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[Android General] Taomyn:
Stations that broadcast "additional info" using the RDS station name should be banned - apart from causing issues such as this, it's distracting to see the name constantly changing/scrolling.
[Android General] mackeystingray:
probably not. i've seen nexus 7 and some other tablets being integrated with some really good results here and here in lieu of a standard HU. so it'll highly depend on your fabrication skill level and how much you're willing to massage it to make it look OEM.

PAS is good for what it is. so long as you understand the limitations it is not a bad way to go if you want to update your current HU and add more connectivity and features.
[Android General] Truman:
Is it possible to convert apps like Google Maps or Google Voice Search and so on from system apps to normal apps with the help of Titaniumbackup to be able to move them to the sd card ?
[Android General] moogvo:
The contacts in the removable piece on the face are dirty and are not making good contact. Mine did that too and cleaning the contacts corrected the issue.
[Android General] hbkekko:
hi there everyone, i just saw this new parrot device, i have a MKi9200 model always from Parrot and i just fall in love with asteroid! do you think is it a good choose or is there other android touchscreen multimedia radio for my car? please, tell me the truth :D i'm serious thinking about to buy it but it costs a lot of money! thanks
[Android General] navinjohnson:
I just got my asteroid smart today and installed it tonight. Pretty straightforward. I still need to hook up my backup camera, mic, connect to wifi, asteroid marketplace, etc.

Radio is cool, bluetooth works great with A2DP. igo seems to work fine.

I grounded the parking brake cable. I haven't driven it since I did that. Is that all that's required for the bypass? That's the way it was on my Pioneer x910.
[Android General] K_Hismoom:
I have also grounded that cable, but I found that there also seems to be a kind of override in software. After about one hour of continuous driving the safety controller switched on regardless of the grounded parking brake cable.

I would advise you to use the app Asteroid Tweaker to completely disable the safety controller.
[Android General] arosas:
OBD2 to USB Links to Product

Hello everyone, i'm looking forward to installing my PAS this weekend. I have been reading high and low and find a few mentions that the PAS works with a OBD2 to USB, it looks like some of you have gotten it to work. I have looked but the requirements seem to be for devices that are old and no longer available. Does anyone have links to the OBD2 to USB that will work with the PAS?
[Android General] shadowmyst87:
Integrating an Android tablet into a car is easier said then done...
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
How true! Almost all integrations start by connecting to the existing radio for audio output. Almost no tablet has an FM radio and even then you can't integrate it. So, they are at best case an addition and not a replacement.
[Android General] hbkekko:
ok guys, i just ordered this product. i've two question for you

1) is it easy to install into my car? i've a smart, is there an online tutorial that i can follow? an installer here in my town asked me 150€ to install into my car

2) is there a way to install all the google play store application?
[Android General] dcmtnbkr:
aint that the truth...
[Android General] donaldta:
My personal recommendation is the ODBLink S then pair it with their USB to RS232 Converter. With this combination, you'll be good to go with the Asteroid Smart and not worry about the problem you will have trying to use a clone. The Asteroid Smart will use the preset Prolific drivers to mount the ODB2 as a serial device and Torque will be able to interact with it with no problems.

In the future, if you want to use Bluetooth with it then you can replace the USB adapter with a RS232 to Bluetooth Adapter. Although, the USB speeds will always be much more true to realtime ODB data than going over BT.

You could also get the ElmScan 5 Compact Scan Tool. However, you'll need to edit the startup files on the Asteroid Smart to "insmod" (install module) so that the drivers load appropriately upon boot.
[Android General] kiswum:
Great job! You can find the manual via my signature

In post #1252

Or via this link ;)

http://www.skodaforum.nl/forum/index.php?posts/306557

Via my post in #1813, you can see all the information for installing Google Play.

I'm on my phone right now I hope the shortcuts to the posts work properly.

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[Android General] navinjohnson:
regarding the steering wheel controls, a reviewer on amazon says the following:

Is this a true statement?
[Android General] mackeystingray:
definitely not easy but it's not what he asked. :p

however i believe the end product would be worth it and the rest of the peripherals needed can be transferred over to any future upgrades (DVB-T dongle, USB hub/power, OTG cable, etc)
[Android General] kiswum:
How about theft prevention? Would you leave it in the car or would you take the tablet everywhere?

