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Originally Posted by scanspeak
That turned out really great, thanks for the upload it will come in useful.
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I hope so. The 1 series guys really led the way with these units and I found their info very helpful. I just wanted to do my part and build on that.
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Originally Posted by Kuokonut
Did you have to tap into a fuse for always-on power? Can you provide links for the things you needed? Thanks for the work you've done!
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The power wire is looped into the main harness on the Joying unit. It is not left unplugged for you to tap into a fuse. Personally, I don't see any reason to tap into a fuse at this point. The system boots up lightning quick. Literally 1-2 seconds even with the car sitting overnight. I still have my lighting settings on the cluster retained. I haven't checked other settings to be honest. At this point I haven't found a reason to hard wire it to a fuse tap.
With the Eonon unit it was not connected to anything and I believe they expected you to tap into a fuse. Their unit took a solid 20 seconds or so to boot up when the car went to sleep. The only thing right now I still feel the Eonon does better is the sound quality. Their equalizer had way more bands and perhaps the presets could have been optimized for our cars. I haven't been able to pinpoint it. I need to play around with the EQ on the joying to see if I can dial it in better. Eventually I will likely get a DSP/AMP so I can really benefit from the digital out.
In terms of things I needed, it is quite a small list:
- Joying Head Unit
- Metra Single Din Fascia for BMW 1/3 series
- Plastic Pry Tool
- T20 Torx Screwdriver
- Double Sided Tape