Perfection? - Android Head unit 8.0 (Seicane) 

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I don't even have a car nor my driving license, yet I've been following your head unit videos since day one lol. I really want one! Good job on those long videos, that's called dedication

I have a quad core one with 2GB of RAM, and still no slowdowns. I use mainly radio, waze, cd player sometimes youtube. I have a separate car kit which sound better for calls. I am also the type of person that always closes background apps if not used. So unless you plan some really heavy use, even the lower specs is just fine.

Thanks for all of your Android head unit videos John! I'm pretty sure I have watched them ALL! Some of them three or four times! Your video's helped me finally pull the trigger on the Seicane 9 Inch Android Oreo unit after having a big empty hole in my dash for about a year and a half! I have a 2014 Forester that I did an epic custom Alpine INE-Z928HD 8" deck & Multi-amp install on in the Subaruforester.org forums a few years ago. Unfortunately my Forester was broken into and the Alpine was pried from my dash (lucky they left all my amps and speakers lol) I didn't want to go through all the dash cutting and customizing I had to do on the new dash again to replace the Alpine and started looking for Android units when I found your video's and Seicane. After several months of watching your videos and seeing your progression through Android decks I decided it was time to finally fill that hole in the dash! I ended up with the Seicane H235G model and I believe yours featured in this video is the H205G model. The 2014 Forester does not have the MFD control buttons on the dash (mine are on the steering wheel similar to paddle shifters) anyway Seicane assured me the H235G (for my Forester) and the H205G models were the same other than the plastic dash piece. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be 100% true. My unit seems to be missing the SD card slot and has a different launcher (although the apps look the same). I just received my unit last Friday (8/10) From Seicane after waiting several weeks to receive it. Seicane supplied multiple antenna wire harnesses as well as both the Subaru 20 pin and 28 pin wire harnesses. In fact the only wire harness they didn't supply was the stock USB port retention harness. $12 and an Amazon prime order later and that issue was resolved! Install was a snap (however I did reference SVXdc's website pinout just to verify the harness was wired correctly before physical install) after I verified the harness was wired correctly It was literally a simple plug and play install. Easy peasy went right in and hooked up to the balance of my multi-amp setup with only one minor issue. I did need to add one pin to the harness to power up the Subaru FM antenna amp & to remote turn on my Amplifiers. Lucky the thugs left me with SVXdc's 20 pin harness from my previous install with most of the wires still in tact. I just pulled a spare out of that harness and added it to the Seicane harness and away I went. That was really my only minor setback during install. I really was not expecting much by way of sound quality from the Seicane, and can attest that it surely does not match the SQ or tune-ability of my Alpine deck, however with a couple of little tweaks it sounds pretty good. Alpine good? No. As good as 80% of all the other decks that are not top shelf... YES! Absolutely. It does suffer from one issue that I am in the process of resolving. Even with all of my old school Rockford Fosgate 800a4 & 800a2 amp gains cranked to the max my amps remain severely under-driven by this deck. With most sources I can crank up the Seicane deck to 28/30 and my amps and speakers are asking the deck "is that all you got?" So it is obvious that the pre-outs are all only 2V pre-outs. Something some people may want to consider when purchasing the deck. The solution to this for me is going to be the AudioControl Matrix Plus 6 channel line driver that is being delivered tomorrow. The line driver will boost the pre-out's up to a level that my amps and speakers should scream "no more... PLEASE!" This will allow the appropriate drive to be applied to the amplifiers as well as allow me to crank the gains almost all the way back down to the bottom third "low noise" area they should be running in and give more dynamic range and headroom as well. When I first powered up the deck and played with it for several hours I was absolutely giddy with it! I think my modest audio quality trade off will be well worth the flexibility gain this deck provides particularly after the line drivers gets installed tomorrow. Is it perfect... No.. but it's pretty damned good! I have already hooked my 140GB SSD SATA drive up via a SATA to USB adapter. The Seicane supplied music app doesn't like this very much and takes a few minutes to tally up the folder\files on the drive and frequently crashes while playing this large of an MP3 collection, which leaves the drive in a corrupt state according to Android OS. Windows says the drive has no problems, but Android INSISTS it is corrupt! I have tried with a much smaller 60GB collection of MP3's on the drive and the default music app seems ok with that! Seems like the Seicane music app cant handle too many MP3 files\folders. Currently I am playing my MP3's using VLC (until I find something I like better) and it has not crashed one time with my full 140GB collection. So this appears to be an app issue. I do however need to remember to dismount the drive before I turn the car off to prevent Android thinking the drive is corrupt at power on. Still not sure what the deal is with this. It's a little rough around the edges in this regard, would love this to be better, but I guess it's acceptable, I just wish it would remember what song was playing and return to that spot at power on... oh well cant have everything. So far I am very impressed overall with the deck it has exceeded my expectations by a large margin so far. To anyone worried about sound quality all I can offer is this. It's not perfect, and really NEEDS line drivers installed in my opinion. I will also probably install Viper4Android for audio tweaking, but you need to take a look at how serious you really are about SQ. If you paid less than a grand for your set of two or three way separates in your doors\dash and overall have less than about $5K into your sound system you probably would be ok with the deck. Hell I don't even have a hint of spark plug or alternator wine and I was expecting that to be my BIGGEST issue as it usually is with cheap off brand car stereo's where they skimp on things like proper filtering. Impressed! Really impressed so far for the cost, flexibility of, and origin of the unit! I would recommend to all but the moderate to high level audiophile Cost vs features ***** Ease of install ***** Initial Impression after install ****1/2 Sound quality ***1/2 Nerdyness ****** COOL factor ***** Order\deliveryprocess *** (took longer to receive than I hoped and not many updates without prodding them but they were very responsive when prodded) Support ? (hoping I wont need any - so far so good) Impression of included app's that interface with hardware (presentation) ***1/2 Nick

