Atoto S8 General Discussion

[snake2332]

The PS2 Slim connected to composite input on my Atoto S8 7" Premium in my '07 Forester XT was fun (takes up the whole glovebox though, and makes my power inverter fan run even with PS2 powered off), but I'm ditching it now that I tried something that I wanted to share with the group:

The PS5 (and probably PS4) gamepad works great on Bluetooth 2 and also via the USB DVR cable. I plugged in an unpaired PS5 gamepad to the USB port and Beach Buggy Racing worked with it immediately and perfectly. I then paired it to BT2 and it also worked perfectly. I tried a couple other games I had installed. Traffic Rider mostly works after setting controls to gamepad. Trials Frontier might or might not work - I haven't sat thru the forced intro yet (I'm a fan of the Trials series). I'll have to try some better driving games and maybe some others that work well with gamepad.

I imagine game compatibility is as expected for PS4/PS5 gamepads on Android. I used to use a program (that required root-access and I can't remember the name of anymore) that would map gamepad buttons/axis to parts of the touchscreen. I used to play Hill Climb Racing 2 a TON and was doing it with a PS4 gamepad for awhile, sitting back and grinding out the coins on an old Android tablet. You could virtually play any Android game with this app, and just navigate around the OS with damn near any gamepad. I see a new app that sounds like it does the same thing called Mantis. I'll check it out and see if it works well.

Next up: Emulators. They'd better give me 8-way DPAD or I'm going to be very upset when I can't slide under the bricks in Super Mario Bros. 1, stage 1-2.

 

[CaptainAdaquit]

note the system is great but the steering wheel control is crap. you only have two wires and that only allows two choosable functions.
Say volume up
Vol down and thats it.
the kit should come with 6 inputs ideally then you could add more controllable functions.
you can choose on a huge menu also but with only 2 inputs your ver y limitedto what you can actually control from the steering wheel.
You can buy an additional remote which does everytrhing so i find this really anoyying when the canbus system is there but the inputs to the actual head unit arent.
for such a complicated unit you would of thought they would have built in canbus control so flick a few dip switches depending on what type of vehicle manafacturer and then you would have the lot.

I have mine hooked up with a PAC adapter, and I have full control function for 2014 Dodge Challenger. Note though, I did have to use a specific wire. Could not use the other wire (brown one), or the 3.5" jack. When I used either of those, I had poor function at best. When I moved it to the other one (orange-ish I think?) it works correctly.

 

[Dudetoo2]

Hi all, I have the S8 Pro (gen1) with the USB dashcam ,all works pretty good(except for the top buttons/nav bar becoming unresponsive!) Anyway does anyone know how to get the dashcam recorded files off and onto an external device, eg. Onto my tablet via Bluetooth ,or into SD card etc. Can't find how to do it through the HD DVR app ,I couldn't find any way to do it through the file manager, and when I removed the microSD from the dash cam and put into tablet ,it showed one file and said the rest of card was empty (there were heaps on there,I had just watched on H/U) it was like it had deleted all files except for one, so I put the card back into dashcam and checked through the S8 and it confirmed all files except one were now gone.
So yeah does anyone know how to transfer theses dashcam files please? Thanks everyone.

Hi, did you find a way?

 

[Ahscotty]

Hi, did you find a way?

Hey, g'day. Nope haven't found a way yet, but I'm thinking maybe if I "lock" the files I want before ejecting the SD card then they might be on there..!? Do you have any ideas?

 

[Dudetoo2]

Hey, g'day. Nope haven't found a way yet, but I'm thinking maybe if I "lock" the files I want before ejecting the SD card then they might be on there..!? Do you have any ideas?

Hi, still looking/working on it. But locking the files may work. Does seem strange cannot copy the files.
Thanks . D

 

[Ahscotty]

Hi, still looking/working on it. But locking the files may work. Does seem strange cannot copy the files.
Thanks . D

If you do work it out properly can you post the solution back here please, it would be great (logical!) if it just worked with a file explorer onto the SD card in the front of the S8. This is a feature I would like to utilise, rather than recording the footage with a phone while it's being played back on the H/U screen.
Cheers

 

[Dudetoo2]

If you do work it out properly can you post the solution back here please, it would be great (logical!) if it just worked with a file explorer onto the SD card in the front of the S8. This is a feature I would like to utilise, rather than recording the footage with a phone while it's being played back on the H/U screen.
Cheers

Hi. Will do. I have email atoto support as well. Stay Safe. D

 

[badwhip]

is there any autostart app programs that work with the s8 ultra to auto start apps? the only app that auto starts after reboot is the one i assign in the factory settings.

 

[Magus17]

Has anyone managed to root an 10in s8 gen 2???

