Group Buy / EOI new generation DNS head units (RNS-510 alternative)

**Fatherless One** · 21-11-2013, 05:43 PM

Pic's and opinion/feedback please

**Quinny** · 21-11-2013, 05:56 PM

Has anyone actually got a unit yet? If so how is it? Would want to be worth all this f around

**moda** · 21-11-2013, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Quinny

Has anyone actually got a unit yet? If so how is it? Would want to be worth all this f around

Not yet, only 2 of the canadian guys (kwalsh and raymond) have gotten theirs today. First 10 units are in Brisbane, for delivery to Sandy tomorrow, and then out to us. So we should be getting some solid impressions over the weekend.

**raymondtrudeau** · 22-11-2013, 02:18 AM

Well I'm getting it installed right now. But I have the sd card in the slot and when I choose sd card on the unit it says no disc? What is wrong?
Thanks sandy.

**xxcynicxx** · 22-11-2013, 02:20 AM

SD card needs to be formatted fat32. I'll post impressions later.

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**moda** · 22-11-2013, 02:25 AM

Originally Posted by raymondtrudeau

Well I'm getting it installed right now. But I have the sd card in the slot and when I choose sd card on the unit it says no disc? What is wrong?
Thanks sandy.

GPS SD card or Media SD card? I don't know if you international guys got a GPS card with software, but yea, as above, the card needs to be formatted.

**chillybone** · 22-11-2013, 04:50 AM

Can it be a sdhc card for the GPS card?

**Goobz** · 22-11-2013, 05:25 AM

Originally Posted by chillybone

Can it be a sdhc card for the GPS card?

Yeah Sandy has said SDHC is ok. Ive been told they go up to 64GB but only ever found them up to 32GB. Its the bigger capacity SDXC cards that won't work supposedly.

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**xxcynicxx** · 22-11-2013, 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by chillybone

Can it be a sdhc card for the GPS card?

Yes, SDHC works fine. As above, just make sure the card is formatted Fat32 (most of them come this way).

Overall, I really like the unit. Fit and finish are fantastic. The screen is beautiful and the horsepower make this thing fly. I have noticed that the touchscreen seems to respond better to my fingernail than the tip of my finger/skin. Very odd, I know. Being that I'm in the US and my unit did not come with an SD card with the GPS software, I "acquired" iGo Primo 2.4, and that seems to be working really well. A couple bugs, but I believe that has more to do with the iGo software than anything else.

Audio quality is great, much better than the crappy aftermarket HU that was in my car when I bought it.

As for the issues/bugs :

- Those of you with a MkV, you will need an adapter for the FAKRA connection to work. It only fits the dual-connection in the Mk6s, not the 2 single connections of the MkV. Not an expensive purchase, but an annoyance that I have to order something else and wait for it to come in and take my dash apart again.

- I've had a couple issues with the Radio not pumping out any sound. The HU itself sends sound to the speakers, and I always get sound from the SD card, so I'm hoping it's just because I'm waiting on that FAKRA adapter.....we shall see.

- USB input?!? Maybe I'm blind, but I have no way to plug a USB drive in to this thing. I'm wouldn't be concerned with that, except for the fact that I assume I'll need that for Firmware updates, of which there should be tons.

- I thought I read that there was also an AUX input on this thing, but I also don't have that.

- Playing music from the SD card is great. Except for when I'm in GPS and its playing, it won't skip to the next song without me going back to the SD card interface.

- When RDS is on, the unit kinda freaks out and constantly seeks for a new station. If I hit seek in either direction, it will stop for awhile and let me hit one of my presets, but that only lasts a few minutes before it starts seeking again.

Thats all I can think of for now. I'll be glad to answer any questions. I can't imagine you guys would need pictures since Sandy has already posted his videos, but if you need any just let me know.

::EDIT:: Oh yeah, this morning when I started my car, the screen appeared scrambled. I had to turn the accessory power (turn the key) off several times and back on to get the DNS to boot up. Not sure what that was about. I'll try it again tomorrow morning. Maybe it has something to do with the cold?

**XQUIZT** · 22-11-2013, 06:13 AM

Originally Posted by xxcynicxx

::EDIT:: Oh yeah, this morning when I started my car, the screen appeared scrambled. I had to turn the accessory power (turn the key) off several times and back on to get the DNS to boot up. Not sure what that was about. I'll try it again tomorrow morning. Maybe it has something to do with the cold?

I don't think software has any correlation to the weather.