Phoenix Android Radio Walkthrough and settings Pt 1

[Subiepanda]

Here's my walk through of the Phoenix Android Radio Headunit. This is a guide to set the headunit to work properly with the 2017 Honda Civic.

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[baldheadracing]

That’s a nice upgrade.

 

[Subiepanda]

That’s a nice upgrade.

It most definitely is. I was just able to install Kodi and now I can stream movies from the headunit via using my mobile hotspot

 

[Shankmeyster]

Damn with how much better this sounds than the review of the TESLA style unit I'm prob going to have to order one. Does this work with your phone as well so that you can use bluetooth calling? Also do you retain the factory USB plug? How's the nav? Does Google Maps voice nav work ok with this?

 

[Subiepanda]

Damn with how much better this sounds than the review of the TESLA style unit I'm prob going to have to order one. Does this work with your phone as well so that you can use bluetooth calling? Also do you retain the factory USB plug? How's the nav? Does Google Maps voice nav work ok with this?

The IGo Navigation that it came with works pretty well. You have two options you can either 1: Mirror your phone and use google maps or waze from your phone or 2: Turn on mobile hotspot from your phone and use the waze or googlemaps from the headunit. It has bluetooth calling and the usb port you have underneath is were you connect to have mirror phone done but you can also use that as a charging port. You ALSO have another usb connector which I hid in the glove box so I can connect my external harddrive for even more storage space for music and such.

 

[Shankmeyster]

Awesome. I'ma have to order this over the Sony unit I was planning on before.

 

[acolite]

That looks pretty awesome! The description on the online store for the head unit says that the voice control button may not work, can you confirm if thats the case, or if there is a way to change the settings to enable it?

 

[Subiepanda]

That looks pretty awesome! The description on the online store for the head unit says that the voice control button may not work, can you confirm if thats the case, or if there is a way to change the settings to enable it?

I'm not sure which voice control you are referring to. But I do use the Google voice button on the screen a lot and it was able to understand majority of my speech with minimal errors like some words I cant pronounce properly.

 

[ysutarko]

@Subiepanda how is the microphone for the phone?

 

[Subiepanda]

@Subiepanda how is the microphone for the phone?

There are two microphones. The one that's built on the unit itself and also the external mic. I never really tried out the internal mic and just went straight into the external. I have it mounted on the steering column as close as possible to the back near the gauge cluster so it's hidden away. Overall everyone hears me fine. There are times where if I had the ac on they couldn't hear me but once i lower the fan or turn it off everyone heard me fine again.

 

[ysutarko]

There are two microphones. The one that's built on the unit itself and also the external mic. I never really tried out the internal mic and just went straight into the external. I have it mounted on the steering column as close as possible to the back near the gauge cluster so it's hidden away. Overall everyone hears me fine. There are times where if I had the ac on they couldn't hear me but once i lower the fan or turn it off everyone heard me fine again.

can't use the stock microphone?

 

[Subiepanda]

can't use the stock microphone?

No

 

[ysutarko]

how much does it covers the hazard button and the middle a/c vents? cover half?

 

[ysutarko]

got mine installed. thank you for the DIY @Subiepanda .

I use the internal mic and so far so good, i mounted the antenna inside the dash so far so good. question for @Subiepanda , dis you use the bracket from the stock radio or just mounted using the clips?

 

[ysutarko]

@Subiepanda does your instant fuel mpg works on yours? I have hatchsport cvt

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