Apps - Nissan Qashqai Sinosmart Android Radio Head Unit J11 2014 - 2020 Carplay AndroidAuto

Review Part 1. Quick rundown of setup and apps.
Part 2 to follow...

This Sinosmart was purchased from AliExpress.

Reviewed unit (Order this if your old unit has Satnav)

Order from here if you don't currently have Satnav

Fakra Connector

DAB receiver from same seller (Optional, link added due to requests)

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Forum link for UK members ordering..

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[R.E.HILL_]

Soo.. I keep having the issue that google maps offline maps are getting deleted. Anyone else having this problem?

[jerryconcar]

I was Wondering if you would do a Follow on After Having the SINOSMART installed with any Tips you wished you had known B4 hand I've seen lots Of installation Videos but your are most informed

[Yidzta]

Decent videos 👌🏻 Can you do a video using apple car play or android auto?

[davelawes]

Great videos!!! As it's been a year since these videos were uploaded... what has the reliability been like for these units? Has anyone has issues with freezing or similar?

[Hiteshdattani]

Great video, i know this is a app video but have you got any plans on making a settings video for people in the uk? I know you touched up on some settings maybe have a vid for all setting you did when you got the unit? I know you mentioned some setting like for the skip button on the steering wheel on the forum, more stuff like that would be a great vid?

[tumoxa]

Very helpful, thanks! I installed a unit just few month ago to my 2015 X-trail. Everything is working fine, I have only two issues - one is that image from 360/reverse camera is much darker than in original unit and second - for some reason the sound from connected mobile device just stopped playing on the car speakers (e.g. spotify or youtube when played on the phone) few days ago. It was working fine before, bluetooth connection is alive and I can make calls.Also sounds play well from the radio or unit's own youtube/spotify (when I am connected to wifi in my garage). What could be an issue?

[veertjeeuh]

the buttons on the steering wheel don't work for me. can you explain that?

[julianmccallum]

Hello. Very helpful video. Is CarPlay wireless or wired?

[weeman]

So happy you released this! Can you uninstall the apps that the system comes with if you have no use for them?

[BitxoMalo]

Thank for this video. Only one question. It's possible to do screen mirroring ? Thank you in advance. Best regards

[aureliostroie]

Hello friend, a question, how can I choose a button on the steering wheel to open the 360 cam? I have a Tekna xtrail from 2017

[randeeptiwana]

Nissan xtrail 2018 model after installing a unit dash board time and head unit time is not matching. It freeze to 12am

[wouterburger]

does anybody knows how to factory reset the unit, whats the code? my toucscreen is not working right, is there an option that you can lock a part of the screen? when i try to do a factory reset it ask for a password, i touch 123456 but the key’s beneath are not working

[rajeshkasi]

Hello friend which button do you mean to press on the steering wheel to activate the 360 camera

[simondavey]

Thank you very much for this excellent video which helped me immensely . The Aux L & R out wires were labelled AUX L IN & R IN on the sub loom and AUX L & AUX R on the main loom but other than that the unit was very similar indeed.
Could you please tell me if it is possible to set up a bluetooth hotspot from my Iphone to provide working internet whilst away from home.
I can link the unit to my home wifi but other than the apps provided on carplay2. I cant seem to get it to share wifi with a phone.?

[Shamazingaming]

Can anyone confirm a working Bluetooth controller for this?

PS5, Xbox and Switch controllers don’t pair with the unit.

I’m considering a SF30 pro but I’m guessing that probably won’t too…

[jimfox]

Hi there, installed my unit a few weeks ago but having trouble with a couple of niggles if you could help please ? The first is, the car icon that comes on when you first start up and shows the wrong door being open i.e shows passenger not drivers door for right hand drive. The second dislike is the head unit goes off as soon as you have the ignition off unlike the original radio etc. which stayed on until you say opened the driver’s door to exit, which was ideal for listening to the radio with the ignition off if your just sat in the car. Also the original radio would stay on for approx 20 mins before switching. off to save power, you could also restart the radio /display at any time without the ignition on, the sinosmart unit require the ignition on all the time which is a pain when download or playing around with the unit, it would be ideal to have a fix round this if possible.

[RelaxingMusicDogs]

Heres a question for you, you know when parking and you get close to something at the front, the cameras trigger on by themself. Does that still happen when the bew system is installed. Great set of videos btw

[ianwheele]

Hi. Am thinking of swapping over to this system, does it display album art when playing mp3 files through the original USB lead from a memory stick ? Thanks in advance.

[stevenvaughan]

Is your car a qashquai or xtrail also in one of your vids think u said sat nav that's already on it doesn't have navigation sounds (left, right) so does Google maps have it 😁