Hackowell

Off topic but the DMX706S is what I chose to put in the wifeys new SUV for Xmas. Its hard to beat for the price/features. The Kenwood 47/4707 series has short chassis with capacitive touch but is being built really cheaply by somewhere in China for kenwood. It has the euro power plug and even the packaging is not the standard kenwood stuff. Covid affected our ability to get many models we normally sell so we were grabbing anything we could from Pioneer/Kenwood. We do sell a lot of Alpine for jeeps, I remember when everyone wanted a Halo, but now we do the Stinger Heigh10 often for GM/Jeep and

Well the soldering thing isnt a problem, I have a smd rework machine and various solder stations. If you can explain the software stuff you need, I can handle the hardware part of it. I have rooted all my android phones and played with roms in the past but Im not a software guy, by any means. I may have another 4500 at work, Im not sure..we sent so many back to United Radio which is the repair center Pioneer tells us to use. I am willing to sacrifice this one, and I have a ton of SD cards if you want me to try something, let me know.

Im glad to see people finally getting somewhere on the 4500. I have mine apart with the SD out and Im trying to decide if I want to bother with it. We sell Kenwoods also at my shop and they seem so much faster than Pioneers flagships. The excelons really just work well. The only Pioneer as fast IMHO is the 4660 but just to get it installed and updated in a customers car is an extra 30 min over Excelons. I love the capacitive face response, so smooth. We have tried updating the 4660 over phone app and with USB and almost always have to use USB. Tried Apple and Android for the new CarAVAssist ap