[Upgrade] Westods Wireless Apple Carplay & Android Auto with 2.5K Dash Cam, 1080P Backup Camera, Portable 7" HD IPS Screen for Car, GPS Navigation, Bluetooth, AirPlay, MirrorCast, AUX/FM Transmitter

I chose to give this five stars after some careful evaluation and also working with the customer support for the device.Overall, I rate this at 5 stars due to the following:*What they provided*- You get a fairly large screen that is pretty responsive that comes with a built in front facing dash cam- You get a reverse camera that is also pretty good quality as well.- You get both a flat mount and a suction cup mount. (I chose to use the flat mount since it fit nicely in the spot where my 2014 Ford Focus SYNC screen is located. The flat mounts sticky bottom is super grippy, so it won't move the device once docked).- The device has the ability to fold, which when I'm not using it and don't want it seen in my car, I can put it away.- Comes with a 64GB Micro SD card- You get pretty good support from these guys if you have questions/concerns.- The price for what you get is a great deal compared to similar devices.*What I needed*- I needed a backup camera for my car, but figured that a backup camera that could also do Android Auto AND have a front facing dash cam at a good price was even better.- I didn't want to remove any part of the dashboard to install something like this.- I needed the thing to be able to be mounted on my 2014 Ford Focus, specifically where the current SYNC screen is at and could be put away when not in use.So this was my journey into getting this thing and I hope this helps others:*The homework*I did a lot of research and had to return a few other devices that didn't work due to design. This particular one ended up being just right to where it could use the front dash cam despite sitting a few inches below my dashboard, yet still look like it kind of was apart of the stereo system.After more research on YouTube when it came to installing the rear camera and removing the panels from my specific car, it took me about 8 hours to do the job mostly by myself (you do need someone to shift the car into reverse and neutral to do some wire testing). If it wasn't so cold out and if I didn't need to do some emergency shopping, I believe I could have taken care of this within 4-5 hours tops.*The tools*If you want to install the rear camera, you will need your own tools. For my 2014 Ford Focus Hatchback, I had to also have or acquire:- A socket set to remove part of the hatch paneling and my licence plate (more about that later)- A drill and drill bits- Panel removing/prying tools. (Amazon has these for about $6)- A electric probe tester to test the reverse light (Amazon had these for $8)- Splicing connectors (Technically optional, but it's way better to use a connector to splice into the reverse light wire and tap into it than for you to cut into it and try to possibly solder the connection. Amazon had a set of 60 pieces for $9 even though I only needed one.)- Wire cutters/strippers with crimping- Extra 18 gauge red wire. (The wire for the backup camera was not long enough and I was short about 3 more feet. I needed to get more wire to extend what they had to make the connection, so I bought this at my local Home Depot. I told this to their support and said they needed to add more wire.)- Heat shrink tubing (to cover the two wire connections due to adding more length)- A lighter for the heat shrink tubing- Zip ties (it keeps things nice and neat!)- Fish tape or something that can help you fish wires. I ended up using some spare 12 gauge electrical wire that I used to loop the end of the backup camera wire through parts of the hatch that were bendy.- Dish soap to help with pulling the wire through those tight spaces while fishing them out.- Nylon cord protector (not required, but it help keep the backup camera wire that goes to the device and the USB power adapter wire nice and neat)*The effort*As you can tell, this was not an easy effort. The biggest pain points in this install process IMO are:- Removing and putting your panels back without causing serious damage.- Trying to identify where your camera should go, which is very tedious and you have to figure out how to tuck in your camera wire so it goes inside. I chose to drill out the corner of one of the license plate holder squares so the wire could sit in it without adding more holes than necessary. Expect to have your rear camera turned on and you look at the screen of your device as you try to figure out the best position since not everyone can put their camera in the middle of back of their car.- Figuring out the path for your wiring. Anyone who has a hatchback will find this to be a bigger issue than someone with a sedan or a truck. You need to make sure you have found an acceptable spot for your camera and that you've got enough wire to go from the camera to one of your rear lights to get access to the reverse bulb wiring. Otherwise, even if you do try to make the shortest path possible, you still might end up short still and need to buy more wire of your own.- Figuring out which reverse wire is the hot one and then splicing into it.- Finally, trying to hide as much of your wires as possible throughout your car so it looks fairly presentable. This was also a very tedious process since I used that cable cover.*The critique*The device itself works pretty well. My only real complaints are:- It seems to get hot, but I question whether that was just due to extensive use since I had gone on a very long drive of several hours. But this didn't seem to affect the performance.- The AUX connection was unusually hit or miss, but I can't tell whether this was due to the device not detecting the AUX due to the car starting up vs the device starting up. The fact that it boots up when you get in the car rather than when you start the engine could be a factor. I plan on getting a cigarette lighter adapter that has a built-in on/off switch that I'll be plugging this thing into. I'm certain that will resolve the problem and allow me to use the AUX successfully. That said, I did find that the FM radio transmitter doesn't misbehave like the AUX, so I'm currently using that instead.But all in all, I'm pretty satisfied with it and with the support that I've been given, from the warranty to help with changing the boot screen, to addressing the issues I've found, I'm happy to give this 5 stars. I've now got front and back cameras and I've finished calibrating the reverse parking lines, so I'm set!

