Erisin 848, a cheap alternative to RNS510

[lasadave]

Is it worth buying one of these units. Would you buy one after your problems? If not any other units you'd recommend.

regards

[Ivo]

Hard question! Now that its working again I probably would. There are many available on ebay, some are cheaper some are dearer. Some are from sellers in Australia that may be easier to deal with if you have to return it. Depending on the year of you car you may need the can bus adapter.

Radio reception is average. Not a big deal for me as all my music is on my iphone and it works perfectly through the unit.

[Sunny43.5]

My new China unit same as Ivos will be here tommorow , as I have had China units in our 3 vans for now 3 or so years I don,t have any misgivings about them . I know some people would say oh its Chinese it must be cheap yes they are , but just look at the features and try and get a unit with comparable features from some of the major manufactureres and you will pay thousands . I tried about 4 years ago to by a Kenwood unit standard it played DVD,s CD,s /Mp3,s and AM FM radio , it did not have Ipod connection no Bluetooth no TV no back up camera and this for about $1200 , I asked about GPS yes they had an add on unit it will cost you another $900 !!!! . After I picked myself up off the floor , went home and started to look on the net , I will admit my first purchase back then was an Eonon unit with GPS but it was an add on unit now whilst it worked fine the unit would not eject CDs as in the T5 the angle of the dash caused some weird problem that caused the CD,s to stay inside you could see the edge of the disc in the slot so I had to use tweezers to remove discs . I then bought the current units we have had for the last few years from SZWaywell , the old Eonon is still working in my cousins old Toyota 4wd and its fine as its mounted dead level . I will be the first to admit that radio reception is a bit ordinary outside the city but I am not sure if its antennae related with the VW,s or that the tuner is a bit weak , other than that they are fine and trust me I love my music loud !!!! and if this unit wasn,t up to scratch I would have ditched it years ago ,. Howard [if its too loud your too old]

[Transporter]

I have nothing against the Chinese units, as long as the screen is readable.
On the contrary, I had the original CD MP3 radio in my T5 replaced 3 times under the waranty (always problem with the CD). So, it is most likely the dashboard in the van that casued that.

[mikinoz]

Off topic but anyone know where I can find a new Multivan dash piece that surrounds the radio? Mine is for a Delta narrow radio and I need one to suit the wider format unit...

Glad you found that file mate, shipping back to China will suck.

[rob64981]

Off topic but anyone know where I can find a new Multivan dash piece that surrounds the radio? Mine is for a Delta narrow radio and I need one to suit the wider format unit...

Is this the part you are looking for?

VW TOUAREG, TRANSPORTER T5, MULTIVAN FACIA CT24VW07 | eBay

I know its some distance but it might give us some idea.

Rob

[Sunny43.5]

Hi all again well my Easyrising unit arrived today not bad from payment received on the 8th to my door 14th . Any way ripped out the old one typical forgot to remove DVD disc from player [I,ll get it later] plugged in all the RCA and video out cables had to swap the acc wire over to the constant power position and then fired it up . Unbelievable this one makes the old unit look like a dinosaur !! the graphics are brilliant controls are excellent although I do miss the rotary volume knob this one has an up - down button for volume .
The RCA outputs are much better than the old one , this one has so much more head room at low volume and the bass response through the dedicated subwoofer is much deeper than the old one . Digital TV was awesome I can get more stations parked under my carport than our home TV can ! and with surround sound to boot . Will see how it goes on the road later , bluetooth was easy as I did not even have to enter a code put Sony Ericson Experia phone into discovery and it instantly linked up , I have even already fitted an external mic to the unit as the built in one is too far from sitting position . The GPS is all good so many more features than the old one as well , it will be interesting to see if the maps are current , so I will give it a good thrashing over the coming days and let you all know , radio was also much better than I expected as I have my wifes van parked next to mine with the same station on and hers was slightly static mine was clear and strong .
Probably the only slight niggling thing is that because of the Dubs angled dash there is a slight loss of colour depth in some video footage viewing music videos I found some perfect and others slightly washed out , it is a shame that VW ,s designers didn,t create that section with a more vertical shape would have made life easier , any way the eyebrow hood from the old unit still fits so the midday sun wont be a problem with GPS etc , I even lashed out for an extra $29 for a rear view camera comes on automaticly when car is put in reverse . I even thought about another camera for the front just for fun to get a better view when parking etc [maybe later ] I will let everyone know how it goes on reliability over the coming months but if it works as good as the old China unit I ,ll be more than happy . Howard

[Ivo]

Good to hear its working well Howard. Maybe my unit is a dud, cant get TV and radio will not find anything with auto tune and when I do manually tune the quality is very average.

Do you have the TV aerial on the dash or on the roof of the car?

[T5Pete]

pics or it didn't happen

[Ivo]

Got my TV working today, need to make an adjustment in settings........I'm in Australia not Germany Works ok when parked but breaks up when moving.

I also had more of a fiddle with the radio aerial and its working better as well. Still a little static in some locations when driving but overall not to bad.


Howard, how did you attach the external Mic?
Whats the quality of the rear view camera image? Was it plug and play or did you have to wire it up the gear selector?