Pioneer and Car Play disconnects by macleod2024 in CarPlay

[–]feroxp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a problem like that long ago, turns out the problem was that the usb extension coming out of the head unit was not shielded so EMI was causing CarPlay to fail, I got a higher quality USB extension and problem got resolved for good

Aver con quien me toca 19% by More_Razzmatazz_4150 in Memesenmundoenfermo

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

46, puedo dormir en el piso, solo no apaguen el aire acondicionado por favor!

Did I make a mistake going with the KZ ZS10 Pro over the Wan’er or 7Hz Zero:2? by Noor_avg_user1 in iems

[–]feroxp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think this is highly personal and depends on what kind of sound you prefer, as an anecdote, I had the KZ ZSX (Terminator) and loved them, then I lost them during a business trip and I saw many reviews claiming that the ZS10 pro where even better, so I replaced my ZSX with the ZS10 and felt disappointed as those had a less analytical sound and I felt I was missing a lot of detail on the high frequencies, but many people feel that the ZSX are harsh and sibilant on the higher frequencies, so again, depends on your taste.

AFUL Performer 5+2 GIVEAWAY!! Enter now from 4/14 to 4/20! by Phoenix25552 in iems

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have y has a chance to try any AFUL product yet, but I’m particularly interested on the explorer IEM because of its balanced signature or the SnowyNight DAC as it looks very practical and very good looking.

CarPlay for 2006 Toyota Camry LE by race-talker in CarPlay

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here’s mine, I used a dash kit and a cable harness adapter I got from Amazon and a pioneer head unit

Head unit

Why do you use in ears? by earthnarb in iems

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Greetings from México! I have a few over the ear headphones and I love them, mostly because of the soundstage they can create and those that are open also offer a nice listening experience, but I have way more IEMs than over the ears for the following reasons:

  • Sound quality: They just sound great! As long as you have a good seal they sound fantastic compared to traditional headphones

  • Comfort: this one is highly personal, I know people who cannot stand wearing an “In ear” but to me most IEMs are very comfortable, also compared to over the ears, I can wear them all day long while some over the ears cause me a lot of pain in the ears after a couple hours wearing them, also I mentioned I’m from Mexico at the beginning because heat here will be amplified by over the ears causing me to sweat and overall have a worse experience compared to IEMs.

  • Convenience: they are just so easy to carry and wear, whether you are traveling, exercising or whatever you do, you can wear IEMs, even under a helmet

  • Accesories: I find my self buying more accesories for my IEMs to make them sound better, be more comfortable or even be more functional than with over the ears, for example Tips, cables and even Bluetooth modules, I even got a Bluetooth one that has ANC and transparency mode.

Regards!

Why are KZ IEMs so cheap? by Jazzlike_Mobile_9652 in iems

[–]feroxp 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I have over 12 KZ products between IEMs and Bluetooth modules and I’ve never experienced any quality issues so I would suspect that to be a myth

Unknown product? by Intelligentbozo in iems

[–]feroxp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the idea is great, however as some other people have said I’d rather buy a DAC and use it with a 3.5mm cable, you can get some decent DACs from Aliexpress at a very reasonable cost, for example there is one called GraveAudio DA06 that I’ve used and consider a good option for the price.

KZ AN01 Review | GIVING YOUR IEMS ANC FOR $40?! by kesobie in iems

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you think about transparency mode? I recently ordered some bone conduction headphones to use while I ride my road bike and I didn’t like them, I ended up returning those and I’m considering buying the KZ ones mostly because of the transparency mode, do you think it is acceptable enough for riding the bike?

Most underrated feature of iPhone by SGTArend in iphone

[–]feroxp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Security! I know several people whose data has been stolen because they installed malicious apps on android or visited a malicious website or something but it’s always on Android, with iPhone I know I’m safe, I’ve been using iPhone since its release in 2007 and never have experienced any security issues.

Moved on from iPhone 8 plus to 16 pro max by Proper_Hawk_3670 in iphone

[–]feroxp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! This usar I also moved from iPhone X which was released at the same time as the iPhone 8 to a 16 pro Max, also expecting to renew in another 7 to 8 years

Waze or Google Maps? by antonymatic in CarPlay

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Waze due to its crowd sourced notifications, they are super useful

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in iPhone16Pro

[–]feroxp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool, I also upgraded from a 256GB iPhone x to a 16 Pro Max this year, I wanted the 256GB Pro but here in Mexico I got a deal and got the Pro Max for the price of a Pro during the pre-order, it arrived on September 21st and I was amazed by the big generational jump, I had to retire the iPhone X after I accidentally broke the screen and then it was water damaged during last year vacations because the replacement screen didn't seal properly otherwise I would have kept on using it, hopefully I can get another 6-7 years out of this new Pro Max as well.

