Avin Avant 4 Installation Guide (Video Link)

[crystalworks]

x2, curious what they tell you.

And here I thought Chinese electronics were supposed to increase in price due to the tariffs... Must be that new economics I've been hearing about.

[Overboost]

Originally Posted by Overboost

There was a update to iBus today. I installed it but not sure what it does. I'm going to see if there is a change log on their website.

Version 2.1.3. No change log yet. Released 5/29/19

Originally Posted by crystalworks

And here I thought Chinese electronics were supposed to increase in price due to the tariffs... Must be that new economics I've been hearing about.

[Overboost]

Originally Posted by Mouse

Interested to see what they tell you. That's just the way it goes with computers/electronics. An update would be nice tho.

Originally Posted by crystalworks

x2, curious what they tell you.

Yeah I gave them an earful. I let them know they had $900 from me for nearly 3 months while anxiously awaiting my conversion only to discontinue the Avant-3 and refund my money. Then purchasing the new Avant-4 30 days ago for $50 more than it is listed now. Also that the 30 day old system came with Android 8.0 not Android 9.0.

I reminded them about the the iGo maps MicroSD card failure and the internal microphone failure having to disassemble everything to go with an external microphone to solve the issue along with buying my own 32GB MicroSD card to load the iGo maps software on it.

I told them I want to remain a customer but I felt they needed to provide an upgrade path and a $50 refund to keep me happy. I even offered to buy the new Avant-4 with Android 9.0 Pie as long as they extended a decent discount.

[Overboost]

So AVIN got back to me pretty quick. They don't seem motivated to give any kind of refund or rebate on the price change, nor did they mention any of the issues I have had but did enlighten me on the Android Oreo vs. Android Pie.

We are not sure if it is possible to update the Android 8.0 to 9.0 yet. If it is possible we will provide a guide and post it in our support page. We want to make sure the update process is easy enough that everyone can follow and complete.

All of the UI and features and function are identical between 8.0 and the 9.0 version.

So I did a little research and other than the settings menu in color, I really don't see any difference as they point out. The update has lots of features for the phone as a device, not so much on an Android Car head unit.

Android Oreo vs. Android Pie

Not sure if the upgrade to Android Pie is absolutely necessary but I do like having the latest available technology. We will see what they come back with.

[Overboost]

So AVIN did come back with a $50 "loyalty discount" on the purchase of the new Avant-4 system running Android Pie 9.0. From my reading on all the other systems and the option for upgrading the Android OS on an existing Android OS head unit, I am not sure there will ever that option.

So call me crazy but it looks like I have bought the new AVIN Avant-4 running Android 9.0 Pie and have an extra (less than 1 month old) AVIN Avant-4 running Android 8.0 Oreo sitting on the shelf.

I guess I can put it in my E46 if the factory navigation ever gives up.

[Overboost]

Finally got the WCPAA Wireless CarPlay / A-Auto - USB Adapter installed and working. I'm on Android and the Mrs. is on Apple so I had reservations going in.

I had a little problem at first trying to plug in the WCPAA into the end of my extension in the cigarette lighter mod I made and the WCPAA module would connect and disconnect. Thought it might have been a USB distance issue so I plugged the WCPAA module in where I plugged in the USB extension and then plugged the extension into the module and that worked perfectly.

I still plug in my Samsung Android phone in via USB connector into the extension in the cigarette lighter mod and tested the wife's iPhone 8 in there too and works flawlessly. Unplug one and plug in the other and everything sets fine and connects.

Then I took the new WCPAA one step further and set it up for wireless CarPlay for the Mrs' iPhone and it works beautifully. As soon as she gets in the car, phone in pocket the Avant-4 switched over to CarPlay and her home screen is active. I wish Google would get their **** together and finally release Wireless Android Auto but for now I am happy with the results. Video below.

https://youtu.be/bc-H4bYFhF8