Review: Xtrons PB7646BAP Android 6.0 Head Unit - Pic Heavy

[Vas]

I put it through the paces on some long trips and will be sending it back.

My usage was running Waze while streaming Spotify, with the DVR recording in the background.

It worked fine for short trips and when making stops every hour. So well that I was making plans to keep it and sell my other headunit...but it crashed HARD the two times that I held my bladder and pushed it to ~2.5 hours of steady use. Both times were right as I was approaching my destination, so it left me scrambling to get navigation going on my phone while I tried to reset the headunit. I don't know if it was heat buildup or what, but even after I got it reset with a paperclip it couldn't load Waze or do anything worth a shit. Completely useless for 20+ minutes.

I already have a buggy Android 6.0 headunit that has its issues and sometimes crashes, but doesn't brick itself for half an hour at a time. I'll stick with it until Xtrons can make some small improvements to this unit.

Thanks for the update.

Maybe consider the new Dynavin N7?

[704sw]

Thanks for the update.

Maybe consider the new Dynavin N7?

Lol he’s got one of those too I think.

[ZHPizza]

I do not currently have these problems with my unit, but I think I know why this is.

I had updated Google Maps a while ago to the latest version. That completely broke Gmaps; it would constantly crash. I did some research and it appears that anything above version 9.42.3 of Gmaps would break it. From what I understand, it's a bug with Google Maps and the way it interacts with this setup. Once I did an OS reflash back to the an older version of Google Maps (kept my settings and apps), it worked fine again. It has been working fine since I restored a version of the OS that had the older Gmaps on it.



EDIT: I'm stupid - I completely ignored the part about you using Waze, not Google Maps. Well, my statement stands; I do not have the problems you described. Try doing a factory reflash of your OS and see if that eases your issues. I also have numerous firmware updates that you can try; let me know if you want to try them and I'll get them uploaded somewhere for you.

Oh yeah current Gmaps versions just do not work with these headunits. It's the same case with the headunit in my Mazda and is what initially pushed me to Waze. I can never go back from Waze now, especially with how well it integrates with Spotify.

And really the unit works flawlessly for trips that are <2 hours. I mean I can load it down with apps running simultaneously and it doesn't even skip the music. Some slight lag in the DVR is the worst that I've seen under normal operation. It's just that when it goes down...man...it goes down hard and cannot get back up.

I'll check on my return window and see how long I have to keep messing with it.

Thanks for the update.

Maybe consider the new Dynavin N7?

Lol he’s got one of those too I think.

The wife's wagon has a Dynavin N6 and the preloaded nav is worthless. Give me Waze or give me death.