Adding DAB+ Radio to ANY Android Head Unit! - Quick and Easy with Xtrons DAB USB Stick 

I’ve been watching quite a few of your videos lately as I’m hoping to install a new head unit on my 996. You are really good. Very informative, clearly know your stuff and methodical in the videos. I have a limited space so think I have to get the CC2 7” but struggle to find specific dimensions so I can confirm before purchasing. Waiting on stereo removal tools and will then know exactly what I’m playing with. Genuinely appreciate your videos. Keep up the great work and fingers crossed I don’t f up my install! 😅

Ive had an xtrons usb stick floating around since i got rid of my rover 75. So just had a generic android unit in my Vectra c. Didnt even know it could be used on this one. Thanks so much just save me a few hundred quid getting a dab android head unit.😊 Awesome.

Great video and channel. Finally someone to ask about stuff when I've exhausted my "That Guy" status.

Thank you, made the install very easy. Just got to sort the steering wheel controls now😮

I had windscreen antenna but as I have a heated windscreen it never worked successfully. Used a a splitter and as I live in good DAB area it works a treat. Do get a DAB+ device as there many more stations using that system.

Thank you for This Video! Looking forward to get dab+ on my classic Saab 900 when i am driving Long Hours.

Thank you, information in this video was very helpful!

1st,......Great product I'll defo be adding this to my head unit, thanks Stuart...

I think all the DAB/DAB+ USB Tuners are the same regrdless of brand. Your XTRONS unit as an example is identical to the Eonon version. As much as they may push their own branded things, these USB's are interchangeable. I use one in my car and with the stick on windscreen antenna, it works really well even in built up areas. I did find the splitter type with the slight amplification worked better, but either way will work well consdering these are USB devices. Unfortunately I don't get station art here in Australia, but lot of DAB stations braodcast album artworks and htat can make it look quite pretty.

Awesomeness to another level your video's.

I've done this with four different Chinese head units so far and have had mixed results. Window antennas aren't great but have been the best compromise when it comes to reception and ease of installation. Using a splitter with the car's existing FM antenna (with and without amplifier, with original or replacement whip) produced good results in one place and nonexistent results in another; it can also affect the FM signal. But replacing a stock antenna can be a pain due to placement. For example, Nissan Micra K13 has the FM antenna on a slope with two bore holes, so many replacements won't cover both of them or will actually stand straight up. Qashqai J10 has the antenna right at the back of the car in front of the rear hatch, so most antenna bases will be too big or the antenna will hit the door when it opens; wiring all the way through the roof avoiding sunroof and air bags is also a pain. Hence, window antenna.

I wish we had something similar to this in the states for HD Radio on Android.

Ive Struggled To Find A Decent Receiver & Antenna & Even "Amplifed" Antennas So Would Love To See A Comparison Video On Adaptors & Antennas, And How They Compare To Factory DAB Found On OEM Car Units, Awesome Channel Though & Subscribed, Always Been A Geek And Actually Done My Own Android Tablet Dash Installs.

Excellent, thank you for this! Having just changed my head unit from the OEM RNS-510 with DAB in my MK5 GOLF to a JOYING 9" 4Gb/64Gb unit [with SOME installation issues, but nothing major] - I was wondering if it was potentially posisble to get DAB functionality back. I have a DAB aerial in the car already that was attached to the RNS-510, but obviously that's currently just tucked away, redundant at present. Not for long now however! Thanks again.

Hello! Thank you for this detailed video! I have a question about the USB-DAB+ Adapter in general. I want to buy a joying Android 10 Radio. I have had a Headunit with DAB+ before. Therefore i installed a Roof Antenna with DAB+ an FM-Reception with an internal Amplifier, so it needs 12Volt+ over a separate Wire. Here is my Question: Does this work with this configuration too? Which USB-DAB+ Adapter would you recommend (Joying or this Xtron Adapter showing in this Video)?