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[Android General] shadowmyst87:
IMO, Android tablet car integration is too time consuming. And depending on your vehicle will require some basic fabrication skills.
[Android General] arosas:
Very cool. Thank you for the information. I didn't realize it wasn't a straight connection and that a RS232 connection was required. So your links help a lot and I will get this purchased. I got the PAS installed in my 2013 Tacoma, and let me tell you it was not as easy as I thought. The alignment with the brackets and the dash kit is not as clean as I like so I will be removing it again and realigning them, or try to anyways. The wiring harness did not fit with it, so I had to manually connect everything. Which wasn't a big deal and was able to get it done except that I forgot to connect the parking brake. Needless to say I will be trying the ground the parking brake so I don't have to worry about it.

Thanks again for the links and hopefully this will help someone else.
[Android General] jclowser:
Yes - I installed it in an F-150. I bought and installed the radio buttons from a Lariat that has radio and climate controls (I have an XLT that doesn't have electronic climate control), and once properly wired, it recognized the climate control buttons for extra functions (Still working on programing them all). In doing this, the Axxess didn't recognize my vehicle properly, so I had to program that part manually, but it did recognize the PAS.

Couple things I found with it:

1. Make sure the connections are plugged into the back of the PAS securely - I thought I did, but the 3.5mm jack was tight and I didn't have it in entirely, which obviously affected things

2. Ground the Axxess to the vehicle chassis - in my case, the ground in the radio harness wasn't good enough (they even recommend this in their docs, but I tried the radio harness first for a "cleaner" install). If you use the radio harness ground and it seems to work fine, but just doesn't program right, do this.

3. Make sure you upgrade the PAS and the Axxess to the latest software to support the combination.

4. It took me a number of tries to get it to program right. Part was the connections and grounding, but the other part was just that things took a couple tries to "take" - ymmv. (I would still recommend it though) BTW, when it flashes the code to say what radio it detected, the PAS is 14 flashes.
[Android General] shadowmyst87:
I was about to buy the Parrot. Until I learned that it runs on an 800mhz processor and has no video acceleration.
[Android General] navinjohnson:
Depends on what you want to do.

I came from a Pioneer x910. Very limited and not very flexible. I had to add on a BT A2DP receiver to get audio streaming. maps were functional but fixed, static.

To be honest, I don't really have the desire to watch movies or play Crysis on my head unit. I just like simplicity with flexibility in audio playback, Navi, and some other connectivity options.

The thing that turns me off about Carplay is the physical connection, even for navi. With this parrot, I'm all cable-free and the BT multiple connections are awesome and have never missed a beat. The on-screen display of BT info data from my phone is great. The radio station song, artist info is great. Even igo maps is fine for me. Torque app is icing on the cake. And the ability to customize simple things like the home screen layout is awesome.

So far, this is a great unit for me.
[Android General] shadowmyst87:
True, I don't watch movies in my car anyways. But the option to would of been nice. I watch HD videos on YouTube and I don't know if this unit could handle that.

They could of atleast added a 1ghz dual core processor.

Can this unit be rooted to install KitKat?
[Android General] jclowser:
selecting inputs

In my setup, one of the steering wheel buttons allows me to switch between sources. This basically gives me the same screen/list that comes up when I hit the music button on the home screen. My choices are radio, bluetooth, or mic in. I would like to add to this menu - namely I'd like it to let me flip through those plus things like vlc, the video player app, google maps, pandora, phone, (heck, even the backup camera), etc - I guess a list of apps I can define to launch and become the source be part of that list. Any idea how to do this?

It looked like asteroid tweaker had an option to use an alternate app for this purpose(?) - any recommendations (I haven't selected this option yet - does this define an alternate launcher, or allow me to add "sources" - guess I should try it, but just thought of this, and I'm not near my truck to try it, but I wanted to post this question before I forgot, plus it anyone has an answer, it might help others...)?

