kavik

I'm in on a facelift group buy one

D3-AMG

I would actually prefer a smaller screen that I could replace the current screen on my PFL '09 and keep the motorized hide function working.

LoFox

+1 for group buy, but my C is pre-facelift, might be tricky to get enough of facelift and pre owners that would make the seller care.

BTW, has anyone heard any more info of this updated Android 7.x unit which is apparently coming out this month?

DP63AMG

Will the previous models have the ability to be updated to the Android 7.x?

LoFox

I doubt that they will, mostly due to the necessary involvement from the IC manufacturer and the processors that are in the currently shipping units are VERY old (if not end-of-life.) The units which I've seen use chips from Freescale and Rockchip, most tend to be two or three generations behind the latest models so I don't think those companies would bother updating that product to support a new versions of Android.

It's more likely that as the screen manufacturer updated the IC in their product, it'll come with a new version of Android, for example, if they were to use an IC from late 2016 it would probably come with Android 7.x out of the box.

LoFox

My main driving factor in wanting a modern version of Android is for more ironed out WiFi and Bluetooth stack. In my personal experience, mainly with Android phones running pre 6.x, I had very inconstant behavior with connectivity; WiFi not as much but Bluetooth would arguably be 50/50 in terms of successfully connecting to auxiliary devices ... and for something like this I'd really like those features to just work.

ev4530

Its a lot better than what I had before. When a new update, or newer unit comes out, I'll get that.

jptaylor

Where is everyone getting there's and what price/ship time have you been seeing? I can't find a single one that shows delivery before 6/15/18 and that is a LONG time

LoFox

I've mostly been looking at CMK Car Design, based on positive feedback from other forum members.

kavik

It's mid may.. any updates on new version?

LoFox

I haven't heard anything yet, but I reached out to the owner/admin of CKM to see if he know or can share a more exact date and am waiting to hear back.

skratch77

I hope the new version is high end specs. It would be killer to have this setup with a snapdragon soc and at least 4gb of ram and a decent amoled screen.

LoFox

The rumored 'new' model will apparently have higher specs but, I'm not sure of the full details, I'd be a bit shocked if it had >4GB of RAM (basing this on what is available in their other models and the overall tendency to use older SOCs, presumably for price-point reasons.) Apparently the new model will support auto-brightness (same as on your phone) which will be a nice convenience feature.

+1 for a nice screen, I'd be willing to pay a little extra for a nice display (although it is already somewhat expensive at ~700USD,) the overall UI is beautiful with very good attention to detail so no reason to hinder it with a sub-par panel

(Note, the main manufacturer's site hasn't listed any updated hardware either at this time.)

ricardoliveir

For me the main issue with this unit is that in europe the data card slot isn't working. My company pays may mobile phone bill and I w'd like to put a data sim card on the unit so I don't use the company's plafond.

In China this function is enabled (check top left of the screen at min 4:49m ). Does anyone knows how to enabe this option?
Thanks

LoFox

Is the data card slot the same thing as the PCMCIA slot? (see: https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...ory-card-1.jpg) If 'yes', then I've been told that the currently available displays and the rumored new display are not able to access that piece of hardware. The overall dialer app built into the displays seems to be somewhat sub-par as I've heard issues of poor audio quality and voice-call sound not coming through all the car speakers (I was told to simply use the built-in COMAND phone dialer which can still be accessed through the updated display)

LoFox

Just heard back from CKM, he's thinking end of May at the earliest, so I'm thinking it will most likely spill into June

ricardoliveir

It´s not the PCMCIA. The sim card slot is located on the right side of the android next to the sdcard slot.

ricardoliveir

1- Does anyone know how to pass the USB cable and the aux cable to the glove compartment?

2 - Does anyone tried to route the USB cable under the driver's right armrest (center)?

3- The audio of the phone calls only comes out through the left speaker. Is it possible to solve this problem?

Thanks

DP63AMG

Well it's been a day..... I bought a unit off Alibaba and had my local audio shop install it. I installed Pandora, Netflix and everything was working fine. As I'm driving home, I realize I cannot access the factory interface. It was no longer coming up when you touched the FM/CD button. Then the reverse camera did not show on the screen when I placed the car in reverse. I tried resetting the unit in the menu, turned the car off and on a couple of times and nothing changed.

Then I really messed up. I hit the factory reset button. Now I have a screen that has Chinese writing on it with an exclamation point. That's it. No options or anyway to start over.

Does anyone out there know a way back from this point?

DP63AMG

*****False alarm. When I started the car this morning, the system had reset itself to normal operation.

Carbon Dated

Well dern, I was just about to tell you to try that!
Seriously, glad it's working right. I'm considering one of these units.

Damir85

DP63AMG

Yes it does. It's working very well except using the phone through the screen's interface is terrible. As mentioned earlier in this thread, the sound is only coming through one speaker which makes it very difficult to hear.

Overall though, a great product.

Honro

There was a fix for that for the units from CKM. iirc it needed an upgrade to the little box which now all the units from CKM come with standard. I remember reading that somewhere in this thread. Maybe the place you purchased yours can supply you with the upgraded unit?

jptaylor

so, i have the new version ordered and shipping out asap....should have in hand by the end of May