Hi all,
I have a small question regarding the Radio app on my KLD MTCE device that i have in my Renault Clio 4
I not sure weather or not this is by design or not, but the stock radio did it like this.
When listening to one radio channel, and a traffic announcement came on another station, i switched to that station while the announcement was on, and then switched back to the station that i was listening to.
When i activate "TA" in the Radio app on the MTCE device, it changes station to a station with TA announcements, and i stays there even if the station is not presenting an active TA announcement. If i manually change back to the station that I was listening to it stays for like 5 seconds and then tunes to the station with TA again.
Is this by design? or am I missing something?
Also, a side question, why cant i use the steeringwheel keys next and prev to change song i spotify?
Have a nice day and i look forward to hear from fellow MTC users
/Tjaller
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Just wondering if anyone could inform me -- is it a function of the firmware in your car radio, or software in the phone that allows for things like displaying track names on the car display and controlling tracks (play, pause, next, reverse, etc) via radio buttons in the car?
If it is the car radio, what specific protocols or features should you look for to ensure that you can do this? If it is the software in the phone, what app should I be looking for?
Pretty sure this cannot be done, unless some new model cars are more advanced or it is a high end BMW or something.
I could be wrong but have never seen it
I've seen it with aftermarket head units at least being able to have controls.
Friend has one in his truck that will interact with his iphone at least.
Just wasn't sure entirely though if it's in the firmware or if there are software workarounds. Guess was always firmware of the radio - but not sure if there's specific protocols regarding it.
Hi all, new guy here with some problems.
I've bought a new headunit to replace my factory Skoda Stream Radio CD.
My car is an Skoda Octavia mk2 vRS year 2007, so any VW headunit should be OK in my car.
New headunit is a Joying Android 4.4.4 RK3188 with latest official firmware (June 2015).
I was trying to install it this morning for the first time and found several problems.
The most important one is the headunit doesn't power off even with my car completely shutdown and closed.
Headunit install instructions state there are two different methods to connect the headunit.
First and preferred one is using CANBUS decoder box, so headunit power is controlled through CANBUS decoder.
But if headunit doesn't power on when you turn on the car (that's happening to mine), you have to use second method: unplug CANBUS decoder box and connect ACC +12V red wires so that headunit gets powered.
With this second method the headunit starts up OK, but when i turn off the engine, take out the key or even close the car with remote control, headunit doesn't power off at all. I even tried to wait for 20 minutes but with no results. So i had to remove new headunit from the car to avoid battery drain...
I have upgraded firmware from Abril to June version so i got a new feature that allows to delay shutdown after ACC is off.
I set it to 30 seconds delay but still nothing. Headunit stays on.
I already asked to seller, and i'm waiting for an answer. But i thought maybe i could get some valuable ideas here at the forum.
Still don't understand why headunit is not powering on with CANBUS decoder connected. My car should support it, my factory Skoda Stream Radio CD is able to show climatronic info on display.
Other problems i found:
- Headunit buttons don't light even if i turn on car headlights. If i set button's colour in Settings\Elements buttons light for a pair of seconds to show new color, but then they go off again.
- I wanted to set Skoda logo at boot at Factory Settings but asks for a pin/password. Thought it was 126 but it isn't. What is the pin for Factory Settings?
- There's a slight buzzing coming from speakers when i turn on car headlights. That buzzing is not there with Skoda factory radio unit.
Long post, thanks in advance for your answers. :good:
Seems to me wrong or defected harness?
Does your car have factory amplifier? I had one that was making lot of issues. I figured out that the harness was the problem because they sent me a harness that is compatible with my factory head unit. But my car was standard trim that didnt include it. I had to cut one wire they told me to cut it. And it worked fine after that.
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Thanks for your answer Scorbion,
Seller is going to send me a new Canbus box decoder. We think it must be faulty, that's why headunit doesn't power on or power off with it. Without Canbus box, ACC coming from VW harness is not a real ACC but a +12V to battery, because VW factory radio does all through canbus, and so headunit is always connected and doesn't power off.
Will update info when i get the new canbus box from seller.
Thanks
Scorbion said:
Seems to me wrong or defected harness?
Does your car have factory amplifier? I had one that was making lot of issues. I figured out that the harness was the problem because they sent me a harness that is compatible with my factory head unit. But my car was standard trim that didnt include it. I had to cut one wire they told me to cut it. And it worked fine after that.
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GAF70 said:
Hi all, new guy here with some problems.
I've bought a new headunit to replace my factory Skoda Stream Radio CD.
My car is an Skoda Octavia mk2 vRS year 2007, so any VW headunit should be OK in my car.
New headunit is a Joying Android 4.4.4 RK3188 with latest official firmware (June 2015).
I was trying to install it this morning for the first time and found several problems.
The most important one is the headunit doesn't power off even with my car completely shutdown and closed.
Headunit install instructions state there are two different methods to connect the headunit.
First and preferred one is using CANBUS decoder box, so headunit power is controlled through CANBUS decoder.
But if headunit doesn't power on when you turn on the car (that's happening to mine), you have to use second method: unplug CANBUS decoder box and connect ACC +12V red wires so that headunit gets powered.
With this second method the headunit starts up OK, but when i turn off the engine, take out the key or even close the car with remote control, headunit doesn't power off at all. I even tried to wait for 20 minutes but with no results. So i had to remove new headunit from the car to avoid battery drain...
I have upgraded firmware from Abril to June version so i got a new feature that allows to delay shutdown after ACC is off.
