Easily add CarPlay / android auto to any car - Seicane dashcam

Just a slight correction. The Bluetooth option under the FM setting is to send the audio direct from your phone to the car, if your car has Bluetooth or a AUX bluetooth dongle, this gives the best audio quality as coming direct from your phone rather than via the screen

Thank you for your video - FWIW - For those considering purchasing this unit - I've purchased one of these Seicane Dashcam/Apple Carplay units, and have installed it in my car. I would say, I have very mixed feelings. After the initial few days of playing with the unit, powering it from the cigarette lighter power, I opted to hardwire it using the provided 3A power adapter. Pretty straight forward install, and I KNOW I've installed it correctly. So here is my feedback: 1. The units feels solid to touch and the display has a good appearance and feel. I like the IDEA of this product, but it has several flaws! 1. even if you mount it sold, it still shakes while you're driving. I fixed this shaking by building a simple block on my 3D printer and stuffing it between the display and the mount from the back (so you don't see it from the front). 2. Audio pass through quality sucks! I've connected my iPhone wirelessly to the Seicane unit, and from there, there is a cable going from Seicane to my car stereo through the Aux input. Comparing the pass through quality to simple direct bluetooth connectivity to my car stereo, I would say Seicane quality is awful. I am willing to tolerate 1 and 2, but then there is 3. Every time I turn off my car, and turn it back on again, I have to do a hard power down on the Seicane unit (holding the power button at the top of the unit for a few seconds), then power up the unit!!! To me, this is the deal breaker! This brings me to 4. AWFUL tech support!!! I've reached out to Seicane, and they have responded quickly (within 24 hours), BUT the quality of support is really really really BAD! After a few emails going back and forth, they came back with requiring me to do a firmware upgrade. I have no problem with this, BUT the documentation they have provided and the video makes you laugh and cry at the same time! First of all, everything is in Chinese (at least all the important stuff). They have also provided an .mp4 video to download, which is supposed to help! The video is absolute utter rubbish! I am really disappointed with Seicane!

Thanks for a brilliant review mate! One of these car devices is just what I need. Everything was explained simply so even I can understand 👍🏽

Brilliant info, well described and straight forward. Thank you.

Wow, i recently got a standalone front only dashcam for the same price as this whole unit and the quality looks the same. Great find

I am genuinely surprised at the actual quality of this - no weird English translations, seems to be well made, lots of options and a reasonable price - very tempted just for the dashcam facility and the added benefits of Carplay - with some careful hiding of the wires it could easily look stock 👍

if your going to use the aux lead I would suggest picking up a ground loop isolator they are only a few quid and can get rid of any interference you may be having

I think this equipament is better then multimedia. More easy to install 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Great review/demo. The device looks like a home run.

Great video, what's the audio like for incoming and outgoing calls from it when connected via Bluetooth, thanks

Amazing , thank you for your very clear explanation ❤

Just placed my order, there was a small discount for using your link, nice one. With shipping, it came out at £92.59, not bad, not bad at all.

Great review! What is the height of the screen. The ad says 193 mm but that can't be correct. Guessing it's 93. Does the internet radio work ok and if wired via aux can steering wheel change volume etc.? I've got DAB at the moment. Also, when the car comes on does it automatically go to carplay or do you need to click it each time? Thanks

hey mate, how did you plug in the red cable to connect the rear view camera with your clutch? Thanbks

Interesting and it fits well the fiesta just wondering about the foot size of the mount? as Zafira b has a similar space in front if the radio info screen.

@SpiderLee - What is the difference between Mobile Internet and Screen cast? Both options seem to do the same thing?

Also if you even bought one of those little things that go on the cigarette lighter that I made reference to even if you only have your smartphone in car you can still do the very same thing and play whatever music you want from your phone through the speakers of your car which I think is a big advantage

Hi, thanks for a very clear review, I am very tempted to buy the dashcam but I wonder if you could help with a couple of practical questions, the first is do I need to buy a SD card? If you buy the dashcam with 32gb of storage built in. Assuming that the dashcam works from the time it’s switched on can you use the apple car play to run mapping at the same time?

Great video - very clear instructions.

Nice video mate!