Hi great video learnt something new, question - can you fit the stick to windscreen DAB antennas to heated windscreen?

hello, is it interesting to couple the original gps antenna of the car with the gps antenna received with an Xtrons car radio? Will it bring a gain or will it be too minimal? Knowing that the original take is in FAKRA? I can't find an adapter that supports both. Also having two FM radio antennas (FAKRA also) on the vehicle, I try to connect it with the DAB dongle but the plug shown only accepts one. An idea ?

Thanks for this info! Was a noob until I watched your awesome videos. Just installing a low level Android head unit which I added the a usb stick for DAB+. The other usb I use with my iPhone. I used a booster splitter on my aerial for the DAB.

Informative and good video. Do you know if there are similar FM tuner USB sticks that come with an antenna splitter? Where I live there are no DAB+ radio broadcasts and my android headunit does not have an FM receiver.

have you ever used a FAKRA splitter to SMB in order to use the factory aerial? as opposed to the external aerial?

Great video as always, do you know if this adapter will work with a linux based ATOTO F7XE?

Hi, I just purchased an Xtrons unit and a DAB+ dongle. Where do you get the splitter from? Is there a link please? Btw, your videos convinced me to get an Android unit instead of a branded one. Great work!!

Have you done one of these videos for setting up the 4G LTE on the head units? Wondering what best placement of the 4G antenna will be. Can I hide it behind the radio or will that really cripple the bandwidth?

great solution thx

Fitting this to ATOTO a6, done it as per instructions etc. Picked up 40 stations with full signal. As soon as I drive the signal keeps dropping out, so frustrating!

Just got a joyining top end head unit, found the radio reception pretty bad, previous oem was better. The same the audio quality poor compared with previous oem. Do you think I should use viper for android? Do you have a video on viper?

Ncie job iam trying to replace mk 5 polo standard head unit but there seems to be a ton to choose from.

Hi I have a chinese head unit and have the non USB DAB+ unit attached to the unit and a window glass antenna, unfortunately in australia [melbourne] the infrastructure for transmitting seems to be very erratic, I can get a perfect signal, and then at the traffic lights it stops, move an inch forward it works, and it drops out 2 feet further forward and so on. when it works it is great but it keeps dropping the signal. Is there any point in trying the USB stick to this issue or am i just wasting money? I know there are variables in every country but having DAB+ in a moving vehicle doesnt seem to work, my neighbour has a roof top mounted shark fin antenna and his DAB works fine pretty much everywhere, better radio? better antenna?

can you store presets for the DAB stations. Also it looks like the program/song information is not being displayed on the screen.

If my car has a dab antenna roof mounted can I just add the dongle to the unit or do I need either of these

What if you already have a factory fitted dab antenna fitted do you just connect to this Arial

Can you please let explain why the AM radio doesn't work by default on the teyes cc3. Is it possible?

Is there a way to integrate dabz into the default Teyes radio app/home screen. Having to open the app to start/change station is awkward.

If i have a usb port with tpms module attached can i use a splitter for dab aerial box or would it not he recommended. Why couldn't the android head units come with a direct sma connection.

How about steering wheel remote controls that work with Android head units? My car didn't come with steering wheel controls for stereo and I'm finding it quite difficult to find a remote that will work with Android head unit. I'd like it to work directly with head unit, not controlling phone connected via CarPlay or Android Auto, this is trivial. Thanks.

With this usb work for the The factory SiriusXM I’m about to order a 10” android radio or do I have to run the XM app on the android App Store I was just trying to go off of my satellite XM on my vehicle

Assuming I can sort my golf mK5 some sweet egr/turbo/intake clogging I think. I'm thinking of upgrading to a Ceyes CC3 from a Asure PX5 though they don't offer a matching trim replacement or I'll just upgrade one of the existing boards to a PX6, anyone any thoughts on that as I'm expecting Teyes and other brands to start upgrading again. Also diagnostic error codes when switching from a factory head unit to android, anyone had experience with this and the resolution if any please? @saab you mention an upcoming xtron full install vid, thank you for doing that btw. Would be nice to see more full install vids or perhaps a combination vid of you doing the camera, accessories and then splicing recordings of multi head unit fittings, as I'd expect most of the other bits like the camera will be fairly universal apart the odd connector issue.

