Atoto S8 General Discussion

[Elephantoplasty]

Hi All,

Really like my newish S8 Ultra, but there is one bug I haven't been able to fix.

I use the USB I cable for wired CarPlay, and the second USB cable on that plug I am using for TPMS. The trouble is, the TPMS doesn't connect when the CarPlay is connected. Remove CarPlay on the unit from the running apps list, and the TPMS works great. Start CarPlay again, and the TPMS doesn't detect the TPMS interface.

Any suggestion on how I can get both working? If I need to plug in the second pair of USB cable to achieve it, then I'll do it, but I really don't want to pull it all apart to plug in the second set of USB cables as an experiment, only to have it be no better.

And I am trying to avoid wireless CarPlay. I only go on long trips in this car and so need to plug in the phone for charging - much prefer the stability of the wired CarPlay and since the phone is going to be plugged in, I might as well use wired CarPlay.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Icecosta]

Hi guy's, i recently installed an S8 standard, i also got an external powered dab aerial and connected to the headunit using a usb dab receiver, one of those that are usually used with window antennas.

My question is can i get a better dab receiver to connect the antenna to the headunit, I'm not 100% satisfied with the reception and the antenna is great so I'm guessing it's the receiver that isn't the best.

Catches signal very well, but loses signal pretty fast under certain circumstances like under a bridge, the fm antenna works fine but the dab immediately fails even in a short bridge, everything else is connected to this antenna and works fine, fm/gps no issue whatsoever.

Any suggestions?

 

[Elephantoplasty]

I expect the issue is the antenna, not the DAB receiver. You might be able to run an antenna amplifier on your existing antenna, provided the amplifier is one suitable for DAB, and most likely provided your car doesn't already have a built in antenna amplifier.

 

[03hdfatboy]

I wanted a screen protector as I intend to off road in the desert and sand gets everywhere....
The ones that came with the unit were horrible, but I found some I really like on AliExpress for my Atoto S8 Ultra Gen 2. These are 9H tempered glass:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2255800590874337.html

I ordered the 153x85mm size. This leaves a bit of room on each edge, about 1 mm. This allows for easier installation and removal.
Install was VERY easy compared to those silly plastic ones.
You can see the edge of the protector in the picture below.

Found this on ebay thanks to your mesurments screen protector

 

[03hdfatboy]

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.

I've got a full blown Linux (MX21) PC in my truck with a 10" screen with nintendo emulators and neary every game every game ever made. Plan to install one in my car connected to my S8 but ill need a HDMI to composite adapter use bluetooth for audio

 

[arkrumm]

Just installed my S8 standard a week or so ago, experimenting with different launchers to see what I like. So far I like the Agama one pretty well, but there are a couple of issues that don't work, and I don't know if it's because it's not compatible or I have done something wrong, so hoping someone might be able to let me know so I stop wasting time if it's not possible, haha.
1) Can't get Google Maps nav to work in the center section. Won't ever connect. Can't find any settings I'm missing. I used the settings apk file from Atoto and that got the music player communicating, but still can't get the map nav to work.
2) Can Agama adjust the volume on the S8? Or are apps not able to do that? I can't get that to work.

Thanks in advance, I've found some good tidbits in this thread, so hoping someone can throw me a bone on these 2 items I'm struggling with.

 

[scorpio76r]

Just installed my S8 standard a week or so ago, experimenting with different launchers to see what I like. So far I like the Agama one pretty well, but there are a couple of issues that don't work, and I don't know if it's because it's not compatible or I have done something wrong, so hoping someone might be able to let me know so I stop wasting time if it's not possible, haha.
1) Can't get Google Maps nav to work in the center section. Won't ever connect. Can't find any settings I'm missing. I used the settings apk file from Atoto and that got the music player communicating, but still can't get the map nav to work.
2) Can Agama adjust the volume on the S8? Or are apps not able to do that? I can't get that to work.

Thanks in advance, I've found some good tidbits in this thread, so hoping someone can throw me a bone on these 2 items I'm struggling with.

