PLEASE READ THIS FOR MORE INFO & TROUBLESHOOTING I ordered the 2nd model! C1 Model! I wouldn’t hesitate to purchase the 4g or higher versions either. Do NOT purchase the cheapest, you will not get CarPlay! Scroll down on the Alibaba listing to find all the models. NEW MODELS! If you are reading this, you likely do NOT have to do the canbus update or splice for the reverse camera! Is it not turning on? PLUG IN THE SMALL BLACK CANBUS BOX THEY INCLUDE! This black box isn't labeled Ram, but it is required! PLUG IT IN. If you cannot get the firmware update to go through, make sure you have selected the Canbus Type (the part where I click 2003.dajielong) BEFORE updating. Update it once, and even if it doesn’t go, disconnect and reconnect the positive on the battery (or unplug and replug in the headunit). Keep doing this until it goes. If your audio quality isn’t great, do not touch to low ASP. Leave it at 0, and use the DSP to make adjustments. If you use the ASP for lows, it will sound like garbage! If your camera is in the rearview and you want to mirror it on the headunit, you will need to splice into Pin 8 & 9 on the harness found on the passenger side. Pop off the trim panel piece to the right of the A/C unit (not on the door!). The harness is found in the middle. Pin 8 is positive, pin 9 is negative.

This is a great review. Fast, simple, straight to the point, and all the important questions are answered great job man.

One of the best ram 1500 head unit how-to's ive come across so far i would keep the original title and simply add at the end of the title "FOR DUMMIES" lol its that thorough and easy

I did things in reverse and ordered it first and then watched your video 😂 hopefully I’ll like it. Thank you for uploading a video on it.

I pulled the plug and bought this through Aliexpress, 1st thing is you cannot beat the price, even the guy I paid to install it was impressed at how well it worked FOR THE PRICE! I can vouch for the speed but at times it is LAGGY in connecting to Android auto. I've only had it a couple of weeks so if it takes a crap or or anything like that I will Def update my comment. Other than that THANK YOU for posting this vid, it worked out pretty awesome!

I just want to mention to everyone that mine just arrived today. I bought it two weeks ago and it was scheduled to arrive 10 days later than now. I live in the east coast so if this is your situation, don’t be surprised if it arrive early.

This unit just popped up on my Ali app for $109… this video just sold it to me. Thanks for the great review.

YOU SAVED MY MONEY!! I am so grateful that you made this video and somehow found this product! I appreciate you and will most definitely subscribe to your channel 🙏🏽

I was able to update the firmware after 20 or so attempts powering off and on with the head units power cable. My final attempt where I saw success was after driving around my block for a few minutes then parking and trying again without powering off. I’m unsure if that’s the trick but it started working and then I followed the remaining steps provided in the video. Also, the rear view camera works perfectly for my truck which used the same pin out mentioned.

Just ordered the C1 and so far it works great. I have a 2013 RAM 1500 ST. My truck didn’t come with a reverse camera so I am trying to add that.

I ordered the same exact one.. now they have the Video out already pinned into the harness to those brown wires... you also has a Video input wire going to the head unit with 2 blue non stripped wires sticking out.... thats where you can now plug in the rear camera without splicing, the 2 blue wires is the antennas for the wifi... so now the C1 is totally plug & play... I just hate the picture quality but it works for hooking up my camper

Dude...I was digging and digging for something like this, tried a couple of 'portable' units that were total trash. I ended up returning both and just bit the bullet and gave the Amazon version of this unit a shot. It does not disappoint! I was able to install it over lunch even with the lack of instructions in the instruction manual! I still have to hack into the wiring harness on the side of the dash to get my backup cam out of the mirror and into this display, but it automatically recognizes when I'm in reverse and switches to the rear cam input and also the supplied canbus adapter manages to keep the Park Sense beeps, though not the same sounds as factory I did not have to order extra harnesses from Crutchfield. At this point I'd give it a 4.5 out of 5 simply due to the meh plastic quality of the bezel....DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN THE SCREWS.

Thanks for the video and info! I’ve been looking to replace the stock unit in my 2015 Ram 1500 and have not been able to find any decent plug-n-play options. Just ordered this one 🤙🏼

Leeocar brand is pretty good. Ans its an 8 core. Its pretty much plug and play. I have a 2018 ram1500 tradesman with just basic radio and rear view back up cam. If you wanna use existing camera the wires are in the side of dash remove the panel passenger side. Green wire orange stipe is negative and geeen brown wire is positive the inner wire in rca cable. I like the included micro usb hook up all my usb are working.