Great video, thanks. I have a 2012 Ford Focus which has DAB in the standard Ford unit. I'm installing an Xtrons IAP92FSFB Android unit. I also have the Xtrons USB DAB stick. Can I use the existing Ford DAB antenna in conjunction with the DAB USB stick and if so, is there an adaptor I need to connect it to the Xtrons unit.

Don't know if you can help but I've got a android head unit in my golf and the screen keep going fussy and freezing restarting only just started doing this

0 stations in my dongle does serch and all seems to work but, on my other car has a tiny audio adapter that works just fine Unshure what could be wrong?

Might just be my car. Fitted to a 2018 insignia. Got a Fakra to SMA connector. Plugs directly into the black Fakra to DAB usb. Picked up over 90 stations and have clear signal. No issues at all. Worth looking at this if you have factory dab.

Good video.. To also let u know XTRONS do a Smaller Antenna which goes at the top of the Windshield by sun visor & it doesn’t not need to be grounded on bare metal either, saves ur the time opening the pillar to look for bare metal. Its out sight for better visibility and saves the annoying look wen your sight catches this bigger box lol. How do i know this?? Because i use XTRONS 😁

The link for the antenna splitter with booster product on Amazon isn't available, anyone know of a similar product, I can't find one?

Great video! Wanted to ask, if you are using the dab app to listen to your dab but wanted to use android auto for example for your Google maps, in your experience, will both work at the same time or is it a one app at a time deal only? I only ask as in modern car head units, you can use android auto or car play while still listening to you dab.

Hi, head unit blocking dab signal (a-sure) any ideas? Thanks

hi look for andriod unit for octavia mk 2/ 2010/ and ideas on best around 300 mark

Great video and info. Does anyone know if this will work in the USA? Thanks

Does anyone what splitter i need for a 2013 focus and xtrons head unit, i have had this xtrons stick on antenna installed and to be honest i hate looking at it in my windscreen

low signal hack if you live in bad area.. of want more stations.. look out for a large " bulldog" clip... large being as long as your mille finger 3 inch... try it... just clip it to your telescopic and try a few window positions... you may well be surprised.. 😉

Anyone had any issues with the DAB-Z app not starting properly on power on? It sometimes hangs for me and I have to power off with the ignition key then turn on again so that it starts working and I get radio. Seems to be an issue with the head unit talking to the usb DAB dongle on startup. I've looked through the head unit settings (Pluscentre A18 Pro 46/64g), but can't seem to find anything that's on or off that might relate to this issue. I just want to be able to start my car and have the radio come on without messing about to get it to work. I am using the Nissan's own DAB antenna through a fakra adapter cable.

Where can I get the adapter cable

Dude, JOYING is garbage. I trusted you

is it possible for example with the xtrons units can be run from a small hub as mines only has 2 usb's 1 is the android and apple car play port so dont want to use that, the other is used for the dashcam, so none left ?

Anyone know how to add the weather ☁️ on the notification bar? Also add a compass 🧭 as well ?

Is there an equivalent setup for CarPlay? x

Hi , Great video education as ever , but do you offer an installation service as your professional day job ?

Dab z newest UI is poor, any other apps out there you can recommend?

Is there a way of integrating the DAB into the screens on the head unit (I have an Atoto S8) similar to how the FM radio is displayed? Unlike you, I have nothing on FM but decent DAB - so would like to replace the FM display with DAB.

What's the advantage of receiving a dab signal from a station over a normal signal through the aerial ??? Thanks

I bought all the items you listed and plugged in to my atoto f7g2a7we android head unit as you stated that it fits atoto heads. However the critical step of installing the dabz seems not to be available. Could you show how to install on this head unit as I have now spent a lot of money on the usb stick and dab adapter cable

I ordered some iying headunit and paid extra for dab+ version, but I didnt get any dongle in the package, just dab+ antenna. Is it possible that my headunit has dab+ built in? Ive got 4 rp-sma connectors at the back of the unit (gps, wifi 5g, 4g+ and 4g-). Which should I connect lte antena to? (4g+ or 4g-).