I set it to 30 seconds delay but still nothing. Headunit stays on.
I already asked to seller, and i'm waiting for an answer. But i thought maybe i could get some valuable ideas here at the forum.
Still don't understand why headunit is not powering on with CANBUS decoder connected. My car should support it, my factory Skoda Stream Radio CD is able to show climatronic info on display.
Other problems i found:
- Headunit buttons don't light even if i turn on car headlights. If i set button's colour in Settings\Elements buttons light for a pair of seconds to show new color, but then they go off again.
- I wanted to set Skoda logo at boot at Factory Settings but asks for a pin/password. Thought it was 126 but it isn't. What is the pin for Factory Settings?
- There's a slight buzzing coming from speakers when i turn on car headlights. That buzzing is not there with Skoda factory radio unit.
Long post, thanks in advance for your answers. :good:
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i have the same problem. can u fix it?
Did you solve this canbus problem?
Yes, new can bus decoder did the trick.
Long time ago though...
Hardware solution trumps everything
Had the same issue. Im also waiting for the supplier to respond. In the meantime, I just pulled the acc pin off the box and connected the radio to cig. lighter possitive. Works.
Hey everyone, tried to search but hard to get relevant results.
I have an issue where sometimes I hit prev/next on my Mazda 3 SWC to change radio stations, and my Klyde unit starts playing a spotify track along with the radio feed. Running Malaysk's ROM with no other extensions to the SWC.
Hello
I am having problem with controlling the steering wheel control to next/pervious the song.
The radio and the music of the rom is working fine but when using other apps like Spotify, YouTube playlist... Etc is not working I have to do it on screen. Is there anything I can do in settings?
Btw Iam using 4.4.4 malaysk rom rk3066.
Hello! Were you able to fix the problem? I have a similar issue with my car, when I go to Spotify and start playing a song, I can go to the prev/next track but as soon as I leave the app, I can no longer go to the prev/next track. I can do it from the notification but not from the steering wheel or the controls on the face of the headunit. Also, whenever I try to skip a song from any of the buttons, I also lose control of the volume. So, I'd love to know how you fixed it if you have fixed it.
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Hello! Were you able to fix the problem? I have a similar issue with my car, when I go to Spotify and start playing a song, I can go to the prev/next track but as soon as I leave the app, I can no longer go to the prev/next track. I can do it from the notification but not from the steering wheel or the controls on the face of the headunit. Also, whenever I try to skip a song from any of the buttons, I also lose control of the volume. So, I'd love to know how you fixed it if you have fixed it.
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Being an mtcb, since posted in mtcb forum, suggest time to buy a newer unit to update your old mtcb unit, such as a FYT based unit uis7862
marchnz said:
Being an mtcb, since posted in mtcb forum, suggest time to buy a newer unit to update your old mtcb unit, such as a FYT based unit uis7862
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I see. Upon further testing my problem seems to be android related. I can't skip songs if I don't have the app open on screen. Had this with one of my previous phones too and it fixed itself one day. We shall see.
I recently installed a Xtrons PQS90MTVL head unit in a skoda superb. I have a couple of questions on how to get it to work correctly when navigating.
1) It seems that you can set the navigation sounds to be a percentage of the radio volume but cannot set it to play at a given volume regardless. The problem is that the radio seems to be constantly on and there is no way to turn it off. The 'on/off' button simply mutes the radio - and the navigation sounds.
Often I am in an area where I cannot pick up a decent radio signal on the programme I want and just get static. In these situations I want to turn the radio off but still hear navigation sounds. I don't want to listen to loud static just so I can have the nav sounds play at a percentage of that static. Is there a way to turn the radio off but still get navigation sounds? (a workaround I have found is to play a media file instead of the radio and then pause playback. The nav sounds are then still a percentage of the - non existent - playback volume. However this should not be necessary)
2) It also seems that a Internet connection is needed for any navigation. even google maps won't do a search without it as it says I am offline. (is this true?)
I have bought the 4G wifi dongle but have a question about its use. Does the HU connect to the dongle, as far as data is concerned, via the USB socket that comes out of the back of the unit or is that socket simply powering the dongle and the HUI is actually connecting to it over wifi using the dongle as a hotspot? If so then I don't have to use the wired usb socket from the unit (which I suspect is underpowered) and can plug the dongle into an ordinary 2A USB socket that I have in the car, positioning the dongle near the roof for a better signal
Incidentally I did try using Android Auto with my phone using wired connection. That seems sort of OK but is not very reliable. Often when starting the car it hangs at the 'connected' screen, or even at the 'trying to connect' screen, although other times it seems OK
3) There is a small socket on the left hand side of the HU that looks like a slot for a small memory card or a sim card. It is labelled 'GPS'. What is that socket used for? it is not mentioned in the manual as far as I can see. - The manual is generally a bit hand waving though, excitedly telling you what you can do but not how to do it.
(I did try the xtrons forum but not only are the last posts there around January 2022 but there seems to be no way to register for it. Hence posting here)
Is it MTCx post system info including mcu version.
Mtcb is long retired
marchnz said:
Is it MTCx post system info including mcu version.
Mtcb is long retired
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All I know is the model is Xtrons PQS90MTVL so maybe its MTVL (whatever that is) I'm afraid I don't know what mcu means so cannot offer any version for it. Its possible I have posted this in the wrong section and have rep[osted in 'Android Head-Units'. If that is the right place and this is the wrong place, please can you delete this post