So first off I have a 2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Freedom Edition. I originally had the base audio system with the 430N. I hated everything about that setup. I replaced the speakers with the Mopar Kicker 77Kick10, and on the dash I added the Quadratec Super Tweeters. For a sub, I added a powered sub from the Kicker VSS line.
So head unit-wise, I tried 2 different Joying head units (Chinese reseller with full Android), then my last one shit the bed on me. The company was cool about it and replaced it with a better unit. But that takes time to discuss over e-mail due to the time zone difference and the language barrier. So in the time in-between my old Joying dying and getting a new improved Joying, i tried to different radios.
One was the Sony XAV-XA100, which does Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. And the other was a different Chinese reseller, Seicane, that had a unit that looked much better in the dash, it replaces most of the upper front dash so it looks like it is built into the Jeep. I originally saw it on their website, but was unsure of the company. Then I saw the Adventure Dex video and figured I would give it a shot.
I got an Android 6.0 unit (they have a newer 7.1 unit up now that is better, which annoys me). Shipping was $80, and it took about 11 days from Hong Kong to KY. I also paid an extra $28 to upgrade the RAM to 2GB.
it comes in an insanely big box:
Opened up:
installed:
using a different launcher:
Here is the music player using MP3s on a USB, weird how some and some did not show album art
Here is the video player playing music videos from the same USB
My unit does not have a MicroSD card slot, but as you can see in this screen shot it appears to have the SD card icon for my Samsung thumb drive. The name is "Samsung USB", but that is just what I named it.
Google Play Music and Google Maps both recognized it as external storage like they would with a MicroSD
The install was a pain in the ass, but it is more or less plug and play, it was just difficult getting those 3 pieces in at once.
So head unit-wise, I tried 2 different Joying head units (Chinese reseller with full Android), then my last one shit the bed on me. The company was cool about it and replaced it with a better unit. But that takes time to discuss over e-mail due to the time zone difference and the language barrier. So in the time in-between my old Joying dying and getting a new improved Joying, i tried to different radios.
One was the Sony XAV-XA100, which does Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. And the other was a different Chinese reseller, Seicane, that had a unit that looked much better in the dash, it replaces most of the upper front dash so it looks like it is built into the Jeep. I originally saw it on their website, but was unsure of the company. Then I saw the Adventure Dex video and figured I would give it a shot.
I got an Android 6.0 unit (they have a newer 7.1 unit up now that is better, which annoys me). Shipping was $80, and it took about 11 days from Hong Kong to KY. I also paid an extra $28 to upgrade the RAM to 2GB.
it comes in an insanely big box:
Opened up:
installed:
using a different launcher:
Here is the music player using MP3s on a USB, weird how some and some did not show album art
Here is the video player playing music videos from the same USB
My unit does not have a MicroSD card slot, but as you can see in this screen shot it appears to have the SD card icon for my Samsung thumb drive. The name is "Samsung USB", but that is just what I named it.
Google Play Music and Google Maps both recognized it as external storage like they would with a MicroSD
The install was a pain in the ass, but it is more or less plug and play, it was just difficult getting those 3 pieces in at once.
