Thanks buddy. I appreciate the view and glad you found it useful. I get beat up sometimes for my videos being too thorough, but I feel there is a value as there is a lot of money involved.

Awesome! I am glad the timing was right! It certainly has a few little bugs as expected. Nothing earth shattering as of yet though. I will make a follow up video when I get some time on things learned.

Hahaha, glad you enjoyed it. She seems to think no one finds me funny.

Thanks for viewing and glad to hear this video helped. It’s been a bit since I installed this and my memory is fuzzy, but I think I got lucky and the correct fakra connector was included with mine. I faintly recall researching purchasing this connector due to that same research.

Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching

Thank you! It certainly is quite the visual upgrade!

Thank you for viewing. Why do you need a splitter cable? Did you not get it new?

So far this thing is pretty slick. Quite the learning curve as it is Android but it’s cool. Few quarks and features like Doug Demuro would say. Lol. I will probably do a follow up video showing some lessons learned

Thank you sir! I appreciate you watching. So there are separate instances that come into play that makes this unit confusing. The oem antennas being plugged in allows the unit to use them for onboard GPS or gps via your phone connection like CarPlay or built in app. If you want to use the built in app though, you need either an lte connection or wifi hotspot. If you use the gps via CarPlay, you just tether your phone to that wireless CarPlay option and it gets its data across that peer to peer wireless link it creates. So really your choices are to use this unit as a stand-alone and feed it a cellular signal either via a sim or hotspot. Or you can tether the cellular signal off your phone and use the CarPlay option within that “app suite”

Mine defaulted to coming up in reverse. You may need to tweak the car settings under the settings menu.

Cameras imho are no worse on this screen. They were terrible on the old screen as well. The oem usb ports are charge only now. The usb ports on the unit should work with usb storage, but yea will be android usb storage and may need to tinker with android settings to mount them. I have never used the phone button even stock, so I cannot check on that, but my logic is it would work if you connected your device to the onboard Bluetooth instead of the Aucar Bluetooth

I use CarPlay gps all the time. It is a bit weird with repositioning constantly

I have not seen any lag at all. It’s been about 1.5 yrs now with the unit.

I can answer some of this now: Steering wheel controls and all other controls I found work like stock except the center console dial. That on default is a volume button now for some reason. I did not test lte, but I did test with my phone as a hotspot and worked well. CarPlay works well for the most part. I usually picks up on its own within like 15-30 seconds of the car starting. If you break that process by hitting the home button it can then be a pain for it to launch. When it doesn’t launch, again it’s a pain. My alpine is the same way though, so I think it is just a caveat of Wireless CarPlay. I am sure wired would work better. Hotspot or lte is only needed if you Want the true tablet experience. Or where if you tether from your phone you are using your phone via a huge screen instead of it being a standalone. Hands off text we use CarPlay and Siri. So that works great. If using the tablet itself, there is a voice assistant locally, but I have not had much luck yet in the couple times I tried tinkering with it. I have not tested Sirius xm as of yet because the oem xm antennas are terrible and drop frequently, so I cancelled my membership in this car

@@PMPerformance Thank you so much for the quick reply!!! Is it necessary to use the phone as a hotspot? If the phone is connected to the device via bluetooth, how is the experience different? What is the SIMM cable for that you did not install and the two other internet/wifi cables? I assume these are not needed if you pair your phone with the MK6, right? In some videos I've seen a piggyback cable that had to be connected to the steering wheel for the controls to work. Does the MK6 have these cables, yet the phone, voice response button, and song advance buttons still work?

@@billwhite7551 the lte antennas and lte card holder are if you want to use the tablet standalone and connected to the internet. I can’t justify $15 a month for another line, so I didn’t connect it, knowing I will just use CarPlay. No special connectors needed for the steering controls. The voice button is only mapped to google voice. Not to Siri. You may be able to creatively remap at a later time, but everytime I tried it, Google voice setup screen came up. Otherwise the buttons all work otherwise

@@PMPerformance who would you recommend I purchase an Aucar MK6 from?

