it work out of the box right away - make sure you use the right USB port and right app. Also there's something in the setting to use the correct app by default. Can't remember the new out of the two bundled with the radio
Atoto S8 General Discussion
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Do anyone know how to configure a default media source? E.g. Bluetooth? after boot I have to use the app BT Music or switch source using the wheel otherwise it's seems the radio is defaulting to system sounds vs other sources?
it's just me or anyone else is experiencing the same behaviour?
it's just me or anyone else is experiencing the same behaviour?
I've had my S8 Standard for a few months and I was under the impression it would work with existing TMPS sensors without extra accessories. I have not been able to get it to connect to my factory TMPS.
Was I wrong to assume this?
Was I wrong to assume this?
Set up a task in Tasker to shut the radio app. I forget what criteria I used to do it, maybe upon boot? Then you can set the Bluetooth to play, too, although your phone's music app may also have the feature to play on connect. You can also do it on the Atoto if you use a launcher like Agama that will automatically open apps. I don't remember what setup works for me.
Hi, I’ve bought the Atoto S8 standard Gen2 and I want to install it on my Subaru XV Crosstrek 2013. The Subaru already had the original Divx head unit and has also the steering wheel controls and the backup camera. So do you know what harnesses I can get to make the installation as plug and play without soldering any wired?
Thanks
Thanks
How do I know if my S8 is Gen2 or not for the firmware updates? Will it say Gen2 on the Gen2 ones somewhere in the settings?
You need the model number of your unit to get the correct firmware update. Each model runs different firmware.
I know it is the S8 Pro, and am guessing it is not Gen2, but that's the only one that gets updated it seems?
You need a model number something like this
S8G2104PR-A
It should be in the documentation you got when you bought it and on the box and also in the "About" section in the menus somewhere on the unit
Should be the Car-Link (Red) the other is for screen mirroring if I’m not mistaken
In the garage I still have the box, two years later, haha. And the OEM screen for when I finally get rid of the car (it's old and costing me repair money). It actually does say S8G2A75P, so I guess it is Gen2 after all. Thanks!
You are correct it will deliver a better signal and eliminate noise. It’s not that optical is dead in car audio. It’s that for some reason unknown to me car audio has never moved on from analog in/outs. Most low to mid range amps don’t support a digital signal. I am running optical from my Atoto S8 pro plus to a JL audio TwK D8 unit in a F-150. This truck has been infected with alternator whine and hiss from day one. This method totally eliminates it plus as someone already said the preouts on the s8 are extremely weak so this will also eliminate the need for a line driver. Anytime you add connection points to a car audio system you add points of resistance and possible noise.
I've had the same trouble with mine. It is an S8 Ultra Gen 2. I've rebooted, reset with the switch, factory reset, disconnected, nothing works. Sim Slot empty every time. I've tried with T-Mobile and with Mint. Did you ever solve your problem?
Many networks will not accept the IMEI in these head units.
You may need to use an app to change the IMEI to trick the network in to thinking you are using a phone.
This is common in North American networks.
It sounds like your SIM slot might simply be broken though with no SIM detected. Do you only have a single SIM slot?
I only have one slot. What app can I use to change the IMEI? I know how to edit the APN but didn’t know there was a way to change the IMEI.
Hey brother. Just Checking in. Its been a while. My S8 Gen2 Premium 7" working fine so far with an occasional gremlin every now and again but overall works well. BT-1 still has to be reset every time I try to connect wireless AA. The phone doesn't show up on the paired list until I refresh BT-1 then hit the carlink icon and it connects. I tried clearing and pairing again but it still won't show the phone as paired on startup until i refresh hen it magically appears. I did update the BT-1 firmware a long time ago.
Do you think the newest update might help? Maybe I should reinstall the BT-1 update again?
I can never find the download page and link on their website
Has anyone ever gotten the factory reset bug and found a solution for it? My unit is factory resetting itself every few weeks. I stopped installing pretty much everything in case it was something I was doing, I have an S8 Ultra and it was great for months and just started this recently. Could be hardware failure?
I seem to have better success installing firmware with USB rather than SD card. Not sure why.
