VXOC Astra-J/GTC

Hahaha pain ain't it! And to make it worse they seem to all be marketed under different brand names too depending on who you buy from!

I bent actually find any info on that A model mate... And not sure where I found out about it in the first place! I do remember the guy saying something about it though and pretty sure it's windows only... The M model is the best one they have followed by the C model which isn't nearly as good and then it would be the A model... Do you have a link to it?

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Tell me about it! Yeah it's on the same site as what you've got yours from.... Have a gander

http://www.iceboxauto.com/autoradio-dvdg...ra-j-a8114

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I've asked the seller for you.. He loves me... I nag him twice daily for updates on my order! Ha

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By love do you mean he presses delete when he sees your emails Haha

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I'm 90 percent sure he does! May even get the unit this month. Who knows!

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When did you order it Again mate? Feels like it's been ages lol


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How do you think I feel?! Hahaha and it's been 15 days! He said up to two weeks it can take normally as they're sent from China to him first before being sent out. But they had a Chinese new year right after I ordered my unit so weren't working! Hence the delay

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Ah right and yeah I'd be so frustrated hahahaha! Hopefully here soon mate


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I am as I even bought and fitted the reverse camera while I waited and even that was done last week! So sat here collecting info and nagging him as he doesn't give great updates.

Also he keeps just saying that I have to keep checking with him so he can check what's gonna be in his latest delivery... Well you'd think with me having ordered and paid that my item would be in the next delivery regardless!

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Well yeah it's a little bit pathetic customer service if it isn't! It should be a priority!


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Certainly makes you think twice about buying from there. You get better responces from Chinese sellers on ebay.

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I mean maybe I'm being a pest but who knows. Thing is he's the only person in the UK that seems to be importing them.. Least if you have issues you can go back to him and complain rather than having to send back to China... Also he's cheaper even than importing the unit yourself...

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Surely if you download an obd app, plug obd in and link it to app it will work?


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Yep I just asked him about that. What I believe he meant is that the a model is able to show odb info without am extra dongle and an extra app... So natively supports it

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Ah right ok, I so need a new job to afford one myself haha


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Hahahaha I'm just lucky (sort of) that I'm doing loads of overtime atm so could afford it

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I work for a charity, not great money and don't get paid any overtime,


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Ahhhh balls! Noble work though mate [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES] I have more overtime than I could do in a lifetime! Just keeps coming! But very hard to do it constantly, very tiring

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I bet, but yes I get paid pennies so need something better with having the little monster too


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(13:th-Feb-2016, 11:02:00)Jerry Wrote: [ -> ]I've been thinking about purchasing also.
But have you thought about this:
(I almost never turn off the phone.)

What happens every time when you start and stop your car?
The Android will boot and shutdown every time. I suppose it is not so quick.

Just thinking.

The unit boots in about 30 seconds. Once you stop the car and remove the key from the ignition, it will continue to operate and only switches off when you open the door. I suspect it only does a complete shutdown if it hasn't been reactived within a few minutes. I say this because I got out if the car as a services, bought something and then got back into the car within a few minutes. Engine off etc. The unit came back on immediately and carried on where it left off.....

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(13:th-Feb-2016, 16:19:18)sheppy1 Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah so does a radio from a car from the 90s [WINKING FACE] haha. He said he doesn't think the existing radio control dials work with the unit though

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Yes they should work. I missed a trick with the old display cable.

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(13:th-Feb-2016, 16:28:13)sheppy1 Wrote: [ -> ]Apparently not mate [PENSIVE FACE] steering controls should work though... They're advertised as working anyway

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Steering controls work fine.

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Awesome!! Thanks for all that info @marcus and it's great to know how the system works when the engine is off etc. Was worried about that a tad haha

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Added a section to the bottom with a URL which has loads of videos on how to change certain settings etc. on the unit and they're provided by the manufacturer themselves

Thanks to @marcus again who's just finished his install of the wireless reverse camera and has provided me with a pic of it working (along with some other pics):





all the wires connected up

Think I'd swap my CD500 nav for this lol. Only thing I don't like is the GPS antenna, I'd need it to look more OEM /have it behind the dash

Hahaha it does look great doesn't it! And you don't have to have the antenna on show yanno... Rusty said it can be tucked up behind the glove box [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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Now if only I could find one with DAB... I won't give up my DAB lol

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Hahahaha this DAB seems to be your life blood!!! I don't care about FM or DAB really so I'm in luck haha. Will keep asking about the module for DAB for this model for you mate

Haha.... I may come across as somewhat obsessive granted but I do like it on my hour long commute

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I feel you mate! I have an hour long commute too but have my audio books and podcasts and Spotify [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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Yeah, maybe I need to get a grip.... It's still nice to have lol

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(19:th-Feb-2016, 22:57:03)bhalay207 Wrote: [ -> ]Now if only I could find one with DAB... I won't give up my DAB lol

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This one is very similar.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/252215232105

If you read the description you can also upgrade to DAB for £30

You can also upgrade other bits. Not a lot different from the one @sheppy1 has ordered.

