention is to use CarPlay, don't bother giving the unit access to your contacts.) After connecting, it worked as advertised.The unit's speakers are not good but it comes with an audio cable to route to your car's audio in. You can turn off the unit's speakers (by accessing the app provided in CarPlay and going to settings, then tap the orange button on the top to go back to CarPlay). I had to figure out how to get my car to default to audio in but once I did that I had the same sound quality I've always had from my car's installed speakers. The only difference is when starting up there is a small pop, but that's probably just an issue with my car and grounding or something.Siri is much easier to trigger now (I never really figured out how to do it from my car's installed system, I think I was supposed to hit the answer phone button or something, I always used my Watch instead). The unit's microphone does a decent job of picking up requests. From there Siri is, well, Siri.I am in a bit of wire hell now, unfortunately. Where once I had one cable for power to my phone, I now have three: power to the unit from the cigarette lighter (the only included powering option), audio from the unit to the car and power to my phone from the USB port on the unit. But, I knew that was going to happen. I guess you can also route your car's camera to the unit, but that would require another cable and, I think, cracking open my car's dash so I'm not going to attempt that.Overall, the price was great, the unit works well and I finally have CarPlay. Very satisfied with this purchase.

I purchased two of these head units for my cars. The cars are old enough that their phone messaging applications no longer work with my recently purchased cell phones, and also do not support Android Auto. This head unit is great to use navigation, audio, and hands-free call and messaging from my modern cell phone in my cars. Both units were packaged well and arrived in perfect condition. I had questions about some of the functions, and the support team was very responsive, replying to my questions within a day.Use: Android Auto Wireless using 5G WIFI and Bluetooth 5.0 from phoneAudio Connection to Car: Cable from Aux Out on Head Unit to Aux In on Car StereoInstallation to vehicle: Flexible tape-backed dashboard mount, added removable sunshadePower: Provided power cable to 12v outlet in dashboard of carPros:Very clean audioSecure dashboard mountVery responsive and helpful technical supportDefault audio settings are well-balanced between music audio, call, and nav playbackCons:Using built-in equalizer app tends to make call, message, and nav audio too low in comparison to playback of music. (Just not using equalizer solves this.)Does not work well with polarized sunglasses.Details:Phone connection. This is my first Android Auto connection, so I had a learning curve. My phone came with Android Auto pre-installed, but I found that the connection to the head unit became more reliable when I performed an uninstall of Android Auto on my phone, followed by updating the Android Auto on my phone to the latest version. The connection actually uses both the 5G WIFI and the Bluetooth service to manage the volume of data involved. When I have a connection problem, I find that restarting the phone generally resolves the problem, so I think the issue lies more with my cell phone than with the head unit.Hey Google and Google Assistant. I found that the unit accepts commands almost perfectly. I am able to send text messages and manage the apps on my phone without having to repeat myself.Equalizer. I'm not using it. I found that using the built-in equalizer in any mode but the default mode seems to make the playback of navigation, call, and message audio too low to hear without manually raising the volume on the car stereo. When the equalizer is in the default mode, the nav, call, and message audio comes out at a very comfortable volume with respect to the general level that I set for my music.Audio performance. I am using the Aux Out connection on the unit to connect to the Aux In on my car stereo. I also successfully tested the FM Uut on the unit with my car stereo, but I decided to stick with the Aux Out to avoid potential radio interference. (I did not experience any interference during my FM Out test.) I did note that, when a connection is made to the Aux Out, switching to the internal speaker does not work. Once known, this is not a problem. The sound quality is wonderful, even at high volume.Installation. The unit came with two mounts: a suction-mount with an adjustable arm, and a tape-secured simple dashboard vertical mount. Both mounts connect to the head unit with a standard four-point connection that I found to be compatible with many other vendors' car accessory devices, a nice design feature for customization. I originally tried the adjustable arm mount, but had problems with keeping it secure. I switched to the tape-secured mount and found it to be excellent for my purpose. For the tape mount, I made sure to clean the dashboard area thoroughly with alcohol, and then to allow the tape to bond for 24 hours before installing the unit.

I got this for an older Jeep that had a standard CD stereo. For a decent price you can instantly add Apple CarPlay or Android Auto as simply as connecting to your phone via Bluetooth. I was surprised to see how quick it was to set up.My only criticism is that once another phone connects it will become the “primary” and that phone will automatically connect. Any other phone that was previously connected will have to connect manually, even if no other phones are in the car. Maybe this is standard for Bluetooth devices, but I would have preferred for it to be first-come-first-served.

Easy to use, connects great with my 2011 car. The dash cam is easy to connect. the backup camera takes a little more effort and knowledge. It connects instantly to my phone now through CarPlay and the dash cam starts recording as soon as you turn on the car. The sound quality is good when volume is all the way up and I don’t have any static noise.