Few issues with Android 8.0 Octacore
Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 8:07 am
Hi there, I've had my new Android 8.0 Pumpkin radio for around a month now and it's a superb piece of kit, but I am experiencing a few issues / snags that I would like to be sorted if possible (Model is here: https://www.autopumpkin.co.uk/pumpkin-a ... tooth.html)
1.) When the radio is on I'm getting quite bad interference/static noise regardless whether the engine is on or not (I originally thought it could be the alternator that's causing interference). This noise disappears as soon as the radio is turned off, I have read online this could be caused by the aerial but the previous radio didn't have this issue - possibly an earthing problem on the radio itself? Here is a link to the issues, first video of the speaker is the noise i'm referring to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/37Q756EMJ3gp8JpN2
2.) Steering wheel controls - When I get in my car to begin with, these work absolutely perfect and work brilliantly, however sometimes after around 30-45 minutes of driving, they will stop working completely. I have seen a post Pumpkin published that shows taking the radio apart and soldering some points together, but I don't want to be doing this as if it goes wrong who pays to sort the radio out? Is there any way around this or is soldering it the only way?
3.) Home screen - not a massive issue (see video 2 on the shared album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/37Q756EMJ3gp8JpN2) but whenever I turn my radio on it opens on the bluetooth screen by default, is it possible to change the default opening screen?
Many thanks
1.) When the radio is on I'm getting quite bad interference/static noise regardless whether the engine is on or not (I originally thought it could be the alternator that's causing interference). This noise disappears as soon as the radio is turned off, I have read online this could be caused by the aerial but the previous radio didn't have this issue - possibly an earthing problem on the radio itself? Here is a link to the issues, first video of the speaker is the noise i'm referring to: https://photos.app.goo.gl/37Q756EMJ3gp8JpN2
2.) Steering wheel controls - When I get in my car to begin with, these work absolutely perfect and work brilliantly, however sometimes after around 30-45 minutes of driving, they will stop working completely. I have seen a post Pumpkin published that shows taking the radio apart and soldering some points together, but I don't want to be doing this as if it goes wrong who pays to sort the radio out? Is there any way around this or is soldering it the only way?
3.) Home screen - not a massive issue (see video 2 on the shared album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/37Q756EMJ3gp8JpN2) but whenever I turn my radio on it opens on the bluetooth screen by default, is it possible to change the default opening screen?
Many thanks