Head units... and headaches..

dan91 Part of things Posts: 414	Head units... and headaches..dan91 @dan91
	Jun 9, 2021 14:39:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Ok so it's dawned on me I'm getting older and more confused by the day. I'm looking at getting an Andriod OS Double din headunit for my 2002 MX5. Needs to be Andriod OS as i intend to run Realdash on it via a USB cable from my ME442 ECU. What are my options for sensible money? Around the £100 mark? I've found a few on ebay/amazon but they all seem to have bizarre connectors and i cant see any obvious adaptors? The Sonys etc appear to have the normal connectors but are all in excess of £300, more than i want to spend. I'd rather not hard wire it in, if all else fails i'll have too and i can do that. But a cheap £100 ish Android OS double din that plugs and plays into a 2002 Mx5 must be available? Or am i completely out of touch on the world of car audio? Any advice/help welcomed!


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mr2fc Posted a lot Posts: 1,990	Head units... and headaches..mr2fc @mr2fc
	Jun 9, 2021 16:06:25 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Can always try talkaudio forum if no luck on here


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Rich Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 6,234 Club RR Member Number: 160	Head units... and headaches..Rich @foxmcintyre Club Retro Rides Member 160
	Jun 9, 2021 17:05:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Get the unit of your choice and if it comes with fly leads just wire it to an ISO socket assuming your car has an ISO plug.
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squonk Part of things Posts: 856	Head units... and headaches..squonk @squonk
	Jun 12, 2021 9:19:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I'm not sure why you see a problem with the wiring. I'm assuming that with a budget of £100 you are considering one of the Chinese unbranded units? All of the ones I have seen come with a harness that goes to bare wires. All you need to do is buy an ISO to flying lead adaptor (if the MX5 has ISO connectors) and join the wires together. There are plenty of tutorials on YouTube. As far as the USB connection is concerned, yes, they often incorporate it into a connector block on the unit but I have never seen one that doesn't come without an adaptor to take it to a standard USB Type A socket. More of a concern to me would be the specification of the unit. There are many available that use outdated versions of Android and have insufficient internal memory to be of much use. If I were looking for one I'd be ensuring that the unit had Android 10.1, 4GB of system memory at at least 64GB of storage- but this may push the price a little over £100. In the long run you won't regret it though. There are many horror stories on the net about build quality and reliability of these cheap units. However, I suspect that much of that is because buyers are spending £100 on a unit and expecting it to be as good as a £500 Alpine/Kenwood/Pioneer unit. So long as you set your expectations to a price appropriate level I think they represent damn good value for money.
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