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You are correct it will deliver a better signal and eliminate noise. It’s not that optical is dead in car audio. It’s that for some reason unknown to me car audio has never moved on from analog in/outs. Most low to mid range amps don’t support a digital signal. I am running optical from my Atoto S8 pro plus to a JL audio TwK D8 unit in a F-150. This truck has been infected with alternator whine and hiss from day one. This method totally eliminates it plus as someone already said the preouts on the s8 are extremely weak so this will also eliminate the need for a line driver. Anytime you add connection points to a car audio system you add points of resistance and possible noise.1
I have found the same but I think largely because I forgot to reformat my SD card in FAT32. ExFAT is visible to the Android system but not to the bootloader, so it looks like it works but then gets stuck and fails once it reboots. I think the last time I updated, I managed to get it working off the SD card but I don't remember now.1
I updated to the latest firmware (230102) and haven't had to reset BT1 since. I was having to do it every time for several weeks.
Head unit S8G2B74PM1Hey guys, I've been having a really difficult time dealing with a headunit that keeps resetting itself to factory defaults. The customer support rep (who goes by Gina) has been less-than-helpful, and perhaps a little bit dysfunctional (often completely misinterprets what I'm saying and makes many mistakes in her replies).
I'll get back to that in a minute, for now I'd like to share that she sent me an update to try which basically contained a dump of all update files for the S8 Ultra (both the 10" higher resolution version and the 7" lower res one), and it contained a XLS file in Chinese with what I believe are notes from the engineer's change log!
I'm attaching a screenshot of the original here, as well as what I got from Google Translate since I can't understand the native document. Interesting stuff.1
The "misinterprets" has been insinuated a couple of times and I too had some of that trying to get my b/u camera working, I suspect that they don't know english and are probably using some less than perfect translation program! I had to take and edit pictures of my multimeter hooked up to get them to understand what i was trying to explain. -
5Welcome! Please feel free to ask for help or share your experience with the Atoto S8 line of head units.
Current lineup:
S8 Standard S8G2A71S(2GB/16GB)
S8 Pro Version S8G2A75P(4GB/32GB)
S8 Ultra
Tips/Notes- Ensure your Google contacts are backed up if you allow the HU to access them. It has been known to delete them. You can disable Contact Sync from the Accounts section in Settings.
- Developer Options can be enabled via the repeated clicking under 'About', but to access the menu, you need a play store program that will take you directly to it. A lot of alternative launchers provide a way to access them.
- The ONLY USB connection that USB debugging works on is USB1 --> Phone Link. For it to work, you need to change the "computer connection" to whatever the SECOND option is [untranslated]. This can be selected from the top right menu in Developer Options
- File down the very end, outer part of the wire harness clip, and it will go in all the way and latch like it's supposed it. Just needs to clear the casing by 1/16" or less.
- On at least the first batch of S8's there is a chance the RCA Rear and Front outputs are incorrect and need swapped. The labels are incorrect.
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Just got mine in this afternoon and installed it in my 86 Ford truck this evening. Prior to that I set it up via the AC adapter (sold separately).
I know there are a lot more fleshed out reviews out there but here's my take on it.
I really liked the A6Y Pro. It started out really strong and for 95% of the time it did what was needed. When you consider it's a head unit so it encompasses a lot more than just an Android tablet, it really is impressive. Everything it did, it did well - it just did it kind of slowly. It got pretty sluggish at times when trying to switch between a lot of apps and installing apps from the app store was painfully slow. It should be noted that in just the normal run of the mill drive when you are listening to a single music/radio app or navigation it did great. It was really just when I was sitting in my truck messing with it that one noticed these things. So take those complaints as being a tad bit critical.
In comes the S8. I didn't have any plans of getting the S8 initially but since I am still working on the interior of the truck I am restoring I felt like it made sense to get the latest version before finalizing the wiring and dash.
Right off the bat, it's noticeably faster and more responsive. I could install my apps from the app store about as fast as I could click them. Even the cold boot wasn't much slower than my phone (A6Y Pro would go through the 'Optimizing app' process every time and that took awhile). The status bar has changed quite a bit in that the navigation is at the top left vs the bottom. The three primary buttons work really well there and the split screen feature works slick.
This is a personal preference but while I like the new status bar approach, I wouldn't mind seeing a way to style it differently. I am not a huge fan of colors up there like is seen when a phone is connected.
As I said, there are better video reviews out there but let me just say that if you have the A6Y and feel like you are pushing it, the S8 is the answer for you.
Additionally the Atoto support team is very quick to respond (realize that hours may differ from where you are) and is extremely helpful. That's a huge plus especially with the S8 being fairly new to market.
