akdoggie

I'm only 5'10 so it's not that much of a problem. Besides, I have a shell on in the winter, so I'm use to using only the side mirrors, most of the time. lol. The DVD player is for the grand kids, besides, $32 for a new 600 unit, I had to buy it. lol. Of course, since I was high bidder, i was obligated to buy. lol

akdoggie

Here are a few picture of the radio in the on position. You will see in one photo that there is one USB flexible port out the back of the radio head. I decided that I had too much USB powered stuff, so I added a single 4 port hub to the lead. I then took a Mass hub, which has 3 USB 2.0 ports, a TF card, SD card, and two other readers in it and hooked it into one of the 4 ports on the hub. Now I have 6 usable USB ports to use. I'll velcro the two hubs back to back, keeping the wiring clutter down to a minimum, yet having flexibility in the wiring to put it just about anywhere.

I added 64GB flash sticks to 3 of the hub openings. One is all MP3 audio only (57GB used right now). Two are storage/memory sticks. I made folders for Movies, for tech videos, a DVR folder, another for audio recordings and of course, one for pictures. The final stick is true memory. Note the easy bullseye for setting your LED's and backlight. It only takes seconds to change your screen shots and your ringtones thru the TF card on the front.

On the front, there is a TF card. This is where you can add and remove pictures, and other things can be done quickly. I have my screen savers on this card. There seems to be no limit on the size of the card that can go into this slot. I have tried a 32GB and a 64GB and today my 128GB cards came in (9.00 each, code 10's showing 121GB available) and it accepted their use. I'm thrilled about this. Most stuff only likes 32GB cards.

Comp Speed

I plan on doing this too! Thanks for all the helpful info!

Jbrew

Does the cold affect these units much? Anything noticeable??

akdoggie

According to the info I managed to find on it, it says it works from -40 F to 140 F, so it should work quite well in the cold. We haven't had a cold winter here again this year, so real cold weather, I don't know. I've had my Nexus tablet out at -1 F, and it worked flawlessly, so I don't forsee much, if any, problem(s) to occur.

I've already added 22 screen wallpapers, and another 20 ring tones. Using the front TF card is very easy and quite handy. I added up my storage memory today, and have 320GB of stick memory and the 8GB of head memory. So, I've managed to have 328GB of total memory. If I need more, I can always add another 64GB stick to the hub. The limits are basically endless. I'm going to have to download a better camera app, than what is in this head. It is hard to find and doesn't work as well as I'd like. Once i find a good one to use, I'll post the name. I did go to CoPilolt for the GPS/navigation and love this program.

Maybe some of the guys/gals out there can post up some good apps that they use, that might be beneficial to some of us out here. I know I've barely touched the surface, looking, so maybe some help would be better. lol Anyone have any good app's they'd like to share the names so we might benefit from others knowledge.

Zebracakes

It was -1 here the other day in the morning. The radio seemed to be working fine, other than bluetooth. But i'm 90% sure that's just my crappy phone and nothing to do with the radio.

I've pretty much just been using Torque, Spotfiy, and Youtube.

akdoggie

-1 in Chicago, and it's 38 here in Anchorage. I like my temps a whole lot better than -1 off the big lake. I'll bet that is really, really cold.

Have you tried any other specialty programs, beside the Torque Spotify and watching YouTube? Everytime I see someone who has a similar system it's got Youtube and I get a laugh. It seems that everyone wants to watch a YouTube video. lol. It is loaded on my system also, so it will get a good workout. lol

akdoggie

Zebracakes: The second head is officially mine today, per seller, so I'm going to try tomorrow (new time on my data plan) and do a 4.4.4 update on that one head. The second head, running 4.2.2, is in my Fusion as of this afternoon, and is being tested and driven around. Once I have it correct and all the steering wheel controls set, then I'll switch it into the Mustang. This one, if the 4.4.4 works correctly will go into my F150.

Zebracakes

Good luck on the 4.4.4 update, maybe check on xda-developers for a custom rom.
I've decided not to make a video because it would be pointless. It's a tablet with a built in tuner, it does everything a tablet can do but with the extra feature of a radio tuner.

akdoggie

Exactly put. Also, thanks for the link. They seem more for cell phones than this type endeavor, but I'll look a little more and see if I just overlooked the right line to follow.