Yes. I removed both screen protectors and the image quality inproved a lot. Now it looks more high end. More glossy sort of speak. It feels like glass indeed.
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Aftermarket 13.6" Display Radio
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The radio has pre amp rca outputs. It has a 32 band EQ I believe.
Android auro wireless does work, but it only uses a small portion of the screen anyway. Apple carplay uses the entire screen and looks amazing. Sadly, I am not an ophone user.
My friend has the exact same truck as mine. We bought them the same day, same dealer. His is black and always had issues with the AC not being cold enough. Mine (silver) never had an issue. After he also installed the Android 10 13.6 inch radio, his first observation was the AC started blowing cold air. So, not a placebo. I actually confirmed that myself.
Apple carplay works beautifully. I can confirm it works very well. I will post some pics tomorrow.
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Yeah the EQ is actually pretty good. The sound is way better than stock. Louder, cleaner and no more bass cutting out from the factory radio attenuation. a lot of options for an amp/s setup.
as far as everything else.. issues I’m dealing with are
screen brightness, removed both screen protectors. It is much better but room for improvement in bright conditions. One other issue (personal) is that the screen is useless with polarized glasses. It’s completely dark. Also at night I can’t dim it enough. Working with Phoenix for a fix. There are screen voltage backlight settings but they are password protected (not the basic 3368 code)
backup camera, image is compressed to AHD 1200x600. Which is a weird 2:1 aspect ratio. It should be at 1280x720 for a uncompressed 16:9 ratio which would greatly improve the issue. There is an override for that as well I just can’t get the entered values to stay when entered.
park sense, this seems a little glitchy. And the sound is a bit annoying. Sounds like the beeps are coming from an internal speaker in the unit. And not the speakers.
other than that everything is great. And I’m pretty sure those can all be addressed with software updates/tweeks. I hope anyway.
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Definitely keep us informed if you find a way to fix these issues. Especially the camera quality 
also, you all kept saying 2 screen protectors, just discovered I still had one on there, I thought it was just the screen XD.. thanks!
also, you all kept saying 2 screen protectors, just discovered I still had one on there, I thought it was just the screen XD.. thanks!
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Looks great!
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I just picked up this unit from another user on here...so far it looks good but I really want to factory reset it so I can set it up my way. Using a paperclip and pushing in on the reset button only restarts the system and not factory reset, so if anyone out there knows how to factory reset, please let me know.
Thanks
Thanks
Have you guys messed with the stock background? Can you change the picture from a truck to an uploaded image? Also, hot much customization is there with those digital guages? Can you replace them or have it boot to a music player every startup?
Do you want to sell your Phoenix to me??
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Wanted to bring this one back to life and see if anyone has gotten more in love with this or hated it. The thing I noticed when installed was a severe degredation in the back up camera and the mic for phone. Not sure if you can change the resolution of things, but the rear view camera looked horrible. Also, whenever I would talk to others using the OEM mic, they said I sounded odd. Not sure why there.
Has anyone been able to change their home screen? I like the looks of the tach and speedometer, but I would rather it be the HVAC or the apps page instead.
Has anyone been able to change their home screen? I like the looks of the tach and speedometer, but I would rather it be the HVAC or the apps page instead.
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Did anyone end up trying this to see if the camera issue improves?
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Still interested in pics and some updated reviews if you have time.
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With the improvement, how do you compare this to your original factory 12”?
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Quality wise it's almost the same I'd say, but it's still way smaller since it doesn't use the same ratio as the OEM. It has those obnoxious letters on the top taking about 1.5" of space.
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Bummer. I am planning on upgrading from the factory 8.5” and thought I could save some money with a quality aftermarket as opposed to dropping the coin on an OEM 12”. Looks like I may have to bite the bullet though. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated
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Depends what you value most in it.. I switched back to stock and while I love the bigger, clearer camera view, I love even more the full screen waze navigation, the YouTube music videos when I'm parked, and just like having the music interferface directly on screen.. the Amazon AHD adapter made a significant enough difference for me to be happy with it.Bummer. I am planning on upgrading from the factory 8.5” and thought I could save some money with a quality aftermarket as opposed to dropping the coin on an OEM 12”. Looks like I may have to bite the bullet though. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated
I don't use Sirius XM, so I don't miss that, and I can compromise on the smaller view camera.. keep in mind that at least in my truck, I did lose the ability to switch between the different camera modes (rear only, rear wide, front only etc) it is stuck in the last mode I had it with the OEM radio, which for me is ok, it's the surround view on left and front/rear on the right.