Also, on a related note, if I install VLC from the Asteroid market, when I press the steering wheel button to flip between source, it launches VLC, even though it actually only plays from one of the original 3 sources (i.e I hear the radio, but VLC is on the screen). Anyone have any idea why it does that (and how to stop it). I haven't had a chance to try VLC from the Google Play store yet, so I'll try that next.
[Android General] navinjohnson:
I may want to get a wifi hotspot to use specifically for the parrot for occasional data usage. What is a good pre-paid choice in the USA?

I'm on the ATT unlimited plan without tethering and i don't think i want to give that up, so no phone tethering.

Any suggestions? USB interface or what?
[Android General] kiswum:
I am reviewing a Huawei E5776 4g/lte MiFi router. This router is great, but I don't know what it will cost in the US with a dataplan

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[Android General] mackeystingray:
Freedom pop service is free but you pay for the device. Haven't tried it myself but seems ideal for limited use.

Anyone use this?
[Android General] thedrmonkey:
You can root the device but rooting does not give you the option of installing KitKat. You should probably read the thread.
[Android General] shadowmyst87:
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[Android General] mackeystingray:
now you're getting why people go through the time to install an N7...
[Android General] shadowmyst87:
Yeah, it's looking more and more like I'll have to go down that route. There's alot of things I'll have to figure out...
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
So how do you get FM radio in an N7? Or equalizer? That direction has always been a dead end.
[Android General] shadowmyst87:
Tune In for radio and poweramp for the EQ.

Or in some installs the head unit is relocated so you still have AM and FM.
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
So you never leave any area of good 3G coverage and never drive very fast? I've tried tune in, OK in the city and suburbs but totally useless once you get on he highway. And a hidden, hardly accessible FM radio is not really what I would consider state of the art.

No, I'll stick to the Parrot that has all that and works reliably. Sure, it could be faster and Kitkat would be nice. But, it does what its supposed to do and it does it well.
[Android General] donaldta:
The Parrot Asteroid Smart does have video acceleration. In fact, it is built around the Texas Instruments OMAP3930 processor so it is built right into the hardware. However the it runs on Gingerbread through the

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(OMX) aka Stagefright, so use of hardware accelerated codecs are limited to the developer's implementation. Not all apps have this implemented because it is not as easy to do with Gingerbread as it is on Ice Cream Sandwich and up.

MX Player is one of the few third-party video players which takes advantage of hardware video accelerated codecs for OMAP processors on Gingerbread.
[Android General] shadowmyst87:
I don't know, my area is covered by 4G, I've never had any problems losing a signal while driving on the highway, Of course there's always going to be dead spots but that's to be expected.

Who says it has to be hidden? :o Sony makes the App Remote head units, you can have control of the entire head unit through an app on your tablet, here's a good example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9zFDhy5Y3Y

I don't want to derail this thread too much.
[Android General] thedrmonkey:
Yeah, I apologize, but if you look I had edited my comment after I wrote that to be more helpful.
[Android General] mackeystingray:
you use a DVB-T dongle that you can attached to your OE antennae and the SDR touch app.
[Android General] nojkepop:
I can't seem to get this to work. I have the Twilight plugin and Tasker both installed. I created two profiles chose State and selected Twilight then set a manual location. Then I set it to change brightness accordingly. I can press the play button in Tasker and the screen will dim for a moment then go right back to where it was. I feel like I'm missing something. For some reason Tasker isn't able to make a permanent change to the brightness settings. I don't have any other brightness controlling apps installed. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Android General] ronsno:
Phonebook synchronization:

Anyone having this issue. My phonebook is now failing it's synchronization. It's been working fine for over a year. I have an iPhone 5 and I did just update to iOS 7.1 which may be the explanation. Also my Spotify music is now skipping a bit and this rarely happened before.
[Android General] hbkekko:
Guys I've a big problem. I've installed the radio, it's OK but I don't know why my ipod nano 6gen is not shown in the music menu. The ipod is on charge when is connected but it's not shown in the menu. How can I solve this problem? Have I to upgrade the asteroid firmware?
[Android General] nojkepop:
What firmware do you have? My iPhone and iPod have worked fine on all firmwares since I purchased my radio. Are you sure your plugged into the right usb port? There is one specific for Apple products.
[Android General] hbkekko:
I don't know why but I've not a dedicated apple USB port. I've a standard USB in which I plug the USB cable. Do you understand?
[Android General] mackeystingray:
is it plugged into the ipod port?

