rplush
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Hey all,
I've been working on upgrading the audio components on my 2016 EX since i've gotten it 2.5 months ago. The only thing that was a lackluster experience was that I've had to plug in my phone to have CarPlay appear on the HU. I've finally reached the end of the road and everything is how I wanted to be. All speakers upgraded, amp installed, factory EQ correction, custom fiberglass subwoofer box completed, and now wireless CarPlay and Charging. I'll post pictures, videos and parts i've used (with purchase links) that helped me achieve what I wanted to achieve
First things first, let's get the parts list out of the way
Audio
Axxess DSP AX-DSP
Axxess T-Harness AX-DSP-HON2
Audiocontrol ACM-4.300
Audiocontrol ACM-1.300
Infinity Kappa 60csx components 2.5Ω (front and back)
Rockford Fosgate P3 10" Shallow Sub 4Ω DVC (custom fiberglass enclosure)
Sound treatment on all doors, rear deck, trunk and rear license plate
Wiring
knukonceptz Positive battery terminal
knukonceptz distribution block
knukonceptz mini-ANL fuse holder
knukonceptz 4AWG OFC (for amps) 0AWG OFC (for big 3)
knukonceptz 10AWG for sub 14AWG to crossover from amp. New wire run to all speakers
Electricals
Yonhan USB QC3.0 socket
CarPlay
Carlinkit USB Wireless CarPlay adapter
Wireless Charging
ZWNAV Qi pad (meant to replace factory cubby compartment)
Let's start with the wireless charging pad. I've looked into the different option. OEM would always be best but Honda's version has that large ugly rectangular warning sticker on it and didn't provide any other functionality. Also let's not ignore the fact that it's $250~ or even more depending on where you buy it. So I said F that noise and looked for alternatives. I found ones that were $50~ but all the reviews looked bad and the design of them were horrible as well. I came across one that was half the price of the Honda OEM ones and looked WAY BETTER and had an extra USB port. That was the ZWNAV. I already had the Yonhan QC socket installed by the front USB panel so I tapped the power off of that to power the Qi Pad. Below are pictures of the replacement unit and installation process.
https://imgur.com/a/i3ts8LN
https://imgur.com/a/tgON1qU
Now that we have wireless charging out of the way, let's focus on CarPlay. CarPlay has got to be the most useful head unit experiences. The most annoying thing about our vehicles is that you have to plug in your phone for CarPlay to initiate. So for the first two months I've settled to use the mount that you'll see later on in my video. That was okay. I knew I wanted to have wireless CarPlay. Looking across the forums and reddit, I came across a wireless USB adapter that enabled such feature with an addition of an APK. This USB adapter can be plugged in any of the cars' USB port. Since my HU is rooted, I had no issues with installing the required APK to get wireless CarPlay to work. There are a couple of quirks like not having the song displayed on your cluster when you skip to the next song (torelable) and delay when skipping a song with SWC (which behaves the same as HU with Wireless CarPlay enabled). Once the USB and APK is set up and paired with your device, It automatically launches as soon as your phone establishes WiFi connection to the dongle, music starts playing, happy day. Sometimes the display shows blank but music does play and you just have to exit to Home and go back into the App again. You'll see what I mean in the video below.
Other things I've done was install a Solar panel in the rear deck with a solar controller to passively charge the car battery during the day. Viofo A129dual dash cam powered by 12v 6000mAh Battery Bank that gets its charge from the car only when its on. Viofo dash cam has Parking Mode enabled.
Bonus shots : Subwoofer enclosure
It's not a great build. It was my first time working with fiberglass. But it sounds great.
https://imgur.com/a/o0M7jgo
Overall, It was a strenuous effort but so glad I finally got it completed. I've been really wanting to get one of those Daisata HU replacement but didn't want to compromise OEM look or safety.
