Avin Avant 4 Headunit users?

[Steven Mazza]

To answer your question, the install is pretty straight forward. My 2005 m3 had the factory satnav and hk speakers etc so I had to run an extension harness to the boot (trunk)

To do this I basically took out the passenger seat (our cars are rhd here in oz), rear seats, rear lhs trim panel and boot lining and then removed the factory cd stacker, bluetooth module, DVD drive etc.

From there its all pretty much plug and play.

With my particular install I opted to order the extension cables to use the factory aerial and factory gps sensor as both of these connections are in the boot.

After testing the gps with the extension lead I couldn't get a lock onto gps signal, so I tried the one included with the unit and it worked fine. (My oem gps was working flawlessly with the factory setup) I eventually just gave up on the extension and used the one supplied by avin which locks on instantly and seems to be reliable so far.

I ordered the avin avant 4 px6 with the following addons:

Ibus adapter
Elm327 bluetooth adapter
igo maps on sd card
gps extension cable
Aerial extension cable
phone microphone

Ibus adapter : very easy to install, just plug one end into the supplied wiring harness labelled ibus and the other end into one of the 3 available usbs. The app comes preinstalled just make sure avin forward your vin to them so you can unlock it and access all of its features. They forgot to forward my vin but an email and a day later it was sorted.

I won't touch on what the ibus app does Im sure you already know.

elm327 obd2 bluetooth adapter : for some reason my avin unit cant even detect it in bluetooth. Its been about a week with avin support emailing back and forward with no luck yet.

Igo maps: works brilliantly.

phone mic: I installed this in the factory location up in the head liner and ran the cable down the drivers side a pillar to the unit. From testing im told the person on the other end of the call can hear me clearly.

Sound quality is just as good if not better than oem.

the unit looks good, seems nice and responsive and smooth. There's a plethora of settings to go thru and tweak to set it up how you like.

Edit: just want to add avin support is hit and miss, they have a support page you can login to but the info there is limited still. The unit doesnt come with install instructions either.

Avin support is killing me.... just going through this now. I have NAV too. I have zero sound from the speakers. Did you have to do anything else for sound besides plugging in the 40 pin fakta harness in the trunk? My understanding is that power and audio are plug and play with the one 40 pin. Thanks... hope you get this.

[DropTopKingM3]

Avin support is killing me.... just going through this now. I have NAV too. I have zero sound from the speakers. Did you have to do anything else for sound besides plugging in the 40 pin fakta harness in the trunk? My understanding is that power and audio are plug and play with the one 40 pin. Thanks... hope you get this.

You sure the head unit itself isn’t on mute ?

[LatinSkllz]

Man, I was about to pull trigger on a unit so I can use the sub pre-out but wondering now.


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[DropTopKingM3]

Man, I was about to pull trigger on a unit so I can use the sub pre-out but wondering now.


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Keep in mind that people only post negative stuff. Those who live their units are too busy enjoying them. I love mine! Big upgrade from my 10 year old Dynavin. Once you get it loaded with features such as the chipset, eq, wireless CarPlay, etc it’s a really great head unit.

[thegenius46m]

Looking into finally getting one of these but wanted to confirm some things... for those of you that got the DSP option for the Avant 4, how of an improvement were the stock hk speakers after tweaking the audio profiles with the new headunit? A large part of the stock speakers sounding like crap is the oem headunit being underpowered so I know the Avant should be an upgrade right away, but the DSP integration really requires a DSP amp like what the E39 comes with from the factory, so I am curious how much I can really take advantage of tuning the speakers with the Avin?

Also, another big one for me is oil temp via iBus. Can anyone confirm if it displays on the iBus for the M3? For non-m it does not since the cluster doesnt support the oil temp input, but for MSS54/hp, the M3 cluster is already pulling oil and water temp inputs from the DME so I am trying to determine if the eKombi module below is even needed on the M3 since the functionality should already be there?

https://www.schmiedmann.com/en/product/20135-new?product=EKOMBI1

[JohnG]

I've just installed the AVIN Avant 4 and I'm having 2 issues that I can't figure out how to fix. 1) Radio keeps cutting out every few seconds. Carplay works great. 2) I keep getting a Google message that says device not Play Protected? Any help much appreciated.!