@@billwhite7551 @squarewheelsauto He has a KZfaq channel and kind of pioneered these things.

Yes, I show this in the follow up video.

Yes.

There was no screen protector, and they all come with a new camera.

Thanks for watching. You will be pleased to hear that you have MORE adjustability with the onboard EQ that actually makes the Bose more than tolerable to listen to. I have not tweaked too much, but the presets have been a pretty great change. One day when I can sit out in the car for awhile, I will tweak it to my Liking.

Thx for the feedback. I'll purchase one after I sell my other vehicle.

@@krapola248 good luck man. I think you will like it compared to stock for sure.

@@PMPerformance 👌💯

Did you fully watch the video to see the connections I specifically mentioned to not miss else you would not have sound?

Yes, it’s all the same car. Check the link I provided in the description to purchase.

I did not install that because I would think you can do OTA, but this makes more sense now why you can’t. I will be installing that harness though as I now found out it is needed for phone tethering.

@@PMPerformance I can't figure out how to get the Sim card holder to read my sim card I purchased. So if you happen to figure it out can you let me know please. Nice video by the way Brotha.

@@Vr30Boostlyfe I don’t plan on using the sim, but is the sim activated? There probably is settings under cellular to link to the carrier if I were to guess.

@@PMPerformance ok, I'll try looking for it and let you know. Thanks

@@PMPerformance where do you run the supplied usb cable from, does i t connect somewhere at 20:15 or run to The glove box? I know where it connects to in the aucar but no idea where the usb ports in the cable go

It’s the same unit. If you want support and want to support squarewheels (highly suggested), buy off his site

I feel like there was a specific mention of if the cable back to the usb adapter in the center console was not connected this would happen. How are you using these apps? Natively on the aucar? Or on your phone?

I have the same problem!

@brucehsieh7179 I think you guys missed a connection.

Off the top of my head, it was under the main settings. You set the car type and if it’s rhd or lhd and such in there.

Thank you for stopping by and glad you found the video useful. I am not sure, but his car may be a base with no nav. I have those antennas on other cars for aftermarket gps, and they need to see light. I usually run them up to the corner of the dash somewhere by the windshield. I have not figured out any of the splash screen or home screen stuff either. I never really spent any time trying to figure it out to be honest as we use it as a CarPlay device

I found the original GPS cable and connected my Aucar on it. Navigation works much better now. I found that if I change "some" setting from classic to modern I get a different launcher that let's me add widgets and stuff. Might try the carplay too someday as I am still tweaking my unit.

@bvi4153 great to know! Thank you for the follow up. Maybe I’ll mess with my launcher as well.

Other than the very specific tips given in the video, no

Does it play audio via Bluetooth ?

Yes, but not in the way you think. Not from the aftermarket or power perspective, but the fact that it has a DSP built in. Being able to modify the diff freq bands makes the world of difference! Anytime you add a multi band eq/dap, there will be a great value add in personal likes with tunability

For sure. I try to avoid when I can, but so far this thing is pretty damn on point

@@PMPerformance good to hear!

Good question, I have not tested this because I never use that function. I can add that to my list of things to try and add on another video. My hunch is no, but I will try it

@@PMPerformance Thanks man, been thinking about upgrading to the MK6, but really like the directions feature from the factory nav

My opinion, with a 13.6” screen in your face for navigation, I would not let the cluster screen be too much a deterrent for you. I believe you can roll back to the stock navigation within intouch as well. Again, another thing I have not tried because I try my damnest to forget intouch exists! But there is still some dependency on it and glad it is still able to be opened within this unit as there are some things you can only do within intouch.

@@fatimasheikh It shows it if you use GPS antenna splitter and set direction using InTouch menu.

