Chinese Android Headunit - no sound fix! 

I literally pulled some hair out this morning, but your vid helped me A LOT. I have spliced the amp turn-on signal with the acc. Now the amp stays on and RU-vid/Bluetooth works :D Many thanks 👍🏻

Thank you sir! With your video and a Positap I had this fixed in about 90 seconds! As one other commenter noted, there appears to be an amp wire (blue&white) on most of the RCA plug harnesses. From what I can tell, this is actually switched by the UI, but it’s probably easier/faster for most of us to just tap the ACC line so the amp gets power at the same time as the HU. Thanks again!!!

Brother… you just saved me probably hundreds of dollars… I was like why the heck can I get radio noise but nothing else.. I was ready to hack into the main frame lol

I wasn't even looking for this video but perfect timing! I'm getting this unit in a few days and this would have driven me nuts. Thanks!

My Android 10.1 unit uses a harness for JBL amplifier. To solve the no-sound issue, I connected the AMP CTR wire from the main power plug to the AMP CTR from the RCA plug.

Dude.... thank you thank you thank you. I bought this unit from an amazon return auction for $25.00 and couldnèt get it to work properly. That is until I watched this and BOOM.... itès fixed.

Hey, thanks for your video. I bought a head unit for my e90 off of Amazon and didn’t return it because I knew it had to be an easy fix. After buying a cheap $5 multimeter from harbor freight, I had it fixed in a few minutes… Just like you said, I found the amp wire that was turning off when opening apps, yet it was on when using FM/AM radio and simply spliced ACC power to it. Now I can use my CarPlay. 😂

I've searched the depth of youtube and Google for a fix for this issue.... thanks so much bro mad respect 🙏.

Good deal glad you got your problem fixed I just installed the head unit and haven't had any problem until tonight and I can't get the radio app to open the screen goes black and then it goes back to the home screen any one else had that problem

Thanks for the video. I too just had the same problem with my upgrade, except i had an amp wire from the radio and connected to that instead of the power antenna wire. This video only applies to an external amp. My other truck is basic and works fine. Thanks again for the video

You've given me a clue how to fix my new installation 🤞

Actually, I spoke with one of the manufacturers about this. The second pack of stereo cables that have RCA jacks have the blue AMP CONT wire that you need to connect to the factory amp cable. The cable you were using is for a powered antenna. Which is why the radio turns on and gives power to turn the amp on. It’s confusing because the antenna power wire is blue just like the amp wire. Most people with factory amp might never plug in the rca cables since they aren’t using them with a factory amp, hence never locating the real amp wire.

Thank you very much I spent a few hours trying to figure it out until I found your video!! Love from the Bahamas!!!!!

I just found your video and I haven't tested it but I am sure your solution will the issue I have on my friends car so thank you in advance! Glad you made this video, it looks like it might have helped quite a lot of people based on the views.

Thanks bro this video really helped me solve my issue. I was getting ready to install a switch in between my blue amp wire coming from my android radio My issue was I would only get power from my blue amp wire from the unit only when disconnecting and reconnecting it.

Thanks for the tutorial I was losing my mind over this. I moved the headunit from my 94 chevy Silverado to my 2010 chevy traverse and all of a sudden only the radio audio worked.

I was going crazy, I'm glad you were able to help, bout to open the dash up correct the problem and see what happens!!

My Gosh! I was excited to install this unit untill I started scratching my head! The radio worked bit not the stereo. Literally almost 12am and my wife just left me alone to dig for answers on the internet 😂 You are a life saver!! Just on time before our trip

Would love to see a before and after of your wiring

I just got this radio in my 03 Avalanche and had the same issue. Thanks You!

Dude. Thank you so much! Chased that issue for hours.

Big props to you for the correct pronunciation of Porsche!

Life saver!! I was ready to ship it all back! This was my exact issue. I used the ANT wire instead of the ANT/AMP wire on my Eonon Q80Pro. These are seriously worth it for the money if not for these small quality fixes.

Question, it seems i don't have that cables or maybe they are not labeled, the ones that are labeled are KEY1, KEY2, AMP CTRL, PARKING, CAM DET.. Any ideas?

