Hello friends.
Recently I have decided to replace my 8" original Radio from my Kia Sportage QL 2016. The trim on the car is GT line, with JBL SPDIF sound and OEM Camera.
I have bought a Chinese Android unit from Aliexpress with the 360 cameras as well.
The seller sent me the wrong canbus and wiring loom kit. I have decided to find myself a compatible CanBus and wiring kit, also, on Aliexpress.
I have found and bought a few variants. After a lot of testing I have managed to find the right wiring loom and canbus, however 2 Problem are present:
1. The language on my dashboard screen has changed to Korean. There seems to be no way to change it back to English from my research so far. The language on the Chinese Android unit is English. I have changed the language on the unit to German, and back to English, it doesn't seem to fix the dashboard screen language.
I have noticed that the writing that was in English, saying "Please check vehicle surroundings" when engaging Reverse Camera is also In Korean. Could this be because of the Android unit? And if so how can I get it to English?
2. The illumination on the Climate Control, Steering wheel and left pad where some options like Lane Assistent and Trunk opening are are also not working, but I guess this is because of wiring and not the actual CanBus. Basically when I switch to Auto on the lights settings the button illumination from the shift gear, center Climate Control and steering wheel go off and the illumination from the Chinese Android comes up.
Apart from these all other options like OEM Reverse Camera, Sound, Steering wheel controls etc. are working.
I have played with choosing another type of canbus protocol settings for other similar vehicles, unfortunately no positive results.
Has anyone encountered similar experiences with these Chinese head units?
Bellow you will find some pictures with the original unit from my car and the Chinese device together with the wiring loom kits and Canbuses that I tested.
Mamy thanks,
Recently I have decided to replace my 8" original Radio from my Kia Sportage QL 2016. The trim on the car is GT line, with JBL SPDIF sound and OEM Camera.
I have bought a Chinese Android unit from Aliexpress with the 360 cameras as well.
The seller sent me the wrong canbus and wiring loom kit. I have decided to find myself a compatible CanBus and wiring kit, also, on Aliexpress.
I have found and bought a few variants. After a lot of testing I have managed to find the right wiring loom and canbus, however 2 Problem are present:
1. The language on my dashboard screen has changed to Korean. There seems to be no way to change it back to English from my research so far. The language on the Chinese Android unit is English. I have changed the language on the unit to German, and back to English, it doesn't seem to fix the dashboard screen language.
I have noticed that the writing that was in English, saying "Please check vehicle surroundings" when engaging Reverse Camera is also In Korean. Could this be because of the Android unit? And if so how can I get it to English?
2. The illumination on the Climate Control, Steering wheel and left pad where some options like Lane Assistent and Trunk opening are are also not working, but I guess this is because of wiring and not the actual CanBus. Basically when I switch to Auto on the lights settings the button illumination from the shift gear, center Climate Control and steering wheel go off and the illumination from the Chinese Android comes up.
Apart from these all other options like OEM Reverse Camera, Sound, Steering wheel controls etc. are working.
I have played with choosing another type of canbus protocol settings for other similar vehicles, unfortunately no positive results.
Has anyone encountered similar experiences with these Chinese head units?
Bellow you will find some pictures with the original unit from my car and the Chinese device together with the wiring loom kits and Canbuses that I tested.
Mamy thanks,
- Christian