Santirx
Thank you for your continued assistance and input.
Just placed my order for the 12.3" unit.... very excited to receive and install it.

 

Just wanted to share...

I spoke with the vendor, the new units WITHOUT the red dot will begin shipping Friday, November 17th.

 

Can you send link to vendor you purchased from? I didn't have luck contacting the first one I was trying to ask questions from. I want to confirm before I place n order that I will get the version without the dot and has toslink onboard.

 

I have a NO DOT unit inbound.

Could not resist @Santirx

 

I have a DOT unit inbound. Will use NFC button or wrap, not worried.

Could not resist @Santirx

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Looks good!!

 

Ordered NO DOT as well from DAINAV. apparently all come with the TOSLINK port now.
My order will not ship till next week, Factory closed for a few days ? uggggh.

 

The seller sent me photos of my unit... They apparently test each unit before shipping out.

 

yes, they told me photos would be in advance. TOS connector in place ?

 

Good luck gentlemen!

 

@Santirx, could you please post a picture of the 3 port convertor. I would like to try pure digital to the BOSE amp. So toslink out of android to convertor TOS in, MOST to Bose.
I cant seem to find this box anywhere.....thank you.

 

Any taken delivery of NO DOT version yet ? Mine not shipped currently.......

 

I have a NO DOT version in shipping. Tracking says it delivers on Friday. I will update everyone when it comes in.

 

@pixel1987 , looks like you may be first. I have a shipped notice now.......

 

There is someone that just wrote a comment in my YouTube channel stating that they already received and installed a “dot-less” version.

He says he has a humming. I bet is the crappy converter box they provided. I recommended him to get the converter I got from Amazon.

 

Can you post a link to that ? I do not see it in the youtube channel chat......

 

Is in the comments section, one of the comments have 7 replies…

 

Nice.....still no sign of my order.........

 

I upgraded the carplay by adding carlinklife carplay module. PCM3.1 Original radio retained. The sound quality has been improved a bit, with DSP function. Original car cameras can also be used.

 

That seems to be a rebranded Isudar module. There are about 2 or 3 main manufacturers out there and a bunch of rebranded sellers. I had Isudar in my PCM3.1 as well, and decided to ditch it for Mr12Volt as it has better audio quality than Isudar.

But given I wanted a bigger screen, I moved to this Android unit.

BTW… all these retrofit units are also based on Android software.

There are a few threads on Isudar here and you can discuss your issues or concerns on those threads.

 

Got a delivery notice of this WED for 12.3 !!!!

 

Mine arrives 12/6, but I won't have time to install until xmas week.

 

Mine came in yesterday! Everything looks great. I'm going to start install tomorrow. However I have to wait till Monday for the upgraded fiber module to come in. 😔

 

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Mine came in yesterday! Everything looks great. I'm going to start install tomorrow. However I have to wait till Monday for the upgraded fiber module to come in. 😔

Looks clean. Nice!

Good thing that they took our recommendation seriously.

 

Looks good ! My car is apart...and I have the MOPC-1 on hand.
@pixel1987 Can you please post a picture of the accessory antenna's that came with? I need to position at least the CELL antenna, thinking in the Center speaker recess.
Did you order the FAKRA GPS adaptor cable ??? You will need that if you plan to use the OEM GPS.


Good luck

 

The new unit looks simply gorgeous! I was in touch with DaiNav to check if they could provide a MOST converter with TOSLINK input, like the one from @Santirx, but alas they can't. And that very box seems to be rarer than unicorn blood... so I gave him as feedback that the unit should have a MOST output. A lot of Aliexpress units have that. And he said that he would pass this over to the engineer.

 

I have also looked hard for that TOS-MOST convertor....no luck. I guess the good news is the MOPC-1 box sounded better anyway in @Santirx review. But would have been nice to try it !

 

One potential problem with integrated MOST output here is that PCM 3.1 and 4.0 use different MOST protocols, which would limit flexibility slightly from the manufacturer side. Of course if the protocol could be changed in software, that would be a non-issue. That said, I think these are mostly using generic main boards, which is why we need the external MOST converter and CANBUS boxes.

 

That's a good point, and I was completely unaware of it. My proposal came from the experience I have with my current unit, which I purchased back in March:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002466045563.html

This one comes with an integrated MOST port, which makes integration so much smoother and simplifies the cable management to a great degree.

I am not sure how does the unit above manage the selection of the appropriate MOST protocol, or even if it even supports correctly both protocols. For cars based on PCM 3.1, it certainly works as it should.

In either case, I reckon that the same problem would apply to external CANBUS boxes: if these boxes are able to encode the analog signal and choose dynamically the correct protocol, it should also be possible to do the same with a MOST board integrated in the headunit. That's just me guessing, though...

 

So in the end I couldn't resist and placed an order for a unit.

I've also asked the seller to send the trim part in piano black for an additional $30. I would've probably been able to do it cheaper myself, but since I've never done anything with vinyl wrapping before, I rather ask to have it done.

As a bonus, I've also ordered a pair of LED headlights I've read good reviews from 911 users, so we'll see if they work well for our Macan too.

 

Who did you order from @ferdiaz ?

 

DaiNav as well. I had a very kind lady helping me with the order. I was very surprised to receive very good customer service from AliExpress. I think I need to readjust my bias.

 

I think it only comes in one finish. What options did you have ???

My kit is to arrive today.

 

Oh, there were no "options" per se. I just told them that my car interior had piano black trims, and whether they could deliver their trim part also in piano black. The lady checked with the factory, and confirmed that for an additional 30 USD, they could deliver it in piano black. So I took the deal.

I reckon if your car has some other finish and you ask, maybe they are able to oblige.

I'm jealous about you, looking forward to the before/after photos

 

Gald the new units are arriving so quickly... mine is still in route, just entered the US at AK.

 

Well my dot-less unit arrived today... looking forward to installing this weekend around Birthday celebration for my boys.

 

Awesome can you post a pic of the trim ?? Is it GB ?