nguy3nha
09-12-2013, 07:25 PM
My video review (warning its a long video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyakeb5upH8
My Written Review Portion:
Eonon D5163 Review:
Overview:
The D5163 is an entirely different product approach by Eonon. This model works only with the 2010 to 2012 Mazda that have the factory head unit that is not Bose. This new unit from Eonon is much improved from the older units offered and is in a class of it’s own. At the moment, I am not aware of any other product that works as well as this, as well built, and well equipped with features. This is definitely the perfect head unit to purchase if you own a 2010-2012 Mazda 3.
Looks, Design, Aesthetics:
The D5163 is a robust unit, it’s well built using solid plastics, has smooth edges all around and perfectly matches in color with the surround trim pieces in the car. The buttons are very well placed for ease of access. There is a dedicated radio and navigation button for quick access to those features. A dedicated home button is also available on this unit for quick access to the home menu that features all of the available applications in a unique touch and slide interface, very much similar to operating an iPhone or Android device. The massive 8-inch non glare / matte finished display gives the unit a premium look. Overall, this unit looks very much OEM when placed in the car and definitely looks like a product that could sell for well above the $500 mark.
Faceplate Buttons and Features
The buttons on the unit are of great quality and gives you a reassuring feeling when the button has been pressed. It provides great tactile feedback. The left volume knob also controls the ON/OFF function of the unit when pressed inwards. The right volume knob can be used to fine tune radio stations as well as Treble, Bass and Fade with a simple press of the knob inwards. Both left and right knobs have tactile feedback when adjusting them, making the controls much easier to use and more pleasant. The GPS card slot is located on the right of the unit below the array of keys and allows for a micro SD card with map software and also features a micro USB next to the card slot. Eonon includes a micro USB to female dongle which allows you to operate a USB flash drive. There is also a micro sd card slot on the left of the unit below the array of keys that can be used to store music, pictures and videos. There is also a pin type reset button located beside the sd card slot. Both card slots on the unit itself is well hidden with removable covers that blend in the with buttons on the unit.
Display Quality:
The large 8 inch display is the best display I have seen from Eonon and definitely blows the competition away. Eonon not only provided us with a large screen, but also took note that bigger is not necessarily better. It has to have a perfect blend of resolution, color, screen material, touch sensitivity and its ability to be viewed in bright conditions. Here, Eonon has definitely fulfilled all of these areas. The screen on this unit is a high-resolution screen with colors that are nothing short of amazing. Pictures come out very vivid, the screen is easy to see during the day and the matte finish helps with reducing glare from direct sunlight. The touch screen is sensitive and even slight presses on the screen can be registered.
Sound Quality:
I was very afraid that the sound was going to be mediocre. When I had an older unit from Eonon, I found that the sound was quite lacking, it sound tinny and muffled. Not even upgraded speakers were able to compensate for the lack of a quality sound chip. When the D5163 came out, I decided to give Eonon another try and I am glad I did. The sound processor on this unit sounds better then the stock Mazda unit. The system will power all 4 speakers as well as the two tweeters mounted on the front doors. It also has two subwoofer out connections so connecting a subwoofer is a breeze. I’m using upgraded 4 ohms JL audio for my 4 main speakers all around as well as a Bazooka subwoofer that utilizes the unit’s subwoofer out connections. I can confirm that it indeed works. Eonon rates the system as 65 watts per channel. It powers my speakers rated at 4 ohms and provides plenty of volume. I never tried it’s max volume yet because it’s simply too loud! Eonon did an excellent job with the sound quality and the built in amplifier.
Speed:
Blazing fast, faster then anything I've ever used. It's as fast as my quad core samsung note 2. Apps load up instantaneously. Running the GPS in the background makes no difference in speed. This thing can probably run 5 GPS softwares at once and still be fast.
Radio:
Gone are the days when you had to put yourself through the pain of listening to radio stations that keep dropping in and out every 5-10 seconds. Eonon has improved the radio in this unit and it has been perfect. Listening to radio stations in the city as well as outside the city has been problem free. There is no need to upgrade your antenna or purchase antenna amplifiers. This unit is highly sensitive and will pull in radio stations that your stock Mazda can only dream of doing. The Radio features RDS that will display your station name, song title and artist’s name. AM frequency is also great and trouble free. New is a category selection where you can choose the type of stations you would like to listen to such as sports and weather. The unit will scan through the FM radio bands to find a station with sports or any other category that you have chosen. The radio interface looks modern, simple, and just a pleasure to look at.
Bluetooth:
The Bluetooth microphone is on the unit itself so installation become much more simple. The call quality is excellent. You don’t need to focus your voice into the direction of the microphone nor do you have to raise your voice. It picks up your voice clearly with almost no interference. Even during highway driving at speeds, the caller on the other end will hear you just fine. Call quality sound is great as well. This unit also features contact imports from cellular devices and call history. It works flawlessly and will even display the names of your contacts. Bluetooth music streaming is also featured here with excellent sound quality as already mentioned.
