Are you happy with the results Sam - are you going to become an approved installer for the East of England area?!
No doubt it is a big improvement over the OEM and I hope your efforts were all worthwhile
Its made a massive difference Stuart and I'm very please I went this route.
My old routine of connecting my phone to a Bluetooth-fm transmitter for music streaming, google maps, and speed camera app notifications and then Bluetooth to the car for phone calls, was a little frustrating. Also the connections used to regularly drop, and on re-connecting used to make really annoying noises to let you know its reconnected.
Also, having to occasionally look and interact with the phone screen while driving, I was not a fan of at all!
Now I get in the car and plug the phone in, and all the above auto launches on Android Auto. The voice commands work pretty well (although I've not 'trained' it at all yet) and when I do have to physically interact with it, its on the much larger screen on the dash which is less distracting.
I still have to run the speed Camera app on the phone as its not supported by android auto, but that auto launches when connected to the cars Bluetooth and the audio alerts come through the car system, so work well.
The reverse Camera is a bonus too. I've never had a problem before, but it does allow you to double check for anything that the you and the sensors might have missed.
As others have said, its not perfect (eg. the screen sensitivity, but its fine 90% of the time and the new ones will be better) but its SO much better than before. I would struggle to justify double the cost for other similar options over this one.
I still need to spend a bit more time playing with it, and I'd like to connect it to my Bluetooth OBD2 dongle so I can run "Torque pro" on the screen and all the fun that brings
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I'm certainly not planning on being an approved installer lol, but having now done it once and learned some lessons on the way, it'll be a lot easier next time. I'd happily help a fellow member out doing it, especially if it meant a ride in an MC trofeo