Tesla head unit install (pre2016 LC) - first impressions and a couple bugs to figure out (2 Viewers)

itsbeendun · Mar 10, 2023

What’re the differences between the ec off-road and the phoenix head units ? Is the ec unit worth double the price of the phoenix unit ?

Romer · Mar 11, 2023

greynolds said:
Sergei's firmware does fix a lot of problems and also adds a TON of new features. He just added a feature that can turn the heated steering wheel on when you start the car. That's something one would want to turn back off in the summer, obviously, but just an example of some of the features he has added. If one searches through that Facebook group, there are a few posts that list all the features - it's a pretty long list. He's also incredibly helpful spending time to help people with problems. He spent several hours with me one night helping me do a full factory reset of my head unit to resolve reboot issues - it's a relatively complicated procedure because some licenses need to be regenerated, which required sending some files back and forth. The $100 investment for his product is well worth it IMHO.

any way you could paste the feature upgrades and additions here?

greynolds · Mar 12, 2023

Romer said:
any way you could paste the feature upgrades and additions here?

After 10 minutes or so of looking, I can't find the post on the Facebook group (that I'm pretty sure exists) that has the list. That's one of the downsides of Sergey's mod - all of the discussion is on Facebook which is a really terrible (IMHO) format for this sort of thing. Facebook does a terrible job of alerting me of new posts in discussions I have asked for alerts and is a complete organizational mess. I suspect Sergey uses it because it's free and he's already established there. In case it wasn't clear I DESPISE Facebook Groups

Romer · Mar 12, 2023

Thanks! That is very helpful

Does Obtain outdoor temperature online require internet access? That is one thing that these units don't display is outside temperature even though the car sensers are still there

greynolds · Mar 12, 2023

Romer said:
Thanks! That is very helpful

Does Obtain outdoor temperature online require internet access? That is one thing that these units don't display is outside temperature even though the car sensers are still there

That specific feature does require Internet access and is useful when the factory sensor can't be used. However, at least on my 2020, I was able to enable display of the car's sensor on the Tesla unit (so no Internet access needed and displays the actual temp at the current location rather than from a time delayed sensor that might be many miles away and at a different altitude). I forget exactly what I needed to do, but I'm pretty sure I posted the details in the other thread for 2016+ Tesla style units.

kcjaz · Mar 12, 2023

Romer said:
Thanks! That is very helpful

Does Obtain outdoor temperature online require internet access? That is one thing that these units don't display is outside temperature even though the car sensers are still there

My temp sensor works and displays in the EC Offroad Tesla unit. No internet needed.

When I do want internet, like when I search for gas stations along my route in Google maps, I just use my phone as a hot spot. Occasionally it keeps loosing the Wi-Fi connection but most of the time it works well. Also useful to pull up weather radar. Weboost makes all of the better.

One annoying thing is that for iPhone, it won’t auto connect the hot spot. This is work for a while on mine but now it won’t. I now just toggle it off/on on manually. I believe, on the latest iOS, you can set up an automation to turn on the hot spot when it connects to Bluetooth. That could be a way to fix this.

greynolds · Mar 12, 2023

kcjaz said:
My temp sensor works and displays in the EC Offroad Tesla unit. No internet needed.

IIRC, I needed to get to the password protected settings to turn the factory temp sensor feature on in the Tesla head unit. Once I did that, the temperature displayed. It's quite likely this is a customization that EC Offroad had done in the firmware they get.

kcjaz said:
One annoying thing is that for iPhone, it won’t auto connect the hot spot. This is work for a while on mine but now it won’t. I now just toggle it off/on on manually. I believe, on the latest iOS, you can set up an automation to turn on the hot spot when it connects to Bluetooth. That could be a way to fix this.

Yeah, I've heard of a number of people having success with that automation trick.

Romer · Mar 12, 2023

kcjaz said:
My temp sensor works and displays in the EC Offroad Tesla unit. No internet needed.

greynolds said:
IIRC, I needed to get to the password protected settings to turn the factory temp sensor feature on in the Tesla head unit. Once I did that, the temperature displayed. It's quite likely this is a customization that EC Offroad had done in the firmware they get.

