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I put my email app on the A6, and sent the files to my email acct using the "send CSV" feature in FORScan Lite. I just tried it with the A6 connected to the house wifi, and also using my phone as a wifi hotspot. It worked.
Thinking of doing what shovelheadrob is doing. Those two rear ATOTO USB cables could be routed to the glovebox for access, or to a dual USB mount like this one:
I'd either replace a cig lighter or put this alongside it. The A6 Pro and S8 premium rear USB ports are just 2.0, but one has a fast charge capability.
I keep meaning to try the A6 with OBD2 dongle in another truck. That would be really cool.
I'm not sure what the range would be, but it worked pretty well with the rigs parked next to each other:
With the F350 idling, I tapped the gear icon on the Yukon A6 and set up Bluetooth2 to pair with the BAFX OBDII dongle in the truck. Then downloaded and opened up FORScan LIte, and set up the PIDs. Interesting display compared to my phone. The home screen icons are always shown on the left side, and the gauges, graphs, tables or tests are shown on the right. When I use FSL on my phone, the home screen icons are replaced by the table, etc - probably due to the limited screen size.
This is the table view. I don't have the units correct yet, but you get the idea.
Note the buttons on the A6 Pro in this installation are pretty close to the lower dash bezel, and a bit tight for my fat fingers to push. It works, but I have to be deliberate.
The soft buttons just above are a bit crowded - not too tall. Just have to be careful to hit the button you want without hitting an adjacent icon.
The S8 premium may have an advantage here with right side hard buttons and a wider top soft key bar. It's just the S8 premium that has hard buttons arranged on the side though. The S8 Standard, Pro and Ultra are all set up with hard button arrangements on the bottom, like this A6 Pro. They do have the soft buttons up top though. These are little things - just something to consider.
A pox on all contributing to this craziness!!!! Not really, but I didn't need another thing to get to scratching my head on. I really like the idea/concept of what you guys have going with this particular group of units. I have been looking at options for a new head unit for my rig. Wife does fruit, I am a flip phone guy myself, but really like the idea of connecting to an OBD2 device for monitoring. As far as a means to getting the USB to the front, I have been looking at this....
I would like to put something like this where the "Power Point" plug on the dash is. You could swap out the USB charge "port" with something like the USB plug shown above and have an all in 1 plate for lots of things. Or replace the 12 volt plug with the USB extension so you keep the 2 USB charge plugs.
While it is strangely mesmerizing watching the usual R&D of Sous's adventures, Alas, I must report that my 6 year old Joying is still chugging along, Cranking out Metallica, loud enough that I don't have to wear my hearing aids and running TP, on demand, flawlessly and point on unless I go putzing around with the Setup. Then I have to find all my setup data again and reset. I'm still running my BAFX for the same 6y.and it hasn't failed me yet, although BT would be nice. The Joying only has 1 Gig of onboard RAM so I have to watch how many apps I have running at the same time, I would say that is this units few flaws. I just stuffed a 16g Micro SD to increase Storage, and it seems to do the job. Yes, The AM an FM are the other weakness, But I loaded my own Tune mix onto a Thumbdrive and leave it plugged in one of the 2 USB Inputs, and at last count I've got 1455 songs on selection, and have yet heard all of them end to end. In closing, She may be a little slow...... but so am I, and will file away the newest Data and await the death of my Chiwanease Squawk Box. But I do appreciate the research....Thanks Guys.
20% off on the ATOTO A6 Pro and the S8 Standard! My ATOTO A6 Pro will be here next week after a purchase price of 20% off. I am hoping for the OBDLink MX+ and OBD extender cable to go on sale, but will purchase on Cyber Monday if not.
Didn't realize you were pulling the trigger so fast! Here is a video by CTUAN13 who returned his ATOTO A6 Pro Android Head Unit (that he claims he otherwise really wanted to like)
1. Internal distance between external touch pad membrane surface and internal screen too far apart (distance distorts where one touches and what gets activated)
2. Volume control stepping (bass volume disassociated with volume of mid and high frequencies, only 3 steps between volume too low and volume too high)
VIDEO:
Why I’m Returning the ATOTO A6 Pro Android Head Unit...
Brother Y2KW57, I had seen that video in the past and that is not the ATOTO A6 Pro I selected. Using your image above (which I have pasted below), you can see the buttons on the left side are "soft" buttons.
This appears to be model "Toyota/Subaru - ATOTO A6 Pro A6YTY721PR" with the soft buttons where I selected the "hard" buttons along the bottom as seen in the image below.
The image above is of model "ATOTO A6 Pro A6Y2721PRB". This was key for me as I didn't want to fumble around with soft buttons that may or may not be there when driving.
At timestamp 00:40 (40 seconds) into the video by CTUAN13, he states "one of them (problems) is solvable by buying the physical button version". At time stamp 2:25 he goes on to say that the "non-touch button model does not have that problem" as he is referring to the air gap between the screen and the protector. This is image number 1. in your post and is not a concern for the physical button version of the ATOTO A6 Pro.
In addition, we both know that people can and will bitch about anything. Some people will bitch about not receiving two million dollars when someone hands them one million for nothing in return.
In second addition, I scoured the internet including forums, videos and ad listings for details on these things. In post #24 you commented on my scorched Earth level of detail for something somewhat meaningless to most FTE'rs.