I have a 2006 Toyota Tundra with only 32K miles that will probably keep forever but wanted to upgrade to have hands free navigation, calling and Spotify music, like I’ve become very dependent on in my Tesla and wife’s Mercedes. I used to balance my iPhone in front of the gauges so I could use navigation, but that was a marginal experience, was awkward, hard to see, prone to sliding off the dash and not easily seen by passengers. I wanted a solution that would provide an easily seen, touch-screen capable, hands-free Airplay enabled system. Replacing the factory radio with a double-din replacement was an option, but costly and too expensive, with installation, and with a unit likely to be unreliable, to justify the risk. I only recently discovered these dash-mounted Airplay-enabled devices but had pretty low expectations for a ~$130 display with two cameras claiming to do just about everything hands free that I can do in my Tesla. I can say this unit far exceeded my expectations.Installation and initial connection to my iPhone took all of 5 minutes. It now auto-connects to my iPhone every time with no input from me and I can make hands-free calls, respond to texts, navigate, etc. It’s very cool. The display is bright but either auto-dims or can be manually adjusted. With the windshield suction mount (the flat mount doesn’t work on my curvy Tundra dash), and the display resting on the dash, the unit is very stable and I can adjust it in any angle to suit my needs and it does not impinge on my drivers view out of the windshield. The display is easy to view from the side so even with it slightly angled to the driver’s side, the passenger can easily see the display. So for, the touchscreen has worked perfectly with no issues.Some reviewers have commented that the suction mount interferes with the camera’s view, but as evidenced in the photos, I’ve found that not to be the case after I swiveled the suction mount so it was effectively upside down with the suction lever at the bottom and placed very low on the windshield. Doing this, and with the display resting on the dash, the mount is only very minimally in the camera’s view – I can see 99% of the horizon line of the hood (see the photo). If I raise the display 1/2” off the dash, there is no interference at all. I plan to rest the display on a 1/2 “ piece of black sticky foam tape on the dash, but the view I get now is nearly perfect, so I’m not in a hurry.The video quality is very good, but not good enough to read license plates, at least from videos taken in motion. The quality is more than adequate to capture events leading up to an incident, which is the main purpose of a forward camera. I have not installed the rear camera because routing it under a truck bed and then somehow into the cabin is tricky and probably not worth the permanent damage I’d have to do to the cabin body. It would be nice to have, though, so maybe one day.Some reviewers complain about the audio but navigation prompts, calls and text readouts are perfectly clear and loud enough to hear well. It is not an audio quality system, nor did I expect one from a ~$130 unit with 2 cameras. While its internal sound is perfectly fine for its intended function, it does allow a connection to an FM station to broadcast over the car’s speaker system. Using it this way does sound much better and is easy to set up. The only trick in Southern California is finding an open FM frequency with no spill-over signal from adjacent stations. I found such a frequency and find it works perfectly with no dropouts. Of course, if I travel out of range I will have to find another station, but for local use it’s perfect. When I want to listen to an AM station, it takes all of 2 clicks to change the unit back to its internal speaker.I am very happy with this product and it is a true game changer for driving my older Tundra.