Radio Head Unit Upgrade (1 Viewer)

[waterbucket1]

Has anyone upgraded to the larger floating screen type radio head units in their 80 series? If so please share some pictures.

I still have a stock radio head unit and am looking to upgrade. The large screens are tempting just not sure how they would look and how much they would hide adjacent . Kenwood makes a unit with 10" screen and Alpine Halo series goes up to 11" screen.

Looks like sticking with the double DIN unit that will fit in place of existing I will be looking at a +/- 6.7" screen.

Thanks
Chuck West

 

[Rusty Marlin]

see this one,
I Relocated the Head Unit in my LX450 - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/i-relocated-the-head-unit-in-my-lx450.1215314/

 

[enox]

Wow, that's a lot of screen

 

[Rusty Marlin]

Yeah, PIM did a heck of job on that!

 

[VacMan]

I upgraded to an Android unit with a 7" screen. Had to enlarge the opening for it to fit. It's awesome having a full tablet built into the dash. Google maps, google earth, and locus maps all loaded and functional with a hotspot from my phone.

 

[thebfg]

see this one,
I Relocated the Head Unit in my LX450 - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/i-relocated-the-head-unit-in-my-lx450.1215314/

Wow, now that's the way to do it! The low radio position is one of the reasons I took out my "Carplay" unit and put a cheaper/dumber radio in. My phone is mounted higher than the radio, so it made no sense to have Carplay and have to look further down. Even more of an issue in my van, where the radio is below my knees. I wonder when stereo manufacturers will realize this and come up with a "cable" solution, so the screen could be mounted almost anywhere and then cabled to the headunit. That would be awesome and more flexible! Hmm... might have to get one of these units and see if I can rig up my own cable extension... (but that's probably beyond me).

 

[thebfg]

Well, apparently, if you go with off-brand Chinese units, they do make extension cables for versatile screen mounting.

Joying 10.25 Inch Single Din Touch Screen Android 10.0 Car Head Unit Support Android Auto&Carplay

SKU: JY-HQS02N4G-2Ship From: Chinese WarehouseCPU: UIS7862 12nm Dual ARM Cortex-A75 + Six ARM A55Ram: LPDDR4 4GB Rom:EMMC 64GBSupport Bluetooth, WiFi, DVR, OBD2, Back-Up Camera

www.joyingauto.com

https://www.amazon.com/Joying-Android-Stereo-Extended-Screen/dp/B07H3N8NL5

 

[thebfg]

Hurray, mainstream manufacturers (Pioneer) are catching on to the need for "remote" displays.

Pioneer's New Headunit Could Bring Modern Tech To Old Cars

Pioneer’s virtual CES 2021 presentation included a new head unit, the DMH-WC5700NEX, that could be the key to updating my older dashboard with today’s tech. It’s so interesting, that I’m considering breaking into my Sony Hi-Res piggy bank.

jalopnik.com

PIONEERS LATEST MODULAR SOLUTIONS NEX IN-DASH RECEIVER EXPANDS INSTALLATION FLEXIBILITY

www.pioneerelectronics.com

 

[azngarage]

I install a cheap chinese double din 10.1 android unit for over 2 years now. For only 180 bucks, it's work fine but it's take about 15 second to boot up when you start the car.