Andream Head Unit

[Dossie01]

Anyone bought one of these? Any feedback on them? Are they really just all the same units rebranded?

Thanks in advance.

https://www.android-car-dvd.de/colle...tion-head-unit

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[Alanmcgrath40]

I had one, not a good experience. I bricked it after only a week of use doing a software update, it also damaged the video card on the ccc unit itself. From my short experience of the unit it was only okay, the fit of the unit was poor enough, the sound is feed through the aux connection so the sound quality is the same as plugging aux cable into your phone. You will need to use your phone as a hot-spot for streaming music and using other apps. My idrive controller didn't work with any of the apps hence why I tried to update it. Yes I believe they are all the same manufacturer and just branded differently. Outside of my bad experience would I buy one again, probably not. the only reason I got one was to stream my music through Bluetooth. So now I just bought a cheap Bluetooth adaptor and it's fine.

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[Dossie01]

Thanks for the review, I'll leave it so. Too expensive for the potential pitfalls

Cheers

Dave

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[marcos_94]

I havent used that model but if youre looking for a change to an android unit, I have an Avin Avant 4 in my e46. Iv had it nearly a year now and it has been faultless. I think they do an idrive model. Worth checking them out

[Dossie01]

I was looking there and they only seem to ship from USA, would be quite expensive with import duties I'd say ( unit +a few add ons would be the guts of $600

Will dig a bit deeper for EU stock if possible

Thanks

Dave

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[marcos_94]

I was looking there and they only seem to ship from USA, would be quite expensive with import duties I'd say ( unit +a few add ons would be the guts of $600

Will dig a bit deeper for EU stock if possible

Thanks

Dave

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Yeah the fees are a bit of a pain. My unit came from Hong Kong but it was definitely worth the cost, although i guess for me I was going from a very very old and outdated sat nav to an android unit

[Mark]

I've got one and had a great experience as have many others on other forums.

I don't see the point of the full Android version as there are too many compromises. I went for the Android Auto/Carplay version which is cheaper and a much better solution. I stuck a review on here:
http://www.bmwhaus.ie/vbulletin/show...CI-530i-manual

I plan to couple it with one of those new fangled wireless Android Auto adapters (but if you have an iPhone, carplay is wireless).

Can't recommend it enough tbh, insanely cheap way to bring the interface bang up to date.

[kdevitt]

I had one installed in the F31 - they are pieces of shit to be honest. Got the guy to come back and remove it (eventually).

[chippy.curry]

I had one installed in the F31 - they are pieces of shit to be honest. Got the guy to come back and remove it (eventually).

Hi, I have one installed in my e60 only a couple of days and I'm finding it pretty shit!! Did the idrive toggle work with yours?? Was it carplay installer that fitted it??

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[kdevitt]

Hi, I have one installed in my e60 only a couple of days and I'm finding it pretty shit!! Did the idrive toggle work with yours?? Was it carplay installer that fitted it??

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Was carplayinstaller alright - I had to hold down the source button for 5 seconds I think to get it to switch over. 5 seconds doesn't sound like a whole lot in the grand scheme of things, but its an eternity when you just want to drive off. I had way more problems than just that though - the sound quality was appalling, its all routed through the aux port - sounded like complete and utter crap.

Found this post of mine from elsewhere -

Its just not integrated enough - no matter who codes it imo. I had a reversing camera installed at the same time -

Kind of issues I had were -

Reverse lights stayed on as long as the reverse camera was active - it was sending power down into the lights, so even when you'd finished reversing and drove off, the reverse lights were lit up.

Accessing the carplay unit itself is a pain - having to hold down the button every time you get in for it to switch over just took too long

Barely ever connected to the phone - so unless I was doing a long drive, I had no sound - the phone was never picked up on short journeys

Randomly answered calls through carplay - even when I was on the OEM screen - which resulted in silence, and then no radio at all until the car was turned on and off

Take a left turn in the car and all the sound disappeared in the drivers side (imagine this was an installation issue)

Sound went off everytime you put the car in reverse

All these units put the sound through the AUX input - the sound quality was crap. Could not get the bass turned down no matter how it was adjusted.

Reversing radar didn't work at all - and the camera guides might as well have been attached to a different car. Totally useless.