[MTCD Android Head Units General] Dr_T79:
Hi all,

I bought a 1Din Isudar PX6 (MTCE) unit recently for my VW Golf 7. As I am completely new to Android, I had to figure out a lot; this forum has been very helpful for me to try and understrand the basics, so would like to share some details of the system and my experiences with it so far for reference. I have been running the unit for about a week now, and being new to Android, I still have quite some stuff to figure out. I also haven’t opened up the case yet to check and take pics of the internals, as I want to make sure the unit is running correctly before breaking the warranty seal. I plan on updating the thread as I go.

Feel free to join in and discuss similar PX6 MTCE (LY) systems here. Suggestions/help for issues I'm encountering are also greatly appreciated of course.

Specs out of the box:

PX6, 4GB RAM / 64GB ROM, DSP

MCU: MTCE_LY_V3.52_1 (May 23, 2020)

1280x720 display

A10 (HCT7 surface) – I’ll probably wait with custom ROM until a A10 version is out;

BT: xxxxxx (will add details later)

WIFI: xxxxxx (will add details later)

Radio: ST NXP6686

Amplifier: ST TDA7851

3xUSB, no (micro)SD-card slot

Additional K-Box / Z-link for connecting my iPhone (wired – seems to only work on the unit’s Red USB port)

First impressions:

Overall: unit looks good, and appears to function well and smoothly on A10 (with what seems to be the HCT7 surface) for my main use: (Waze) navigation, (Spotify / Amazon Music) music/podcast streaming, Audible. I connect to internet through my TP-LINK M7350 4G/LTE pocket-router or iPhone.

Car info page: at the (default) moment contains all data in a long list, which is rubbish; have to play around with it to see if I can change this in the settings to get a graphical presentation of basic figures (range, mileage, travel time) that can be interpreted at-a-glance.

Launcher: installed the Agama Launcher; I like it so far, although I have not been able to get the Agama volume and (non-mask) brightness controls to work – not sure yet whether my Isudar unit actually supports this. Might also try the FCC car launcher.

Display brightness: even in night mode and with the brightness turned completely down, the screen is too bright for driving at night – Isudar customer support says that’s normal :eek:. For a device being sold as a head-unit, I think this is ridiculous - but I read this is a common thing with these types of head-units; I installed the Twilight app now as a workaround, have yet to test it.

Radio reception: is ok, but I think it could be better. The unit came with a DIN ISO to single FAKRA antenna adaptor; my (VW) car however uses a double FAKRA connector for the antennae. I bought a DIN ISO to double FAKRA to see if that improves the reception quality. Have to install it still.

Customer support: so far the Isudar customer service has been very responsive and mostly helpful to my (not yet so technical) questions. As I bought my unit through Aliexpress, they communicate exclusively through Aliexpress chat though.

Installation: overall, the car-specific installation of my Isudar unit was not that hard after doing some online research and preparation (on panel removal, GPS placement etc.). As it is car-specific, I won’t post the details here; I might post some info later in a VW Golf 7 car forum and link it here, if anyone’s interested.

Cheers!