Its What we call back in the day alternator interference only fixed by using a inline suppressor.
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Mines has 2 sd slots I sat nav other for music. And 2 usb
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I think that’s just how they are. Mine is the same, I can only here it though If everything is quiet.
Only thing you could try is unplugging it all and then putting it back together making sure everything is in the correct place.
If you buy a noise suppressor/filter it may get rid of that little noise but you will also lose sound quality on volume and bass so I personally would leave it as it is.
Xtrons tech support have given me some new firmware to install, although I'm not sure how that will resolve the interference :s
Just need to dig out an USB stick to format to FAT32. I can see the lack of SD slots is going to be abit poop.
Just need to dig out an USB stick to format to FAT32. I can see the lack of SD slots is going to be abit poop.
You would have thought that the interference would be sorted by xtrons. And lack of SD slots not good having thoses make unit more saleable
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Mate I looked that unit up on xtrons website it says in specs it has SD slot?
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Leon looks like on the image on their website as you say the SD slot is under a little cover looking like a button on the bottom right and USB/Sat nav is under the opposite cover on the left?
Yeah it says SD then under that rst. Do are you saying there's no SD slot under that cover ?
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No idea mate. Try find a site that allows you to compare the 2 side by side
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I owned both and according to my experience, the RNS-E style looks better due less shiny plastic. It also fits better in the dash because its facia has longer side borders.
I assume you guys are talkin about the button on the right. To my knowledge it is an actual button, but I will head out to the car later and have another look.
I checked in the spec earlier and I don't remember seeing SD listed
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I’ve placed an order on the Xtrons site. The octa-core Android 8 unit should be here Monday. I’ll provide an update once fitted and tuned.
Hi according to Graham his unit not has SD slot but picture shows this. So we're slightly confused it's advertised in the specs as having SD slot.I assume you guys are talkin about the button on the right. To my knowledge it is an actual button, but I will head out to the car later and have another look.
I checked in the spec earlier and I don't remember seeing SD listed
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There seems to be a bit of confusion here, my unit which is the RNS-e lookalike has two slots for sat nav and sd card, it was SimplyD who said his unit didn't have SD slots but I believe hat he thinks are buttons at the bottom on both the left and right of his unit are actually covers for these two slots?
HELP! - OK so not sure what I did wrong but I connected a USB stick to my unit with the intention of copying the music on it to the head unit which I think I've managed to work out how to do. The only problem being that when I plugged it back into my laptop it says the USB device I've connected is corrupted and windows doesn't recognise it. I don't want to keep corrupting USB sticks, should I have done the formatting thing before connecting it to the car? It plays the music on it in the car and plugged into my kitchen stereo but won't load up on my computer?
Sorry mate we all seems to be confused. Simply d s unit has SD slots then ?
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Yeah I formatted mines first. So when I take it out of car and into pc no issues
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This was the post I as referring to regarding not having SD slots but I'm pretty sure as stated that they're behind what look like buttons bottom left and right on the unit Simply D has.
hahaha, funnily enough I was in the process of writing a "think we are confused here" post too, but thought it would be definitive to go out n brave the cold to check the HU.
I can indeed confirm there are SD slots hidden behind the "buttons", including a nifty micro USB slot too
see pics
I can indeed confirm there are SD slots hidden behind the "buttons", including a nifty micro USB slot too
see pics
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As my friends + therapist tell me, I have commitment issues...yes it is sticking out, as I haven't pushed it fully it in yet while I am working out the issues.
I also need to buy some USB extension leads as the ones that come with the unit are literally 0.3m/0.5m long and you cant feed them anywhere sensible with that length. Although with the discovery of the SD slots I'm not sure what use I will have for them anyway, buuuuut I would rather be forward thinking than to have to take it all out again at a later date.
Will they not fit in the little card holder. I cut a small part of the back out and they sit in there out of the way
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I drilled a 15 mm hole in the corner of the glovebox and the cables that come with the unit have plenty of length to fit into there.
I’d be interested to see what your unit looks like when it’s fully pushed in as mine is the same model as yours and mine sticks out a mm or 2 and it’s annoying that it doesn’t sit right.
I took my glove box out to put in the gps aerial and just poked out the little pre marked rectangular hole at the back of the glove box and fed the two longer ones through into the glovebox.
Bit of fiddling it does come out I've never used it anyway it's perfect for usb sticks
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Mate where your head unit fits if you look up into the hole between the centre vents there the perfect place for gps aerial in the centre. Worth a try
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I received my Xtrons HU today. On opening the box I was pleasantly surprised with the way the unit looked - from the front it looked better than expected. The black plastic facia is a good match to factory but the silver knurled buttons look and feel very cheap. Size wise, the body of the unit is quite a bit smaller than the RNS-E
The clips, on the side of the HU that hold the unit in place, look pretty flimsy and as @ab1702 mentions above I'm not they would last beyond several removals (to be fair today is the first time I've removed my RNSE). I tried my stereo removal tools in the slots but the pins didn't engage the lock/clip, there was too much space - this would be a concern once the unit was pushed into place.
Wiring the unit up was straight forward - you can't go wrong but the RCA cables feel a little loose.
Fitting into the car - once I'd connected the aerial, sat-nav and quad-lock I needed to switch the car to ACC before it the unit would boot. This makes sense for it's first start but unlike my RNSE, with the car switched off I couldn't get the Xtrons to switch on (always needed to be in ACC) which is a bit annoying. The HU did boot up very quick, faster than the RNSE.
Tuning a radio station, the sound was sharp and as expected the Bose worked fine but there was hiss which is quite prominent. I unattached and reattached all RCA plugs and the quad lock but there was no change (the blue wire was correctly connected too). On starting the car the sound was even worse, almost like there was a microphone under the bonnet playing engine noise into the cabin. Turning the HU off (while the car was running) gives a loud 'pop' though the speakers followed by a deep beating sound working in unison with a high-pitched buzz. As I drive mostly with the radio off this noise won't work with me. I unplugged the HU and silence...
