Erisin 848, a cheap alternative to RNS510

[Sunny43.5]

Hi Ivo yes the german thing got me as well it wasn,t until I went in to all the sub menus that I realised the local stting had to be changed to Australia , the radio was fine with mine as I already had the adaptor from the other unit , used the Gps today several times worked much better than the old one upgraded maps with heaps more options for the driver I even used the overspeed warning which you can set up to give a percentage tolerance so if you go say 4 kmh it will warn you as the older one would go off as soon as you went over the exact speed limit . I havent hooked up the camera just yet but I did plug it in to test out the wiring so I would not have to pull the unit back out of the dash , all that was need to be done will be connect the cable to the camera on the tailgate to the head unit , then run awire from the reverse light at the back this connects to the camera and also to the head unit you see when the reverse light comes on it turns on the camera and at the same time sends a 12 v signal to the head untit which automaticley gives you the rear view on the screen .
Now the microphone was a trick I originaly had done to my old unit , with the unit on the table at home you remove the 4 screws that hold the front screen onto the main body , once they are out the front comes away easy . Now there are two ribbon wires attaching the face to the main unit ,there is quite a good amount of slack so don,t panic , then you can see the mic solder points on the circuit board it even says mic on the board . All I did was get an old car kit mic cut apiece of wire about a foot long I fed this through one of the access holes in the side of the unit it came out right next to the circuit board then soldered the two wires to the board . As I am getting old and half blind HA HA I used a magnifiying glass to get a better view the two solder points are very close to each other so don,t hold the soldering iron too long or you may cause the two joints to melt in to each other !! . Once done refit the front screen and your done , I taped the wire to the side of the unit and fitted two connectors at the end of the wire , I mounted the mic up near the driver sunvisor and fitted two more connectors to this end and plugged them into the wire on the back of the unit works a treat Howard

My ever present helper !

In the bottom corner you can see the two solder points for the mic [sorry about small photos ]

[Sunny43.5]

More on the Easyrising unit fitted rear view camera today works a treat now I can see who I have hit when I am reversing cool !!! Howard

[Ivo]

Sound quality improved with that mic? How well does it work for passengers sitting in the back?

I could have done with a rear view camera last night when the P plater slid into the back of me. Wet road and no damage thankfully.

[Ivo]

I have figured out how to get my contacts from the phone onto the unit.......only problem is they are in a random order. Contacted tech support and they said "sorry, that how is, sorry inconvenient you"...... lol.

[Sunny43.5]

Okay 4 days later and the new unit still keeps surprising me , the radio is much better than the old one by a mile , tuned in to FM station The Rebel 94.9 which is based at Beaudesert about 80ks from home and full stereo reception even when I went in to Brisbane central today another 30 ks further from Beaudesert and was still getting strong reception . Digital TV is all over the shop , because I live half way to the Gold Coast I pick up DVT tv from the repeater towers on the coast when parked at home I get lots of them . I tried to see what was available once on the road virtually no reception from the gold Coast towers on the way into the city . Once in the city retuned and picked up most of the Brisbane based ones [except for HDTV ] broadcasts ., again when driving very limited reception . No big deal who watches free to air TV any more ??? .
GPS still okay so many extra features than the old one had . Bluetooth phone reception is good , only down side is bluetooth music streaming has a slight loss of bass response when compared to the CD/DVD player which is excellent . Reversing camera is neat as when reverse is selected it cuts off the music so you can concentrate better . I havent tried the Ipod connection cable as I will not waste my money on anymore of Mr Steve Jobs restrictive rotten apple products . I have even fitted a steering wheel mounted infared remote control much easier to change things . One only problem with GPS was it doesn,t work in the cross river tunnel 100 foot below Brisbane river , hmmm wonder why ? Howard