The genius thing about these is they come with everything you need in the kit. The price makes it seem too good to be true

My unit has worked well for about a year but now every time I turn the truck off and restart it the time and date reverts to May 18, 2023 and <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="580">9:40</a>pm. It also will not connect to Bluetooth. Any ideas?

The newer model you do not have to do anything for the backup to work, it comes with a av cable that connects to the av cable for cam direct from the wire harness

I’m requesting that you make a quick video covering the wiring on your head unit. Pretty sure I wired everything correct, getting a total black screen. Would clear up a lot of confusion for a lot of people based off the comments. Thanks

So no shit, 3 weeks of attempting the canbox upgrade 5-10 times a day and it finally took. I’m mind blown

thanks a lot for all the info and the firm update ! that was a huge help getting my radio setup.

*** Update 9/4/2023: Worked perfectly for 3 months, then just stopped booting up. *** Thanks for a great review. I just ordered one of these based on your video. I had an S100 plug and play in my 2015 Ram 1500 Express. It was OK (expensive... $400) but the sound was poor and it stopped working after 2 years. This looks like a better option and you can't beat the price. Hope it lasts. Did you use the internal or external Microphone?

Immediate thumbs up for the mustache

How do I connect the steering wheel with the aftermarket backup camera and the android head unit so that it moves the lines of the camera when the steering wheel turns?

This video is awesome! Can you tell me or go into detail about where the RCAs in the back connect to each other (apart from the RCA for the back up camera). It's a tad confusing. Also, do you have any advice for why the volume up and down (and all the buttons) on the left had edge of the screen aren't working? Lastly, I can't seem to get the can bus upgrade to go through. I follow all the prompts and hit the last confirm but it just idles on the start screen. And advice?

Ordered the radio two weeks ago. Got it Friday. Installed it this morning. All Plug and play. I'm assuming they added the a software u[upgrade since this video was posted. All works fine. You will need to tweak the setting a bit. Didn't have to splice the wires for the back up camera. All Works so far. AM radio a bit week. But seems fine. Ill update in month or so Update: All is well. I installed the steering wheel voluminous buttons. wasn't hard. Worked correctly and I didn't need to edit in the radio at all. Thanks again @socalexpeditions

How does Netflix and KZfaq work, do you need WiFi or hotspot? Or it should work automatically with phone connected to car play?

You guys better be careful buying them radios My friend bought one on Amazon for a 2018 Dodge ram 1500 and mm radio burnt up wires had melted on harness.

Just came across your video great video how has the head unit been working for you? I'm thinking of ordering one for my Ram thanks for the video 👍

Hey man. Great review! I just got one of these style units for my Ram. I saw a comment that says it won't use the factory mic for phone calls. Where did you put the mic that's included at? It's quite large and ugly, not really wanting it to be somewhere completely visible. Thanks.

I WISH there was an install video!! That's the most complicated part 😭😭

Nice video thanks you I just wondering how to fix the microphone on CarPlay there is really bad mic quality

Do you need the brackets I bought one but they were not included,

No Install video? Just bought one for my 16 Ram 1500

Where would i go to see the latest software upgrade? The person installed it for , they experincing its dropping the phone wired and wirelessly

Ya, working well so far

Was your RCA splice (for OEM backup camera) provided with the stereo and where did you plug the RCA into? I don't see a connection on the radio for it

Great video!!! Your RCA cable. Did you buy that somewhere? Or did you use a random 1 and cut it open? I did that with a random domain RCA cable I have and the 2 wires inside look a lot thinner than yours.

Do the volume knobs work? Because it's not working for me. I did get the A/C model. BUt knobs don't work NOr does Spotify

Just hooked this up and I can’t get my swc to work for the push to talk and I got no radio stations but everything else works

My wireless CarPlay has a glitch where there are small tics in the audio when your service gets better or worse as in any time a bar goes up or down

I’m seeing mixed reviews in the oem reverse cam needing to be spliced in. Do you know if there is multiple ways to do this? If not I believe I have the same set up as you where I need to splice. Where did you get the info on the pins to splice into?

