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I have the Rhino Radios tablet installed in my 2018 GX460 base model which has navigation. My back up camera did not work with tablet installed (I also have the 360 degree camera I ordered from them as well, not yet hooked up).
At the moment my main issue is that my airbag warning light is on, after several emails Rhino Radios finally responded and sent me a "chip" to use, no instructions on what to do with it of course...
I have heard that you are supposed to keep the bottom part of oem radio connected behind the tablet radio? Can anyone confirm that? I have no instructions so know way for me to know for sure and Rhino Radios won't answer my questions anymore.
Full details on this ih8mud thread with pics as well:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/gx4...radio.1173802/
Any help is greatly appreciated.
At the moment my main issue is that my airbag warning light is on, after several emails Rhino Radios finally responded and sent me a "chip" to use, no instructions on what to do with it of course...
I have heard that you are supposed to keep the bottom part of oem radio connected behind the tablet radio? Can anyone confirm that? I have no instructions so know way for me to know for sure and Rhino Radios won't answer my questions anymore.
Full details on this ih8mud thread with pics as well:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/gx4...radio.1173802/
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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@Acrad do you have instructions for installing these radios? I saw the link you posted for instructions but requires permission to access the instructions. Sent request for access. Thanks.
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It seems that Tesla is having/had some issues with their screens, so that makes me wonder what the long term durability of these screens will be like....
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Are those links for the manual? links do not work.
I saw the pictures here:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...BzOExCN0t6VzNR
Do you know if I am supposed to keep the bottom portion of the oem radio installed behind the tablet? Not sure how to remove that ribbon cable in the pictures...
I saw the pictures here:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...BzOExCN0t6VzNR
Do you know if I am supposed to keep the bottom portion of the oem radio installed behind the tablet? Not sure how to remove that ribbon cable in the pictures...
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I split the PDF and uploaded to Wiki site.
File 1 of 2
File 2 of 2
I thought these units were supposed to work with OEM radio. I never installed one myself.
https://lexusgxor.com/_media/general...ction_1of2.pdf
https://lexusgxor.com/_media/general...ction_2of2.pdf
File 1 of 2
File 2 of 2
I thought these units were supposed to work with OEM radio. I never installed one myself.
https://lexusgxor.com/_media/general...ction_1of2.pdf
https://lexusgxor.com/_media/general...ction_2of2.pdf
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I split the PDF and uploaded to Wiki site.
File 1 of 2
File 2 of 2
I thought these units were supposed to work with OEM radio. I never installed one myself.
https://lexusgxor.com/_media/general...ction_1of2.pdf
https://lexusgxor.com/_media/general...ction_2of2.pdf
File 1 of 2
File 2 of 2
I thought these units were supposed to work with OEM radio. I never installed one myself.
https://lexusgxor.com/_media/general...ction_1of2.pdf
https://lexusgxor.com/_media/general...ction_2of2.pdf
But basically my air bag warning light came on with radio, I did not leave the bottom of oem radio connected as I did not know about this. Rhino Radios sent me a chip (you can see details of chip on ih8mud link above). Chip did not work for me as I did not have this blue connector the other user had for his.
From picture it looks like they used the bottom portion of oem radio which I can attempt but not sure how to take out that ribbon cable they took out, do not want to break it in case I have to go back to using the oem or resale...
Also my reverse camera did not work either, other than those two issues, everything else was plug and play and worked fine but I do not like having the air bag warning light issue...
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So I tried with installing the bottom part of oem radio and was a huge PIA and this did not work at all. Although my tablet radio is different from the one in the pictures...
At this point I do NOT recommend Rhino Radios at all, stay away at all cost!
Tablet radio throws airbag warning and oem reverse camera does not work. They already knew of these two issues but they do not mention this when selling this tablet. They do not answer emails consistently and almost not at all. They are very vague with responses and it is so frustrating that this thing comes with NO installation instructions!
Going to re-install the oem system.
At this point I do NOT recommend Rhino Radios at all, stay away at all cost!
Tablet radio throws airbag warning and oem reverse camera does not work. They already knew of these two issues but they do not mention this when selling this tablet. They do not answer emails consistently and almost not at all. They are very vague with responses and it is so frustrating that this thing comes with NO installation instructions!
Going to re-install the oem system.
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So I tried with installing the bottom part of oem radio and was a huge PIA and this did not work at all. Although my tablet radio is different from the one in the pictures...
At this point I do NOT recommend Rhino Radios at all, stay away at all cost!
Tablet radio throws airbag warning and oem reverse camera does not work. They already knew of these two issues but they do not mention this when selling this tablet. They do not answer emails consistently and almost not at all. They are very vague with responses and it is so frustrating that this thing comes with NO installation instructions!
Going to re-install the oem system.
At this point I do NOT recommend Rhino Radios at all, stay away at all cost!
Tablet radio throws airbag warning and oem reverse camera does not work. They already knew of these two issues but they do not mention this when selling this tablet. They do not answer emails consistently and almost not at all. They are very vague with responses and it is so frustrating that this thing comes with NO installation instructions!
Going to re-install the oem system.
I would would wait until a system proven to be reliable come to market which I would doubt that will ever happen. Don't waste your money on any of these.
#206
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I don't recommend any aftermarket radio system in the market as well. I bought the one on Aliexpress with android and it is total garbage. VERY buggy and keeps crashing. Not to mention not able to get it to work with my Samsung most of the time.
I would would wait until a system proven to be reliable come to market which I would doubt that will ever happen. Don't waste your money on any of these.
I would would wait until a system proven to be reliable come to market which I would doubt that will ever happen. Don't waste your money on any of these.
#207
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https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...012561205.html
I like this solution as it appears to keep the factory radio intact and allows you to switch between the factory and the Lsailt Andriod unit. I believe that it interrupts the video/touch screen data and essentially adds an input to the screen. Seems like the best way to avoid the problems that seem to come up with the aftermarket headunits that completely replace the factory system.
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I have found the issue with the airbag light staying on and I am in contact with Phoenix automotive tech who will contact the manufacture for a solution. The vehicle airbag harness that connects to the top part of the oem radio has no where to connect to the new tablet radio...Although I have a chip/resistor jumper for this the harness do not match up. Will wait to see what they say tomorrow but in the meantime I am building my own harness to go from the vehicle airbag radio harness to a harness that can connect to the chip/jumper harness.
I am mostly updating the ih8mud thread but will post details here once I hear back from manufacture and about my own harness I will be making.
I am mostly updating the ih8mud thread but will post details here once I hear back from manufacture and about my own harness I will be making.