I watched a whole one minute ad just for you bro. You’re welcome lol!

I just ordered one of this with android 8.1 i hope ill be satisfied from it 😍

Awesome videos! Very informative. Well, you helped me decide to go ahead with an Android H.U. Getting a traditional "Pioneer", "Clarion" H.U. doesn't make sense to me, at least not anymore. I can live with the longer (than OEM, aftermarket radios) initial boot-up. Thanks!

I bought a $130 version. Goods and bads about it. Barely see screen in daytime. It's Android ,any app can be installed..nice. came w/ navigation sygic. Offline map included. Audio is clear including Bluetooth. Quad core, decent but extremely slow installing apps. Specs says Oreo. Split screen works but lags. Has screenmirror for phone, but works sometimes.

Thank you I am getting this for sure.

So if your car has TPMS then you can't just plug and play? What do you need?

Big fan of you, regularly watch your vids and they're really informative. Recently bought a Pumpkin head unit for my X5 and it's awesome, thank you, looking forward to more of your vids, liked and subbed!

Good review man! I like mine for most part, only thing I wise would come out is the HD radio but its not that big of a deal.

Excellent review I'm looking at picking one up and this helped me make my decision thanks a lot

I'd love to put one of these on my 17 WRX, but I don't have the skills for the job. Anyway, great video man.

Really liking these head units! Just going to wait until warranty is up :) How would you compare this to the one SubiSpeed sells, also...is there any worry about warranty or splicing OEM wiring? I'd really love to have a front and rear camera for parking purposes.

Hello, This unit is built for the OEM Rear Camera or do i need to get a converter? Also, this unit need a new microphone or it works with the OEM Microphone? Ty in advance!

Hey, i love your videos on these headunits. I have an '18 WRX with harmon kardon and nav. It's NICE, but the sound sucks and the interface sucks and i guess i was lying, it's not nice. Have you seen any successful (and good sounding) additions to the HK system with their stupid extra amps and such or should i just wait and replace ALL THE THINGS when i do it. Also have you ever heard of later model years (my 2018) being able to change the backup camera to the top screen rather than where it shows on my main HU screen. Keep up the good work! You're helping me save myself from stock sounds!

Yes but support is crap and don't have DAB. have to buy extra HW

Great video John

Good stuff man. I’ll upgrade soon

You mentioned how bright this unit is. I'm assuming it has adaptive brightness control for night time?

Sac town! Lookin for a video for install. Dont really know what the heck im doing when it comes to wiring

Does it have a 4G sim slot? Hot spot murders my phone's battery. Great vid! New subscriber here!

I just got this head unit but for some reson, I cant get it to connect to the Internet. It would display the network name but only would save it . As a result , can't access my gmail or google play

I had this one since May. I really like it but it stopped working after 1 month. The seller sent me a replacement.

