SONGEE in Dash GPS on 5-11 Tacoma

I am looking for Opinions, Reviews, and Pictures on this Head Unit. Its on Amazon and eBay and it seems like a pretty interesting upgrade from the Stock Unit. I also hate En-tune junk so Android OS is super tempting. Has anyone else put this unit on their truck? Please let me know what you think about it! Thinking about replacing my 09 JBL system with something like this...

https://www.amazon.com/SONGEE-Navigation-2005-2012-Bluetooth-Infotainment/dp/B07Q8QV8K7

 

Very interesting. That looks really sweet.

 

That's pretty boss. I'm gonna keep this in mind. I bought a cheap power acoustic with a 4 year warranty for like 130 on Amazon. Whenever this goes out or if I ever have extra cash I'll him a get that.

 

Go for it. OEM look means it's less attractive to thieves. Non-DIN size means you get a full-size screen and still have quick-access buttons on each side. This type of unit has been around for years (see https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...avigation-w-xm-radio-blow-out-pricing.234596/ ) but previously running on archaic Windows CE OS with effectively no app support. With updated hardware and Android OS it should be quite good, when it works 70% of the time.

 

Yes sir I defenitley like the OEM look and I also just want the ability to play music without an aux cord.

 

You mean you no longer burn a bunch of MP3s onto CD-Rs and load them into the 6-disc CD changer?

Note the current pricing vs Ottonavi's price on the older WinCE unit. That's progress.

 

I just used my last CD yesterday.

 

Nice find definitely looks more oem. I went with the sony and schosce kit stay away from the metra if you decide to go a different route

 

Damn that is tempting! My truck came with a very clunky aftermarket touch screen unit with no GPS, been looking for something to upgrade it to and I love the factory look of this.

Let us know what you think if anyone picks one up.

 

Update they raised the price a whole 100 bucks. Im not paying 647 fro un-tested piece of equipment!

 

For $600 I would buy a known brand like pioneer or Kenwood . If you get it from crutchfield you can buy the unit, the dash kit, the steering wheel control, and even have them wire it for you. All for under $600 depending on what unit you get. Definitely get the schosh kit, the metro doesn’t look as good and is a little cheaper quality imo.

 

I just replaced my headunit with a

$440 Kenwood DMX7706S 6.95" Digital Media Receiver w/Bluetooth, Apple CarPlay and Android

Kenwood DMX7706S and a metra kit, the metra kit is at best...meh, its a matte finish which is fine but the clips they provide are too short and don't engage, but if you put the factory yellow clips on, it'll bite a little bit but still not 100%. The plastic pieces that attach to the headunit and to the dash are super flexible which makes it hard to fine tune the units placement. I'll eventually look into swapping it to a scosche kit, but not sure they make one for a '13.

 

Got bored with the lockdown, Bought one off Ebay and open box unit. This not your normal aftermarket touch screen head unit. It is a Android Table with a CD player, Google GPS, Bluetooth, steering wheel controls. but mainly App driven and can be woonky. There is a learning curve, haven't been able to get it our of the Eastern time zone. you need to have access to Wifi or hotspot for some features to work. My iPhone 6 hotspot will not work with it as a hotspot. New phone will as they have air play. SiriusXM will work with App either on head unit or App on iphone and use blue tooth. There is no Tech support. Like the OEM look, color matches OEM like the buttons, Standalone Back Camera works many connection with no adapter box like aftermarket head units , easier to stuff the wiring back in to dash. Will I keep it or put Jensen unit back it. Need to change bad video cable between camera and head unit, broken wire so will decide then.

 

If you decide to change I will definitely buy it off ya. My OEM JBL head is failing.