http://www.parrot.com/img/products/Parrot_Asteroid_Smart_08_.jpg
[Android General] hbkekko:
Ok thank you! That was the problem, my installator plugged just 2usb cable without the apple one! I fixed it

another question: in order to install my android app or play store and apps from it, what shall i do? have i absolutely to root the asteroid? thank you
[Android General] mackeystingray:
yes you need to root it to install play store

framaroot

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276

gapps for 2.3.5-7

http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip
[Android General] m.a.c.:
significant recent price increases.

Just a FYI and probably doesn't really fit into this technical thread.

I've been eyeing the Asteroid Smart for some time and just noticed that Crutchfield has increased the price from $499 ti $599 in one fell swoop. This is after increasing it from $475 to $499 only a few weeks ago.

Hate to say it, but this is making my decision to go with an AN-21 much easier. I'm kind of disappointed.
[Android General] tbd@immigrantsong.de:
If they can sell it at that higher price you know it must be worth it.
[Android General] hbkekko:
i just have a bit of fear that someone could break my car and steal the radio. does anyone cover the display while you're not in the car?
[Android General] kiswum:
I remove the panel, it will be useless without this small panel. Which 2005+ car doesn't have a display these days?

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[Android General] CalebPNet:
nvm, looking at signatures it is possible to root version 2.1.5
[Android General] navinjohnson:
3535988321

Amazon's price has been dropping back down a little. Prime for $509-$514, warehouse deal like new for $463 prime right now. I got mine from crutchfield for $499 a couple of weeks ago. I love it.
[Android General] PrimalNexus:
I got mine from Rakuten.com last weekend. $499 comes straight from Sonic Electronix.
[Android General] CalebPNet:
499 from crutchfield. with a harness and a face kit on my 350z
[Android General] m.a.c.:
Ended up buying one today from an authorized dealer for $399. Brand new in the box. :good:
[Android General] the-unknown:
i hope there wasn't an answar to this question before.

since one week i use the smart and i like it. but i have one big question:

the stock galery app don't play my videos, although i used wmv format.

if i use mx player, bs player or vlc player, i don't get sound untin i increase volume to 24 and more.

i don't have connected an extern monitor yet.

do you have any ideas?
[Android General] donaldta:
Most likely the problem is the way your videos are encoded. Try converting your videos to 800x600 resolution with a H.264 video codec and 5.1 audio with AAC codec and no sub-titles. The container format shouldn't matter, though I prefer MP4 over MKV or WMV because it a wider compatibility with my various hardware. This should allow your videos to play using the stock gallery app. As for the low sound in the third-party players that's because audio levels of your movie ripping program are set low, so you need to increase the volume to compensate.
[Android General] hbkekko:
which app you use to convert videos and increase volume of them?
[Android General] donaldta:
I used DVDfab.
[Android General] the-unknown:
thats very annoying. i'll trty that, but no good solutiuon, cause i don't rip the films especially for the smart. so i have to covert them 2 times. not good

but i will try
[Android General] m.a.c.:
Can someone tell me if sound over a bluetooth connected device will be heard through the Smart if you are listening to AM or FM? Perhaps this is more a function of how Android works rather than the Smart. Specifically, I'd like to run an app on my phone (Escort Live) that intermittently sends announcements and I'd like the AM/FM sound to be interrupted when this occurs.

I'm asking because my current HU (an OEM Clarion) will only let me hear BT audio from my paired Android phone when the BT input is selected on the HU. The only exception is when I'm making or receiving a call; then the radio sound will be interrupted. If the Smart does not do this does anyone know of an app that will provide this functionality? I'm hoping this is possible.
[Android General] proxonic:
Hi everyone,

i just bought the unit in Germany.