Hey, is it possible to download this update on the older headunits that you featured? My Bluetooth is bugging out. This thing is awesome

How is the sound quality using the built-in amp to the door speaker and is thee screen ips meaning can you view it from all angle without it being washed out or when you in bright sunlight you can still see the screen with good brightness

Is there like a GPS antenna you have to install also? My 2018 wrx premium didn't come with GPS so wasn't sure how this works

I own a 15 wrx. Do I need to buy special vents for this headunit to fit?

The link in your description is for a curved screen. How can we get the version in your video?

Have you had an issue with the screen and glass sticking out of the frame? Mines seems to keep going out more and more. Idk if the adhesive is coming off or what ?

How does the audio quality compare to the stock head unit? I know you have the HK amp, but was there any reduction/change in audio quality?

If you were to tell someone to get an Android head unit which would it be? Would it be one of the newer ATOTO's? All the rest seem to be built around a couple of generic PX5 boards with their own branding. I like how the A6 with a Toshiba sound chip appears on paper, dual Bluetooth etc. They don't seem to be jumping on the Oreo bandwagon. I'm researching the heck out of this subject checking out AliExpress and Amazon and their reviews. Just can't make up my mind. I like tech and being up to date and that influences my leaning towards a PX5 machine. Joying has a 4gb with 64gb built in storage. I swing back and forth.

HAve you tried this with android auto? Or attempted to use screen mirroring from your phone?

Hey John, Can I ask if we install this head unit and it forwhatever reason breaks and u need to put the OEM head unit back in, will the manipulation of the OEM cables to make the back up camera work make the OEM one obsolete once you try to re-install? Cheers

Hey John , got you a question , have you tried installing Viper4android apk on this android head units, Ive been using this apk for rooted android cellphones and I can't lived without it on any of my android phones.

I'm curious if this'll work with the 2019 Rav4 coming out this fall as I'll probably wait a few years to get it. Like when I graduate HS, but it's only Apple Car Play compatible which I hate apple and iPhone is not compatible with the Linux OS I use which is why I have always gone android. And this seems to be the only brand I can find that has the tablet like screen with android built in that can fit the unique head units new cars are starting to come out with like Toyota, BMW, Mercedes, etc..

Great video man. Can I see videos that I have stored in a USB memory?

How is it looking at the screen from different angles? Is it an IPS screen? What's the resolution?

Does this HU works with HK package or do I need extra harness for it? It's for 2017 Limited. Thanks!

Does auxiliary cord work? And does the plug for that in the armrest work the same as on this?

Waitttt so you can download Netflix off the Play Store??

does it use data off your phone to play youtube videos while driving?

John- I checked the canbus and it was set on NONE. I tried every canbus setting whose title said anything related to Honda and none worked. Have any ideas?

forester 2015 have a different panel. i don't have this button "ENTER". i have only one big red emergency button in the car .

I have an older Android headunit with android 7.1 installed, but from Xtrons instead. It also has the setting to make it sleep instead of shutting down, and I've set it to like 15mins or so, but it still coldboots everytime, unless I turn on acc again within 1 minute. Know what to do, anyone?

RCA preout voltage? SiriusXM? How many RCA preouts? Is the manufacturer ever going to offer updates? iDatalink Maestro capability?

having issues with dust getting under the LCD cover?

Hey what do I need to do to get gps with out having to use my phone

Does this unit have front and rear rca outputs as well as a sub output?

Instead of mirroring smartphone, what do you think about Headunit Reloaded for Android Auto? Did you ever give it a try?

I see to much bad review is good or not I wanted only for Bluetooth and for the looks

Fam I just need a unit that doesn’t pause when I record with IG lol

What's the difference between iDoing and Seicane?

what was the song playing in the beginning?

I have a general question; whether it be you or another user. Is there any easy way to have the unit itself being connected to LTE as opposed to tethering from a phone? Idiot question I’m sure, but I’m just doing my research before I take the plunge and buy a head unit.

Hey bro when you hook up the antenna adapter what did you hook the blue wire to??

