Thread: Android Screen for D3/RRS - reverse camera, CarPlay, etc...

Originally Posted by matt_ali_walsh

Hey Cambo, love your work with the D3 Android unit. At your suggestion, I bought one online, as well as the adapter to run the iphone. I'm just wondering if there's a got source of general information for Android? As an Apple user I know very little about Android, and the sources of info I've found have been fairly ordinary...
Cheers,
Matt

There maybe a need to turn android auto on in the settings, to be honest all I use with the phone is Bluetooth for hands free and other apps on the head unit. I don't use the phone to control the stereo, wheel controls mean I don't need to touch for most things. Different unit but still android which operates pretty much the same.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

There maybe a need to turn android auto on in the settings, to be honest all I use with the phone is Bluetooth for hands free and other apps on the head unit. I don't use the phone to control the stereo, wheel controls mean I don't need to touch for most things. Different unit but still android which operates pretty much the same.

I don't think that's quite right.

You need the dongle to provide the phone interface, and the app for the dongle gives you both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

There's no native Android Auto support in these things as far as i know. Some have "built-in CarPlay & Android Auto" but it's still a separate app like AutoKit, AutoPlay, ZLink, etc not Android Auto directly. They just put the brains of the dongle inside the head unit housing, or often just supply the dongle with the app pre-installed instead of you buying it separately.

For crapple yes but not android to android.

Thanks for all the help - got my screen up and running for the trip North for the school holidays.
Just need to work out the output to the rear screens!!

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for the factory installed rear entertainment system?
cheers

Originally Posted by loanrangie

For crapple yes but not android to android.

Is there an app you need to install on the Android unit that you can plug an Android phone straight in and have Android Auto?

There must be something extra needed, I borrowed a Samsung phone with Android Auto installed, plugged it in to an Android unit & it didn't launch Android Auto on the screen.

Originally Posted by TDV6Robvdw

Thanks for all the help - got my screen up and running for the trip North for the school holidays.
Just need to work out the output to the rear screens!!

Does anyone have a wiring diagram for the factory installed rear entertainment system?
cheers

Personally i would be running RCA's to the panel at the back of the centre console. You can get RCA's with right-angle plugs so they won't stick out so much.

Originally Posted by Cambo@oldjaguar

Personally i would be running RCA's to the panel at the back of the centre console. You can get RCA's with right-angle plugs so they won't stick out so much.

Thanks Cambo, I did try that but I can’t get the screens to turn on. I have the remote and the remote lights up when you press all the various buttons but I can’t get the screens to come to life. Any ideas?

What have you installed exactly? Is the factory head unit still in place?

Originally Posted by Cambo@oldjaguar

What have you installed exactly? Is the factory head unit still in place?

Hi Cambo, I installed an Android 10 screen from aliexpress. I am using the RCA audio out as an input into the AUX input on the std deck.

I really just want to have the Bluetooth connectivity for music, phone calls and navigation which all work fine. I choose this android unit as it has the twin video out RCA’s. They probably are sending a signal but I have never been able to get the screens to power up. The DVD player fitter to the car In the factory appears to be faulty. It ejects the carousel but you cannot hear the discs start to spin-up.

I planned to bypass the DVD player by using the video output from the screen into the LHS and RHS inputs between the front seats.

The unit was supplied with a reverse camera which I have fitted yet but do plan to, USB inputs and steering wheel controls.