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Review on πŸš— CarThree 9-Inch Single Din Car Stereo with GPS Navigation, WiFi, Bluetooth, Backup Camera, and Mirror Link – Android Touch Screen Head Unit by Andre Pendergrass

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Works great so far!

Very nice! I bought it and installed it in my girlfriend's car. So far everything is working pretty well. The touchscreen is very responsive and has a lot of nice features. The rear camera function works great with my existing aftermarket camera. Actually, only 2 points bother me. #1 is that for some reason the left and right balances are reversed. I am not mistaken, this is color coding. The speakers are heavily balanced on one side of the car with no front or rear adjustment (I've seen that). Music sounded great on the right, but it was quiet on the left and crackled like the speakers had exploded. So I mostly balanced them to the left and they started working fine. Not sure if this will be an issue in the future, but that has been mitigated for now. #2 Your phone must have a hotspot and be turned on for the stereo to connect to the network. Most features that use Bluetooth are enabled and work automatically. However, some other functions such as navigation, time/date, YouTube or Google require your phone to be connected to an internet access point. The GPS antenna is only there to help you improve your location. It uses Google for these functions. So you need to set up your phone as well. and either keep the hotspot on all the time or turn it on every time you get in your car. Your phone may be able to automatically activate a hotspot and connect when a device is nearby. Our Galaxy S10s don't. what is known to me. I was really hoping that navigation would come with preloaded maps. That works great. It's just a little tiresome to pull out the phone, open the menu and turn on the hotspot when you get in the car to navigate. Overall this is a great head unit at the moment. All functions work, it runs very smoothly. It has coupe quirks, but is quite comfortable once you've set it up and hooked up a phone hotspot. I did not try to adjust or use the steering. The style of my steering wheel does not allow installation.

Pros
  • Car electronics
Cons
  • Weak set