Did you find an installer in bay area? I'm in San Rafael.

 

@ZedZed any clue how to get this to work?

 

@bmxtreme what have you done so far - have you been able to see the volume control as a BT device you can pair to the head unit? I know that @ZedZed installed his remote volume control in a completely different HU

I have struggled to pair non phone bluetooth devices to the Chstek. I have not investigated this link yet from an earlier post, but take a look

 

Hey Andy, this remote doesn't connect to the HU BT (I don't think those will work), but it connects to the black box in the picture (possibly via BT). The black box is connected to the Key1 wire which is suppose to be used for the steering control.

 

I think it works. I believe I disabled the internal mic. I call myself and left a voicemail.

 

Cool! Be sure to test the mic when you're driving, top up and top down if applicable.

And post a link to the mics you bought if you don't mind

 

lol, i have a coupe, but I can try with the windows open when I get a chance.
I didn't use an external mic. I use the built-in car mic which is mounted inside the steering column. Few post up I show the aux jack I bought that I tapped into the factory quadlock pin for the mics. The jack then connects to the mic-in of the headunit.

 

I never install any mic, and everyone ive talked to said my voice sounds fine. Im assuming its grabbing the stock mic due to the canbus module included on mine. Not sure

 

The head unit has a pin hole near the bottom left **** which is the built-in mic that the head unit uses.

 

Actually, I'll try the internal mic first. Easier to just unplug the external mic and try it rather than buy and install a new external mic. Keep in mind I leave in 4 days for a 2k road trip, so there's that.

 

I think you could just disable the external mic in the settings. Don't need to unplug.

 

Is that true? That would be REALLY helpful. I'm not with the car until tomorrow to check myself.

 

Yeah, there's a mic setting that toggles between BACK and FRONT, which I take back means external mic.

 

Is this toggle on the Erisin? If so, what menu is it under? I only found the following switches (see pics). However, just like my volume settings, they do nothing, even rebooting after each change. HOWEVER, I did notice that while in AA on the phone, I've always had the choice of selecting between BT (which is the external mic) and handset (the cell phone) and a third option called Speakerphone.

UPDATE: SPEAKER PHONE ICON PUTS THE CALL ON THE CELL PHONE'S SPEAKER PHONE. I WAS INCORRECT BEFORE THINKING IT WAS THE HU SPEAKERPHONE SOMEHOW.

I UNPLUGGED THE EXTERNAL MIC AND NOW JUST HAVE THE PIN HOLE MIC NEXT TO THE VOLUME ***, WHICH IS MUCH BETTER SOUNDING THAN THE EXTERNAL MIC THAT COMES WITH THE HU. I HAVE NOT TRIED IT OUT ON THE ROAD, BUT IT CAN'T BE WORSE THAN THAT CHEAP MIC. NEXT STEP WILL BE TO TRY AND CONNECT THE FACTORY MICS AS DISCUSSED ABOVE.


At the bottom, I attached a voicemail recording I made. It starts with the external mic on, and the loud noise is my rubbing on the foam over the mic. Then I switch on Speakerphone, which is THE CELL PHONE'S SPEAKERPHONE. AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.



Erisin HU menu



Erisin HU sub-menu. Changing this selection does nothing.



Erisin HU sub-menu. Changing this selection does nothing.



Going into Android Auto


In AA, in phone screen, this defaults to BT icon


Tapping that icon brings up this menu, and selecting Speakerphone switches to the cell phone's speaker phone.

 

That's definitely WAY better on speakerphone - great detective work!