Hey, I really like how you broke down everything in this video. I was wondering if you might have some advice or an answer in my situation. My radio is working my Bluetooth and other sounds are working, however the stereo from the right front and right rear speaker is not coming on whatsoever. I’m only able to hear music and sound from the left side driver’s side. What do you think maybe the cause of this? I just recently got some repairs done and I’m just wondering if maybe the right front and right rear speaker have been accidentally removed 🤔

Good find Patrick, well done mate. Was hoping to find the answer to my similar problem here but I don't think this is it. But I suspect the wiring harness is wired wrong on my new head unit as well. Ignition sometimes turns the head unit on/off. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes turns off randomly sometime after you've turn the ignition off. My antenna does go up/down when the head unit turns on/off respectively, so I don't think that is my problem. Also no sound intermittently on any of the music sources (BT phone or local apps) and only a factory reset fixes this. But sometimes it doesn't lol. Pretty sure the on/off problem is due to something like the main power supplying the unit being wired up to the + wire that feeds a constant 12v supply to help the head unit hold its memory, or something like that? No idea. But I appreciate seeing that other units have had wiring issues as this gives me hope. Anyways, fun and games. If anyone recognizes any of these symptoms and can save me some headache troubleshooting, I'd appreciate the suggestions! Cheers!

Buddy, you just saved me from throwing out one of these units for my Jeep 😅

Antenna wire is blue (ANT) and is only powered when terrestrial radio is on. Amp turn on wire is BLUE-WHITE.

I just installed the awesafe unit and it works great except for the rear speakers in my 2008 enclave without premium sound. I fade fully rear with volume all of the way up and still nothing. Stock head unit worked flawlessly. I don’t have rear amps as far as I know. Wiring diagrams don’t claim there is anything in between the head unit and speakers.

Thank YOU! FUCK! They need to make more HOW TO videos on this dang thing. I've been looking for days.

Thank you so much! Just bought this and like you about pulled my hair out trying to figure this out. Did what you showed and it worked

I'm sorry to ask but You are my last hope: I live in Sweden. I bought a Chinese Android Car Stereo at Amazon but I know so little about technic so I don't even now if Your problem was the same as mine but I ask anyhow: My car seller installed it for me. But when I start my Kia Sportage 2013 and connect my phone/Carplay I can hear little radio/Spotify first. But a few seconds or minutes later (when I star driving) the sound dissapears. I can see the radio/Spotify running and also the map but no sound. Sorry my incompetence but is my problem the same as yours? /Maria

What if I have a sub and an Amp hooked up? I get no sound from anything not even the radio

what about if u dont have amp and it cuts sounds completly intermitent?

I’ve got a problem where the volume button doesn’t work it says it’s changing the volume with the number going up and down but actually the volume doesn’t change I can only mute then it stays on one volume

Man this was driving me crazy, thank you!

so... does this mean the blue wire must be connected to yellow?

Hello, so basically I have to connect the blue ant wire straight to the pink acc wire??

You just saved me days or aggravation and possibly returning it. First video that popped up and it had the answer!!

What happens if there’s no audio with both radio and all media ? Including cd?

No words could express how grateful I am towards you now brother. I felt hopeless and wanted to spend another $1.1k to get a sony head unit just because this android headunit doesn't work. I tried this trick today and it works. Thank goodness, you saved me big time! However, it doesn't play music smoothly. Always lagging and choppy as if it has Tourette's syndrome. Any way to fix this? I bought the highest spec and I was expecting it to be high quality.

Well on my car I did hook it into ACC and it drained my battery dead overnight....each car is totally different configuration. If when you take out the key and open your door the unit is still on...then you can't use ACC even if you power off the unit from the front it doesn't matter. The yellow wire is for contant 12V basically to retain time and preset stations....it will not draw anything like if it was hooked up to ACC

What wires did u change ckuz mine dont make no noise at all

I have a android Radio API 29 , issue is volume stays the same…. When adjusting Volume Level will Not change? Your thoughts please?

Very helpful thank you

I have the same problem so I need to run the acc wire directly to the ant wire or amp wire or both?

