Hello everyone,
about a year ago I installed an RK3188 car radio in my Alfa Romeo 159.
From day one the performance of the radio was very bad. Especially when I just started the car.
Recently I learned there are upgrades available. Would this work on my device?
Current Radio:
From aliexpress:
Quad Core Android 5.1.1 Car DVD GPS for Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon Spider Brera with Mirror-link BT Wifi Radio
RS-6007C1
MTCD_KGL_V1.92a_5
Oct 13 2016 10:49:02
Android: 5.1.1
Upgrade:
From aliexpress:
WITSON Octa-Core +4GB RAM +32GB Flash PX5 Coreboard For Android DVD (Android 5.1 A5XXX upgrade to Android 6.0 B5XXX directly
Thanks!
Hello geertjan88,
I have upgraded last week my alfa 159 android HU (MTCDE KGL MCU firmware 2.47 and Android 5.1.1) to Witson PX5 4Gb + 32Gb Android 6.0.1.
The result is nice! New board much faster.
Attention for radio. On antenna input no phantom supply for antenna amplifier (in PX3 5.1.1. neither).
Have good project!
Hello Geertjan,
Did you already upgrade your alfa 159 HU? If so, did you experience any issues? Or was it more or less plug and play. I have the same unit (1gb android 5.1.1) which is really slow. A new unit with android 8.0 one will cost approx. 300€
Brera16 said:
Hello Geertjan,
Did you already upgrade your alfa 159 HU? If so, did you experience any issues? Or was it more or less plug and play. I have the same unit (1gb android 5.1.1) which is really slow. A new unit with android 8.0 one will cost approx. 300€
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Yes I have.
The screws from the px-5 board do not align correctly with the unit. So it was some fiddling to get it fit correctly. There is some tension on the px-5 board but it is working as it should.
Improvements:
Bootup time is shortened drastically
Device is immediately ready to use
Device feels really snappy and fast
Multiple apps running at the same time, no issue at all
Steering wheel buttons now work!! (didn't work before)
Problems:
WiFi does not always auto connect, have to go into settings and connect from there.
All and all, best 100 dollar i've spend in years.
Thanks (bedankt ) !
Anyone knowing if there is a upgrade board for MTCC / MTCB Units?
For the MTCD Units there is the 4g / 32 Gb PX 5 Upgrade board.
So i would like to know if anyone knows if there is such an upgrade board for other Radios? ( My friend is running MTCC-KLD6 )
Thank you
Doubt it.
No.
Is it possible to replace the PX5 core board in our MTCD/MTCE units with a PX6 4GB/32GB core board like it was for the PX4->PX5?
Any links to the sellers of the boards?
Yes, that's possible. I did this only a few days ago.
In the German Amazon of the company "M.I.C." there is the PX6 Board for 165 Euro
Working nicely.
Just swapped the board.
Thodai said:
Yes, that's possible. I did this only a few days ago.
In the German Amazon of the company "M.I.C." there is the PX6 Board for 165 Euro
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Ave link?
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07RMKD2KZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Plug and play? Or is there any soldering required? 165 isn't cheap .... I paid 225 for my complete px5 unit.
I think what if i buy this unit and grab px6 coreboard from this and replace my px3 on my device? 140$ is much cheaper than on amazon link
https://a.aliexpress.ru/bF72Cs6W
Deffru said:
I think what if i buy this unit and grab px6 coreboard from this and replace my px3 on my device? 140$ is much cheaper than on amazon link
https://a.aliexpress.ru/bF72Cs6W
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non-MTC* MCU units like that don't use the same style SOM, so you can't remove it and swap into a MTC* unit.
Thodai said:
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07RMKD2KZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Could be interesting.
So if I use this coreboard, it will still be an mtc unit, but then with px6?
I still can use all tweaks like hal9k, soundmod etc?
Than I will order this one too.
Thanks in advance
the-unknown said:
Could be interesting.
So if I use this coreboard, it will still be an mtc unit, but then with px6?
I still can use all tweaks like hal9k, soundmod etc?
Than I will order this one too.
Thanks in advance
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To all yes.
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Where to buy a core board
Hello,
I also want to upgrade to a px6 from a px6. Anyone has a good tip, where to buy a core board? The amazon-link in this topic is very expensive.
Google didn't help me yet
Hope someone has a good tip!
Cheers
Model Number: A-Media Auto (1024x600 W)
Android version: 6.0.1
CPU: 8 core 64-bit CPU Coretex-A53 @ 1.5G
Memory: 2G
Mcu Version: MTCD_LM_V2.44_1
Board: HCT--PX5-REV4.0
I bricked my old board looking for the same or newer, with which can it be replaced? Thanks!
Best,
Peter
Hi! I want to get an HU unit for my car (Opel Corsa D 2011 87ps)
I saw a lot of models with different CPU and different Android Version. I want to get not something cheap with a good CPU and almost 4GB ram. In future will be good if this Android unit support a rear camera (better if wireless). Do you have any suggestions?
Up. I found a model with PX6 and another with Qualcomm A53 which one is better? A53 is from a company called Eunavi
Does anybody know where to buy MTCD/E motherboards? I need one that accepts the PX6 RK3399 Chipset, and has WIFI and BT onboard.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003292234331.html