This subject will bring out lots of pros and cons of aftermarket units , lots of forum members are supporters of genuine VW RNS units . My self I am a supporter of these units like you have highlighted , since 2005 when we bought our first T5 I have fitted a variety of Chinese units like the one you have posted . What you may not know is that there are lots of people here in Australia who are acting as Drop Shippers for these products from Chinese companies , so you may find the price is higher than the same unit direct from China.
Some of the early units did have some problems with quality of components which would lead to failures , but then so did our VW factory fitted unit . Okay there are two different types of these units from China most of the ones you see on Ebay are Windows based operating systems , these are pretty good but lack some ability to cope with changing functions quickly . The latest ones are now coming out as pure Android operating systems , the one we have fitted currently is this one Erisin ES9405A Android Car DVD Player . When I purchased it back in January it was the newest release of the Android system . I have to be honest this one is miles ahead of any of the other Windows ones . You can monitor all of the onboard systems via a Bluetooth adaptor which plugs into the OBD port of the van , it allows you to see fault codes and all engine parameters via an inbuilt App / Torque Engine Management https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv13Nc4FXQY The unit is a bit hard at first to get your mind around as it has so many more functions than you would get in a factory one . Price wise I got mine for $465 , the only extras you may need is if you want a digital TV decoder or reverse camera . As I said before many will pour scorn on these units but as I have pointed out before . A top of range VW RNS unit with all these functions will set you back up to $3000 plus , I look at it this way if I want to upgrade my unit $465 is a small price to pay for all the latest functions and mapping for GPS alone , from what I have read to upgrade the mapping of the VW units GPS can set you back several hundred dollars on its own .
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