Wireless Carplay and Android Auto Screen for Car, 7″ HD Portable Touch Screen Car Stereo with Bluetooth, Backup Camera, Navigation, Mirror Link for All Vehicles

This is the one to order !!
I waited at least a month before posting this review in order to get the full experience of this multimedia system.First off, I wanted to thank the seller, Guoqiao-US, for offering a $10 off coupon. At a price of $49, this system is simply unbeatable. You should order one, and specifically, you should order from this seller who looks out for us customers.Now to the review…Installation: The installation of the screen and everything that goes inside the car takes literally 5 minutes. What takes longer is figuring out how to get the camera wire from inside the car to outside of the car. I removed the plastic trim around the trunk area and found a rubber plug which I removed in order to pass the wire through. I advise to take the time to carefully remove any trim in order not to break any clips. Once everything was hooked up, tucking the wires under the trim was fairly easy as well.Although this system comes with a very comprehensive package including 2 types of mounts and all of the needed wires, I recommend to get a few additional items separately:1) In order to not block any part of the windshield, I decided to order a mount that attaches to the CD player slot. Search for “Car CD Slot Stand Phone Holder Accessories 17mm Ball” – the cost is about $2.752) You will also need a “17mm Round Dead To 4 Buckle Adapter” to attach the mount to the back of the screen which costs about $13) Get a “T-Tap Wire Connector” to easily, and without any tools, splice the red camera wire to the positive wire in the car’s backup bulb. 20 of these cost only $1.504) Get a 2 meter / 6 foot AUX cable. The 1 meter / 3 foot cable that comes with the kit is too short if you will want to tuck and hide this wire.5) Get a cable sleeve to group the 3 wires coming out of the screen, for a cleaner installation. A sleeve with an 8mm diameter is suitable for housing the 3 wires, and costs about $2 for 1 meter long6) Zip tiesNow for the system itself. It starts up in about 2 seconds and after initial setup, automatically connects to your phone via Android Auto or Apple CarPlay in about another 2 seconds. I tried both Android and Apple and both work easily and flawlessly. The sound via AUX cable is very clean and crisp. The equalizer presets are very good as well. The screen is bright and has great resolution. It’s easily visible in complete sunlight as well as at night. The screen is responsive and switching between apps and views is very quick, without any lag at all. I also did an OTA system update which took several minutes, but completed successfully.The backup camera has very good resolution. It turns on instantly when the car is placed in R (if you use the red wire to connect to your reverse light). You can configure the settings to either show the distance lines or not, whichever you prefer.I really really really recommend buying one of these units. It took my car from 2015 to 2025. It feels so modern now and has every feature and function that I wanted. I now keep my phone in my pocket or bag and have the large screen in the car for Waze, Spotify, internet radio, WhatApp messages, paying for parking, opening the gate to the parking lot and much more.I included pictures of everything. Feel free to ask any questions.Update after about another month of use: several people have told me that they don’t hear me well while we speak on the phone.

2015 Chevrolet Equinox Integration
OK, I think I’m ready to write a review after spending a couple of weeks with this CarPlay unit, including a weekend trip to Disney.First I’ll say, overall, I’m happy with it and would buy it again. However, it is NOT a seamless integration experience. Things I love about it is the ability to use WAZE and other navigation apps on a bigger screen than my phone. I also like being able to be notified when I I have a text message (my MyLink lost that ability years ago when an iOS update happened) and I can reply to text using Siri. I also enjoy having access to Sirius XM extra channels through the App in CarPlay.Things that aren’t seamless…when I first start the vehicle, sometimes the CarPlay device will start playing music off my phone through its built in speaker while the car stereo is playing an FM station or Sirius XM station. Once the phone has made a full connection, I still have to sometimes manually switch the cards stereo to the Bluetooth connection. Also, once my phone is connected to the CarPlay device, if I change sources of music from the Sirius XM App to the Apple Music App to access songs stored on my phone, sometimes the Bluetooth connection will pause and it takes multiple tries of pressing play again on both the stereo & CarPlay music screen to get the music I want to start playing.My last complaint is the quality of sound through the Bluetooth connection. And this was the case when I just used my phone before I bought this CarPlay unit…my normal max volume is 30 on the stereo. I’ve got my sub set up as that being max volume as well. However, when I use the Bluetooth connection to access the extra Sirius XM channels or music on my phone, it’s a much weaker signal and I have to turn my stereo up to 40 to get it to the same volume as it was at 30 on the stereo’s built in music sources. The sound also isn’t as “full”.What I find myself doing mostly now is using the CarPlay unit for navigation & maps, & test notifications, but I use the car stereo’s Sirius XM for music. Sometimes, if I’m unhappy with the 3 main Sirius XM channels selections playing, I’ll then switch over to the CarPlay version of the App for more selections, but then eventually return back to the car stereo’s source options.If you don’t mind it not being seamless integration 100% of the time, I can highly recommend this unit. But know that it’s not going to be as good as an OEM CarPlay equipped vehicle. Both my C8, and even the aftermarket Pioneer HU in my ‘98 Z28 integrate CarPlay seamlessly, and this unit just isn’t as good…but I’d still buy it again because it still improves the driving experience in my Nox and for $40, I think it’s well worth it.