I gave it 5 stars because for the money, you can’t beat it!
PLEASE REMEMBER TO LIST YOUR VEHICLE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL WHEN LEAVING A REVIEW – MOST PEOPLE READ REVIEWS TO SEE IF IT WILL WORK FOR THERE VEHICLE Be sure to look at the wiring diagram photo I have posted with this review, it is accurate. I found it in the Podofo store on amazon for the 2023B radio and is the only place I found it and it is what I used without iussue! The photo might save you some wiring headaches. I gave it 5 stars because for the money, you can’t beat it! No, it’s not a $600 radio, but again for the money, $33.11, it is a great radio! The sound is very good with plenty of volume without distortion. Everything works as advertised! Screen picture quality is ok – easy to read in the Nevada sun. Videos/movies look ok – no issues. The only con I have is, it is a little tricky to mount in my truck but considering that the dash is not a flat dash – it is what it is and not the fault of the seller or factory. I have looked at many great looking installs on YouTube. My truck is a 2005 ford F250 Superduty diesel 4x4 extended cab with 8’ bed. I will buy another unit for my boat. Some install notes – hope it helps… I used the Metra 95-5812 mounting kit. I only used the two side brackets as the Metra face plate of the kit fits the dash good, however the face plate is too small for the radio. As the radio came with an outer trim ring/plate, I used it because it is the same opening width as the dash opening side to side and about 1/8“shorter in height and I can split the difference. I epoxied the trim ring that came with the radio to the radio. I needed to modify/add mount holes on the side bracket to fit the radio mount hoes, side mount bracket fit to the truck was perfect. To get a good fit to the dash opening (flush fit at the face) I simply used washers as spacers between the side brackets and the truck mount holes to move it forward to the dash opening. Note that the dash opening IS Not parallel flat, it has curves so you will stack washers as necessary to flush it out. I know this sounds like a lot, but it is easy to get it done. I used the Metra 70-5520 wire harness – Perfect for my f250! Again, see the posted wiring diagram for the radio – this will remove the second guessing of wiring it up. On the backup camera wiring, simple, you will need an extra 3ft yellow/video RCA cable and connector and a 3ft pc of 14ga wire because the camera cable supplied is not long enough for a extended cab or longer truck. Maybe 6 ft for a crew cab. Or you can purchase an extension cable with the red wires on Amazon for about $10. Kinda funny, one short extension wire cost one third of the cost of the radio! I ran the cable up the driver side frame underneath from the rear of the truck to just in front of the driver seat (with zip ties along the way), there you will find a small rubber grommet in the floor under the carpet about where your left foot would rest if you were sitting in the driver’s seat, wiring enters the cab here. Lift the carpet and you will see it. Plug the RCA cable into the radio and connect the added wire to the pink wire on the radio harness, run them out the back and down and connect to the video RCA and the wire to the red wire on the video cable that came with the radio. At the taillight, tap into the reverse light, black with purple stripe is positive and solid black is negative. The red wire from the video cable and the red wire from the camera power plug go to the positive (black w/purple stripe) and the black from the camera power plug goes to the negative (black wire). Now the camera should be operational. Also note that it might be that the unit has a “Microphone in” jack (small Black Jack like for ear buds) on the back of the radio just to the left of all the RCA jacks, this is what it is on other radios by Podofo, but I am not sure and have not tried it yet to see if it is and it is not called out. I have shown the location on the wire diagram (in red letters and arrow). Good luck! Read more
