[Android Head-Units] Zaphod-Beeblebrox:
Thanks for the update. I don't think I really did anything to tweak the speed/smoothness of the ROM. I pulled a lot of Tuatara's tweaks, but not all of them. Maybe I got lucky. We also had another user apply some updated schedulers to the kernel, so that might have helped as well. My changes are largely in the UI.

I haven't messed with immersive NAV, as I need the buttons, however, I have experienced similar issues with Immersive Statusbar. That's an area of the code I need to look at. I should be able to make that better.

I assume by saying 'pressing a button to press a button' you mean bringing the navbar out of immersive mode first? As for the Android-Auto-ey design, that's exactly what I'm shooting for. Something that looks and feels a little bit like Android Auto, but adds some of the functionality we need. I'm good at the functionality part, but week on the graphics and design. If we can hone the operation of the navbar, I think it would be trivial for nestortoledo or some others to give me some navbar backgrounds and/or icons that we could replicate AA.

Try this for me and see how the functionality works for your use case (remember, I have NU5002, so I need onscreen home/back - you don't). Take the Navbar out of immersive mode and set it to 'Media Mode' (replaces home/back with media playback controls). Dump AutoMate for a short time, and see if the combined functionality of my navbar doesn't give you a smoother 'operation'. If it 'works better', but doesn't look as good, we can fix that :)

Look through here: http://www.installer.com/cars/by_car.php?carid=6428

No matter what you factory harness looks like, the 'radio'end will be loose wires that you then solder/connect/fasten to the harness on the radio. The trick is to know what options you have on the vehicle, and if it requires special CAN interfaces, etc. You might get lucky and just need a straight through harness (usually less than $20.00), but if your vehicle controls radio through CAN (like most modern cars do), then you may need some type of adapter (usually $50.00 to $100.00). SWC controls may require additional adapters/expense.

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So,

I'm never one to be satisfied with my in-car setup, no matter how nice it becomes. There is always that 'little bit more' that I want to get out of it. I've always wanted something like the BMW iDrive controller. We've explored a few projects in the past on this thread. While getting a bit distracted this weekend, I stumbled across an idea.

Parrot Mini remote here: http://www.parrotshopping.com/us/p_parrot_product.aspx?i=252050

By itself, this is of no value to us. It's RF in nature, is designed for a specific Parrot radio, etc. But I stumbled across this: http://www.parrotshopping.com/us/p_..._productfeed&gclid=CImrxKKwhcUCFWMV7AodMiIAJA

Which looks to be a cradle with a 4 prong plug that goes into Parrot's SWC control port on the radio. I have a little experience with Parrot on this front (I also have a Parrot Asteroid Classic sitting on my shelf - have I told you guys how many of these stupid radios I've bought over the years?) And I'm reasonably certain that this is a resistive based system. The reason I think this is that I use a Metra AWSC-1 to interface my existing SWC which creates a resistive ladder. When I was messing with the Parrot Classic, I ordered Metra's cable to interface to the parrot. It was basically just a short harness that took the Key1/Gnd wires from the Metra, and connected them to Parrot's 4 port connector. No additional electronics, etc. Thus, I believe this is the same resistive system our units use.

My thought is, we could get one of these units, cut the connector off, and wire it to Key/Gnd, and we might get it to work.

It'll cost one of us around $75.00 and some time to find out :) I'm not opposed to spending the money, but I'm going to be short on time for the next month or so. Lots of travel/meetings upcoming.

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