Anybody knows how to use the AUX port to play music through the head unit?
Hi, I have the same doubt here. I bought a pure Android unit (still trying to find out which make and model is, as it's unbranded, with RK3188A chip, but not matching any MCU listed on the HuiFei wiki page), and I see that I can only use the dual zone for DVD while navigating (IGO) on the head unit. I mean, I have no PIP functionality (not a big issue), but the dual is not working as expected. I can only send video to rear monitors if it's played from the DVD. No USB, SD, BT, etc music or video files seem to be allowed to be sent through the AUX out port. And I'm only allowed to use navigation app while DVD is played on rear monitors... No radio, no USB, SD, etc video or audio files.
My previous unit is a WinCE supporting really well all this functions, but unfortunately due to a battery power loss, it only starts in recovery mode (expecting to load some firmware from SD card), and I cannot find any FW valid for it. And this pure Android is unable to do it, so I'm investigating to come up with a solution (it's the main reason I bought the pure Android unit).
Anyone knows any option? I think this could be done via software, but maybe I'm wrong.
Thanks in advance, it's really appreciated.
joyduck said:
Anybody knows how to use the AUX port to play music through the head unit?
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you'll need a 3.5mm/2.5mm male to 2 RCA cable,connect this cable to your MP3 or someting and the AUX IN L and AUX IN R cables ,open the AV IN app on the head unit,then you can listen to the music through your head unit
cherry714401 said:
you'll need a 3.5mm/2.5mm male to 2 RCA cable,connect this cable to your MP3 or someting and the AUX IN L and AUX IN R cables ,open the AV IN app on the head unit,then you can listen to the music through your head unit
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So, you cannot play music from a friend's phone and use tomtom (or any app) in the meantime?
There is any possibility to have AUX-IN audio and any navigation app in the meantime?
Thank you,
gabycm said:
Hi, I have the same doubt here. I bought a pure Android unit (still trying to find out which make and model is, as it's unbranded, with RK3188A chip, but not matching any MCU listed on the HuiFei wiki page), and I see that I can only use the dual zone for DVD while navigating (IGO) on the head unit. I mean, I have no PIP functionality (not a big issue), but the dual is not working as expected. I can only send video to rear monitors if it's played from the DVD. No USB, SD, BT, etc music or video files seem to be allowed to be sent through the AUX out port. And I'm only allowed to use navigation app while DVD is played on rear monitors... No radio, no USB, SD, etc video or audio files.
My previous unit is a WinCE supporting really well all this functions, but unfortunately due to a battery power loss, it only starts in recovery mode (expecting to load some firmware from SD card), and I cannot find any FW valid for it. And this pure Android is unable to do it, so I'm investigating to come up with a solution (it's the main reason I bought the pure Android unit).
Anyone knows any option? I think this could be done via software, but maybe I'm wrong.
Thanks in advance, it's really appreciated.
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You just bought the wrong device.
Nearly all units with DVD support only video/audio from this drive, nothing else.
All units without integrated DVD can play anything from anywhere, even from any USB-DVD.
From my understanding this cannot be changed...
May be possible by deactivating the DVD by pulling out the connection to the main board.... I don´t know, needs to be tested.
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mesgas said:
So, you cannot play music from a friend's phone and use tomtom (or any app) in the meantime?
There is any possibility to have AUX-IN audio and any navigation app in the meantime?
Thank you,
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Where do you read that out of his posting? You always can send the AUX player to the background and can use navigation.
By the way... for what reason did you activate the donate button? Did you create any helpful software to ask for donation?
MY unit has AUX in but no AUX in app. Does anyone have the APK or one they recommend? MCTB running android 10.
How do I delete this I accidentally posted in wrong thread.
CaliBurr said:
MY unit has AUX in but no AUX in app. Does anyone have the APK or one they recommend? MCTB running android 10.
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Not an MTCx device...
marchnz said:
Not an MTCx device...
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Ah, someone said it was. What is it?
I don't know if this applies to all firmware, but on some firmware, you either see the AUX or the Front Camera app icon. In the settings, when the front camera is activated, the AUX program icon changes to a front camera. If you deactivate the front camera then the AUX icon appears and I believe the sound source input is also made active in addition to the camera. On mine, the option is under Factory Settings and is named "Front View" on can be toggled on or off.
I have a TEyes SPro 4/64 which is an s9853i FYT unit. You should check the connection diagram for your head unit to see which pins/connectors are for AUX video and audio.
mastrv said:
I don't know if this applies to all firmware, but on some firmware, you either see the AUX or the Front Camera app icon. In the settings, when the front camera is activated, the AUX program icon changes to a front camera. If you deactivate the front camera then the AUX icon appears and I believe the sound source input is also made active in addition to the camera. On mine, the option is under Factory Settings and is named "Front View" on can be toggled on or off.
I have a TEyes SPro 4/64 which is an s9853i FYT unit. You should check the connection diagram for your head unit to see which pins/connectors are for AUX video and audio.
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Interesting so I can't use my dash cam and AUX?
Not sure. Try it and see what happens. Maybe your unit is different.
If both your dash cam and AUX use the same inputs, then I would guess that it's not possible.
Best to try and maybe follow-up with your vendor/seller/manufacturer.