So basically, using the onboard navigation. Again negating the purpose of this unit

How many more cameras could one possibly want than 360* view? I do not know though. I would say yes, but I cannot confirm

And the screen won’t turn on

Unfortunately I cannot without any additional detail. Did you buy the unit new? Did the own radio work fine before you pulled it? Or were you replacing due to something broken?

Here is the link I ordered from: m.aliexpress.us/item/3256804413946371.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa&_randl_shipto=US

Your phone will not work in the slightest bit plugged in. It is wireless only

@@PMPerformance I’m considering buying than lmao

Beside checking your connections and fuses? I would contact where you purchased it from for support.

Wirelessly yes. My wife uses it daily. Another viewer mentioned. aUcar told them it does not support wired, but I have a hard time believing that. I have yet to test wired.

Works pretty well. Some limitations, but no real complaints

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@@PMPerformance Thank you! Dumb question, even though it's an Android, does it show Apple CarPlay?

@@agelessathletes yes, did you watch the video? I did a second video on it as well.

@@PMPerformance Still watching. Thanks!

@@agelessathletes it supports wireless CarPlay only

Great to hear! He seems like a super cool dude. When people reach out to me, honestly I tell them to buy from him because of the support.

@@PMPerformance Yeah especially when it comes to dealing with other countries, having someone that speaks your language is a must! Any issue I had, he was able to get an answer for me. So I feel more secure getting it from him, I'm sure that you will relay on him when it comes to issues with the radio. As funny as it may seem people may even save more by going through him. I really appreciate that brother, he helped me out a lot 💯

@@wisesavior5295 I try to be self sufficient. I even told him I would refrain from asking him questions since I did not buy from him. But if I do, I will do on his videos, so it generates revenue from KZfaq algorithms from the comments and ads.

Unfortunately no. I think they have more advanced readers that will do abs/srs/tcm’s and such, but I have no experience with them.

@@PMPerformanceI tried with my mechanic. With advanced obd device. It shows the mistake, but you cannot delete it. I guess it is because of the safety reasons.

@@tbntacet yea I’m not sure. That is a whole diff game with those computers. Pretty sure specialty tools are needed

I don’t think it would matter at all. It’s just a fancy screen that gives you a DSP. It will work fine and sound great further amplified if you have speakers that can Handle the power

@@PMPerformance appreciate the response! Yeah I’ve been working with the audio for the q50 for awhile now . Almost got it to perfect spec. Pushing about 1500rms on dd audio subwoofers, now trying to get the sound quality front stage

@@JrFashionablyDope my pleasure man! Yea so this will help you tremendously as you have a multiband EQ/dsp to dial it all in perfectly now. Check out my second follow up video. I go over this briefly maybe halfway through that video.

@@PMPerformance thanks man greatly appreciate it will definitely invest into it

@@JrFashionablyDope my pleasure. Good luck and thanks for watching.

I am not sure what you are referring to? What extra work did I do for gps?

What is a sensory?

You mean like AM/FM radio function? Or something else?

@@PMPerformance only the radio in the intouch app has sound. If I play a video on Netflix or KZfaq or Google maps... I can't get sound.

@@nicholasrusso4785 yea, sounds like you missed one of those harnesses i mentioned in the video that was crucial for sound. One was at the back of the radio from the main harness I believe from the bottom screen, and the other was the one down to the oem usb connectors

I have the same problem. I made sure all the cables are connected properly. But still no sound from the screen? Did you fix yours? If yes, please tell me how.

I am glad you enjoyed the video and I am sure my wife is glad she isn’t the only complainer. Hahaah. The camera is a generic camera not needed if you have a backup camera. This is likely a 1080p camera though opposed to what is on the car now. My car has 360* so it didn’t make sense to swap one. You can buy these generic cameras anywhere. Amazon for example for probably $20. They are all standard like rca connection.