Name of the screen plz…

Did you have to buy anything else to get it to mount into the dash? Or did it mount with just the stuff that came with it? I appreciate if your able to answer good vid buddy.

Nice video, Thanks! Where did you get those phone mounts on top of the dash?

My music stops when placing the car in reverse. Is there a way to fix that?

Your video was great. On this unit you don`t have GPS. And did you check into the Andriod 12 carplay with GPS , trying to see which one I want for my 2018 Ram 1500 SLT.

Does anyone else have a problem with the usb data port not working? If so does anyone have any fixes for that?

Hey, so I purchased and installed the c1 and my issue is Bluetooth and wired connection dropping. It can work for the whole drive or drop several times throughout the drive. Any ideas of what’s wrong? I did not download what you recommended but I don’t think that would be the fix

Will this work on a 2021 Ram 2500 Big Horn?

I found your video when looking for how to hook up the OEM backup camera on a ram 1500. It was very helpful for finding the correct wires in the OEM harness, and I hooked mine up the same way you did. (My android is a little different version than yours). Where/how did you plug in the RCA cable you spliced in? I plugged mine into the yellow jack labeled "camera" (the one that has the short WiFi antennas on it). But I must be missing something, because when I go into reverse, some guide lines appear, but there is no video. So where does the RCA jack from line 31 and line 32 plug into, and did you have to run any additional lines to it?

I bought it for a Toyota Tacoma but my factory camera doesn’t show it only shows the lines

Great video! Are you able to maintain connection to the head unit through the USB in the arm rest storage? Curious if that will still work and be function.

Any link for a uograded back uo vamera that fits in the tailgate like the factory? The one it came with does not have enough length to be flush to the tailgate...

i installed this and was hoping it would use the factory microphone. do you know if this is possible or do i have to use the one that came with the head unit. its terrible.

Will this work on a 2015 2500 tradesman for a backup camera

Great video, do you have issue w echo on phone calls? Truck side sounds great, caller side has terrible echo, I used the ext mic they sent w unit.

Do you have an installation video

I’m having trouble getting image from my factory camera, do you know what can I do?

Can’t find my truck in the vehicle settings for CANbus. please help.

Hey brotha. I was wondering if you have any troubleshooting on the car play? It’s not connecting anymore. Wired it’ll say it’s connecting and then the charger will loose connection and then regain connection and so on. As far as the wireless, Bluetooth works and will play music but it’ll never connect to CarPlay. Any tips?

I was very excited to replace my 8.4 Uconnect that is giving me grief. I ordered the radio, went to put it in and discovered that I have a different dash configuration. The three knobs I have are not in a line and also have aditional buttons in the area...uggg. Now I guess I will see how their return policy is.

Ok, I have the back up camera working, but on the left side of the screen theres a view of a vehicle from overhead with proximity lines. Any idea what setting removes that from the screen?

I got the bighorn ram and the screen is okay but I feel like it could be better definitely want to do something like this

Has anyone upgraded their door speakers?!? Or even added an amp and speakers with this head unit. Let me know 🚨

Hey man, again great writeups! I just received this unit and for the most part its great, but i do have couple questions, hopefully you can help me with. 1. Did you get both 6pin and 4pin usb connectors working? My 6-pin usb connector works just fine, but i'm using that for front dash cam dvr, so cant use it for anything else, in which case i was hoping to use the 4pin connector, to be able to connect my iphone in, or have it be available for firmware updates. However i cant get it working. First i used the included mini-usb 4pin cable to connect it factory wiring (im assuming thats why they included it), so i can just use the stock usb connector on the usb hub, thats in the center console, but it doesnt work. Tried the second usbA cable they provided, so i can just connect directly into it, bypassing factory usb wirking, but it also doesnt seem to be working. Does yours work? 2. Have you figured out how to factory reset the unit? The pinhole button on the front, doesnt reset it, but only reboots it. 3. is there an easier way to get out of the carplay mode (not just out of the carplay screen)? It looks like once carplay is connected and BT is dedicated to carplay only, there is no easy way to switch BT back out of carplay and to the units BT app. The only way i found it to manually enable the wifi, which will kick the BT out of carplay. 4. And finally do you by chance have the instructions for this unit? They didnt provide any, and i dont think i really need them, but would still be nice to look over. Thanks!

amazing video i am looking to buy this same one. I noticed you said with android youtube and netflix will work. Will netflix not work with an iphone connected?