(20:th-Feb-2016, 13:17:46)WhelanUK Wrote: [ -> ]

(19:th-Feb-2016, 22:57:03)bhalay207 Wrote: [ -> ]Now if only I could find one with DAB... I won't give up my DAB lol

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This one is very similar.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/252215232105

If you read the description you can also upgrade to DAB for £30

You can also upgrade other bits. Not a lot different from the one @sheppy1 has ordered.

That looks awesome, hate to say it but looks better than the one Sheppy has ordered, I'd have to go for the top package though with everything if I was already spending £300 odd!

With everything added on it just under £400 and pretty much same spec but with DAB.

Think the only difference is that's the older model to mine...

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And the fact it's about £90 more to spec it to the level of the M one but of course you'd have the much sought after DAB too :P hehe. Looks goof though! I'd have gone for that model if mine didn't come with everything I needed.

All about DAB baby

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whats the differents between the S160 and the A8114

S160 is just like a generation of model... So like 6th gen, 7th gen etc. I think the A model may be the S150 generation... I'll have to check

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That's odd! The link from earlier in this thread to iceboxauto for the A model no longer works...

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Listing has ended on his ebay page too

thanks sheppy what one does marcus have in the pictures

The same one I've ordered. The M072 S160 model [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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I wanted to ask you some questions as I am also a 400 without usb cd ...
I would like to install this product anh'io and Italy found it at a price of € 500 .... What do you think of this price? If you can you can post you the link ...
Then I wanted to know the audio qialità? And 'more than CD400 that has very few settings or audio settings?
How long it takes to light up?
Because the CD400 soon as you turn the key immediately begins to play, with this Android takes 30 seconds to start up?
The player is also DVD?
And 'fast in the menus or applizazioni get stuck or are slow?
Installation was very complex? How long did it take you?
How is the quality of the GPS signal?
You also used the applizazione troqeu with bluetooth adapter? If you have used which adapter you used?
Since the CD400 has no usb why did you used the simple USB cable, or you purchased the oem positioned near the aux input?
I would intend to use in cable to charge your phone and buy the original usb cable to connect the car radio always know where can I buy it?

Wow! Lots of questions! Ha. Okay here we go...

500 euros seems okay to be honest... Little more than what I paid but not a bad price.

The audience quality is extremely good and I'd actually say it's better than the CD400.

It does take about 30 seconds to start up yes and all the menus are extremely quick and I've never had any lag yet.

Yep it has a dvd player too.

Installation is all plug and play and there's nothing really complex to do.

GPS signal is perfect, no issues.

I don't use torque pro but you can install that and use it with any odb2 dongle.

My cd400 did come with USB from factory but if you don't have this then you can buy the usb panel from eBay and install it and it will work fine with this system... @marcus did just this

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And yes... Definitely buy it! [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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I also found on aliexpress car at a price of € 400m but I do not trust a lot of this site to spend so much .. if you can send me a link with USB cable to be connected to the car because I could not find it ....

You just need to buy this nate



The head unit comes with a loom to connect it to the head unit

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but the cable to connect the car radio usb? it is included ?
http://m.ebay.it/itm/281713011700
this can not be my adapter to the frame if you do the hole with dremmel with anticipation? But I always doubt of how to connect it to the car ....

Yep you can get the one you linked too and the head unit comes with the cable that connect that factory USB plug to the head unit [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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so that cable comes with the car radio that will buy?

Yep [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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I am informing on the internet I saw that there is also this other model "Carmedia QR-7051" and this seems very functional as sound every time you leave the vehicle out of the open door logo and the chance to go on standby for a set time that you can change so that as soon as you turn on the radio at that time set up where he was as if sisvegliasse from standby ...
You see these videos and tell me the comparison with s160 if you can do the same things ...
Also with this carmedia I noticed that almost all of the CD400 keys work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfYm7tvFt2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe21kw8HQ8o

https://www.drive2.ru/l/8791830/