Eonon half din DVD/media player Review

5m3g_head

Idling at the Lights
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SA
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Earle
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MZ20, V35, JZA61 or VR4
I recently installed one of these in my MCCS equipped VR4 so I thought Id write a short review.

http://www.wwww.eonon.com/Car-DVD-Players/Half-Din-Car-DVD/D0009.html

Specs
-Half din
-Plays DVD, VCDs and CD, Mpeg4 (DIVX, can be a bit fussy thought) and mp3.
-Front USB
-Front SD slot
-Remote control Extender sensor
-Switchable Pal/NTSC (the MCCS needs NTSC)
-Two AV inputs


Pros
-Region free
-Seems to convert PAL dvds to NTSC, can watch Aussie DVDs on the MCCS in colour
-Remembers what track and where in the track, so when you start the car, it resumes from where you were.
- IR Remote extender gives you good install flexibility
- has two AV inputs so you can still plug in your MP3 player (or ipod if you are a fashion victim)
-cheap (AU$110 delivered)


Cons
-Only takes 8gb SD or USB (no Hard Drives)
-Output volume resets to a default volume after a restart (sucks)
-Mp3 only, no FLAC or wav
-Mp3 sound quality is very average, DVD and CD sound good.

Install
Easy to wire, needs power, acc and ground, then RCAs back to your Tuner AV input. I installed mine under the cassette deck in the sunglasses holder. Mine sticks out about half an inch because I wanted to be able to get at it. Also the unit is very deep so having it stick out made the install easier. It turned out looking very neat. You may also want to “fix” your MCCS so it doesn’t blank the screen when you drive, otherwise you can’t see the track listings.

Use
Works like it was factory. Start the car, MCCS boots, remembers that you had it set to
TV-VTR. Player boots and resumes playing wherever it was when you turned it off.
 

Black_Ice

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Aamir
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Sounds like a good player and cheap..good write up...

Just a noob question..a 7" double din will fit in our vr4's???
 

king_panther

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Brad
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2012 VW Caddy 1.6TDI 7-Speed DSG. Still crappy DSG.....
Yes it will Aamir.
I'd prefer a flip out one though, to give a spare DIN slot for holding stuff.
I had a single-DIN unit that hung down a little lower than usual, but I installed it on the bottom slot so all was good.
 

Nitephyre

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Sounds like a good player and cheap..good write up...

Just a noob question..a 7" double din will fit in our vr4's???

Yes, 7" 2Din fits fine, I had the Eonon one in my car for a week before it carked it... I've replaced it with a CarPC.
 

Black_Ice

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^thanks for confirming!!

I was just reading some reviews about the eonon brand and they havent been very good so i'm just contemplating getting one or not...

Also I was considering getting a single din unit so I was wondering where i could get one of those plastic 'things' where the single din goes above and the bottom part u can put other stuff like a turbo timer or whatever...any idea where i can get one???
 
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Do you have any pics of the interface? As this can often be the let down with a lot of the cheaper units.

Also, a photo of your install would be interesting to see please :)
 

king_panther

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2012 VW Caddy 1.6TDI 7-Speed DSG. Still crappy DSG.....
I was just reading some reviews about the eonon brand and they havent been very good so i'm just contemplating getting one or not

I'd have to personally advise against it. I had one in Grandpa when I bought it. It was a pile of crap that died not long after. The new stereo I bought for it was installed by Nova Car Systems at The Junction who also did my cruise control. Worked really well for an EBay jobby.
 

Black_Ice

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I'd have to personally advise against it. I had one in Grandpa when I bought it. It was a pile of crap that died not long after. The new stereo I bought for it was installed by Nova Car Systems at The Junction who also did my cruise control. Worked really well for an EBay jobby.

Brad which Ebay one did u buy??
 

happymatch

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jono
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i had 7' one of those china brand DVD and GPS system on my car. I had to install sony head unit where sunglass container (what ever it is called) and used it as an equaliser (input to the sony deck and then out put by sony RCA's tp amps)
 

5m3g_head

Idling at the Lights
Location
SA
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Earle
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MZ20, V35, JZA61 or VR4
Do you have any pics of the interface? As this can often be the let down with a lot of the cheaper units.

Also, a photo of your install would be interesting to see please :)

The interface is pretty plain. Nothing to write home about. I dont really use it much as I usually have music videos playing or TMNT. If I get time on the weekend I'll take a photo of the interface and install.

I have emailed eonon about the volume and they replied claiming that it should hold the setting. It doesn't, I don't believe its faulty though as it remembers everything else. I think the firmware works that way. Im hoping I can get them to update the firmware and at the least give it a default volume you can set in the setup. The volume is only really used so that you can match its level to that of the radio. Im not holding my breath, but its worth a try.

As for the quality, well I guess time will tell. It is a hell of a lot simpler device than an all in one screen/player/gps blah..blah, so maybe it will last a bit longer than a few weeks ;) build quality seems OK.
 

-T8-

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Tate
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WRX CSE5, 7g galant
Gf had one for about a year, worked really well for a cheapie, never had any issues
Except when in gps mode any music from the iPod stops..
And it's really visually boring.. But other wise not bad
But considering wat pioneer headunits you can get from America at cheap prices ATM I'd get that instead
 
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I've got a 7" double din eonon unit in my car which was installed about 4 months ago, and its been faultless. I love it.
 

5m3g_head

Idling at the Lights
Location
SA
First Name
Earle
Drive
MZ20, V35, JZA61 or VR4
Do you have any pics of the interface? As this can often be the let down with a lot of the cheaper units.

Also, a photo of your install would be interesting to see please :)

As requested, some pix.



Eonon finally got back to me and confirmed that the volume resets to 30 every time you restart it. Its a pain becasue its so much quieter than the Radio. I also have some alternator whine that I havent got rid of yet, at higher volume you dont really notice it, but at 30 you do. So far though the volume has been the only issue.
 
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jdm_vr4 on 29/01/2011 said:
I've got a 7" double din eonon unit in my car which was installed about 4 months ago, and its been faultless. I love it.
Still going strong, not an issue in sight! :) Best $350 I ever spent haha.
 
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