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Hi All,

I'm picking up my new daily tonight. The Bora died and I'm getting a few-year-old Mazda 3.

I'm thinking of ditching the integrated stereo and installing an Android double din. I can have Bluetooth and maybe even a reverse camera which I'd like.

My question is, if I park the car and go into a shop, when I come back and turn on the car again, will it resume from where I left off? I don't want to have to start the music/radio manually every time I start the car.

Has anybody installed one of these? I'd love some feedback.

Thanks,
Christian
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I considered an android head unit, but seeing as they are all basically no name China stuff ended up with a kenwood unit.

Streams Bluetooth of course, mirrors phone display, can control phone from touch screen with cable, uses Pandora, heaps of inputs, reverse camera etc.

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I considered an android head unit, but seeing as they are all basically no name China stuff ended up with a kenwood unit.

Streams Bluetooth of course, mirrors phone display, can control phone from touch screen with cable, uses Pandora, heaps of inputs, reverse camera etc.

Yah, this is kinda how i'm leaning.

Do you know model number? Or approx cost?

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Those Kenwood units are poo , Depending on what phone you have Iphone or Andriod ,will determine the Head Unit that will work best ,Plus how much nav you use ,etc etc ,

Most will resume ,Pioneer are the top of the tree followed by Alpine ,depending on your phone !!Everyone else is playing catch up .

Most good audio stores ,Autobarn ,some JB will have demos you can plug into and test.

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Maybe calling the Kenwood Poo is a bit harsh ,It reminded of a chinese turbo or an AK47,.The Kenwood headunit 5015 i demoed was temperamental,voice control was hit and miss ,bluetooth took 4 goes to hook up ,the audio guy said Kenwood had a lot of issues with there smart phone compatible units and about a 30% return rate .The Pioneer worked faultlessy with an Andriod phone but was slow with an I Phone ,by the time we got to the Alpine i had a headache from talking to a machine .I think it is like anything you get what you pay for :D plus the operating system on your phone has a bit to do with it as well

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