How do you fix a volume lowering on its own problem with these?

man thanks cause I was about to take mine out back and burn it

Thank you so much for your video. you are god sent

Fantastic video! Thanks for saving my sanity. How did you mount yours to the dash? Other videos I've seen use velcro 😮

I have a android Radio API 29 model , issue is Volume will Not Change , it stays on the same Level, volume will not go Louder, can someone help?

What brackets did you use for this install? I’m putting this same radio in my 2001 Tahoe and I can’t figure out a good way to mount it. It doesn’t come with a radio sleeve like other radios.

This android head unit comes with a separate harness which HAS the remote amp power on it! It's the one with the audio plugs. No need to use the antenna power or tap into acc.

I am having the same problem and I’m a total noob to wiring things up but I had the blue wire from the amp tapped into the blue antenna and only radio worked like you said. Then I tapped into a red wire in the harness (the only red wire, I don’t have a meter, so I just guessed) but now there is no sound at all. Any further suggestions?

Hi I spliced my radio antenna wire into the acc wire for power and to get the Bluetooth sound to work and it worked fine for a day. Everything functioned as normal. For some reason today now when I turn off the car my radio stays on. Not sure why as I checked the power with key off and was no power to either of these wires only with key on. Now for some reason with key off the head unit is keeping constant power and won’t shut off. Please anyone with a solution would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks a lot I've got sound but doesn't seem like my factory subwoofer is putting out strong.

AC stopped working in my 2009 Honda Accord after installing an aftermarket android radio. Any idea why that may be?? BTW, if I remove the head unit, and install back everything factory, AC starts working. Any help be great...

Uuuuaaauuuu that happen the same with meeeee. Ahahhaha thhaaaannnnnkkkk yoouuu so much tomorrow i will look into it

I just bought the 9.7 inch and everything is perfect. But when I shut the car off the radio stays on but the sound goes away. When I turn the key to acc the sound come back. I want the sound to stay on with the radio without having to go to acc

Just had a really good look at all my cables. Tried everything. My problem is exactly the same but my sound does actually work for a split second then it shuts off. That's you tube on the actual unit and music playing via Bluetooth. A split second, so frustrating

My problem is a little bit different the radio turns on and works then you turn the car off when you come back 15 minutes later and turn the car back on the radio turns on and it shows you like if it was playing music but no sound coming out the speakers and then you have to reset it again and again can anybody give me some pointers when it works it works super sweet super perfect turn off the car come back 20 minutes later then you start having problems it turns on and it even shows Movement Like if a song was playing but no sound coming out of the speakers and the only fix I see is resetting it when you reset it it goes back to work and Fine Again software bug

Thank u vary much did this today why I was waiting on oil change woooo I'm fuckin hyped thanks again so much

On mine I have audio but the sound is very low and the quality bad compared to the car factory navi, you know anything? I think it might be related to the car amplifier that's not running on it but idk how to activate it

MAN this drives me crazy also! So you just cut the ANT wire from the amplificator and wire it to the accessory and that's all? I will try this fix and come back! Thank you very much for your video!

Idon't get any Audio from any source , i could not find any amp switch or amp remote wire for my fiat 500 on the wire diagram , I did find wires for "amplified" rear and front , left and right speakers and also for amplified subwoofers 1 and 2 (+) and (-) so i have no idea witch cable to split to connect the acc. Thanks for your help.

You use the (amp turn on or remote ) .. the antenna wire is to put up an power antenna . So when u switch to everything but the radio that ant wire will not work .

Thanks for the help! It works!

good evening if you can help me when i put the tv to play has picture but no sound. this only happens on TV radio plays normal DVD plays normal sound.

Thanks to you and thanks to the other guy

How can you adjust the volume I turn it all the way up and it’s not loud to max

What if the accessory runs into a canbus? can you connect both canbus and factory amp to the acc?

Thanks this helped a lot... also do you know how to do the video in motion hack ?

Hi all , I’m having an issue with my navigation and phone volume being very low when using I don’t know if it’s related to the issues you guys were have . I’ve literally lost my mind if anyone can help that would be awesome. I’ve tried canbus / changing various sound settings but still no luck..