On the backup camera that comes with it where does the little red wire go to?

Any ideas why I’m getting a loss of signal when I use my backup camera? It wants to work some times but other times I get a no signal pop up?

Did it also come with a backup camera? If so can you use the factory camera as you stated and use the camera it came with for a cargo or front camera so you have two?

Thanks for the video man, one question that would help me a ton is I can’t get the backlights for the buttons (volume, power, home etc) to stay on, where do you navigate in settings to keep them on?

I got a question. I did the firmware update and got rid of the canbus beeping. Camera was working fine but I got in my truck today and when I backed up my camera didn't come on. Just sits on the same screen and switch to backup camera like it's suppose. Any idea on how to enable the camera again?

great video! does the stock microphone work for calls?

TYVM, I bought and installed a ATOTO S8 Pro gen 2 and I cannot get the factory backup camera to work. I will try this splicing method. I have purchased Fakra cables but I do not think the rear camera is running through either of these from the factory. Thank you again.

When I turn on/off the headlights, or when they come on/off automatically, the CarLink disconnects. Does anyone else have this problem?

Quick question, how bad is the glare during the sun? Can still the screen and all? And does it dim with the headlights? Or just always super bright at night?

How do I tap into the reverse camera if mine is on my rear view mirror

How are you swapping between floor vents and dash vents? I have buttons for the defrost but I do not for vent controls and have to use the screen interface.

I have the 2018 Ram Night Edition, my controllers are NOT like in this video? How would i then manage my AC?

What about Bluetooth audio? Do you have to use there stuff or can factory stuff be used?

can you play youtube on it

I installed the back up camera and when I go in reverse it comes on but its flickering and lines going horizontally through. Have any ideas on what the problem is? I'm using the backup camera that came with it.

Were you able to connect multiple cameras to the head unit? Also I upgraded the microphone but people are saying it is hard to hear me although I can hear them fine. Any work around in settings for that?

Does this radio have rca connections for an aftermarket amplifier ? Just worried about sound quality.. have original 5in radio with a loc for aftermarket sub

Just bought this unit and I'm pleasantly surprised with the quality of it. I know you've probably answered this question a thousand times, but I cannot get the USB cables to work. Also, do you know if there is a way to have the RAM logo displayed on the unit? Thanks

Thank you so much... didn't want to do away with the oem rear camera.... Any idea how to add a front camera? Does ANYONE know how to add a front camera?

Thanks dude 👍🏻

Having gps map issues. Everything plugged in n working but maps does not display anything but blank screen. Any ideas?

good video! question is the aux and usb in the glove box in the third seat still working? do we have to intervene?

Can you show on your unit we're all the plugs go...please I'm 62 and like the unit. Just don't want to screw up the plugs in back of the radio. Also which USB cable you can use to wifi, the other for USB memory stick. Also you the factory USB and the Avx work in the arm console. Or do you need aftermarket board for the USB and the avx to work. Which I have. Ram 1500 2014 truck.

Can’t get the the drive to download onto the radio from the usb

Just installed the same radio and I’m having trouble using my steering wheel controls with the radio. The can bus file you provided won’t download either

Quick question if your able to help at all. I put into reverse and the lines appear but no camera. I tapped into the same wires but have not done can bus update if that matters

Just got my backup cam working but the lines turn the opposite way any idea why ?

Will you please do everyone a favor and either edit this video or delete it this is such old information these older radios may have done what you did but the new radios you do not have to hack into a wire that comes with the plug for the backup camera and there is no beeping you do not have to download any firmware from a website or your site and put it on a USB stick you no longer have to do any of that it all pretty much plugs in place I just ordered the same radio off of eBay plugged it into my 2018 tradesman and everything worked just fine no splicing, and no beeping you talk about

Any issue getting your rear parking assist sensors to work? I have a picture, but lost the backup beep

Would this unit work on a 2012 ? Not sure why they show 2013 and up ? Don't think there's a difference between 2013 and 2012 that I know of ?

Mine works great thanks! Only issue I am having is the USB in the carpet mentions next to the driver seat stopped working. Any ideas why that would have happened?

How do I find the factory code?

Wish you did a install video

Anyone know if this is compatible with a 2019 Ram 1500 with the base radio?