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Any recommendations for a rear/front camera that works with the CHSTEK unit?

 

I bought this one form Amazon and it worked with my Ersin HU and now with Chstek HU. Just plug and play. I did disable lines on the camera, by cutting the specific loop.

 

I've used this one three times now, in different cars, perfect every time:



You can use more or less any camera, but I would advise you to get one with a metal body and a glass lens. Cheap plastic cameras are prone to early failure and plastic lenses can't give the image sharpness that a glass lens can. Other things to look out for a set of wires which you can cut or leave intact in order to enable or disable various features - eg, PAL/NTSC, guidance lines, reverse image etc.

 

It's been quiet here for a while guys... must mean everyone has installed their new head units and are enjoying the big screen experience?!

Has anyone connected the CHESTEK via bluetooth to a device that is NOT a phone?

I just installed the RaceChip throttle response tuner (same as Pedal Commander etc) and it installed fine, paired with my Android phone and works perfectly (and it is an awesome bit of kit that reaally makes the car feel more alive)

I wanted to have the RaceChip Android app running on the CHSTEK, as it would be much more usable (and also very cool) to be able to press a buton on the head unit to change the throttle response settings - the problem is the CHSTEK can't see the RaceChip controller which should connect over bluetooth.

The bluetooth app on the HU is really poor and the whole UI seems to be largely about pairing phones, but there is a search option but it doesn't find anything. I tried rebooting etc but no difference. I noticed when parked in a garage that I could see a Garmin nav unit from the car parked next to me, so the HU is able to see other BT devices, just not the RaceChip controller.

Does anyone have any ideas before I email RaceChip support? Are there any hidden bluetooth settings anywhere?

 

@andy2111 Same with the Pedal Commander. There is no way that I can get it to talk to the head units in either of our cars. So that is three different HUs that these throttle response units won't work with - I see a trend. I tried every BT trick I know, all without success. I gave up in the end, for two reasons: 1. Both my wife and I have found that, once we have set our 'sweet spot' we haven't felt the need to touch the PC settings again and 2, the PC app is brilliant and very easy to use, should we ever feel the need to adjust the response.

I would like to know why the HUs can't see the Pedal Commander/RaceChip units, for academic interest, so it will be interesting to see what your support guys say. I will ask the same question of Pedal Commander support.

 

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I've sent a message to their support team having tried a few more things unsuccessfully today, so let's see what they say.

I agree @ZedZed that it's unlikely I'll be changing the settings much, but I do like things to work as they should, plus it would look pretty cool!

 

I did but after a few months i took it out and sold it. Still have many parts used for Kenwood. If any needs some , ask

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Welcome back Bill

I didn't fully understand your message.. Did you manage to install the software for a throttle controller on an Android head unit? If so then we'd love to know how you did it, so please do share and maybe we can add your solution to the install guide

 

Just stumbled across this thread, and skimmed most of it, but did I miss a pros v cons of going with Erisin vs Chstek? Seems the Erisin unit might have slightly better hardware?

 

CHSTEK has a larger screen but Erisin seems to look abit nicer with the larger dial buttons. The Erisin seems abit cheaper in price. There are a few CPU/RAM/SSD option to choose from CHSTEK.

 

I think the head unit BT just implements the receiver protocol, which means it only receives commands from an external device and does not transmit commands. Even if it can be toggle, I don't think it can do both receive and transmit at the same time.

 

Personally I think the Chstek is by far the superior option, having installed both in my car.

IMO it has an almost OEM look to it with the physical buttons and the screen really is in a different league to the Erisin.

I also think the implementation of android is better and the settings menus are much better organised and easier to navigate.

The negatives are very few.. it only has front RCA connectors and it has one fewer usb port (2 in total versus 3 From Erisin) but ref the RCAs, non Bose cars will get all 4 speakers powered via the quadlock connector and Bose units only ever get the fronts connected on all these android units (people play with the front/rear fader to compensate).

So for me it's a no brainier in favour of the Chstek, but whatever you choose go for the fastest cpu with 8GB RAM and at least 128GB storage.

Lots of friendly support here if you decide to go for it!
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+1 on cool!