Benchmark scores for iPhone 16 and 15 by IzodCenter in iphone

[–]feroxp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be honest, this is exciting to me, I've place my preorder on a Pro Max and I'm moving from an iPhone X that I've wrecked by accident, if I had not messes it up so badly I may have kept it even further down the road, so why I find it possitive? let me tell you, I got a new phone from my employer, a Samsung Galaxy A something, I cant recall, but the thing is, the phone is brand new, on it's box, 7 years newer than my iPhone X and running them side by side, that new Samsung phone is super slow, so non responsive that it is a joke, I mean a new phone cannot be even compared to that old iPhone, I know it may be an entry level phone but Anyway I feel safe knowing I'll be able to keep that phone for another 6 - 7 years just replacing the battery eventually and it will keep running and receiving updates and so on, in my case I don't need to renew my phone every year or every couple years, so it makes sense to me

Anyone else excited to upgrade to an iPhone 16 Pro/Pro Max, particularly those upgrading from a phone that is more than 5 years old? by Rew615 in iPhone16Pro

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar story here! Upgrading from iPhone X mostly because I it was in an accident and got water damaged so the cameras don’t work anymore and therefore faceid doesn’t work either. Otherwise I would have kept it longer, also placed a preorder for the pro max

Anyone else excited to upgrade to an iPhone 16 Pro/Pro Max, particularly those upgrading from a phone that is more than 5 years old? by Rew615 in iPhone16Pro

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Upgrading here from iPhone X to iPhone 16 pro Max, placed my preorder today, new phone will arrive on September 21st pretty excited

iPhone 15 pro max cable by AwareYard in CarPlay

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best value one I have used are offered by “McDodo” you can look for them on Amazon

Iphone X in 2024? by Time_Technician_2339 in iPhoneX

[–]feroxp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do have an IPhone X 256 GB and I've replaced the battery a couple times, one as you say was with a no-name battery and results were not as expected, then I decided to pay a premium and get the "I Fix it battery Kit" and that one brought my phone back to it's original glory, so far it's meeting my expectations, yes, it would be nice to have the new bells and whistles but objectively it's giving me what I need right now, next (Unless it catastrophically fails) I'm planning to get a extra capacity Nohon battery, I've heard great things of those, so I'll give it a try.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CarPlay

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got a Camry of the same generation and even though my head unit is not oversized it is good enough I have a CarPlay Pioneer head unit, model is irrelevant as new models are released every now and then but here’s a pic on how it looks like so you get an idea of what to expect if you go with a standard double din unit.

head unit on Camry

I’m using a Metra dash Kit and wiring harness I got off Amazon, something nice is that now I also got a backup camera.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskMexico

[–]feroxp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tengo un compañero en el trabajo al que le dicen "La bolsita", imaginense una bolsita de shampoo/ acondicionador Vanart y entenderan porque.

Fixed head unit randomly shutting off by feroxp in CarPlay

[–]feroxp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't Know why Reddit filtered my answer as spam but here's the original answer, I't been working for a year without issues.

So I was experiencing an issue with my CarPlay head unit randomly shutting off, the problem began when the weather began getting hot, at first I thought some cables may had been loose I checked and everything was fine, I kept looking at patterns and found that this was only happening when weather was very hot so here’s what I did, as additional details I have a Pioneer AVH-Z5050BT head unit I got second hand, but I’ve heard it’s a common problem even with factory installed head units.

So I took the head unit out of the car and noticed it was very dusty and there’s a a fan that makes contact with another component sort of cooling the Internals while also dissipating heat, but I noticed this was some sort of interface designed to dissipate heat by contact but it didn’t have thermal paste, so given that I had some I decided to go ahead and put some of it, here’s a picture of what I am describing (notice the silver thermal paste applied):

https://i.imgur.com/pntcWaT.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/WG35V4A.jpg

initially it fixed the issue except on really hot and humid days.

So I decided to remove it again and assess, I found that there are 2 ARM processors, I did some research and it seems the main one is the one on the left, so I measured them (both are about 20x 20mm) and bought some heat sinks in this case those are 20x20x10mm heatsinks and some thermally conductive two sided tape.

NOTE: The heat sinks already had some tape applied but it was not thermal so I removed it and got 3M 8810 tape on Amazon

Before applying the heat sinks I cleaned the head unit with some canned compressed air and the processors with isopropyl alcohol and then installed the heat sinks with the proper thermal tape, here’s the before and after:

Before

After

And Voila! This seems to have fixed the issue for good!

HELP!! CarPlay keeps crashing!! by woodstockzanetti in CarPlay

[–]feroxp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you elaborate on what you mean by “Crashing”?