Jimny Radio with doors unlocked

Bi stable relay fitted and working. Lambert, I couldn't find the central locking unit so tapped in to the door actuator in the end, this is positive, but the relay unit I bought wasn't polarity sensitive.

I have configured my radio with a 10 minute switch off delay, provided it is fully booted then a short interuption is okay, it then uses a fast boot and restores my apps.

Dano, my Android HU was not really plug and play, I don't like most of the inbuilt apps and most of the features don't auto start a right pain until I installed Tasker.

Here is a summary

HU - Xtrons Otca 8.1 for Jimny - fits well;
DAB add on - Xtrons app kept searching, installed DAB-Z (free and really good);
AM/FM Radio - Rubbish, but will use it where there is no DAB;
iPhone link - will not recover track names, a bit useless
Music player - crap, installed PowerAmp and put my MPS on a card, really good
Torque Pro - really good, but won't auto start.
Reverse camera - really good
Sat-Nav - installed Here with off line maps - good, but better if online for jams.

I installed Tasker to auto start DAB-Z, Torque Pro and Speed of Sound (speed volume adjust, the HU speed doesn't work). I also installed two speakers in the back.

I have fitted a front camera as well, good for seeing what you are about to drop in to, but also the guy next door parks about 1cm from the front of my car and it is hand to drive right up to him. I had to feed this in via the Aux-IN input and put a rocker switch on the unused blanking panel next to the fog light.

It's a work in progress or an obsession according to the missus.

Diode from the starter wire into the aux wire at the ign sorts the radio on cranking.

I have an octacore Android unit in the other car.....forward camera was junk but the rear is good.......treated myself to tpms too.

Will have a look into dabZ later.

That's a good idea Keithy, thanks for sharing the tip.

Sorry, forgot to ask which tpms you installed? The Xtrons model for this HU is a standalone unit and I don't like the look of it.

DrRobin wrote: Sorry, forgot to ask which tpms you installed? The Xtrons model for this HU is a standalone unit and I don't like the look of it.

I "think" it's the Xtrons one....external receiver and it plugs into the port on the HU

Thanks Keithy,

I have just got a Xtrons for my other car, it is Android 9 and has a special port on the back for TPMS, trouble is it's an Xmas gift and the missus won't let me have it until Xmas, boo hoo! It looks a much better unit and was cheaper than the Octa 8.1, wish they did this one in a Jimny facia.

In the end I have gone for a cheap USB TPMS from eBay for my Jimny, says it works with Android 8.0 and 9.0. I will get the Xtrons for my other car.