Items of note that I have found:
1. LastPass and FCC Launcher.
Both need Accessibility Services but when trying to grant them and click OK I am unable to due to a message of: "Because an app is obscuring a permission request, Settings can't verify your response"
There may be other apps that will run into this issue also or if someone has tried either one of these and they don't have the issue granting it, please let me know
2. RCA Rear and Front outputs are incorrect
This one threw me for a minute. I am using the RCA FR and FL for my door component speaks and am joining the RR and RL for my Hideaway sub. Turns out in the first shipment of S8's the ports are backwards so you will need to hook the Fronts to the RL/RR and vice versa. I am told that the next shipment will have this resolved. Those are the only RCA outputs I have used so far as the male part of my rear view camera RCA cable fell off when removing the A6Y Pro so I have to wait for a new connector to come in so I can repair it.3Guys, there's a new radio app available for the Atoto S8!!! I already tested this and it actually works!
It's the only radio app besides the native one (well and any from other FYT head units) that actually works with our head unit.
2I have the S8 standard, I've been running and messing with it for about a week now. The stock launcher, the icons are way too big and there's no way to resize them, so I installed Google Now Launcher and the icons are smaller and I can stack 2 rows on the bottom of the screen. The only issue that I'm having with the launcher is that the Phone app is gone. It's not onscreen and it's not in the app drawer. It's like it disappeared when I installed the new launcher. I still receive calls through it connected to bluetooth to my cell, but I can't find the app to make calls out.
With the radio, I have the same back up cam that everyone gets installed and it worked great the first day that I installed it. I put the car in reverse and 3 seconds later I have video. My car sat for 2 days and then when I drove it again, the reverse cam video shows up, but it says no signal and the screen is black. So I know at least the trigger wire works, and it has to be a short in the video cable itself. But every now and then, I get video on the screen.
I'm guessing there's no way to set certain apps to load on startup. I'd like to turn on the car and the radio app just turns on and plays, but it defaults to the the home screen and I have to load the radio app. I don't use the radio widget, I use the icon to bring up the full screen version of the radio. Once the radio app is running, I have a habit of hitting the back button and it turns the radio app off. So I have to get used to hitting the home button after I load it so it goes back to the home screen.
Google Maps works great, I downloaded over 600MB of offline maps. I don't have a hotspot except when I use my phone, so it is completely shut off from wifi. I can get into some pretty deep woods with it. But sometimes the app gets stuck and you get a white screen and the GPS can't find you. So you have to force stop Google Maps and reload it and hope that the GPS finds you. I'll post up more of my experiences with it as time goes on. But I have to say, this is my 4th Android car stereo and it's really great so far.2IThoughts
Theres a lot of praise for atoto which there should be, this device is much smoother than the A6 and i would say even better value for money if you can get it cheap and sell your A6. However there a few issues that i managed to find in just 30 minutes. BUT damn, this thing is quick, and only £60 more than the A6 sometimes. I dont think ill upgrade again. hopefully i can sell the A6 for a good enough amount to cover the cost of this upgrade.
1) Z LINK - this does not work well with android auto (ironic this an android head unit). There is a DPI issue, spotify icon does not scale properly, whether thats my p30 pro or the app i am not sure yet. Right hand side does not work for us in the UK, always showing left hand side arrangement.
2) finger gestures - we should be able to choose this but minor in the grand scheme
3) AUDIO - oh audio, so much promise. Can definitely be fixed with software updates tho. other asked for help in setting a nice eq setting, so far a smooth v shape from +5 at the low, 0 at the mids and +6 at the high is doing well. There is a catch, turn off audio delay ( the distances are too small to make a difference imo and makes it sound weird, comes set up for left and side tho i believe).
Subwoofer RCA is 0.8v so be aware. I am not sure how to even amplify such a small signal
4) in car calls - The new system is SICK. with all the reviews ive seen, i cannot stress how good the s8 handles calls. new pop up is small and out of the way, can pick up and hang up like usual. On top of that you can change weather you want handset or car audio if you want to make a private call! and lastly, floating number pad!!
5) horsepower - since Z link is for me subpar with AA, i am using headunit reloaded. The a6 could barely handle 720p and it had to be done with software. now i run AA at 720p with hardware acceleration! buttery smooth, feels like it was design by a name brand. I will use Zlink for car play but HUR for AA.
6) some of my contacts were also delete -_- (Fix: turn off sync for contacts. then roll back changes to your account and hour or to yesterday)
