Excellent piece of kit - fantastic value for money. Having just bought a peugeot 4007, i had been searching round for a dvd/sat nav/ipod/bluetooth unit and had come across various pioneer/sony/kenwood units from 700 quid plus fitting. Then i found this for just 325. And with a degree of trepidation (as an automotive installer had told me some horror stories about chinese in car tech), i bought it through amazon figuring that if it looked horrible or didn't work, i had the backing of a reputable online retailer to help me get my money back.However, the unit is absolutely top class.
It arrived within a couple of weeks and i fitted it myself last weekend. Llet me run through it's good points, (there are one or two little niggles but nothing major). The brand - koolertron - never heard of them so i was sceptical, but it is just a box of bits and runs windows ce software so is just a mini computer in a car radio shaped box so nothing to worry about. The look - it matches absolutely perfectly my 4007 dash, (the 4007 is in fact a peugeot badged mitsubishi outlander/citroen c-crosser) so even though it is advertised as a mitsubishi, fits the peugeot like a glove. It looks fantastic, and my wife couldn't believe the match - looks very good indeed. I/ sat nav - tons of features, works a treat, finds gps in a matter of seconds, haven't yet worked out how to stop it talking to me all the time which dips the music on the front speakers so you can hear it, but i am sure there is a solution. Ii/ipod - i have an iphone4 - it charges and plays no problem, once you are used to the interface (don't rely on the handbook it is written in chinglish so no help whatsoever) iii/bluetooth - paired and picked up the iphone in an instant, works extremely well, doesn't download your contacts from the phone - which is a bit of a pain - but regular numbers are stored in the 'recent' folder so you can go back to them again and again. Iv/ sd card - this is a brilliant idea: on the front are two micro sd slots - one for the sat nav data - the other which you can load up with tunes. So having purchased a 32gb micro sd card for 12 quid from ebay, i suddenly have twice the capacity of my iphone permanently 'on tap' - add that to the 16gb on my iphone - and there's 48gb of music in the car - which, as you know, is tons and tons and tons more than you will probably ever need.
Pros
- Excellent piece of kit - fantastic value for money!
Cons
- Stopped working after 7 months. Good value when it works; the radio app could be better.
Negative Review of Koolertron For 2007-2011 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER and CITROEN C-CROSSER Indash DVD GPS Navigation With dual-core/3Zone POP 3G/WIFI/20 Disc CDC/ DVD Recording/ Bluetooth handsfree / Steering wheel control / Phonebook / IPOD / USB / SD / Game
Features of Koolertron For 2007-2011 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER and CITROEN C-CROSSER Indash DVD GPS Navigation With dual-core/3Zone POP 3G/WIFI/20 Disc CDC/ DVD Recording/ Bluetooth handsfree / Steering wheel control / Phonebook / IPOD / USB / SD / Game
- Built-in GPS navigation, and you can listen to the music or the radio while in navigation
- 8.0" 800*480 Digital High Definition TFT LCD touchscreen
- Original PIP function. Original 3-ZONE function
- Virtual 20 disks CDC: V-20 disc changer memory (20 disc music can be memory in the unit while you are listening the music)
- With Steering Wheel Control (with CAN-BUS BOX) Can be used with Rockford system
* This car multimedia system fits: 2007-2011 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER (except 3.0 version) and CITROEN C-CROSSER * With wince6.0 operating system * Dual-core A8 chip, much faster, more sensitive! * Built in GPS navigation, and you can listen to the music while in navigation function * 8'800*480 Digital High Definition TFT LCD Touch screen * Original POP function. you can use two or three functions at the same time. * Support 1080P HD video reading * Built in 4GB Hard disc, you can download thousands of songs, management as same as PC. * Built in 20 Disk Virtual CD changer, you can download from DVD/CD to the head device. * Phonebook function. * Main Language: English French German Spanish Italian etc. * 3G/ Wifi Internet With big keyboard, but you need to buy 3G device yourself. * DVD recording, you can record the video from your DVD/ TV/ AUX/ SD/ USB, images are more clearer and sharper. * With steering wheel control * Can be used with Rockford system * With AM/FM/RDS radio * Support Ipod, USB, A2DP * Auto rear viewing function * Calculator function * Game function Accessories: * GPS Antenna 1 piece * Remote control 1 piece * Wire/Cable 1 power harness * User Manual 1 piece (in English) * Touch Pen 1 piece * iPod Cable 1 piece (about 95CM) * Screws for Installation 1 Set
Product Info
- Boxed-product Weight: 3 Kg
- ASIN: B0053F0IX6
Conclusion of Koolertron For 2007-2011 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER and CITROEN C-CROSSER Indash DVD GPS Navigation With dual-core/3Zone POP 3G/WIFI/20 Disc CDC/ DVD Recording/ tooth handsfree / Steering wheel control / Phonebook / IPOD / USB / SD / Game
And with a degree of trepidation (as an automotive installer had told me some horror stories about chinese in car tech), i bought it through amazon figuring that if it looked horrible or didn't work, i had the backing of a reputable online retailer to help me get my money back. I/ sat nav - tons of features, works a treat, finds gps in a matter of seconds, haven't yet worked out how to stop it talking to me all the time which dips the music on the front speakers so you can hear it, but i am sure there is a solution. Ii/ipod - i have an iphone4 - it charges and plays no problem, once you are used to the interface (don't rely on the handbook it is written in chinglish so no help whatsoever) iii/bluetooth - paired and picked up the iphone in an instant, works extremely well, doesn't download your contacts from the phone - which is a bit of a pain - but regular numbers are stored in the 'recent' folder so you can go back to them again and again. Iv/ sd card - this is a brilliant idea: on the front are two micro sd slots - one for the sat nav data - the other which you can load up with tunes. So having purchased a 32gb micro sd card for 12 quid from ebay, i suddenly have twice the capacity of my iphone permanently 'on tap' - add that to the 16gb on my iphone - and there's 48gb of music in the car - which, as you know, is tons and tons and tons more than you will probably ever need.
However the dvd also works very well and plays cds too. Vi/ v-cd - this is a virtual on board 6 cd autochanger: basically you read in the content of 6 cds into the memory of the machine (not the sd card but separate inbuilt memory), and there you have even more music to listen to; great if a mate has an obscure cd you want and you can just clone it in the car park at work and let him have it back. In short, this is a brilliant unit - took me a while to work out how to have the sat nav running and the music playing but it's all in there. Next stage is to work on how the dual zone function can send dvds to the kids in the back while i have the nav and iphone playing in the front. Installation was simple, plug and play basically, tons of wires and i wouldn't attempt it unless you are a bit spoddy - but if there's a geek at work (as there is where i work), then it is all very simple.
Other than that, i just worked on each element at a time - ipod, bluetooth, sat nav, usb - until it was all done.
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