[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Euh ?

That's odd. The only thing I can imagine is that for some reason, the screen remains dark because your reverse cam doesn't provide any signal at that moment. The most obvious reason would be that there's something odd going on in terms of power supply to the cam. Question : what happens if you put the power of your cam to a constant 12V instead ? Do you really get a completly BLACK screen, or a BLACK screen with a "no video" message in the center ?

If you put ignition on, put the car in revese you have picture. What happens if you push the clutch completly down and start the car while the car is still in reverse ? Does the picture remain or does it disappear also ? I gather you're not using some wireless cam solution but are running a cable the camera ?

Your problem doesn remind me a bit of the odditiy on my fathers' Ford Fusion : for some reason, Ford decided that you can put the car in Reverse and NOT make the Reverse light go on if you do NOT press the break while shifting from neutral to reverse. At that point, the car would be in reverse, but the reverse light would NOT light up, and of course, his unit would show a "no video" message instead of the picture. Maybe Skoda has done something similar ? In that case, providing the camera with a constant 12V should make the difference between "no video" and "video".

Let us know how it turns out.

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Well, it is related to the AN21 to that extend that it uses the samen CPU platform, but I suspect the audio processor is a more modern version : the EQ of the unit that I see in the video shows a 7-freq EQ, where "ye normal AN21" only has a 3-freq + 3 LF filter range setup. But it comes with the same K-Pop clips you'll find on any AN21-U motherboard.

So there's no question in my mind that that unit may not be identical to ours, but it's definitly a close relative, and probably a younger, new cousin.

Looking at the specs, you'd get a larger screen than most of us have (7 inch instead of 6.2), higher res screen (1024x600). The AN's are known for their decent FM tuner and overal good sound quality. As that unit has a better EQ, I can only suspect the sound quality of this unit will not be worse but rather possibly a bit better even.

If that unit is indeed an AN21 in origin, you can expect a unit without major flaws. The only thing that I miss in the AN21 is the iffy RadioText+ decoding of the radio tuner (look at my previous posts). The fact no other unit that I know of in this China-Android-Headunit market is capable of doing flawless RadioText+ doesn't mean I have to like this, especially as every low-cost phone with a build-in FM tuner is able to do this since years and years.

I do miss the exact info on the used BT chip, and do not see info concerning linking with something like an OBD interface. If you want to do that, better ask Peter Chan about this.

I've not seen anyone using this unit but in honesty : if such a unit would have existed 3 years ago, I would NOT have gone through the troubles of modifying my 1din dashboard to a 2din clearance dashboard, and I would have certainly considered buying such a unit instead.

ONE issue with motorized 1dins that I do know of : they have a tendency to do behave very .... stupid when you're using it with a reverse cam in my experience.

What do I mean :

1) You drive you car, stop and want to reverse park in a parallel lane : so you put the car in reverse : if the screen isn't out before, it will come out at that time.

2) Your reverse the car, drive into the parking space as far as you can, then you put your car in forward .... and ALL 1din's I've installed so far will see this as a command to DRIVE THE SCREEN BACK IN. On none of the units I've installed so far the user could prohibit this behaviour.

3) Go forward to straighten up the parking

4) put in reverse to make distance .... the screen drives back out.

..... ect ect ect. So during parking, the screen will constantly come out/in depending on your gear setting. And the number of times it will do so depends on your parking skills. :D

Depending on your dashboard, the screen MAY obstruct your middle air-ducts too.

But even with this in mind, it still is the best solution for those who don't want to rebuild their dashboards from 1din to 2din which can be quite difficult.