Rooted, Framework, Maps installed.

Just have two questions first - till now couldn't find any answers.

1. How i can see the USB Stick in some File Explorer / Root Explorer?? When i'm sticking it in, PAS just says - no music on the stick, but i don't see it in any of my file browsers.

2. I removed the original iGO (via Titanium Backup) and trying to install another one - but still getting error - Application not installed. ( i removed the apk from system/apps,). What can be the reason here?
[Android General] fotolom:
1. The path is: /tmp/udev/dev/.mnt/sda1. Asteroid Tweaker can change to /mnt/obb.

2.Factory reset solves this problem.
[Android General] proxonic:
thx fotolom,

regarding 2nd thing - factory reset will solve that issue, so i will be able to install another igo, right? or factory reset just give me back the original igo apk? I don't want to have to original back (i have anyways backup done via titanium).

I just wante to ask before i will do the factory reset and loose everything installed. Will i loose as well root, framework, etc?
[Android General] the-unknown:
ok, now i can play the video with galery app.

but here i have the volume problem too. there is sound, if i change volume to 26. and then its loud as i hear musik on that level. perhabs i haven't explained this problem understandable
[Android General] fotolom:
Yes. You also must delete /data/data/com.navngo.igo.javaclient.

No, original iGO deleted untill firmware upgrade.

Root, framework and system apps (except iGO) remain the same.
[Android General] fotolom:
If you don't like bright white rectangle of volume adjustment, you can replace framework-res.apk:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2645740&stc=1&d=1395585524

Copy to /system/framework. Don't forget permissions.
[Android General] jclowser:
video out and radio widget

Two things I'm trying to resolve:

1. Is there a widget to show which station the radio tuner is tuned to on the home screen? (Using adw launcher, if that matters)

2. I'm trying to get output via the rear video output. I've tried running the default gallery app, but can't seem to get anything to output - video, pictures, etc. Is there some trick to getting this to work?
[Android General] proxonic:
Fotolom - great. Everything works now :)

I had an issue with my USB Stick (it was shown in the parrot but without any files - i need to find out why. Other stick has been shown correctly).
[Android General] fotolom:
Maybe file system? Must be fat or fat32

http://andron.mobi/vlc-for-asteroid/
[Android General] jclowser:
Thanks. Do you know if this version of VLC takes advantage of hardware acceleration in the smart?
[Android General] fotolom:
Yes. HW acceleration is present with .avi at least. Also supports .ac3 audio track (regular VLC don't).
[Android General] the-unknown:
anybody here who can give me short video that works correctly on the smart? then i can test the video on my smart. i still hope, it's no hardware problem.
[Android General] limited_imagination:
Donald, I decided to try this avenue. I picked up both the OBDLink S and the USB to RS232 adapter from scantool. net. The Asteroid Smart does not seem to recognize the presence of the USB to RS232 cable at boot, and so Torque does not connect to it regardless of whether I choose TTY (/dev/ttyUSB0) or TTY (/dev/ttyUSB1) in the Settings menu for the OBD II adapter.

What can I do with the unrooted Asteroid Smart to get it to recognize the cable? Or do I need to root it and "modprobe"?

BTW, the first cable that I picked up from scantool was a Sabrent SBT-USC1M, which didn't work on the Asteroid Smart or my Win 7 PC. Sabrent had an odd "how to" message on their website, that explained how to trick Windows Update to force the driver to load, at which point it reported the chipset was a PL 2303 HXA . Interestingly, the Prolific website points out this HXA chipset is obsolete, that Android devices must use at least a PL 2303 HXD chip, and that many counterfeit HXA devices have flooded the market. The kind of Windows driver error that I experienced, and that Sabrent provided a work-around for, is the hallmark of a counterfeit HXA chip according to the Prolific website.

I therefore bought a new cable from a Prolific-approved vendor, with a current HXD chip, but still my Asteroid Smart does not recognize it at boot (or more importantly in Torque).
[Android General] CalebPNet:
nvm post # 148 should be stickied in this thread, If your trying to get the play store working. You also might wanna google Gapps Manager too. (haven't tried it yet)