Bavarian Autosport Head unit Upgrade?

[hgarciax5]

Yea I got a chance to chat with Tommy too. He seems like a nice guy and pretty knowledgeable I was trying to pick his brain and was asking every question I could think of. The unit is supposed to start shipping out soon and the preorder price is tempting. damm decisions...

Here is a comparision I grabbed from the e46fanatics review thread. avinusa.com seems to be working ok now

[hunds02]

Are you getting it?

[hunds02]

I'm very serious about purchasing the AVIN unit, really looking forward to it!

[hunds02]

Just purchased this head unit! Will definitely post after I install it (Sometime shortly after Christmas)

[Billyg123]

I believe I'm going to purchase it too after checking it out. Seems to by better than the dynavin and definitely the Eonon.

[hunds02]

I thought since I started this thread I could close it, but I am not sure if I have the capability to do so.

So please refer to the other thread regarding this unit:
"BMW X5 E53 Full Android GPS Navigation System"

Thanks!

[hgarciax5]

I want to buy this unit but it will have to wait until all the Christmas spending is paid off on the credit cards next month. I might start dropping hints to the wife and kids about this though = )

[hunds02]

Yeah I was going to wait too but I knew I would get it and wanted to save $100.

If everything goes as planned they should be shipping in a few days now.

[CT_X5_Joe]

So whats the latest? Did you like this head unit? I'm torn between the Eonon (5150U not the older one) Dynavin D99+, and this new Avant.

Like everyone else, I am looking for a stock/OEM look with good sound quality and straight plug and play.

[hunds02]

Its pretty good, audio quality is superior to OEM.
I've been having some problems though, mainly the volume would not change. The guy told me I should not play with the head unit without a constant charge, whether it being engine on or connected to a battery charger. So I think I have been experiencing this problem because I was tweaking with it a lot with the engine off. It just seems like this head unit is sensitive to voltage drops. Should not be a big deal, most of the tweaking will be when you initially receive your head unit and you download apps customize setting etc... So all this should be done while connected to a battery charger.

The nice thing is when you experience a big problem you can do a factory reset and it will be like new. The downside to this is you start all over and have to program radio presets, customize settings, download apps, rearrange apps, etc...

I cannot give an honest review yet as I have yet to download a navigation app and a music streaming app such as spotify. These are what I use regularly. When I go to my parents home, I will park the car in the garage and connect it to a battery charger and install all my apps. Also the supplied wifi usb adapter is a $6 piece of shit from China. So I went to staples and bought a Belkin Wifi adapter. I am able to get full strength in areas I would only get 1 or 2 bars. I also ordered the 3G USB modem which is also Chinese shit. I got a data plan with it (month to month) and I could not stream one song without it buffering every 10 seconds. I will cancel that plan next month and just get one of those AT&T 4G LTE hotspot devices. I've heard good reviews from them.

The past two days I noticed that the head unit does not recognize the obd2 bluetooth adapter that I have for Torque. Initially torque worked fine, but now I can't even connect to it. I let the guy know (Tommy) and hopefully he will figure out what to do. My hunch is that the provided bluetooth adapter is another cheap chinese piece of shit.

So overall the head unit is nice, but it seems like the accessories they provided were the cheapest ones available.