I have several other posts on this subject. This one is meant to document why, in spite of EONON's ad claiming it to be "20 minute diy that will save you money because you do not need professional installation"
On the seller
1. In spite of their eBay listing saying the item was in stock, I got a private message saying it was out. Took them almost 2 weeks to ship although my PayPal was immediately charged and the item marked as shipped.
2. Throughout this entire ordeal they never had a single helpful or prompt contribution
3. Promised to send me a replacement harness two weeks ago, have not shipped it yet.
On the unit
1. Packaging is unlabeled, there are no instructions whatsoever.
2. THE UNIT SIMPLY DOES NOT FIT. Although the overall outside dimensions are ok, it does not account for the header on the factory radio cage. Only way to make it fit is to literally hack off a portion of it. I saw other posts claiming the cage can be removed but at least in my car there's no way to do that without disassembling most of the dash. ( I think those references are for the e39)
3. The harnesses provided are ill fitting and fragile, connections to the filter and fuse just came off.
4. The unit does not interface with the factory amp or the onboard computer.
To preserve access to the computer functions you need to keep your car's MID which means relocating it to the glove box which in turn means extending the factory harness because it is not long enough.
The amp work around is to relocate it to the trunk and keep it connected to the amp (see related posts)
5. According to other posts on this board some who have successfully installed this unit experience poor reception and or sound
In spite of all this i was still willing to give it a go but the unit just will not even turn on. My first suspicion was a defective harness but given their failure to send me a replacement I'm assuming they will be just as unresponsive if it turns out to be the unit itself.
So I give up, I'm putting humpty dumpty back together and initiating a complaint on eBay
At a minimum they owe all their customers specially this board for the free R&D, not to mention false advertising
On the seller
1. In spite of their eBay listing saying the item was in stock, I got a private message saying it was out. Took them almost 2 weeks to ship although my PayPal was immediately charged and the item marked as shipped.
2. Throughout this entire ordeal they never had a single helpful or prompt contribution
3. Promised to send me a replacement harness two weeks ago, have not shipped it yet.
On the unit
1. Packaging is unlabeled, there are no instructions whatsoever.
2. THE UNIT SIMPLY DOES NOT FIT. Although the overall outside dimensions are ok, it does not account for the header on the factory radio cage. Only way to make it fit is to literally hack off a portion of it. I saw other posts claiming the cage can be removed but at least in my car there's no way to do that without disassembling most of the dash. ( I think those references are for the e39)
3. The harnesses provided are ill fitting and fragile, connections to the filter and fuse just came off.
4. The unit does not interface with the factory amp or the onboard computer.
To preserve access to the computer functions you need to keep your car's MID which means relocating it to the glove box which in turn means extending the factory harness because it is not long enough.
The amp work around is to relocate it to the trunk and keep it connected to the amp (see related posts)
5. According to other posts on this board some who have successfully installed this unit experience poor reception and or sound
In spite of all this i was still willing to give it a go but the unit just will not even turn on. My first suspicion was a defective harness but given their failure to send me a replacement I'm assuming they will be just as unresponsive if it turns out to be the unit itself.
So I give up, I'm putting humpty dumpty back together and initiating a complaint on eBay
At a minimum they owe all their customers specially this board for the free R&D, not to mention false advertising