Not at all. The camera quality cannot change. But the picture size blown up that is a 720p image can give you the impression it’s worse. The frame of the image appears the same size to me, so it’s the same poor quality it’s always been. It does come with a new HD camera though for the rear if you Choose to use it

Not at all. These are all Chinese made. Tesla was apparently the first to adopt a super huge screen in a car. So someone dubbed large screens as “Tesla screens”

I got mine direct from Aucar on alibaba

I think I showed this on the first video maybe during the initial test. It bugs out a bit if you use the camera button. If you go in reverse though, it always works, but the camera button has made the view goofy on me a few times

@@PMPerformance thanks for the response. The lines don’t show up in reverse or just using the camera app. I was wondering if there is some kind of config that needs to be done to get them to show up.

@@thetryhards2434 my pleasure man. I help when I can. So there is an area in the settings for the backup lines. If memory serves me it’s in the main settings like where you set for lhd or rhd and the car type

@@PMPerformance I’ll take a look next time I’m in the car. Thanks for the info.

Good luck man! Report back. If you can’t find it I’ll check mine out to see where the setting is

Thanks, but delivery guy was an idiot. Would you attempt to hand deliver something to someone’s car if you saw them in the car with it turned on? Or would you do your job as normal and deliver on the porch?

Yes. You just need to either hotspot your phone, or use a SIM card to use it online.

Do you have to order a new SIM card? Does this Have to be done before install if you want to have cellular service on it in instead of hotspot?

@@timq9425 you can just preside the sim holder and add the sim whenever you decide you want to use it.

Yes, you need a SIM card from your carrier if you wish to run onboard lte instead of hotspot or tethering. You can do this at any time. It’s just like swapping sims to phones. Now you can remove the sim from your phone instead, but I can’t see a valid use case for that personally

It’s really not that slow. It’s mostly working out good. It’s been buggy for the last week. Struggling trying to get it updated now

@@PMPerformance Just came back from the trailer for it and it looks faster there. Odd. Anyways, sorry to hear that. Let the bugs begone. Spray some raid on it. 😁

@@sauce8277 it’s about a year old and mercury is in retrograde. The mk7 is probably on the way in so they had to send a bug to it

@@PMPerformance oh boy :/

Yes, Android is the only open source OS that even makes this possible. As much as I hate to admit it, without Android, we would not have anything nearly as cool tech wise that we do nowadays.

Did you watch the whole video and plug everything in? Did you check the settings in the device for the car type maybe?

@@PMPerformance yeah I figured it out….had to switch from Aux to usb…wait for a few seconds and switch back

@@iammikestyle not typical, but glad you figured it out

Yes, I thought I went over this in the video fairly clearly

If your top screen is problematic, likely not. That is your DCU and controls a fair amount of things to my understanding. If it is just the physical screen an issue and your cameras and hvac and all that stuff still works, then it is possible I guess. I just can’t garuntee it. What I realized after installing is this Tesla screen is just a piggyback / pretty overlay to the existing system that the DCU controls.

@@PMPerformance yeah the screen camera and all that stuff still works but for some reason the screens never stay on , it keeps on resetting and i been thinking about just switching for one of these but i didn’t know they just go i top of the screen like that

There is a possibility it may work. That’s a tough one to try for $1k-1200 though. I would say if your audio and hvac and cameras are unaffected when the screens go goofy, your chance may be pretty positive though

@@glizzydee_ You can always find a junk car to get a factory unit from to test. Or use a meter to check voltage right?

@@Fly-mg8we yeah i ended up buying a used factory screen from eBay cuz the tesla screen Audio wouldn’t work for some reason due the oem display screen resetting everything 2 minutes

Hmmmm, only thing I can think is if the volume is turned down on your phone maybe. I have found just in general with Bluetooth communications, that your phone also controls volume, where when plugged in it doesn’t. So if you turn your phone down for like notifications with the side button, that affects the sound output for Bluetooth notifications/music as well

@@PMPerformance same issue here, doesn’t seem to work still with your advice

@@reotion8000 hmmmm, you sure all the harnesses were plugged in correctly? ESP the one back at the oem usb hub area that extends down there?

