Had shared this over on Reddit but thought it'd be worth sharing here as well. Since I've had my 4Runner I've been searching and have seen a lot of people asking about the Dasaita headunit and figured I'd throw in my $0.02 since I haven't seen too many people use the stock GPS antenna and I haven't seen anyone use the XM
Antenna.
Have had my Dasaita Headunit for a bit over a month now, overall, I like it, but it's definitely not perfect. At full price I think I'd be a bit disappointed, but got it as an
Amazon warehouse deal for $464 and overall does what I want, better screen and Android Auto. Paired it with TWO of
this kit from crutchfield/Amazon and
this adapter to utilize the stock GPS antenna as well as the stock XM antenna for WiFi paired with
this adapter. The use of the XM antenna for WiFi isn't needed but I figured if it's there, I might as well use it. Fortunately Toyota went a bit wide on the frequency range since technically WiFi shouldn't work on an XM antenna, but it's been great for me so far, little bit better range than the tiny stock antenna that comes with the head unit, I'd imagine mostly due to location for reception.
Install was super simple, followed
this video and was able to just take my sweet time and do a clean job. The trim was a better match than I was expecting, it does look pretty OEM.
My biggest complaint is the screen is pretty bright even at the lowest setting, took some getting used to for night driving, but not a huge deal to me and there are some work arounds if you don't mind playing around. I ended up adjusting the settings within the headunit's factory settings (code 126 to access) and then utilized
this app to get it even dimmer. I ended up installing a different
launcher to adjust the look.
The wireless Android Auto is hit or miss, I personally just use wired since my phone just sits in my
dock anyways.
Having Google Maps without a phone is nice, although the layout is a bit weird given the wide screen. But great in a pinch. I rarely have had to use that though since I tend to always have my phone on me.
One thing to note if you plan on using wifi/bluetooth a lot, it seems that since it only has the single antenna you can really only use one at a time effectively. If you try to use both at the same time it can be a bit spotty, it can work, but it can be a bit more hit/miss. This was true with the stock antenna and the car's XM antenna.
The steering wheel controls are great, and honestly, that alone was worth the upgrade to me, being able to move to the next track and pause/mute was more intuitive.
The knobs aren't as nice as the ones on the OE unit, they're just hard plastic but I never use the knobs, I use the steering wheel controls so that hasn't bothered me, but definitely worth noting.
Since I didn't use the kit's GPS and I didn't install a front camera, the cabling was actually pretty minimal which was nice.
I however did opt to utilize all the USB ports and HDMI port. I had the
blank spots in the glove box since my stock USB and 12v are on the center stack. Decided to populate those to better utilize the ports the Dasaita unit offers. Have
this USB port in the 12v slot and
this USB/HDMI adapter in the smaller blank button next to it.
For what it is, it's a pretty nice kit. It's not the fanciest most high-tech kit out there. But I definitely consider it an upgrade over the stock unit.
If you're interested in anything in particular, let me know, happy to answer any questions / share and pics/vids you may want. Still learning so might not have all the answers, haha
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