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Originally Posted by PropellerHead
So, OB.. Do you remember how SLOW my I-Bus App was? Well.. I pretty much stayed out of playing around with it until my backup camera started appearing for no good reason. And is (yet) repeatable. Totally rando. 
Before I took a torch to the whole damn thing, I decided to last-ditch effort and clear all the I-Bus app data. And, guess whut? She FIRES! Man! The app is SOOO fast now! Feeling all brave today after slaying that dragon-sized fly yesterday, I went to figure out the silly backup camera. It was only when I finally found the XTrons Factory settings password- 3368, BTW- that I made headway.
Buried in the factory settings menu is a setting for 'Reverse Camera Disable'.  Turns out this appears to be a typo (surprise). Change the setting to 'Disable' and the camera stops the silliness!  Anyway, there's a TON of cool settings in there- like the correct format for the radio, enabling TPMS, enabling front camera... I am also intrigued by the various bluetooth protocol choices. Could THIS be the place where simply selecting a more appropriate BT selection enables the HU to talk to the snappy amp in the back?  But I am sure as hell down for checking it out.
It was all an exercise in education, anyway. I am taking a new backup camera in with the X5 and I'll have to re-enable it to see if the new camera fixes the signal problem. I have ordered a front dash cam like I installed on my daughter's 128i. Her's is only 720p and it's great. I went with 1080p. Also, while it's in there, I may (just may) use one of the extra cameras (I ordered 3) for a front parking camera. Sorta cause I am curious and sorta cause it can be done.
Thursday is a road trip check by a buddy who's a foreman at a local dealer. And then.. we're off on Saturday! I don't know if I'll step into the 170's or not, but I bet we'll be knock knock knockin on the door.  |
Those bluetooth settings change the chipset driver the software uses for the bluetooth device. The problem with bluetooth on the android radios is the way they're designed. Outside of intel based Joying units 7-8 years ago, none of them provide the android side of the radio direct access to the bluetooth hardware. It's all just passthru data. I've tried getting direct access by running a USB bluetooth dongle and changing the firmware driver to match, but it didn't make a difference.
Be careful playing around in the "factory settings". Selecting the wrong setting can make the radio not boot.
You can use a front camera as long as your unit has an input. When you're on the backup cam screen, there will be a button that changes to the other camera view. You can even do a 360 camera system. I have and aftermarket one in my Bronco.
I hope you have better luck than I did. When my backup camera started showing up randomly, my unit completely died a few weeks later. It was already having issues where parts of the touchscreen didn't work