[JohnG]

This is strange now radio is working fine but Carplay is not? Keeps asking me to connect phone but it is. Yesterday Carplay was working fine even when not connected.

[LatinSkllz]

Keep in mind that people only post negative stuff. Those who live their units are too busy enjoying them. I love mine! Big upgrade from my 10 year old Dynavin. Once you get it loaded with features such as the chipset, eq, wireless CarPlay, etc it’s a really great head unit.

Yes, it’s my only option to add subs under rear deck with a sub pre-out to a small 2channel amp.

Hoping it works. Re-purposing HK sub enclosure with CDT audio 6x9 on Soundstream St2.500d amp.


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[Circa Surviven]

Keep in mind that people only post negative stuff. Those who live their units are too busy enjoying them. I love mine! Big upgrade from my 10 year old Dynavin. Once you get it loaded with features such as the chipset, eq, wireless CarPlay, etc it’s a really great head unit.

I agree. I'm still happy I purchased mine and have been able to live with the occasional glitches.

[umichchris]

Worst part about driving my E46 is the shitty Avin Avant 4 I installed in it. 0/10 would not recommend. Buggy, poor audio quality, horrendous “support”…etc.

just look elsewhere.

[LatinSkllz]

Worst part about driving my E46 is the shitty Avin Avant 4 I installed in it. 0/10 would not recommend. Buggy, poor audio quality, horrendous “support”…etc.

just look elsewhere.

Are you being sarcastic??


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[Slideways]

With all these issues, does the Avin at least work flawlessly when using wireless Carplay? Meaning, does it boot to Carplay and start spotify/waze where it left off on the phone?

[maw1124]

Keep in mind that people only post negative stuff. Those who live their units are too busy enjoying them. I love mine! Big upgrade from my 10 year old Dynavin. Once you get it loaded with features such as the chipset, eq, wireless CarPlay, etc it’s a really great head unit.

I’m not sure about that. People post positives too, just like you just did.

I’ve never used an Avin, but my Dynavin N7 was a big upgrade from my 10 year old Dynavin, and the new one has EQ, car play, etc. out of the box. Similarly, my new MacBook is a big upgrade from my 10 year old MacBook Pro, my new iPad is a big upgrade from my old iPad, etc. etc. You see where I’m going here — 10 years is 2 or 3 lifetimes in electronics. My new Alpine head unit is a big upgrade from the 10 year old one it replaced (which stopped working).

I’ll certainly vouch for Dynavin USA support. If you’re on the fence between these two, the best thing I can say is pick up the phone and talk to Jeff Bechtel at DynavinUSA. (https://www.jandtdistributing.com/). At worst, it’ll take away any questions around service. I’m just happy to see them both selling tons of units, so they can feed the upgrade budget.

I still say the weak spot in these cars is the speakers, so BavSound or something else is almost mandatory.

maw

[LatinSkllz]

I’m not sure about that. People post positives too, just like you just did.

I’ve never used an Avin, but my Dynavin N7 was a big upgrade from my 10 year old Dynavin, and the new one has EQ, car play, etc. out of the box. Similarly, my new MacBook is a big upgrade from my 10 year old MacBook Pro, my new iPad is a big upgrade from my old iPad, etc. etc. You see where I’m going here — 10 years is 2 or 3 lifetimes in electronics. My new Alpine head unit is a big upgrade from the 10 year old one it replaced (which stopped working).

I’ll certainly vouch for Dynavin USA support. If you’re on the fence between these two, the best thing I can say is pick up the phone and talk to Jeff Bechtel at DynavinUSA. (https://www.jandtdistributing.com/). At worst, it’ll take away any questions around service. I’m just happy to see them both selling tons of units, so they can feed the upgrade budget.

I still say the weak spot in these cars is the speakers, so BavSound or something else is almost mandatory.

maw

Yeah. I already have BavSound upgrade snd it is a difference in audio quality. I’m looking for a head unit with DSP abs sub pre-outs to add a sub.


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[maw1124]

LatinSkllz

Yeah, it has all that… https://www.jandtdistributing.com/co...40263794426006 … and sounds good… but I’ve had it less than a year so I can’t comment on long term ownership.

maw