Group Buy / EOI new generation DNS head units (RNS-510 alternative)

[wai]

E&OE??

[Fdandy]

IDk about the aux, still waiting on cables.

Battery drain seems odd, I played with mine for a good 30 mins last week, without starting the car, started the next morning no issues.

I had the same but realised I probably had autoheadlights on, which may have been the culprit.

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[Fdandy]

If you're having issues with the aux-in jack please let me know what car model and what year.

Actually I did find an issue with the Aux that I didn't notice initially. Aux in works but it comes through only on the right side of the car. Ipod connection works but sound only on left side of the car (go figure).

I'll test again tonight.

For reference: 2009 MY10 Jetta TDI

[swong]

Regarding those who have received the unit with resistive screens, I'm still trying to figure out the best way to go about the issue since I have had some people say to me that it doesn't bother them at all while others say it's almost a deal breaker. Personally I haven't found it to be a real issue, especially since the RNS-510 is also resistive. That said, the point is that the unit was supposed to be capacitive. I think it is best for those who feel like this is an issue to message me. I can't do much better than $20 off per person if I'm to give a universal discount since Audiosources is not supporting me on this, but if those who don't mind are kind enough to not seek compensation I can give the others a bit more. Of course if you don't mind but feel like you are entitled then you are still free to message me.

It's not a real breaker for me, but it's disappointing as it's one of the features that I based my decision to purchase on. I know it's not your fault Sandy, but the reseller of a product should be partly responsible, especially when the customers have no direct relationship with the supplier themselves.

I personally feel sorry for the guys who went in on the early batch and have had to deal with all the nasty surprises, in addition to helping out by finding and documenting bugs. (Something which AS should have been paying people to do) The early batch people at least should be financially compensated for their trouble. With the rest of us having the option to completely back out now that we know this information.

Do you have any documented correspondence with AS regarding the resistive screen claims? Or was it all just verbal?

[chillybone]

Will there be a canbus update for the steering wheel control problems. It's really ruining this whole thing. I never touch the radio after install pretty much. Are they at least working on it? I have to pull the fuse every 10 hours or so

[Mister Jim Lahey]

Could someone who's got one up and running does those of us still sitting out a massive favour and post a Youtube review, please?

TIA

[Fdandy]

Does anyone else have very poor GPS reception? Mine take a long time to get 4 Satellites and I can't use it for navigation.
Could I have a faulty GPS antenna?

As for placement, I have mine pretty much on top of the dash just under one piece of thin plastic.

Ok - moved the GPS further into the dash with better results.

In my 2009 MY10 Jetta there is a metal grill that is on top of the dash which significantly lowers the signal (previously the GPS was right under here). You can actually see the difference in reception by putting the grill back on top so if you have a similar grill in your Jetta - you need to position your GPS either deeper or to the side.

[Fdandy]

First bug of new fflash, well actually iits an old one, SD playback, crash with this error & system freeze. Monsun.exe

Bluetooth playback still poor, sysfem sometimes flips from input to radio then back.... still static in the background of SD playback.


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Im getting these monsun.exe errors more frequently now. Which usually results in a key pull (ignition off, key out).
Sandy - were you able to translate this issue? Is it the meory leak one?

[Goobz]

No the memory leak one was different. That one was just a failed program from memory.

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[DkN]

Im getting these monsun.exe errors more frequently now. Which usually results in a key pull (ignition off, key out).
Sandy - were you able to translate this issue? Is it the meory leak one?

Can you please tell me what version of firmware the unit shows to be running now? That monsun.exe error only came up for kwalsh24 as far as I am aware, and he has a definite faulty unit. You may be in the same boat, if your firmware is current. It is not a memory message, it just says the program monsun.exe had a critical error and must be ended.

It's not a real breaker for me, but it's disappointing as it's one of the features that I based my decision to purchase on. I know it's not your fault Sandy, but the reseller of a product should be partly responsible, especially when the customers have no direct relationship with the supplier themselves.

I personally feel sorry for the guys who went in on the early batch and have had to deal with all the nasty surprises, in addition to helping out by finding and documenting bugs. (Something which AS should have been paying people to do) The early batch people at least should be financially compensated for their trouble. With the rest of us having the option to completely back out now that we know this information.

Do you have any documented correspondence with AS regarding the resistive screen claims? Or was it all just verbal?

I understand what you are saying and that's why I am offering compensation.

The situation with software bugs was disclosed beforehand, although I did not experience the CAN-Bus slowdown issue so that wasn't listed, but this has now been fixed in any case. The overseas customers who have the white screen low temperature issue probably has the worst of the surprises, followed by the resistive screen and missing cables (which also has now been resolved as I will be sending out the cables to those that didn't receive it).

My communications with the manager is mostly through a Chinese IM program. I call him when there is an urgent matter or something that he hasn't replied to for a few days.

The issue with all this is that the manager started telling me about the unit long before details were finalised. They were all pre-release information although he has simply said "DNS will have etc" without hint of any doubt. In the case of capacitive screen he forgot to even tell me later that the unit was going to ship with resistive screens - he told me it would be capactive months ago, probably didn't even remember he did that.

Having said that, he is generally receptive to suggestions and does consider my advice. The main issue is that he promises too much too early - not really lying just saying things before they are certain. I do expect to still be able to maintain a good working relationship with him but as I said, I have learned my lesson and in the future will not be acting on anything but already released, concrete unit details.

Regarding the future - I don't believe the DNS will receive capacitive screens at least in the foreseeable future. There are wider issues of WinCE 6.0 multi-touch and capacitive screen driver support, so I think a capacitive screen would have to wait till the next generation of Audiosources units.

[Fanaki]

Sandy, I've been quietly watching all this play out and have yet to see you really lose your lid. Well done for keeping your cool. couple of questions, how much you are pushing back to/ on AS? Do you have any recourse to go back and get them to review/ adjust pricing of the unit seeing it was based on a list of specs which have now changed to some extent. I know you are offering $20 in compensation but surely, considering the need for add on modules at a later stage, the issue with the screen and the other bits and bobs AS would/ should be accountable for more than just the $20? Again, I can't state how well you have handled all our raging and dummy spits, I guess I'm kinda hoping you are doing a bit of raging of your own hehe

[moda]

^

FWIW the current firmware has fixed all my CANBUS issues (touchwood), haven't had to do a reset or fusepull since updating, nor any memory leaks or any other major issues.

Any news on how the next firmware version is coming? Really keen to get the iPod charging issue and the SD playback on reverse issues fixed, those are my 2 major bugbears at the moment :p

Also, who was it that said their auxin was right channel only? Mine does the same thing, but I had assumed the cable I used was dodgy... maybe not the case?

[Fanaki]

^Ah fair enough, I'm still hanging tight to see how all this pans out as I want the unit. I had to ask, I like a good dummy spit every now and then haha

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[Fdandy]

Can you please tell me what version of firmware the unit shows to be running now? That monsun.exe error only came up for kwalsh24 as far as I am aware, and he has a definite faulty unit. You may be in the same boat, if your firmware is current. It is not a memory message, it just says the program monsun.exe had a critical error and must be ended.

Latest firmware I believe.


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[chillybone]

So can the over seas people exchange there units. We can't live with the white screen and canbus control problem forever here. It gets cold =)