Acura TL Tesla Style Screen FULL INSTALL! 

Awesome! Lemme know if you run into anything. I love the unit so far :)

Same here, I saw this product when it first dropped but have been extremely hesitant. Now I'm gonna do it thanks to this video.

lol yea, for some reason in the Midwest that dash cracking isn’t as common. Not sure why

Maybe due to dry heat? We have terrible humidity here ,(Jacksonville, FL) I've got a lot of audio work to do toy 3rd gen tl (2006 base model,) possibly the best thing about Florida is custom interior shops are like Cvs's or Starbucks. My 06 TL has only its tweeters and passenger 6.5 speaker that's drilled in the door panel. Driver side hole is empty for whatever reason. No rear deck speakers or 8in sub. Couldn't put an 8in sub in the rear deck even if I wanted too because the previous owner mangled the metal under the rear deck. But I don't have the navigation model so the stereo you have is exactly the one I want (along with actual door speakers, not the cut outs in the door panel,) real r Tweeters, and 6.5 rear deck speakers. The new amp that will be taking to stock amps place will come f4om Mobile Car max along with other various wiring. But the speakers themselves will come from a place much cheaper.. love your channel and when I make my tl channel I'll ensure to throw you and everyone else in the TL community a link because without you guys I wouldn't have fallen deeper in love with my acura. So Thank you

Yes. The HVAC can be accessed through the on-screen controls and the physical buttons.

It’s not a comparison. It’s like day and night. The Navtool unit is easier to install but that’s about it. I don’t really like Navtool as a company though. Terrible customer support. But this new screen has way more functionality and higher resolution. You couldn’t pay me enough money to got back to my Navtool unit

I don’t have it in my video but it mounts without those metal brackets. 2 spots on top and 2 in the front

It works fine with the stock amp. The center front speaker just becomes a blend of the right and left instead having its own channel. That’s about it. Power wise it’s good

The mic is built into the unit! I actually had the same question. It’s pretty decent

@@travelcarslife8066 thank you for replying 🙏🏾

No the lines do not rotate but you can change the car on the Home Screen :)

@@travelcarslife8066 could you please tell me how to change the car to acura tl 2007.

Hey, I"m guessing this install is unrelated to those issues. Especially the headlight and DRL thing. Are you sure the previous owner didn't modify the headlights? That's a common mod and sometimes you have to mess with the wiring

@@travelcarslife8066 thanks I figured it out it was a wrong connection on back of radio thanks btw

@@Al-cg1nshow did you fix it? I had the same issue but my engine harness eventually caught on fire because the lights were on. My dash harness also melted a bit from one of the connectors from the screen

My outside temp is not correct. It stuck at 89 degrees F. I think it’s a bug they haven’t worked out

It’s custom fitted to the TL. It won’t work in the tsx but they might have one for the tsx

3368 try that

I did I tested it both ways and it didn’t make a difference so I left it off. No issues to date. I’m guessing they fixed something internally

@@h2inspirations OK no worries. I sent you an email today. If you get a chance, please reply back.

Eh most of it is interior tear down. Get an east to install back up camera and not the one I got lol

Yes

Mine still works but it’s not a true center, it’s a blend of the right and left channels but it still produces sound

@@h2autodesigns330 thnks for your reply👍🏻

Umm, I ended up not using the mouse filter. I would remove it and connect the wires how they were prior

did you ever figure it out?

@@Alex.UA6 yea when I was connecting the wires, I was in the car and I accidentally touched the positive and negative wires so it blew my radio fuse, that’s why the screen wouldn’t turn on. After I got a new fuse it worked, but I don’t even have this radio in my car anymore, I switched to a normal double din kenwood stereo, I like it better. I’d like to sell the Tesla one but idk anyone to buy it.

@@rivieres2401 OK that’s good to know. I just wanted to see if it was a different set of wires you were supposed to connect it to. I do miss my double din set up. Definitely was better sound quality, but I love the look of the screen. It makes the car just look so much more modern

@@Alex.UA6 yea, one of the main things that bothered me with the screen was the climate controls, I feel like they’re kinda buddy, at least mine was, and personally that bothered me to much. Also after I did all that with the noise filter instal, it didn’t even make the little static sound go away.

It uses the existing mounting locations in the car. No needs to buy anything else. I believe it’s 2 screws at the top and 2 on the sides. It’s not held in by much compared the OEM unit but still solid

@Travel Cars Life okay thanks bro!!

