T10 12 inch headunit: impressions?
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trd jon i believe has one that he will be reviewing soon. Saw another review of one posted on youtube as well. I do like the looks of it and wouldnt mind installing one.
T10 V3 HEAD UNIT for the 5th gen 4Runner - YouTube
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BADCLOWN
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I follow TRDJON's YT page and saw he would be installing one. The problem with some reviews or products (generally) are that some of those people get that product sent to them for free and the company gets a public review (more than likely positive) in return to help sales.
Hence the reason for posting here asking about an honest review, MOST product reviews on YT I have a hard time trusting.
Hence the reason for posting here asking about an honest review, MOST product reviews on YT I have a hard time trusting.
BIGpharma
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I recommend you join the facebook group "CTH 4Runner Android Head Unit Owners", its dedicated to the T9-T10 HU and lots of great info there. I reactivated my FB just to access the group before I got my V1 T10.
I requested to join and was denied, I do like the t10 units for the looks but performance is questionable. The latest v3 looks nice but price of it doesnt seem worth while
BIGpharma
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Try again, i was denied the first time too.
I held off for 3 years buying a HU and i really regret it now that I have the T10. The OEM HU in my 2015 was practically useless to me except for the bluetooth audio. I just wanted to have apple carplay (wireless is better than i thought it would be) and I haven't had any issues at all. I run the wireless carplay 100% of the time, 2 hour round trip to work 5 days a week.
The only issue i saw others posting about the v3 was poor rearview camera quality being stretched out that much but there was a firmware update that fixed it.
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I may try again , not too pressed on it till I decide to buy one. I have the sony 8100 from TGP and it works great. Recently did a 2500 mile trip and it was solid. I use carplay for pandora or spotify and the use of waze is nice. I prefer the stock look still and will hopefully find a used OEM headunit.
BlackCloud
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Any update on this product? I would like to buy one but is the thing compatible w/ the steering wheel controls, etc?
And I have an Apple. Would LOVE CarPlay.
And I have an Apple. Would LOVE CarPlay.
various models of the android headunits are out. Pick a version and try your luck on it. Id search secondary market for one and go that route. The unit looks nice for a factory look but function wise its an endless game of fixing issues, customizations and little to none factory support.
BlackCloud
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Good choice but if you can find one cheap on secondary market to tinker with you may want to try it out.
Stock look with car play / android auto
2020 or 21 plus head unit retrofitted....larger screen and works great
after market adapter / dongle to add car play
Or just go after market completely
installing a new headunit is very straightforward and takes a few minutes. I can remove and install new headunit within 10 minutes start to finish.
97BlackAckCL
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Agreed
If the screen size ends up being too small for me in the '23 I'm about to purchase I thought about possibly doing something like this: CarPlayBox™ Pro - Safety & Entertainment Together!
EEEliminator
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I just installed the 12.3" T10 from Rhino Radios, not sure what the actual manufacture is. I chose to go with the full screen no knobs or buttons variant although I am a huge fan of a volume control knob and power button. I decided against the knobs and buttons due to quality concerns of them failing or feeling cheap. I also chose the black trim despite having silver OEM trim so the screen would blend in more when powered off and parked, also didn't want to risk it being a slightly different shade of silver.
I was considering an Alpine or similar but I park my car in a public transit station regularly and wanted something that looked more OEM to prevent theft. Also being able to have a large screen without blocking the vents or climate controls seemed desirable.
Over all I'm happy and would purchase again and would even consider the version with knobs and buttons. Most of my complaints are with carplay and not the unit itself. I'll update if I have any issues, here are the pros and cons so far:
Pros:
Cons:
Carplay complaints:
I was considering an Alpine or similar but I park my car in a public transit station regularly and wanted something that looked more OEM to prevent theft. Also being able to have a large screen without blocking the vents or climate controls seemed desirable.
Over all I'm happy and would purchase again and would even consider the version with knobs and buttons. Most of my complaints are with carplay and not the unit itself. I'll update if I have any issues, here are the pros and cons so far:
Pros:
- Apple car play runs reliably and connects consistently.
- Does have an AM/FM radio, couldn't verify this before purchase.
- Screen is responsive.
- Android OS supports google play store and can download apps.
- Can access internet browser through android operating system with the use of hotspot from phone along with other apps such as youtube or netflix (don't recommend while driving).
- Has 2 extra USB ports that I can use for charging, mounted them with double sided tape up and out of the way.
- Really feel like it modernized my 2011, being able to have Waze or other map system up without a phone on the vents is a huge plus and being able to use spotify, pandora, or my phone music on the dash is awesome, all work flawlessly.
- Screen is dimeable and dims automatically with the headlights, additionally has the option to be turned off which is nice sometimes.
- It does have the spot/circle to quickly bring up mute,volume, power, home screen shortcuts. This helps with not having a knob.
