Pulled the Trigger on Xtron 10.25 unit

[4.8isguy]

Finally pulled the trigger on Xtron Android unit with the 10.25” screen. My buddy just installed it on his 05 4.8is and I instantly fell in love. Installation wasn’t too bad either. Sound quality and functionality are excellent. It truly looks like an OEM unit and takes our almost 15 year old cars into the modern day. I tried to upload some pics from my phone but couldn’t figure out how to get it done something about security tokens.

[Emory39]

haha. I did a search and came out with this https://xtrons.com/bmw/bmw-e53-android-car-stereo is it any of those?

[4.8isguy]

It’s similar but I have the 10.25 inch one that’s the widescreen. I wanted as much screen real estate as possible.

[Overboost]

I think that is the design Crystalworks went with although I'm not sure what manufacturer he went with.

[4.8isguy]

Yea same style he had. My biggest concern taking the plunge was oem feel and of course sound quality. I had a dynavin in the past and wasn’t crazy about the sound quality or the touch screen. This has dsp settings similar to factory. So we did a side by side test with my buddy using the same settings. They both sounded almost identical but xtrons was able to go louder. It was loud enough to the point of ruining the sound quality.

[Overboost]

Originally Posted by 4.8isguy

I had a dynavin in the past and wasn’t crazy about the sound quality or the touch screen.

Dynavin uses the Burr Brown 24 bit DAC and that is the one thing all the Dynavin users say is the one advantage they have. Never had one and can't comment on it either way. Everything else about the Dynavin is not very appealing. The closed operating system really limits your options.

[Effduration]

Originally Posted by 4.8isguy

Yea same style he had...... They both sounded almost identical but xtrons was able to go louder. It was loud enough to the point of ruining the sound quality.

less than a year ago, I installed one of these Xtrons wide screens (Android 8.0) in the X5 my 18yr old son drives. He promptly BLEW both speakers in the rear doors with the goddamn music too loud.. I didn't see a plug and play upgrade so I replaced them with OEM speakers....which are getting harder to find.

We both like all the extra screen and it seems to function well.. But I still occasionally listen to audio CDs and you lose the CD/DVD player on these models. The lack of buttons also makes it difficult to quickly turn down the volume.

A month ago, I bought the traditional 7 inch xtrons unit (Android 9.0 model PA7953BIP $260 on Amazon) and put it in my other X5, replacing an early eonon unit that lost its touch screen. Easy plug and play installation, and so far it works and sounds great, except radio reception which I have to tinker with.

[wpoll]

Originally Posted by 4.8isguy

It’s similar but I have the 10.25 inch one that’s the widescreen. I wanted as much screen real estate as possible.

It was listed there... this one?

https://xtrons.com/bmw-x5-e53-android-8-0-pt1853b

[LVR]

How does it look with sunlight around?

[Emory39]

4.8isguy. A question. How fast does the radio boots up when you turn on the car for the first time that day? Mine takes about 40sec, and it bothers me lol