 

[Colemanuk82]

I had agamma as my home launcher for months and now it loads no longer as default. Even resetting as default app I have no luck
Any ideas how to fix it?

 

[uniboy9]

I have everything working.. Except.... When android auto and Google maps or waze are running if I am using the fm radio, the voice guidence does not come through. If I run google maps from the non android auto, it works as expected. I tried disabling bluetooth guidence and it did not work.

Any suggestions?

I have a similar problem I think when I use the Torque app and some navigation apps I've tried. I have set up voice warnings for over temperature etc and they dont play when the radio is playing but work fine if the radio is off or I am listening to music on the music player. I contacted ATOTO and was told that some apps like Torque use the same thing as the radio to produce the voice warnings and the two cant work at the same time. They are trying to find a solution and if they do it will be released in a future update.

It might be a good idea to put in a request to ATOTO to have your problem fixed. If enough people complain then they might actually fix it.

 

[uniboy9]

If that was a gen2 unit, maybe they fixed that issue because my BT audio sounds good, thankfully!

I just tested the volume balance settings. None of the sliders seem to affect Carplay (and BT audio I believe). However, setting radio to the lowest level and the rest at 10 seems balanced to me. The radio was amplified too much before - audio was clipping I'm pretty sure. No clue why they have it set to 10 by default. Once radio was adjusted down, I compared it to Carplay and it was close to the same. I fired up the Playstation2 connected to AUX and it sounded balanced even though AUX was at 10. I don't think the effective overall volume is reduced, which is good because this unit BARELY gets loud enough at max volume. I'm kind of glad because it's my kids car and I don't want them damaging their hearing. I'm also used to my aftermarket amp and speakers in my other car, where 50% volume hurts your eardrums.

In summary, I need to test other sources, but it appears that Radio is the main one that's out of whack and needs to be turned down.

On my unit the radio volume would always default to 10 in the volume balance settings after a restart, no matter what I set it to. None of the settings for the other options seem to make any difference. I asked ATOTO about it and they said they were aware of the default radio volume issue and had rectified it in the current software update. So I updated the software and now the radio volume mix stays where I set it. However none of the other settings still seem to make any difference.

I'm using Sygic as my navigation software and the spoken instructions were really soft. The only way I could increase the volume was to adjust the volume during a phone call. For some reason the navigation volume also increased after that. Adjusting the navigation volume in the volume mixer screen made no difference.

 

[Colemanuk82]

So I fixed my problem by rooting the head unit with this file(not made by me) and disabling launcher 2. Seems to boot up quicker too

 

[badwhip]

So I fixed my problem by rooting the head unit with this file(not made by me) and disabling launcher 2. Seems to boot up quicker too

What atoto version do,you have?

 

[tiegerMP]

I purchased the ATOTO S8 Ultra Double Din 7 Inch Android Car in-Dash Navigation, and the ATOTO AC-44P2 1080P USB DVR On-Dash Camera. I am in process of installing both.


I am having an issue as I don’t how to plug the camera into the S8 head unit. The camera has a USB end while the head unit has a slot that is for round RCA type plug marked at the back of the head unit as front camera input..... Is there suppose to be an adapter cable? I bought both off of Amazon and the posting stated the two where compatible……… Do I plug the camera into one of the 4 usb extension plugs?

Thanks

 

[zemar]

recentemente comprei uma s8 ger. 2 , mas fui fazer uma atualização e a tela está travada com a escrita : GOOGLE , já dei um reset e e baixei os arquivos para atualizar , mas ela não entra em modo de atualização , alguem tem uma informação á respeito ?

Mod translation: I recently bought an s8 ger. 2 , but I went to do an update and the screen is stuck with the writing : GOOGLE , I already gave a reset and downloaded the files to update , but it does not go into update mode , does anyone have any information about it ?

 

[scorpio76r]

recentemente comprei uma s8 ger. 2 , mas fui fazer uma atualização e a tela está travada com a escrita : GOOGLE , já dei um reset e e baixei os arquivos para atualizar , mas ela não entra em modo de atualização , alguem tem uma informação á respeito ?

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[marchnz]

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I use the report button, give it a try

 

[scorpio76r]

I use the report button, give it a try

If you look at my profile, you will see actually inform and, help other members rather than report them. I will only report in certain cases. This could be a mistake on the members end and, I just wanted to inform the member of the mistake.

 

[marchnz]

If you look at my profile, you will see actually inform and, help other members rather than report them. I will only report in certain cases. This could be a mistake on the members end and, I just wanted to inform the member of the mistake.

The report appears to have resolved it. I doubt the NM gives one tbh, when signing the rules clearly outline what is expected.