Does anyone know if you can keep dab-z playing in the background, as I lose the radio when exiting the app, even if opening Google maps to navigate? Many thanks

Also, where did you get your 9⁵ shirt, I'd like one of those....cheers

I imagine what you call DAB radio in the UK we call it HD radio here in the U.S.?

Both my USB ports are in use, can I use a USB splitter to plug in DAB adaptor?

Ciao .ho una web radio, è possibile trasmettere anche in Dab?

Please be aware of dashcams when using windscreen dab antennas. They can really mess with your dab signal, almost make it nonexistent.

I have fitted a DAB+ USB but want to use the built in antenna to connect to the USB is this possible? I have a Toyota C-HR Hybrid 2018

Is the FM antenna splitter just as good as the window sticker antenna?

I have just purchased an android head unit for my corsa but my car already has DAB in the roof antenna, is there any way I can use/connect that instead of using the DAB USB/antenna for the windshield?

Hi Stuart, believe that's ur name. Just got hold of a Saab Aero V6 built 11/05. Seen couple vids of people doing all sorts of things to their Saab's, however the most important 1 @ present is radio conversion. Mine has an ICM 2, however interested in putting a ICM 3 in!? Is it possible to purchase all the bits and pieces to change a unit (which still have to get) for apple system along with DAB +??? If so, what is the cost?? I live in Australia so shipping maybe an issue?? Do u require my email or just post on this site?? Look forward to any & all info supplied. Cheers. Vaughan

Can this be used with Apple CarPlay on a Road Angel RAx621bt? Thanks

hi if radio has only one usb can a splitter be used thanks

can you use the usb port at the back of the headunit?

Hi do I need a dongle if my factory head unit has dab. I’ve just brought an android headunit. Thank you

Where can i get the hidden adapter and where to plug in the red cable?

Using DAB+ in mine via the adaptor, and the only time I can get a reliable connection is when I'm sat still 🤨 and I'm in a well covered area. Even changed the aerial that came with it to a more expensive version... made no difference what-so-ever 🤷‍♂️

didnt work with mine. Stick with FM radio or internet radio

Am I right? With this antenna splitter you can spare one USB connector?

Someone knows if can I use it on android TV BOX or Android Stick? Thanks!

Are there DAB+ USB adapters better than others ? Because their prices are all over the place

Can somebody tell me, with dab+ there is big difrents? Where i live i have very bad radio station conecction. Quality is poor. But on original radio everything is exelent. With dab it will be better?

Trying to bring up only the favourite list ?

I live rurally only dab station I can reliably pick up is 6 music, it's a conspiracy to get me to listen to 6 music 🤨😂

Where you get the jukebox?

Hi. Can i use rtl sdr dongle??

you need to do a best of in theese adapters, because most of theese sucks on the reciver capability

I wouldn't recommend window antennas as thay only work in strong signal areas! I have successfully used an FM antenna splitter in my car and a family members car they both had different antenna conections my car had a fakra conector and the other car had a standard din antenna connector the adapter should be an amplified output for DAB

Will this stick from xtrons work with my T'eyes cc3 anyone ?

Tijd and Barry is what the shot be nice am met radio people

how about fm am??

very good video but in my opinion this is more trouble than what is worth it.

Nice, but impractical to walk the streets with wires connected to my smartphone just to listen to DAB+!

Why cant someone make this for the US market on HD Radio. Its insane not a single vendor offers anything!

Why are my comments being deleted?

I did this with a booster and it blew up my dab stick up twice

What is the "pila" ?

Dab is not available in the USA

I spent 56 dollars for a DAB+ system and it did not work for me because in the United States they do not transmit that radio frequency