Stay away from Eonon radios

[tiage46]

Under the factory settings menu there's a setting to "enable iPod." This installs an iPod app but when I open it, it shows an iPod/music player interface for like 2 seconds then closes. Since this is even an option I wonder if there's a way to plug in an iPod cable to this unit into one of the connections in the back that isn't being used. Something similar to this: iPod Cables for iPod connection | Xtrons

[Joshdub]

I had the same issue. I could connect to the dongle but no apps would register it. The same dongle and apps work just fine on my phone.

[yes_its_neil]

I can grab some settings screenshots from my unit with Torque Pro and post later. The blue OBD symbol is a good sign. Your adaptor is different to the two I have tried, well cosmetically. They could be identical internally.

[yes_its_neil]

Hope these screenshots are of some value if you haven't already got it running.

[itsbrokeagain]

So does Torque Pro only work through the phone and into the head unit ? Or does it actually install onto it and read all the info off the canbus?

[Joshdub]

Originally Posted by itsbrokeagain

So does Torque Pro only work through the phone and into the head unit ? Or does it actually install onto it and read all the info off the canbus?

It works just like if you had the app installed on the phone.

You install the app onto the headunit, you plug in your bluetooth obd dongle, and then you connect the headunit to the dongle via bluetooth.

[tiage46]

FYI. Eonon released Android 6.0 units for the e53... looks like the processor was updated but it still has 1gb ram though

[OrangeFurious]

Originally Posted by tiage46

FYI. Eonon released Android 6.0 units for the e53... looks like the processor was updated but it still has 1gb ram though

Any idea if the 5.0 units are upgradable?

[1BADM6]

Great thread. I read all 27 pages tonight and links. The Eonon sounds great for the money. Time to do some other comparison research and reviews. Good job to all who contributed.

[semcoinc]

Originally Posted by OrangeFurious

Any idea if the 5.0 units are upgradable?

Check out this post

https://xoutpost.com/1127249-post1101.html

This weekend I am planning to upgrade my Eonon GA6166 Android 5.0 with puny and pathetic 1GB RAM to a Android 6.0 board with 4GB RAM and 32GB Flash

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/WITS...814725689.html

I have learned a lot from the xda forum regarding the capability and upgrade flexibility of these popular units.

One of the key things I learned is that Eonon and many other so-called "brands" being sold are not the actual manufacturer. Eonon and Seicane are just resellers. The actual manufacturer name is coded in the "About Device" screen after the series name of something like MTC_

My GA6166 unit shows: MTCD_KBT_V2.42_1

The manufacturer is "KBT" and their firmware version is 2.42

Mike