Originally Posted by Y2KW57
If anyone reading this thread has any ammo in their rep gun to fire at @Sous for me, please fire when ready. I'm outta ammo for him.
If you need more of reason than my empty clips, then please scroll back up to Post #1 of this thread, and review the details, the spreadsheet, the links provided, the narrative. This is a massive effort, beyond what one might receive from the research efforts of salaried staff. Visualize yourself producing content such as this. How much time would it take you to research the history of previous discussions on the topic, inventory the parameters of importance, survey the current market of offerings meeting the desired parameters, post links to each candidate, and make a freaking spreadsheet for crying outloud?
Please rep Sous accordingly. Or at least thank him.
Thank you, Sous!
Although, I do appreciate you and many others having my back and seeing details that I may have missed. I don't know everything or claim to be a master of anything and I make mistakes, so your comments are appreciated by me and many others.
Using Amazon reviews as a trusted source (sketchy at best) I deduced that this was a good purchase for my application.
Going even further than that, SkySkiJason (who I do trust 100%) has one of these units and likes it quite a lot. BWST (who I do trust 100%) also has one in his Yukon and plans to get an S8 for his truck. I also read a good portion of the 1000+ questions on Amazon taking notes along the way and researching my points of concern.
Lastly, the ATOTO A6 Pro (with hard buttons) was marked down to $199 which is a bargain if it gets me live Google Maps, FORScan and audio books/podcasts from the dashboard. This is NOT a good purchase for everyone, but it certainly will be for me and I am looking forward to it.
If there are any photos I can provide to help with the install send a PM I changed my dash to the 05-07 style and have the old one in the shed. I’m also looking to update my radio currently there is a basic radio of the time in my truck. However it is not connected. I was told with the connector and pin out I could make it work. Although I’d rather upgrade to a modern radio. The mounting system for my dash is completely different so perhaps I’ll have to search by the 05-07 year. One guy told me there is a plug and play converter harness vs splicing in new wires. I have not looked for it yet please let me know how you are going to wire it up. Preferably there is a way without cutting an re connecting the factory harness. Sometimes that’s just what must be done though and has worked long term for plenty of vehicles
If there are any photos I can provide to help with the install send a PM I changed my dash to the 05-07 style and have the old one in the shed. I’m also looking to update my radio currently there is a basic radio of the time in my truck. However it is not connected. I was told with the connector and pin out I could make it work. Although I’d rather upgrade to a modern radio. The mounting system for my dash is completely different so perhaps I’ll have to search by the 05-07 year. One guy told me there is a plug and play converter harness vs splicing in new wires. I have not looked for it yet please let me know how you are going to wire it up. Preferably there is a way without cutting an re connecting the factory harness. Sometimes that’s just what must be done though and has worked long term for plenty of vehicles
Thank you sir! If you feel some images would contribute positively to the thread, they are welcome here!
There are wiring harness adapters, I bought one for my Jensen GPS head unit that I will be removing soon. Plug and play for the most part.
Originally Posted by ESwift
I am also debating between th a6 pro and the newer 8, the a6 is probably better then anything I need. Hope to find a sale over the next few days.
@ESwift , some of them are on sale right now! I got my A6 Pro for 20% off on a new head unit. I considered the S8 (S8 Standard is on sale too), but for the S8 model I would choose there was a significant increase in price.
You are correct in that the reason for me posting is to have your back. I recalled reading here on this forum about seven years ago when everyone was jumping on the Joying bandwagon, and then after a year or so it got real quiet. Other than [utag=member.php?u=749715]coax9952[/utag] 's positive report above, others did not experience as much joy, per their reports 3 or 4 years later, having replaced their Joyings with something else.
It was with that memory in mind that I searched the ATOTO using keywords like "returned" "piece of crap" "junk" "sent it back" "never again" etc... the typical key words I use whenever considering any product unfamiliar to me. That video came up at the very top of DuckDuckGo, so it seemed like a reasonable heads up.
The OBD extension cable is $1.00 more expensive today and the OBDLink MX+ is not on sale anywhere that I could find. Going to wait until Cyber Monday before ordering the other two parts.
I am also keeping an eye on the Scosche FD1330B posted by BWST earlier. I have another double din bezel in the truck right now with the Jensen GPS unit, but the Scosche may provide a cleaner look. I will make that determination during installation. We have a Scosche Qi wireless charger mount in our Subaru and I am very happy with their product quality after driving cross country (GA to OR/ID) using it twice.
Y2KW57, your comments are always welcome, just like everyone else's here on the FTE. I feel I always have something to learn and I am eager to do so. Especially if it saves me time, effort or money.
You are correct in that the reason for me posting is to have your back. I recalled reading here on this forum about seven years ago when everyone was jumping on the Joying bandwagon, and then after a year or so it got real quiet. Other than [utag=member.php?u=749715]coax9952[/utag] 's positive report above, others did not experience as much joy, per their reports 3 or 4 years later, having replaced their Joyings with something else.
It was with that memory in mind that I searched the ATOTO using keywords like "returned" "piece of crap" "junk" "sent it back" "never again" etc... the typical key words I use whenever considering any product unfamiliar to me. That video came up at the very top of DuckDuckGo, so it seemed like a reasonable heads up.
I had the Joying....there were things I really liked about it....speed sensitive volume being one, but I listen to the radio.....and the reception of the Joying was terrible. Sold it to somebody here, replaced it with a Pioneer 4200NEX....still miss the speed sensitive volume though.