My outside temp does not display. That is why I asked. I do have an EC offroad unit

kcjaz · Mar 12, 2023

Romer said:
My outside temp does not display. That is why I asked. I do have an EC offroad unit

It’s odd how some work and others don’t.

greynolds · Mar 12, 2023

kcjaz said:
It’s odd how some work and others don’t.

Unless you guys bought the exact same version of the hardware at roughly the same time, it’s very likely that some specific options like this changed.

LC2015 · Mar 13, 2023

I got this EC OffRoad tesla-style unit installed over the weekend and it's a huge upgrade for my 2015. Installation is a bit of a PITA, but the videos provided by EC OffRoad are pretty helpful (in addition to the huge helpful list of videos up above).

A couple questions for those who have this unit:

- Do the up/down steering wheel buttons work for you? They used to skip forward/back on music tracks with the OEM head unit, but now they don't seem to do anything.

- Android auto works when plugged into USB, but I can't get it working wirelessly. It worked when I first installed the unit, but then stopped working and I can't get it to connect wirelessly anymore (I've tried 3 different Android phones and all do the same issue). Using my son's iphone, Apple Car Play works without issue both wired or wirelessly. Any ideas? I'm tempted to just switch to iphone, but that seems extreme.

Also, I had a volume issue where the music volume over Bluetooth or car play was very low. I found a setting in Car Settings that allows me to increase volume of the amp; if anyone else has this problem, send me a message and I can get more specifics about where that menu/setting was.

kcjaz · Mar 13, 2023

LC2015 said:
I got this EC OffRoad tesla-style unit installed over the weekend and it's a huge upgrade for my 2015. Installation is a bit of a PITA, but the videos provided by EC OffRoad are pretty helpful (in addition to the huge helpful list of videos up above).

A couple questions for those who have this unit:

- Do the up/down steering wheel buttons work for you? They used to skip forward/back on music tracks with the OEM head unit, but now they don't seem to do anything.

- Android auto works when plugged into USB, but I can't get it working wirelessly. It worked when I first installed the unit, but then stopped working and I can't get it to connect wirelessly anymore (I've tried 3 different Android phones and all do the same issue). Using my son's iphone, Apple Car Play works without issue both wired or wirelessly. Any ideas? I'm tempted to just switch to iphone, but that seems extreme.

Also, I had a volume issue where the music volume over Bluetooth or car play was very low. I found a setting in Car Settings that allows me to increase volume of the amp; if anyone else has this problem, send me a message and I can get more specifics about where that menu/setting was.

Up/down steering wheel buttons work for me but they are backwards though. Down advances the track.

jetstream23 · Aug 20, 2023

Has anyone had their PX6 Android/Carplay install done by Phoenix Automotive themselves in Walnut, CA? I believe there's an option to have them do the install for about $300 and I'm thinking since it's their product it might be best to just have them do the install when I take a roadtrip out that way later this Fall?

greynolds · Aug 21, 2023

jetstream23 said:
Has anyone had their PX6 Android/Carplay install done by Phoenix Automotive themselves in Walnut, CA? I believe there's an option to have them do the install for about $300 and I'm thinking since it's their product it might be best to just have them do the install when I take a roadtrip out that way later this Fall?

I wouldn't assume they know their way around taking your Land Cruiser dash apart and putting it back together any better than you do and may not be as careful as you would be. It really isn't that difficult to do it yourself.

kcjaz · Aug 21, 2023

greynolds said:
I wouldn't assume they know their way around taking your Land Cruiser dash apart and putting it back together any better than you do and may not be as careful as you would be. It really isn't that difficult to do it yourself.

^^^ This.

There Is also a decent chance you will be taking it out for one reason or another after it goes in the first time. Knowing how is good.

greynolds · Aug 21, 2023

kcjaz said:
There Is also a decent chance you will be taking it out for one reason or another after it goes in the first time. Knowing how is good.

Yeah, another really good point. There's definitely some trial and error involved getting these things to work smoothly. I would much rather know exactly how everything is connected than have to sort through what someone else did.

jetstream23 · Aug 21, 2023

Found a 16 minute video of them doing the install on a 200 series. I'd guess they've done it a few times, but I agree with you guys that it might be best for me to get experience doing this.

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