Loadmaster Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 13 hours ago, Laurence C said: An Android head unit is the way to go. I have a nav one in the 350. You can upload many apps even mirror link your phone. As for Nav apps Waze is DUNG here in NI Like some others it gets lost then all you have is a blue dot on a blank screen. I use HereWeGo app on my 10.1 Samsung tablet rigged into the ZED as I run Torque apps Racingmeter on it and the Torque app itself. Head unit Tablet and Phone all USB connected. When completed arm rest cubby will have a panel mount USB port inside it so phone and cable will be hidden away. AS THE GODS OF NISSAN INTENDED ! Tablet is mounted to the dash cubby door with a Velcro tablet mount known by brand as a Hedgie available on Ebay. For Nav I remove the tablet and turn it vertical. Head unit at 7 inch is a bit too piddley small for my ageing close up eyesite. But on the tablet THAT IS A NAV ! The white ugly USB cable will be replaced today with a slinky black braid lead witn anodised aluminium right angle plug. Most of the lead hidden behind the dash centre. This is being done today as upgrading the head unit too. BY NECESSITY But that is a whole different story and not in any way the old head units fault. BUT THE FAULT OF AN EBAY SELLER WHO I BOUGHT AN OBD TO USB CABLE FROM. THIS BARSTEWARDS CABLE FRIED THE HEAD UNIT. Advertised as 5 Volts. After the smoke show I ordered a £5.29 delivered USB Voltage tester USB END TESTED AT 12.7 VOLTS with ignition off. NOT A HAPPY BUNNY ! Luckilily tablet and phone were not connected at the time as those would have fried too.. The flash drive did not fair so well. Useful info - thanks Laurence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 yeah with the 370 the retrofit android unit with phone mirroring would be cool. Im not sure how youd navigate sideways with the wheel buttons though. Being touch screen should be ok. Plus the nav buttons do the job. Also the other option using a full pad in a surround and keeping the ac dials. Thats the more expensive option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) 13 hours ago, GranTurismoEra said: yeah with the 370 the retrofit android unit with phone mirroring would be cool. Im not sure how youd navigate sideways with the wheel buttons though. Being touch screen should be ok. Plus the nav buttons do the job. Also the other option using a full pad in a surround and keeping the ac dials. Thats the more expensive option. Looked into the Brainiac kit but too tricky and expensive to make it work CORRECTLY AND COMPLETLY as a head unit. My Android head unit has the steering wheel control option but not wired in as yet. .Useing the tablet as an add on works better for me. I was initialaly conserned about tablet looking slapped on but the fit width and height are perfect. Obscures nothing bar the NON FUNCTIONAL cubby door (useless cubby anyway) and it sits really close to the dash centre. Covering over the non functional cubby was the whole idea. Cubby door looks fine just US. That bugged me. its stupid but it did. Some big screens in modern cars look horiffic. Look on YouTube for tablet car installs. Mine is by far one of the better ones. Some far too big screens obscuring controls looking awful. Some with trailing wires to lighter sockets. Have a look some REAL BAD. My replacement head unit went in today new right angle USB cable into the tablet looks far tidier. Not invisible but tidy. Could do it invisible and seriously considered it but I do not want to go that route.. Head unit still needs apps loaded and properly set up. Even completly hid the GPS antenna this time around.. it slots in securely but not overly tight into a PERFECT rectangular gap on top of the pod dials thought it would maybe foul on dash centre fitment but it dosent JUST ! OBD USB ELM327 cable fitted but not working as yet due to drivers not currently installed. BUT NO SMOKE ! That is one positive sign. Edited April 30, 2023 by Laurence C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormtrooperZ Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Not sure if you've checked, but look into the Chinese ones. Looks like full Tesla screen systems are available now for both AC and non AC setups, for not a lot of money considering what you get. I'd have one of these if I still had my zed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence C Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 22 hours ago, StormtrooperZ said: Not sure if you've checked, but look into the Chinese ones. Looks like full Tesla screen systems are available now for both AC and non AC setups, for not a lot of money considering what you get. I'd have one of these if I still had my zed. No doubt CRACKING LOOKING JOB. Even the 350 Brainiac one. They also do a 370. And available in the UK. But getting a tablet working correctly as a head unit is difficult expensive and incomplete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadmaster Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 On 28/04/2023 at 20:33, Muerte said: Please do update here with what they offer and if you end up going for it - not far from me and something I would consider for the right price. As for the Chromecast - I done some digging and looks like it has been done a couple times before. Seems you need to ground out some wiring (or get a kit and plug that into the headunit) in order to allow the video to work whilst the handbrake is off. The remainder is mostly a series of appropriate connectors/converters to switch the RCA to HDMI (into which the chromecast would plug in). The chromecast running would require you to tether it to your phone, as Evans mentioned. Seems like it may be a good alternative, although I assume small things such as wanting to switch tracks on spotify (using steering/headunit controls) likely wouldn't work whilst casting (and you would instead need to do that through your phone). Theres also another forum post...from another forum...won't share as not sure if allowed... Unfortunately the Coulsdon shop couldn't help, well not without major work to the current screen surround and all the other faff and expense - just not worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Even with DiY looking at £1000. One or two people complaining about AC not working and malfunctioning reverse camera. NGL even the factory unit has malfunctioned before giving me live feed driving forward 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.