Originally Posted by Foghorn

I would like to share a brief summary or review on a similar product I had installed on my previous car.

I'm in no way affiliated and connected to these manufacture's and you'll get no or little support from them when there's some problems. They do respond through e-mails though, with a day worth of lag.

It was a 8" screen double-din Nav/GPS/TV/DVD/Radio/Bluetooth/Aux (I-pod and 3.5mm plug)/ USB/Micro SD for $350 running a Microsoft CE OS in the background.

You'll find the same setup in these Chinese made double-din stereo all over the net for every model of the car manufacturers out there. There's two major Chinese stereo manufacture for these stereo's and they use the same setup, software and probably same parts supplier for their units that they market and sell to every possible Chinese online retailer's that you'll come across in the net. (Word of caution about AliExpress, I first ordered my unit through them and waited three weeks and they didn't even bother to reply to my e-mails for order status, so I've cancelled it and ordered the same unit from another website retailer for $50 LESS!)

These units have two computer boards that are independent (one for Nav/GPS and other for Stereo/DVD/TV/Radio) and work seamlessly when switching from one to the other (no jitter or lag).
Everyone of these units share the same user interface, one website might have a user interface that may look cleaner or updated, (and it is because it is the newer OS CE and user interface...).

The factory plugs did come in a plug N play, no other dongles or aftermarket connectors were necessary. Back of these units looked very impressive as far as all assortments of Line-outs, pre-amp, sub, channels, Video input/output, all of this for $350)

The strongest point of their setup was the Navigation system; mine came with I-Go 8 installed and it was much better GPS/Nav system then the Garmin, Tom TOM, and Magellan ( I owned and also used lot of these in rentals from my business travels). The I-Go 8 in these systems are exponentially better then the current GPS/Nav in the Maxima ( I currently have the factory Nav in my Maxima and wish there was a hack to install the I-go 8 in my car...) You'll know what I mean if you've ever used I-go8, and they are upgrade-able and there's full support by software misfits who customize and make changes to the Navigation much like the people who root and custom ROM their android phones.

Now onto the stereo portion: the sound is adjustable with left/right, front/back fade using the touch screen. Touch screen isn't as responsive or accurate as say I-phone or Galaxy phones, but they work just as well as the Nissan factory touch screen on my car. As for the sound, you can adjust the Treble, Bass, and Mid-range using the touch screen as well. The Treble at the highest setting is pretty sharp, and Bass is so, so at the highest setting ( Manufacturer said 50Wx4 ) but realistically I found it close to 5Wx4 in RMS wattage.

In quest for better music, I hooked up 4 Polk Audio 6"x9" (200 Watt per speaker) through the 1000 Watt Rockford Fosgate Amp. And the sound was amazing through these Chinese made Nav/stereo units. Sorting through the music list for MP3 in the USB stick and MicroSD connected to the Chinese unit was similar experience, as when navigating through the USB stick in my Maxima... it was all mixed up and pain in the A$$.

But in the end, I've used my Sony NWZ-X series MP3 Walkman through it and that made it sound totally out of this world. Currently I use the same Walkman on my Bose factory system in my Maxima and it also sounds totally out of this world.

Originally Posted by Shipwreck

That's great info there. Do you have any pics of the setup?