I have a similar problem. I m trying to install an reverse camera. I have connected the orange "reversing" wire but when I am in reverse I get a "no signal error". What's the difference between video in and cam in connectors. Do you know what the pin out of this connector is because the rca female cables are not installed and I m trying all possible combinations in order to connect the video in and grnd cables from the male rca. Thanks
Hello,
I have been searching a while now on various forums. I have a generic Android stereo for my car. It has multiple RCA in connections. Right now I have my backup camera plugged into one, my front bumper cam plugged into another. Then the last is an AV in which I have nothing connected to at the moment. The unit comes with software that allows me to pull up and watch any of my video IN sources. I was wondering if someone might know of a possibility of an app or some other means to record one or more of the inputs. I would like to use my front bumper cam as sort of a dash cam. It has a perfect field of view and would suit perfectly as a dash cam. Having the ability to record any of the inputs would be an awesome feature. Right now it only seems to detect USB camera inputs for some dash recorder apps I have found on the market. Of course I would be looking for something that has the ability to record from composite/RCA/CVBS in the background. I am currently working trying to convert the composite signal to USB using a converter of sorts. I was just hoping someone here might be able to help with a possibility I have not thought of. Any help would be appreciated. I thank you for any response in advance.
On mine it has a car record app..I'll try finding the apk for you
Much appreciated. Mine too came with some apps. None of them worked correctly. Then after a factory reset, I can no longer even install them.
Hey guys, I usually just lurkj the forums but I figured it is time to ask the pros. First off, this is the unit I am installing today: Seems i cannot post the link but here is the title. from amazon Pumpkin Quad Core 7 inch 2 DIN Universal Android 4.4 Car Stereo Radio HD 1024*600 Muti-touch Screen GPS Navigation Without DVD Player Support WIFI/3G/Bluetooth/OBD2/DVR/Mirror Link
I am running a t-mobile service on my phone and I get free data for certain streaming apps. Its pretty cool. Anyway, I just learned that using the phone as a hotspot and then using one of these streaming apps on the device, in this case the new stereo, it does use my data plan... bummer. Anyway I am wondering if there is a wireless mirroring solution that would work and have control over the phone using the touch screen on the receiver? If there is not, how about a wired solution? I have looked into things like android auto. Does that actually work descent and on our receivers? Thanks everyone and a little nudge in the right direction would be awesome :good:
The pumpkin deck has a really basic bluetooth audio interface. I guess that would be the main thing I would like to change. I use Pandora alot and the interface on the deck is really basic. It gives me the option to skip track and play/pause. If I could at least get a similar interface to my old pioneer deck (id3 tags, thumb up/down) that would be cool. Or even a front end app, now that would rock.... Thanks again.
I have installed a chinese Pumpkin Android head unit in my Toyota Previa van and after adding an external 3G router and connecting it via an ethernet adapter and an car roof antenna I am now extremely pleased. I get close to perfect streaming video on the road!
I would love to supplement the small Pumpkin display with a roof mounted flip down monitor so the back passengers can watch youtube on a decent size screen. There are many of those on the market, so that should be easy.
However, it turns out that the video output connector of the Pumpkin head unit is only connected to signal of the DVD player! And I stubbornly refuse to go back to juggling with silver disks.
I assume these Android head units coming from China are all very similar. Has anyone ever tried isolating the signal of the head unit's LCD screen and connecting it to an external monitor? If so, please let me know so I can install a monitor that just mirrors the head unit's display.
Regards,
Tinkerspy
I would also love to do this. My factory system output to the headrest screens for back passengers. Since I installed the Android head unit, everything works fine but only outputs to the rear screens if a DVD is inserted - I would love to just be able to duplicate whatever is on the screen so I can play YouTube, Netflix etc. on the rear screens.
Fuze2009 said:
I would also love to do this. My factory system output to the headrest screens for back passengers. Since I installed the Android head unit, everything works fine but only outputs to the rear screens if a DVD is inserted - I would love to just be able to duplicate whatever is on the screen so I can play YouTube, Netflix etc. on the rear screens.
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Hi, Did you solve the problem?
thanks
I just haven't had time to look at it - been too busy. However, I didn't mention above that my yellow video RCA cables on the back of the unit were mis-labeled and my backup camera ended-up working with a different plug - so I will hopefully get some time to try out what the other RCA video plugs actually do next week when I free up a bit.
Any news about it?
Fuze2009 said:
I just haven't had time to look at it - been too busy. However, I didn't mention above that my yellow video RCA cables on the back of the unit were mis-labeled and my backup camera ended-up working with a different plug - so I will hopefully get some time to try out what the other RCA video plugs actually do next week when I free up a bit.
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I'd be really interested to hear if it was possible to output video from a source other than DVD to external monitors [emoji106]
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I've found that some of these Android head-units output ALL video to external monitors and some only output DVD and/or Aux-In to external monitors.
For example, I purchased two GM-specific units - an Eonon GA9180A (MTCE-WWW) and a Hizpo (MTCE-XRC). The Eonon sends ALL video to the video-out jacks (OS launcher, DVD, navi, all apps, etc), but the Hizpo only sends DVD and Aux-in to the video-out jacks.
I know this doesn't help you since you already have the unit (unless you can still exchange/return it), but it may help others that are still in the "research" phase...
dragging this up again..
Does anyone know/think it's possible to pipe video to external monitors from sources other than DVD on these units???
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Hello, I'm interested in buying an android hu 7" inch. I want to be able to output from the board video and audio with an RCA cable (yellow video, red/white audio) to an external display. I want to output video and audio on an mmi2g audi display...
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Sorry if this topic is covered elsewhere, after searching i couldn't find anything.
I've just bought a generic 8227L HU which claims to have Android 10.1 installed. Everything appears to work fine except the audio side of the AV in App.
Iv'e fitted this HU to my Range Rover along with DVB Television and whilst i get a great picture, there is no sound.
Iv'e verified there is sound actually getting into the HU by removing the cover and checking there is audio using an Oscilloscope on the circuit board.
I did read elsewhere someone else had a similar issue and was told after Android 9.0 Aux Audio in was no longer supported.
Iv'e yet to decide if this is a hardware fault, App problem or the version of Android. Does anyone know of an app for AV in i could try?
TIA
You ever figure this out?
Does your RR have optical audio?