Waze works best for me.

 

[gregrap]

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

yes you can connect the camera to the "DVR" usb input

 

[Colemanuk82]

Sounds like something that they would say. They bypass users concerns and, only implement what they feel we should have on a update. If root was possible for this device then we would be in better control. The only reason that I haven't attempted root is because I am unsure if I can recover it from a hard brick if it happened.

Root works completely fine. Check my previous posts... You can download the new firmware images straight from atoto if you need to

 

[scorpio76r]

Root works completely fine. Check my previous posts... You can download the new firmware images straight from atoto if you need to

 

[scorpio76r]

That is for all atoto radios running Android 10? What exactly is the atoto radio your using? Does this work with the latest atoto software update? I'm asking because I saw the file that you shared and, would like to use it but, don't want to brick. I depend on waze daily.

 

[Colemanuk82]

That is for all atoto radios running Android 10? What exactly is the atoto radio your using? Does this work with the latest atoto software update? I'm asking because I saw the file that you shared and, would like to use it but, don't want to brick. I depend on waze daily.

Im on the latest official firmware for s8 gen2

 

[peperonikiller]

Followed the directions to root my S8 Standard (VW Model) and it worked great! It even worked on my buddies S8 Premium. So I can confirm Standard firmware also works on premiums.

 

[scorpio76r]

Followed the directions to root my S8 Standard (VW Model) and it worked great! It even worked on my buddies S8 Premium. So I can confirm Standard firmware also works on premiums.

Are you able to explain the exact steps that you did?

 

[03hdfatboy]

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

Will that prevent future updates and will you have to do it again afterwards?
Mine is working perfectly but I have a I can’t leave things alone issue

 

[Icecosta]

I expect the issue is the antenna, not the DAB receiver. You might be able to run an antenna amplifier on your existing antenna, provided the amplifier is one suitable for DAB, and most likely provided your car doesn't already have a built in antenna amplifier.

Hum the antenna is an external FM/Am GPS Dab Antenna with amplifier built in, it's a new antenna that I installed to replace the old FM/AM antenna the car came originally equipped with, FM works fine, GPS signal is always strong, I'm guessing DAB reception just ain't great where I live, in the city it's almost spotless.


I might still invest in something like this

RTL-SDR Blog R820T2 RTL2832U 1PPM TCXO SMA Software Defined Radio (Dongle Only) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Buy

www.amazon.co.uk

Just to see if it makes any difference

 

[03hdfatboy]

My background keeps disappearing leaving the background black, does it when I play music. It has the one I set until I play music, It appears to change but when I go back to car launcher it’s not there. Is that a car launcher issue?

 

[scorpio76r]

Will that prevent future updates and will you have to do it again afterwards?
Mine is working perfectly but I have a I can’t leave things alone issue

Did you ever try the root file?

 

[03hdfatboy]

Did you ever try the root file?

No

 

[badhabit_wb]

Hi All,

Really like my newish S8 Ultra, but there is one bug I haven't been able to fix.

I use the USB I cable for wired CarPlay, and the second USB cable on that plug I am using for TPMS. The trouble is, the TPMS doesn't connect when the CarPlay is connected. Remove CarPlay on the unit from the running apps list, and the TPMS works great. Start CarPlay again, and the TPMS doesn't detect the TPMS interface.

Any suggestion on how I can get both working? If I need to plug in the second pair of USB cable to achieve it, then I'll do it, but I really don't want to pull it all apart to plug in the second set of USB cables as an experiment, only to have it be no better.

And I am trying to avoid wireless CarPlay. I only go on long trips in this car and so need to plug in the phone for charging - much prefer the stability of the wired CarPlay and since the phone is going to be plugged in, I might as well use wired CarPlay.

Thanks in advance.

I have an s8 premium gen 2. I put in the wireless android auto firmware and use that to connect to AA, Tpms app works fine when using it this way. There's also a way to switch it off if you don't want to use it. It works great with my pixel 6 pro.