After Market Double DIN Unit - OctaCore Android

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TalonK
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Sorry...just noticed FCC that hgtdave mentioned. Will have to check it out..

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TalonK wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 10:38 am Question for anyone with this unit or similar android.

Phone App. The car launcher has the option to go to the phone app but no idea on it and didnt know if better ones out there?

Also...any other car launchers.... pic shows the one the comes with it...wondered if more?
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TalonK wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 11:03 am Sorry...just noticed FCC that hgtdave mentioned. Will have to check it out..
Usefully, it appears..... it has an xda developers site and about 366 pages ..!

Some bugs and many requests...last post 16th May 2019.

Our XDA forum:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/androi ... d-t3639659
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Anyone had an issue with passenger airbag after install? Dash is showing it's off?
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TalonK wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 12:07 pm Anyone had an issue with passenger airbag after install? Dash is showing it's off?
Whats the position of the airbag switch in the glove box?
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TalonK
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I checked that. It's on. Thinking about it...not sure light is for passenger airbag as light is on dash. Red airbag symbol...

Hmmm. I'll be pissed if I dislodged something to do with that but not sure how I could....
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Light according to manual is SRS system may not deploy. Grrrr.

Anybody know if doing this kind of work could've blocked something. It's a strange one and not a lot out there on the net about how it could've been caused.
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Wondering if it's because the air conditioning cables were disconnected then reconnected.. my first power up test.. I hadn't connected that bottom unit (air con and airbag warning) that you love from old housing to new housing.

Might just have a look to make sure all cables are snug...then I may have to bite bullet and visit dealer to see what issue is.
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So. Gonna book car in next week to get SRS system looked at. Hopefully just a computer error caused by me powering up the unit when not everything was connected back in the middle console. Car needs an AC refresh anyway. If it is...I know for next time.

Here is a pic of the installed unit. Love it. Still tinkering with software but I will always be doing that.

20190519_131329.jpg

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So. Update. I like FCC launcher but it takes some getting used to just having all these functions available in the car.
Currently using
dab+ (came with dab+ dongle)
Stellio /powerAmp for music. Stellio I've used for years now but poweramp has better options for landscape modes.
Smart audio book for Audio Books. Love listening to a book on way to work.
Google maps for nav. Offline maps are ok but I run tasker on my mobile and have that set up to detect when bluetooth on phone connects to car then mobile hotspot is activated and car uses the hotspot. It should work well for online maps.

With 350 odd pages to read thru on FCC it may be a while until I switch permanently

Couple of questions for anyone using this unit or very similar...

Is there anyway to work with the unit with out the engine running and without the QQ shutting down after a while to save battery? Trying to setup the unit is time consuming so need to get all the time I can.

Phone call apps? Any good ones you can suggest? I haven't looked yet and wanted to know if there were some really handy apps out there that had been tried and tested..

Any other apps I should think about that prove handy in car?
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