Let me know what you guys think. Feel free to ask me any questions
Also @kperalta, feel free to reply with "ugh"
I've been working on upgrading the audio components on my 2016 EX since i've gotten it 2.5 months ago. The only thing that was a lackluster experience was that I've had to plug in my phone to have CarPlay appear on the HU. I've finally reached the end of the road and everything is how I wanted to be. All speakers upgraded, amp installed, factory EQ correction, custom fiberglass subwoofer box completed, and now wireless CarPlay and Charging. I'll post pictures, videos and parts i've used (with purchase links) that helped me achieve what I wanted to achieve
First things first, let's get the parts list out of the way
Audio
Axxess DSP AX-DSP
Axxess T-Harness AX-DSP-HON2
Audiocontrol ACM-4.300
Audiocontrol ACM-1.300
Infinity Kappa 60csx components 2.5Ω (front and back)
Rockford Fosgate P3 10" Shallow Sub 4Ω DVC (custom fiberglass enclosure)
Sound treatment on all doors, rear deck, trunk and rear license plate
Wiring
knukonceptz Positive battery terminal
knukonceptz distribution block
knukonceptz mini-ANL fuse holder
knukonceptz 4AWG OFC (for amps) 0AWG OFC (for big 3)
knukonceptz 10AWG for sub 14AWG to crossover from amp. New wire run to all speakers
Electricals
Yonhan USB QC3.0 socket
CarPlay
Carlinkit USB Wireless CarPlay adapter
Wireless Charging
ZWNAV Qi pad (meant to replace factory cubby compartment)
Let's start with the wireless charging pad. I've looked into the different option. OEM would always be best but Honda's version has that large ugly rectangular warning sticker on it and didn't provide any other functionality. Also let's not ignore the fact that it's $250~ or even more depending on where you buy it. So I said F that noise and looked for alternatives. I found ones that were $50~ but all the reviews looked bad and the design of them were horrible as well. I came across one that was half the price of the Honda OEM ones and looked WAY BETTER and had an extra USB port. That was the ZWNAV. I already had the Yonhan QC socket installed by the front USB panel so I tapped the power off of that to power the Qi Pad. Below are pictures of the replacement unit and installation process.
https://imgur.com/a/i3ts8LN
https://imgur.com/a/tgON1qU
Now that we have wireless charging out of the way, let's focus on CarPlay. CarPlay has got to be the most useful head unit experiences. The most annoying thing about our vehicles is that you have to plug in your phone for CarPlay to initiate. So for the first two months I've settled to use the mount that you'll see later on in my video. That was okay. I knew I wanted to have wireless CarPlay. Looking across the forums and reddit, I came across a wireless USB adapter that enabled such feature with an addition of an APK. This USB adapter can be plugged in any of the cars' USB port. Since my HU is rooted, I had no issues with installing the required APK to get wireless CarPlay to work. There are a couple of quirks like not having the song displayed on your cluster when you skip to the next song (torelable) and delay when skipping a song with SWC (which behaves the same as HU with Wireless CarPlay enabled). Once the USB and APK is set up and paired with your device, It automatically launches as soon as your phone establishes WiFi connection to the dongle, music starts playing, happy day. Sometimes the display shows blank but music does play and you just have to exit to Home and go back into the App again. You'll see what I mean in the video below.
Other things I've done was install a Solar panel in the rear deck with a solar controller to passively charge the car battery during the day. Viofo A129dual dash cam powered by 12v 6000mAh Battery Bank that gets its charge from the car only when its on. Viofo dash cam has Parking Mode enabled.
Bonus shots : Subwoofer enclosure
It's not a great build. It was my first time working with fiberglass. But it sounds great.
https://imgur.com/a/o0M7jgo
Overall, It was a strenuous effort but so glad I finally got it completed. I've been really wanting to get one of those Daisata HU replacement but didn't want to compromise OEM look or safety.
Let me know what you guys think. Feel free to ask me any questions
Also @kperalta, feel free to reply with "ugh"
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