My GUIII 4.8

[Mike02Ti]

Jay its been great so far. No regrets in buying it at all. I have had very high end stereos and head units before. So i can compare to these. This one for functionality is way above anything else I have used. This was the reason I wanted it in the first place.
I didnt want heaps of things hanging off my dash or around me, too many distractions and way too complicated to install properly. eg : reverse camera screen, dash cam, extra gauges, phone mount, external gps. All in my opinion would need to be hard mounted, especially when going off road.
With this unit I have it all in one device and its in a factory location

Like I said before I have reflashed it to gain more settings I can customize to suit my needs. For the average user it may not be necessary, but its simple to do.
The radio works well, the bluetooth functions great with calls and music, I have now got a few different launch screens to try and see which one I like best.
I press the Navi button and my gps software comes up. You can change what you use mainly in settings for this button. If you use iGo or something similar change it to iGo, then it pops up when you hit the navi button. If you want something else to pop up instead like Google Maps, make the button default to that. Simple.

Not once have I thought "Oh I wish it could do that" because it does it. I have just changed my setting of muting on reverse to just turning the music down low on reverse. I have also changed to make the volume go up as the speed of the car goes up, so the sound from the stereo is now relative to the speed via GPS which is always on. Please note: this is not the factory option, this is due to me reflashing the firmware that I now have this option.

It multi tasks well. If I want to change my radio station while the GPS is giving me directions I press the home button and then radio, then select. To go back to the GPS I hit the navi button and it comes back up without losing my position or route. Same can be done for phone calls or bluetooth sound.

I can not comment on the sound direct from the head unit as I am running an amp so anything I say on that would be irrelevant.

Im still having a few issues in regards to the OBDII element but that is more so because of Consult II not being supported on certain apps. Not the head unit itself.
I will get some more pics of it running today with the different Launchers going to give you a look.


Thanks Big Col. I know there are no real outside pics yet. Will remedy that soon I hope. But its bog stock outside really.... for now......

Now for people with issues of shitty GU Patrol reception !!! Especially with aftermarket head units.
I have just bridged the Dual Diversity antenna to join both of them together. My reception is 100x better doing this now.
How I did it was very basic. Wrapped some stripped copper out of some speaker wire I had laying around , around the 2 pins a couple of times to effectively bridge them. Plugged it back into the dual diversity adapter and all is good!
Will this work for you? I dont see a reason why not. If the reception gets worse its simple to undo so just try it.

While your there make sure your head unit is grounded properly. Yes the antenna acts as a ground but its not a good one for head units. this should also help with reception.