One new feature that makes this unit stand out is the NFC function. I’m not aware of any other aftermarket unit you could buy in stores that will have this. Even the $800 Kenwood systems wont even feature this. Simply enable the NFC function in your NFC equipped phone and place it in front the N logo that is located on the unit. Your phone will now automatically connect to the head unit. I’ve tried it and it works! It’s much faster then going into your Bluetooth menu on your phone and to pair your device. This is especially great when you have friends or family with music on their phones that they would like to listen to. Just simply tap their phones onto the head unit and it’s connected. Simple, convenient and its definitely something that will make you stand out.
Internal Components:
They used quality ribbon cables, thick gauge wiring tucked neatly inside, the board was of excellent quality with very neat solder points, clean and transistors/capacitors have the look of quality as well. I have a technician background on board components and this board looks more like it was manufactured for an Apple Macbook.
Steering Wheel Controls:
The buttons on the steering wheel will work as follows:
Volume up, volume down
Forwards, backwards
Mode
The buttons that will not work are the:
Pick up, hang up
Speech
The reason why the pick up/hang up and speech button will not work is because those buttons are designed specifically for the stock Mazda head unit that works in conjunction with a Bluetooth module located inside the vehicle. There is no way to have it working when installing any aftermarket system. Even a $800 kenwood system along with any steering wheel control harness you buy will not allow it to function. But hey, look on the bright side. You get a massive 8-inch screen with all the bells and whistles for around $350 with shipping.
I am not able to do a review on the AUX, iPod, backup camera, TPMS, USB or SD card as of yet. I may be doing a review on this in the future when I have my backup camera installed. Otherwise, I’m sure all of these functions work just as well as everything else in the D5163. Oh I forgot to mention that it plays my DIVX videos in AVI format as well as MP4.
In conclusion, this is definitely the best unit Eonon has come out with for the Mazda 3 and has strived to improve on all categories. They have now created the perfect product that has the blend of style, features and performance all at an affordable low price. Their customer service is also very helpful, friendly and they really do try to answer all of your questions even if you haven’t purchased anything yet. It’s also one of the select few companies that are very active on forums as well a facebook and they do listen to our issues and work to improve them in future products. They value our opinion and that is a great thing. Thanks Eonon for letting me enjoy my car and really do wish that roads were longer!
Close up pictures:
http://imageshack.us/a/img833/1694/pnyr.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img839/1668/a01d.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img849/244/6gkp.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img833/7265/wt5o.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img35/858/kn4s.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vyakeb5upH8
My Written Review Portion:
Eonon D5163 Review:
Overview:
The D5163 is an entirely different product approach by Eonon. This model works only with the 2010 to 2012 Mazda that have the factory head unit that is not Bose. This new unit from Eonon is much improved from the older units offered and is in a class of it’s own. At the moment, I am not aware of any other product that works as well as this, as well built, and well equipped with features. This is definitely the perfect head unit to purchase if you own a 2010-2012 Mazda 3.
Looks, Design, Aesthetics:
The D5163 is a robust unit, it’s well built using solid plastics, has smooth edges all around and perfectly matches in color with the surround trim pieces in the car. The buttons are very well placed for ease of access. There is a dedicated radio and navigation button for quick access to those features. A dedicated home button is also available on this unit for quick access to the home menu that features all of the available applications in a unique touch and slide interface, very much similar to operating an iPhone or Android device. The massive 8-inch non glare / matte finished display gives the unit a premium look. Overall, this unit looks very much OEM when placed in the car and definitely looks like a product that could sell for well above the $500 mark.
Faceplate Buttons and Features
The buttons on the unit are of great quality and gives you a reassuring feeling when the button has been pressed. It provides great tactile feedback. The left volume knob also controls the ON/OFF function of the unit when pressed inwards. The right volume knob can be used to fine tune radio stations as well as Treble, Bass and Fade with a simple press of the knob inwards. Both left and right knobs have tactile feedback when adjusting them, making the controls much easier to use and more pleasant. The GPS card slot is located on the right of the unit below the array of keys and allows for a micro SD card with map software and also features a micro USB next to the card slot. Eonon includes a micro USB to female dongle which allows you to operate a USB flash drive. There is also a micro sd card slot on the left of the unit below the array of keys that can be used to store music, pictures and videos. There is also a pin type reset button located beside the sd card slot. Both card slots on the unit itself is well hidden with removable covers that blend in the with buttons on the unit.
Display Quality:
The large 8 inch display is the best display I have seen from Eonon and definitely blows the competition away. Eonon not only provided us with a large screen, but also took note that bigger is not necessarily better. It has to have a perfect blend of resolution, color, screen material, touch sensitivity and its ability to be viewed in bright conditions. Here, Eonon has definitely fulfilled all of these areas. The screen on this unit is a high-resolution screen with colors that are nothing short of amazing. Pictures come out very vivid, the screen is easy to see during the day and the matte finish helps with reducing glare from direct sunlight. The touch screen is sensitive and even slight presses on the screen can be registered.
