Replacement headunit options that suit the E30 interior

[m5james]

Looks sweet. How laggy is it? I’ve always had a bad experience with android tablets, they seem to lag and freeze up quite a bit especially in summer when the sun is heating the car/dash

It's been fine, I just told her it's NOT a cellphone so don't load it up with apps like Facebook and high usage apps.
Stream music to it, I only really load YouTube Vanced, Netflix, TVZion and Waze then call it good.

[mc625569]

Found this headunit on eBay and looks great. Modern touch with a period correct look and it's only 45 bucks!

Is this flush mount ? I can't really tell from the picture?

[george graves]

Also boot up time. If I'm not hearing tunes by the time I'm backing out, it's a deal killer.

[m5james]

There's zero bootup time, basically it goes to sleep and then comes back on instantly. I've been completely fine with 1GB versions, but if you're really worried about speed when swapping between apps, Waze calculating drive times, etc then get the 2GB version.

I've set mine up to where it fires up Waze automatically the second it comes on, then I installed an app on my phone called Hotspot Starter that fires up my hotspot the moment it sees a Bluetooth connection, I fire up the music player of choice from my phone (which can be controlled from the screen and/or steering wheel controls if you have them), then I'm off and running with music playing and Waze on the screen.

GF's E30 325iS - My E36 328iC
My E38 740iL6 - GF's E39 528iT (sold)
My HD F150 - GF's E61 535xiT - My E70 X5M

[iansane]

Found this headunit on eBay and looks great. Modern touch with a period correct look and it's only 45 bucks!

Can this screen be dimmed or turned off entirely?

[m5james]

Looks sweet. How laggy is it? I’ve always had a bad experience with android tablets, they seem to lag and freeze up quite a bit especially in summer when the sun is heating the car/dash

It's been fine, I just told her it's NOT a cellphone so don't load it up with apps like Facebook and high usage apps.
Stream music to it, I only really load YouTube Vanced, Netflix, TVZion and Waze then call it good.

[mach schnell]

How are you guys wiring these head units up to your cars? There's no adapter to factoring wiring, is there?

[george graves]

No, you have to raw dog it with butt splices or solder and heat shrink. E30's are too old to have someone make a harness adapter. But that's a blessing, because for anyone with "fader" switch will want to bypass it anyways.

[ARealPerson]

What is this?

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[R3Z3N]

Flame suit on...but the GF loves it and I do as well.

Joying 10.25" Android stereo powering RF speakers throughout, eventually it'll get a small sub enclosure w/ a matching RF monoblock amp. This killed multiple birds w/ one stone...beforehand it had an outdated CD player w/ no bluetooth, OBC screen has a leaking LCD but it's not like we used it anyways. This has better fitment that the one I'm running in my E36 in that hers doesn't block the heater vents at all and the width matches perfectly with the dash.

Problem is the outs are 1V, and the sub out is glitchy as heck....

[mach schnell]

No, you have to raw dog it with butt splices or solder and heat shrink. E30's are too old to have someone make a harness adapter. But that's a blessing, because for anyone with "fader" switch will want to bypass it anyways.

Anyone have a wiring diagram then...?

[mc625569]

Anyone have a wiring diagram then...?

They are all here [URL]http://www.armchair.mb.ca/~dave/BMW/e30//[URL] The various year/make/models can vary slightly and some even report that the eta color codes differ from what they have but these manuals are must haves for any wiring on e30 s Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[quasi mofo]

Flame suit on...but the GF loves it and I do as well.

Joying 10.25" Android stereo powering RF speakers throughout, eventually it'll get a small sub enclosure w/ a matching RF monoblock amp. This killed multiple birds w/ one stone...beforehand it had an outdated CD player w/ no bluetooth, OBC screen has a leaking LCD but it's not like we used it anyways. This has better fitment that the one I'm running in my E36 in that hers doesn't block the heater vents at all and the width matches perfectly with the dash.

I like this option, but I can't seem to find any documentation as to whether this supports Apple CarPlay or if it just mirrors the iPhone screen. Does it support CarPlay?

[federal]

I bought this oem HONDA headunit because of the look, and I’m surprise of the quality of sound.. its amazing, even better than my previous Alpine. It has cd mp3 and front aux input. ua6bd3bf2459f046004eb77f6808dc8f4.jpg[/IMG]

[Staszek]

I bought this oem HONDA headunit because of the look, and I’m surprise of the quality of sound.. its amazing, even better than my previous Alpine. It has cd mp3 and front aux input.

Holy cow that looks good! What model?