@@PMPerformance yes

@@reotion8000 I am not sure then as I have not experienced this. I would reach out to whomever you purchased from to see what they say.

My use case my be a little small, but overall it’s pretty decent with quarks. I solely use this device as a CarPlay device from my phone. I found after I purchased and tested that this device supports wireless CarPlay only. There is zero operation with this device and plugging a phone in which is a bummer sometimes. Few minor glitches here and there, but all decently small thus far.

@@PMPerformancedoes the wireless carplay have a delay? on my 2015 q50 the bluetooth from factory is really delayed

@josephcardenas3060 delay to start or delay of music? Yes it takes a min or so to connect, but no delay of audio I have ever noticed.

For my needs….. 8 is fair

And that is why I made the comments about Android, because we all know the truth. If it means anything, this thing reports as a pixel 3xlI think I saw on some Mac tables on my network. Either the manufacturer stole the identifier, or this is a legit pixel3 xl if that makes you feel better. So hardware wise, it’s probably ok. Software wise, my guess is we won’t ever see a firmware update, but I could be wrong

You already have cameras so you aren’t missing out

Lol thanks how do you add lte to it I have the SIM cards they sent

@basiclightskin1312 you cannot use Chinese SIM cards. You need to grab a sim from your carrier and activate and plug in. It’s just like adding cellular to a phone or tablet

I work in tech for a living. I said what I said ;) It’s not like I do not have day 1 experience with Android and use Android based devices daily.

@@PMPerformance I work in tech as well. In that aspect pretty much all devices are buggy and some how are able to do things that isn't supposed to happen.

@@trsskater do you currently own this unit or similar? My main issue is bad code. Yes it happens on all kinds of things, but generic 3rd party device from China tend to be worse.

@@PMPerformance I don't own this device. But from managing all the cellphone and laptops for my company even with what should be good code has random issues that occur to only 1 out of the 5000 employees we have.

@trsskater laptops and phones can be quite different. Enter the world of IOT support, things get interesting there. I cannot even keep track of how many different nonsense Android things I have encountered over the years. One that comes to mind is Symbol/Zebra scanners. I felt like a total idiot because I could not get one to connect to corporate wifi. I called support and they asked what Country I had the device set to. I confirmed US and they said it would not work and to change to some other country. Low and behold that allowed the device to connect! Makes no sense. Android seems to be particular with wanting all the specific WiFi encryption and security tabs manually populated as well, where everything else just auto negotiates and connects by selecting the said and adding the proper password. This device can be buggy. There are a number of oddities with the hvac turning things on and off depending on function I have never noticed on oem. If my defroster is on, the climate control switches from synced to individual. If you turn off the blower, the seat heater symbols grey out like they are off, but they are still on. Wireless CarPlay can be a hassle sometimes. Mostly when you swap between Bluetooth devices. No matter what you do, the solution is to shut the car off and turn it back on and pray that it connects. It is mostly good, and quite livable but there are “Android oddities” as I like to call them. It’s just rushed code really. Android is not my favorite. I have owned and supported since its inception, so I can speak decently intelligently on the matter. While I do not favor it, I realize it has opened the doors for many cool things and tech and IOT simply would not exist without it.

Because he was an idiot. Why would you come to someone’s car to deliver a package. Just throw it on the porch and be on your way. This is a constant aggravation because if my garage doors are open they go in my garage and place packages and I cannot find them. I had one driver put one on the far side of my house by my boat once 30’ down on the outside of my porch in the grass. So yes I get annoyed when my delivery drivers try to get creative Glad out of the 20+ minute video that is all you got from it.

If you don’t like my demeanor, don’t watch. You are obviously a troll and not truly here for the value of the content. These delivery drivers are idiots sometimes. They assume that just because I am outside they can leave packages on the curb, or inside my garage or in my driveway. Deliveries should be on the porch. Just no common sense

I can’t say for sure. Too many variables, but I think the bottom screen is the important one. The top I think is just cameras and nav if you have it.