Sound Quality:
I was very afraid that the sound was going to be mediocre. When I had an older unit from Eonon, I found that the sound was quite lacking, it sound tinny and muffled. Not even upgraded speakers were able to compensate for the lack of a quality sound chip. When the D5163 came out, I decided to give Eonon another try and I am glad I did. The sound processor on this unit sounds better then the stock Mazda unit. The system will power all 4 speakers as well as the two tweeters mounted on the front doors. It also has two subwoofer out connections so connecting a subwoofer is a breeze. I’m using upgraded 4 ohms JL audio for my 4 main speakers all around as well as a Bazooka subwoofer that utilizes the unit’s subwoofer out connections. I can confirm that it indeed works. Eonon rates the system as 65 watts per channel. It powers my speakers rated at 4 ohms and provides plenty of volume. I never tried it’s max volume yet because it’s simply too loud! Eonon did an excellent job with the sound quality and the built in amplifier.
Speed:
Blazing fast, faster then anything I've ever used. It's as fast as my quad core samsung note 2. Apps load up instantaneously. Running the GPS in the background makes no difference in speed. This thing can probably run 5 GPS softwares at once and still be fast.
Radio:
Gone are the days when you had to put yourself through the pain of listening to radio stations that keep dropping in and out every 5-10 seconds. Eonon has improved the radio in this unit and it has been perfect. Listening to radio stations in the city as well as outside the city has been problem free. There is no need to upgrade your antenna or purchase antenna amplifiers. This unit is highly sensitive and will pull in radio stations that your stock Mazda can only dream of doing. The Radio features RDS that will display your station name, song title and artist’s name. AM frequency is also great and trouble free. New is a category selection where you can choose the type of stations you would like to listen to such as sports and weather. The unit will scan through the FM radio bands to find a station with sports or any other category that you have chosen. The radio interface looks modern, simple, and just a pleasure to look at.
Bluetooth:
The Bluetooth microphone is on the unit itself so installation become much more simple. The call quality is excellent. You don’t need to focus your voice into the direction of the microphone nor do you have to raise your voice. It picks up your voice clearly with almost no interference. Even during highway driving at speeds, the caller on the other end will hear you just fine. Call quality sound is great as well. This unit also features contact imports from cellular devices and call history. It works flawlessly and will even display the names of your contacts. Bluetooth music streaming is also featured here with excellent sound quality as already mentioned.
One new feature that makes this unit stand out is the NFC function. I’m not aware of any other aftermarket unit you could buy in stores that will have this. Even the $800 Kenwood systems wont even feature this. Simply enable the NFC function in your NFC equipped phone and place it in front the N logo that is located on the unit. Your phone will now automatically connect to the head unit. I’ve tried it and it works! It’s much faster then going into your Bluetooth menu on your phone and to pair your device. This is especially great when you have friends or family with music on their phones that they would like to listen to. Just simply tap their phones onto the head unit and it’s connected. Simple, convenient and its definitely something that will make you stand out.
Internal Components:
They used quality ribbon cables, thick gauge wiring tucked neatly inside, the board was of excellent quality with very neat solder points, clean and transistors/capacitors have the look of quality as well. I have a technician background on board components and this board looks more like it was manufactured for an Apple Macbook.
Steering Wheel Controls:
The buttons on the steering wheel will work as follows:
Volume up, volume down
Forwards, backwards
Mode
The buttons that will not work are the:
Pick up, hang up
Speech
The reason why the pick up/hang up and speech button will not work is because those buttons are designed specifically for the stock Mazda head unit that works in conjunction with a Bluetooth module located inside the vehicle. There is no way to have it working when installing any aftermarket system. Even a $800 kenwood system along with any steering wheel control harness you buy will not allow it to function. But hey, look on the bright side. You get a massive 8-inch screen with all the bells and whistles for around $350 with shipping.
I am not able to do a review on the AUX, iPod, backup camera, TPMS, USB or SD card as of yet. I may be doing a review on this in the future when I have my backup camera installed. Otherwise, I’m sure all of these functions work just as well as everything else in the D5163. Oh I forgot to mention that it plays my DIVX videos in AVI format as well as MP4.
In conclusion, this is definitely the best unit Eonon has come out with for the Mazda 3 and has strived to improve on all categories. They have now created the perfect product that has the blend of style, features and performance all at an affordable low price. Their customer service is also very helpful, friendly and they really do try to answer all of your questions even if you haven’t purchased anything yet. It’s also one of the select few companies that are very active on forums as well a facebook and they do listen to our issues and work to improve them in future products. They value our opinion and that is a great thing. Thanks Eonon for letting me enjoy my car and really do wish that roads were longer!
Close up pictures:
http://imageshack.us/a/img833/1694/pnyr.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img839/1668/a01d.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img849/244/6gkp.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img833/7265/wt5o.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img35/858/kn4s.jpg