There had been many previous posts about fitment which was my main concern prior to purchasing. So when pushing the unit 'home' into the cavity and seeing how much play there was I was quite a disappointment (I'm not sure why when I was expecting it). I'd fitted the rubber from the RNSE to the top and sides but it wasn't secure. The HU did however sit back, so it wasn't sticking out at the front - it just wasn't secure!
I ran a scan and 2 new codes were detected - 02503 Phone output wire to Radio, 01300 Control Module for Navigation. I cleared the codes but the errors returned. I appreciate I still have the factory items fitted but I not keen on keeping error codes.
I spent more time tuning the unit but lost interest to be honest. I'm not sure if I want to persist with getting it 'perfect' - it should work OOTB. I know I'm being fussy and for £269 (inc discount) I shouldn't really complain but it seems to be the most common feedback hasn't been listened too. For now, I've re-fitted my RNSE; I may give it another go in the weekend. Oh, and the fault codes have gone...
The clips, on the side of the HU that hold the unit in place, look pretty flimsy and as @ab1702 mentions above I'm not they would last beyond several removals (to be fair today is the first time I've removed my RNSE). I tried my stereo removal tools in the slots but the pins didn't engage the lock/clip, there was too much space - this would be a concern once the unit was pushed into place.
Wiring the unit up was straight forward - you can't go wrong but the RCA cables feel a little loose.
Fitting into the car - once I'd connected the aerial, sat-nav and quad-lock I needed to switch the car to ACC before it the unit would boot. This makes sense for it's first start but unlike my RNSE, with the car switched off I couldn't get the Xtrons to switch on (always needed to be in ACC) which is a bit annoying. The HU did boot up very quick, faster than the RNSE.
Tuning a radio station, the sound was sharp and as expected the Bose worked fine but there was hiss which is quite prominent. I unattached and reattached all RCA plugs and the quad lock but there was no change (the blue wire was correctly connected too). On starting the car the sound was even worse, almost like there was a microphone under the bonnet playing engine noise into the cabin. Turning the HU off (while the car was running) gives a loud 'pop' though the speakers followed by a deep beating sound working in unison with a high-pitched buzz. As I drive mostly with the radio off this noise won't work with me. I unplugged the HU and silence...
There had been many previous posts about fitment which was my main concern prior to purchasing. So when pushing the unit 'home' into the cavity and seeing how much play there was I was quite a disappointment (I'm not sure why when I was expecting it). I'd fitted the rubber from the RNSE to the top and sides but it wasn't secure. The HU did however sit back, so it wasn't sticking out at the front - it just wasn't secure!
I ran a scan and 2 new codes were detected - 02503 Phone output wire to Radio, 01300 Control Module for Navigation. I cleared the codes but the errors returned. I appreciate I still have the factory items fitted but I not keen on keeping error codes.
I spent more time tuning the unit but lost interest to be honest. I'm not sure if I want to persist with getting it 'perfect' - it should work OOTB. I know I'm being fussy and for £269 (inc discount) I shouldn't really complain but it seems to be the most common feedback hasn't been listened too. For now, I've re-fitted my RNSE; I may give it another go in the weekend. Oh, and the fault codes have gone...
-If you have BOSE, just don't connect the wires #3 with #17 (AMP CON). When everything connected right, all the speakers work out of the box. Nothing else is needed.
- I like the dual screen feature. Now, I can run a NAVI app and a speed camera notification app on the same screen
Hi @dp_motley - above you mention that for BOSE not to connect #3 to #17 - for BOSE shouldn’t they be connected? Just wondering if this is part of my sound issue.
How did you get split screen?
I moved the little lugs at the top, rear of the unit back as you suggested and put the RNSE rubber across the to and down the sides, but when you push your unit home is it as snug as the factory unit (concert/rnse)?
Did you need noise suppressors?
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Sam
When you’ve got Bose you have to connect all 4 rca cables and the blue ‘amp con’ cable otherwise the bose will not work anywhere near as good as it should.
If you take the rca cables apart and then just squeeze the ends of each cable when you connect them back together they will be more of a snug fit.
I also don’t know how to get the split screen to work so would be interested in knowing this.
Tap an "all-open-windows" icon in the top bar. Choose one window and drag it to the left hand side of the screen. It opens on the left half of the screen. Then choose the second window and tap it (or its top, I don't remember exactly) and it will open and fill the right part of the screen. There are plenty of videos on youtube.
The only thing with noise suppressors is they take away from your sound quality so the volume will not be quite as good an neither will the bass.
No I haven’t put the sides back on as I had one of these units before that I couldn’t get back out of the dash so I’ll be leaving them off. It doesn’t effect it at all as it doesn’t move around in the dash or anything it just gives me peace of mind knowing I can definately get it back out when I need to.
The problem I have with the unit slightly sticking out i think I s to do with its construction somehow. I think it is to do with the metal sliders on the side of the unit at the back not being positioned properly but I haven’t had time to properly have a look at it and try and sort it out yet.
Is this a pot luck thing as although I don't have a Bose sound system I haven't had any trouble with mine, I plugged it in everything worked straight off, all the speakers and good sound.
Nah it’s a Bose thing or sometimes installation error.
I have a little alternator whine on mine with Bose but only when everything is silent, as soon as I put something on the sound is quality and the whine disappears so it’s something that doesn’t bother me at all.
Ok so I've managed to get music into the file labelled Music found in file browser from a USB stick and I've also loaded music onto an SD card, I can select each song individually and play it but does anyone know how you just get them to play in succession please?