Cons:
- Quality of the trim piece is decent, could be better. Fits with no gaps but pushes down on the trim pieces that have the climate control knobs making the opening non concentric with the knob. I think I can fix this with some trimming.
- Trim piece had a couple of mold sprues that had to be trimmed that prevented the trim from going in.
- Installation instructions are as bad as everyone says. Better documentation would go along way but Rhino Radios has been very responsive.
- The android interface doesn't seem to be customizable(moving app icons or the home screen buttons).
- I have the OBDII wireless scanner with the torque app but I could do without it.
- Microphone seems a little weak, it has an optional external microphone that I haven't tried yet.
- The unit is just held in with the clips no bolts like the factory unit, would feel better with it more secure but hasn't been an issue yet.
- Not crazy about the android portion in general but don't have much experience with android being an iPhone user, hoping to play around with this more.
- USB adapter to support the factory USB port in the glove box that came with the unit does not work with my 2011. Never used this port so I don't think I'm going to get the correct adapter, the added USB port outside of the glove box has been more useful so far.
Carplay complaints:
- Music wants to auto play as soon as the phone auto connects to apple car play, I think this is the case for all apple carplay.
- Weather app is not available, looks like you can purchase one from the app store but I haven't looked into this enough yet.
- Can divide the screen into 3 sections but can't choose what goes where.
I just installed the 12.3" T10 from Rhino Radios, not sure what the actual manufacture is. I chose to go with the full screen no knobs or buttons variant although I am a huge fan of a volume control knob and power button. I decided against the knobs and buttons due to quality concerns of them failing or feeling cheap. I also chose the black trim despite having silver OEM trim so the screen would blend in more when powered off and parked, also didn't want to risk it being a slightly different shade of silver.
I was considering an Alpine or similar but I park my car in a public transit station regularly and wanted something that looked more OEM to prevent theft. Also being able to have a large screen without blocking the vents or climate controls seemed desirable.
Over all I'm happy and would purchase again and would even consider the version with knobs and buttons. Most of my complaints are with carplay and not the unit itself. I'll update if I have any issues, here are the pros and cons so far:
Pros:
- Apple car play runs reliably and connects consistently.
- Does have an AM/FM radio, couldn't verify this before purchase.
- Screen is responsive.
- Android OS supports google play store and can download apps.
- Can access internet browser through android operating system with the use of hotspot from phone along with other apps such as youtube or netflix (don't recommend while driving).
- Has 2 extra USB ports that I can use for charging, mounted them with double sided tape up and out of the way.
- Really feel like it modernized my 2011, being able to have Waze or other map system up without a phone on the vents is a huge plus and being able to use spotify, pandora, or my phone music on the dash is awesome, all work flawlessly.
- Screen is dimeable and dims automatically with the headlights, additionally has the option to be turned off which is nice sometimes.
- It does have the spot/circle to quickly bring up mute,volume, power, home screen shortcuts. This helps with not having a knob.
Cons:
- Quality of the trim piece is decent, could be better. Fits with no gaps but pushes down on the trim pieces that have the climate control knobs making the opening non concentric with the knob. I think I can fix this with some trimming.
- Trim piece had a couple of mold sprues that had to be trimmed that prevented the trim from going in.
- Installation instructions are as bad as everyone says. Better documentation would go along way but Rhino Radios has been very responsive.
- The android interface doesn't seem to be customizable(moving app icons or the home screen buttons).
- I have the OBDII wireless scanner with the torque app but I could do without it.
- Microphone seems a little weak, it has an optional external microphone that I haven't tried yet.
- The unit is just held in with the clips no bolts like the factory unit, would feel better with it more secure but hasn't been an issue yet.
- Not crazy about the android portion in general but don't have much experience with android being an iPhone user, hoping to play around with this more.
- USB adapter to support the factory USB port in the glove box that came with the unit does not work with my 2011. Never used this port so I don't think I'm going to get the correct adapter, the added USB port outside of the glove box has been more useful so far.
Carplay complaints:
- Music wants to auto play as soon as the phone auto connects to apple car play, I think this is the case for all apple carplay.
- Weather app is not available, looks like you can purchase one from the app store but I haven't looked into this enough yet.
- Can divide the screen into 3 sections but can't choose what goes where.
Does the unit have its own built in nav? and if so is it better than the OEM toyota nav?
Thanks for posting this. Curious to see a long-term review.
plummerg
Member
My son just put one in our 15 and it didn’t even take an hour. Can’t vouch for the longevity but I was more than impressed with how well it seems to work. There was almost no setup or configuration needed , it just came on and everything seemed to work. The steering wheel controls, the climate control, CarPlay, everything. I’d driven that car for 4 years with the stock unit and no CarPlay but if I had known that these would work and install this easily I would have done it earlier. Especially for the money.
I don’t think he’s had any issues with it in the few weeks he’s had it.
I don’t think he’s had any issues with it in the few weeks he’s had it.
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