Thank you so very much!!! Really helpful!!

I'm having no sound issues on 10.1 model 9216b got it off ebay even installed old radio speakers work but when I install new unit it powers up but no sound. It's a 2000 jeep wrangler . Please help thx.

Hey so i can’t even get the radio app to work as it says my unit isn’t connected to the internet, even though it is connected to my Wi-Fi! When I checked software updates it says it was all up to date. Before u start ripping out wires to try this fix can anyone help?

I have the same problem, but mine, only wont play youtube when mirror linked with my android... could it be the same fix? Any advice would be appreciated.

Have you had any issues with the usb connections? Same unit here. I have zero connection coming from the USB ports. Changed usb settings around from device to host and 2.0->1 and back again. Trying anything and I get nothing. No charge, no read from a thumb drive. Haven’t gone as far to test the port with a probe yet.

Thank you!! I had this exact problem!! Been going through all the settings on my phone and the head unit scratching my head.

Do you know how to connect a SHA16/23? I can't get mines to work. I have a 2008 Cadillac STS. Please help. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

So i run the ANT wire to the ACC wire and that's it? What color is the ACC wire btw on the harnest to back of radio?

where does your pink wire coming from? direct remote amp wire ? is it from the harness adapter or the vehicle side?

I have a question I hope someone can help . I’m loosing my mind . I have a dodge Journey 2018 just installed a android big screen radio . Got everything connected everything works but the valine knob or the volume button on the steering wheel . Do you have any clue what might be wrong ???? Anyone please ???

Thanks Pat.

Has anyone had issues with not getting sound at all. Nothing from the radio or Bluetooth?!?!

Okay so running the blue to my ACC gave me no audio at all. However, for some reason the harness I got had no pin for the output signal for stereo amplifier on/off (had to make a pin) once i connected the blue to there i had radio audio. And my phone will connect to Bluetooth but shows in red letters and has no Bluetooth audio.

I have a 2008 Mitsubishi lancer I bought this head unit, still no luck I have hooked the amp wire (blue) to the amp wire running to my after market amp. I believe all the harnesses are in properly. Im boyond confused with what to do, can anyone help?

My Honda City 2009 android head unit does not supply any sound to the rear speakers. The front speakers works just fine, but the rear speakers are not working. Please assist with this

I have one and have it for about a year now still trying to get it to work. These things are complicated as hell. Can someone direct me to the Cadillac CTS install pls. This car has no direction as to what wire is which😩

IT WORKS 100%

Thank you for posting this. I have android head unit with the amplified harness for my car which is a 2008 Lexus RX400h. At first it seemed like it was working. However for whatever reason if I don’t start the ignition fast enough it turns the amp off. Furthermore even when it is working as soon as I turn the car off and turn it back on the sound is no longer working. Only an unplug from the negative on the battery fixes it and it just keeps happening. It almost works however for whatever reason it refuses to turn the amp back on after an initial start up after the battery is plugged back in after being unplugged. Hope someone has at least come across this issue. If you have an have a fix please let me know. It’s really to bad too. Honestly is fantastic when it works. However if I have to unplug the battery every time I go to start my car I don’t think I should have to do that. Thanks for reading this.

Man looking at the comments looks as though the cheap chinese made head units are a big waste of money...

Did u hook up the power antenna wire from the unit?

Please help... My unit was working for months now all of a sudden the sound keeps switching on and off every 3 seconds, streaming from the phone or playing direct from unit its the same fault. Its gotta be something simple but I can find what it is 🙈🙈🙈🙏🙏

thanks and just wondering if you have any ideas my am quit working in my android unit but fm and spotify work fine. Any ideas to get am working again.

Nice. My problem is today smoke came out the back of the unit, no more sound. Ontop of that, the sound settings is gone from the menu. Its blank screen. I did factory reset didn't fix it.

myne does not start anymore it gets stuck at the white android writing... any ideas ? :(( thank you- quad core one

Same problem .thank you .save my day ..

The goat 🐐

What head unit is that? Does it support CarPlay?