These are going to be stupid questions to you folks who already know the answer. I am a 61 yr old car guy. I have worked on and understood most mechanical aspects of a vehicle and I used to install my owns stereo units but I don't have a clue about what is available now as far as electronics go. My Lincoln and Altima SR Coupe have awesome stereos with GPS. I have always used Garmin stand alone GPS in my other cars. I would like to get something for my Summer car. I hear a lot about Apple and Android Head units. My phones and Tablets all run on Android but I pretty well only use Wi- Fi for them. My phone has Data but I am pretty cheap when it comes to paying for that kind of stuff. Do the head units use the Data from a phone to work. Will I get enough use out of the new head units if I don't want to use the internet? I know the GPS has its own antenna. Would I still be able to play a DVD in it when I am waiting for my wife while she is shopping without internet. I always load up movies on to thumb drives or cards to play while flying or waiting at airports. Can I do that with this? I have been watching a lot of stereo oriented videos to try to learn but most channels just seem to assume its young knowledgeable viewers. I realize these may be dumb questions, but I don't want to lay out any cash without doing some homework. I do know that it doesn't end with buying the radio. I then have to get the new double din dash face plate and plug and play wiring. Sorry for the too long of letter. Just remember, us old guys like the electronic bling too. Keep up the the videos. Thanks.

Have you noticed any freezing, errors, no button response, etc.? I've seen a few complaints about these chinese android units

What launcher are u running. Can i use this ony my headunit? . My unit looks exact the same

great review. I use ios and want Apple Car Play. Seems like Pioneer is the way to go for that (wirelessly )?

I have a Seicane Headunit with Android 7.1.2 i believe that i bought second hand for super cheap. I have a 2018 WRX Base and i wanna get the Backup Camera working i bought the SubiSpeed Harness and it doesn't fit this HeadUnit :( .Anyway that you could link me to forum page that might have a Dummy guide for wiring please. xD Preferably with as little splicing as possible i'm not the best at wiring someone who's colorblind could probably do better.

I have this head unit and I love it. You should show us how to download those cracked apps on this headunit because you didn’t explain it in a previous video. Great vid👍🏼

Hey, does the left side of the screen have a port for CarPlay? I saw on seicane’s website it now supports CarPlay. Was hoping this video would talk about that but then again I see you have an Android

Great video

Anyone have recommendations on backup camera offered by Seicane for these units? The Sony is double the price of the other wired camera. Is it worth it?

How do you update I go please ☮️

Does this unit have Apple CarPlay?

Looking for this unit for 2012 GMC Sierra non Bose Application. Is it in the works?, because I've been unable to find one!

So i have 2 questions ... is this a brand new unit or is it a updated software ? Also i have a 2015 wrx and i have the reverse camera pop up on the into screen the lil tiny one i want to move it to the head unit is it possible to do and is it the same wires u linked in description?

I have an 18 premium. Will I need to get 17 vents? I heard they were different.

Does this head unit always need to be connected to an internet source ? Like for navigation ?

Anyone know this company's return policy?

Does it have aux input?

Is it going to improve the genuine (crapy) sound of my 2018 base WRX?

Hey bro random question but can this fit a 2018 jeep wrangler jk ? I dont know anything about aftermarket headunits, I apologize 😁😏

does this fit 2016 legacy?

Are there any Android head units for 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer?

Can you add Sirius cm app

Hey John will this fit plug and play into my 2015 Forester 2.0XT Premium w Harmon Kardon? I understand the HK will not work? Will the reverse cam work?

I was on the website and it said that the head unit won't fit those who have the Harmon Kardon system, is there a way to fit this with the system or is it a n go, cause I would totally love to have this head unit.

John- I have installed the Seicane H221K in my 2007 Honda accord. I have no onscreen display for my climate control. I have written Seicane an email, but no response yet. Do you have any ideas what it could be?

Have you tried AGAMA launcher ?

Can you upgraded the older ones to Oreo??

Excuse me for being a dummy but how’s Netflix on these units. And do you have to have a bypass on these units to have videos play while in drive? Thank you in advance.

How do you feel about those 20 seconds during cold boot? Is it bothering you in any way when you come back to the car after this one hour has passed, i.e. first thing in the morning?

It says Subaru forester....wish this was universal.....

Does it have DSP?

Are you moving?

Will it work with 2017 wrx reverse camera?

So can you get this for a 2017 wrx limited?

Planning to get a seicane brand too. just wondering if how's the durability of the product. I saw a youtube video too titled "Don't buy a Seican blah blah"

The WORST company I've ever dealt with.

Root it and install viper4android equilizer

Horrible dont buy I bought one they have horrible service and when the product stops working they want you to pay for shipping back to them for them to fix it