If you bought the unit at the time the video was published or after, I wouldn’t recommend the noise filter. I ended up not using it and there is no noise. To answer your question, you do need to cut the wires and connect the noise filter between them. More technically speaking, it needs to run in series and not parallel.

@@h2autodesigns330 ok thanks, the reason I want to use the noise filter is because when there is nothing playing I hear a little static.

@@h2autodesigns330 can you tell me how you connected your noise filter before you took it off or how you think I should do it? It seems hard to do because the black and yellow wires split off into multiple wires at the beginning of the black connector so there’s not very much wire space to cut in half and work with to attach the filter wires.

@@rivieres2401 Shoot me an email at info@h2autodesigns.com and I think I have a picture of how I had it set up

@@h2autodesigns330 ok I sent it

I tried to put the old one metal base but the new radio doesn’t had any hole for screws please help me !

You ditch the metal brackets that were on either side of the old radio. The new fits in without it

Yea, it works in the 06 TL. Same screen but different connectors so make sure to pick the 04-06 version when you’re ordering. You do have to get a camera if you want it to work with the unit or you can skip it

@@h2autodesigns330 thanks dude for being so official

Does your FM work? If not, sounds like an antenna problem and connection on the back of the unit. If the FM works then sounds like a software problem

When the panels were removed I drilled a small hole at the back of the top cubby compartment and shoved it through there. I only ran the apple one and the android one I just tucked under the steering column area if I need it. Alternatively you could run it to the center cubby behind the e brake or you wanted

The screen is the same. They send you a different harness because the 04-06 plugs are a little different than the 07-08 plugs

I got one from t mobile. Data only

@h2inspirations okay so Tmobile works you just put it in there and it works

@h2inspirations and I have problems working the backup camera can you please help

Yes

It has both

Yes it does

@@travelcarslife8066 thsnk you

Yes, it bypasses the stock navigation unit completely

Yep! Still works perfect! My only thing is I’m convinced the auto setting for the heating and cooling doesn’t work well and I actually have to select where I want the air to blow (front vs feet) for it to work well. Could be unrelated though.

I bought it on Alliexpress from Navitech but I heard I’d send them a message directly you can buy it off of Alliexpress and save like $50 or so. Not sure how to do it though

I got it from t mobile. Data only line. I think I pay $5 or $10 a month

@@h2autodesigns330 awesome. Thanks brother!

I purchased mine from Navitech and the Android IMEI isn’t supported by ATT, T-Mobile, Verizon or any others. Any ideas?

@@SeamusEamon I used a t mobile sim...not sure on the other ones

Yes, a couple ways. I tapped into the OEM sub signal and used a hi lo converter to get RCA that I ran to my amp. Alternatively, there is an audio-out RCA at the back of the radio you can use.

@@travelcarslife8066 so it’s ”bolt on”

And with the oem radio you can’t have a subwoofer I think ?

@@nathanrheault9417 Yes and no. The OEM radio unit had a stock sub between the rear speakers. The OEM radio did not have red and white RCA plug for an external amp. This unit has RCA outs

@@travelcarslife8066 do you lose stock sub with the Tesla radio? And with that radio are those rca outs the red and white ones that don’t have anything plugged in?

On the car display near the blower I don’t think you can. For the actual screen it’s in the software setting somewhere. I think it’s the place you have to have like the 4 digit developer code to go into

What do you mean? Do a software update on the tablet? I think it does it automatically otherwise it’s in the setting menu somewhere

Yes, I mean software update. Thank you

Yes, I do that 95% of the time

Possibly, any questions I can answer for you about it right now?

@@h2autodesigns330 just how the ui is and sound quality and features stuff like that and just your opinion on if it is worth it and all

Yes sir! :)

Right now, it's about $500

Fair enough, what would you want the UI to do for you that it doesn’t?

​@@travelcarslife8066it does more than i'd need actually. i just hate the layout, fonts, etc. time was on this. plus i wouldnt want this to look outdated before the sun gets to it, in years time.

@@travelcarslife8066 i might buy this and flash stock android on it, with extra security measures.

Not this screen but they might have a different type?

@@h2inspirations what type? Could you let me know

You can change the background and that car to whatever you want. You upload the image you want and save it to a certain spot on the device snd it shows up via wallpaper you can change to

Yes

Haha what?

@@h2inspirations I need heem!