Pulling out the Center Display [Infotainment]

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AWarmDayinDecember

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Does anyone know anything about removing the center display? Figuring on upgrading ram/cpu. Rather nervous about screwing up my interior by just picking at it. It feels as if the suede bar piece under the display might just pull off.
 
You can purchase 'modern' afternarket infotainment units for the Accord.

Here is an example:
https://www.belsee.com/belsee-best-...arts-for-honda-accord-10th-gen-2018-2019.html

Obviously you want to somehow port the factory software over, and I'm not sure how easy / feasible that would be. If this is used in an Accord, then maybe there is some level of connector compatibility with the Clarity.

It will be interesting if / when somebody tries this. I haven't heard of anyone being brave enough to attempt something like this.

These are Android 9 (vs. the Android 4.x that comes with the vehicle).

They also have one that works with a 2017-2019 CRV that might be a possibility:
https://www.belsee.com/belsee-best-...-parts-for-honda-cr-v-cr-v-crv-2017-2019.html
 
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MrFixit said:
You can purchase 'modern' afternarket infotainment units for the Accord.

Here is an example:
https://www.belsee.com/belsee-best-...arts-for-honda-accord-10th-gen-2018-2019.html

Obviously you want to somehow port the factory software over, and I'm not sure how easy / feasible that would be. If this is used in an Accord, then maybe there is some level of connector compatibility with the Clarity.

It will be interesting if / when somebody tries this. I haven't heard of anyone being brave enough to attempt something like this.

These are Android 9 (vs. the Android 4.x that comes with the vehicle).
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Except the Clarity isn’t an Accord.
 
The only app I use on my Clarity infotainment unit is Screen2Auto, through which I plug in my Android phone and I can use any app on my phone including things like Waze, YouTube or Audible. So I don't have a problem with the stock ram/cpu.
 
BrianRC said:
The only app I use on my Clarity infotainment unit is Screen2Auto, through which I plug in my Android phone and I can use any app on my phone including things like Waze, YouTube or Audible. So I don't have a problem with the stock ram/cpu.
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That’s because you’re using it on a rooted Android phone. Really doesn’t have a thing to do with the Clarity head unit.
 
The head unit is basically a 2017 version from Honda. In 2018 they added knobs for other models but not the Clarity.
 
Aleksandar Mitrovic said:
How would you upgrade CPU and RAM? What would the benefits of it be? What CPU and RAM does it have now and what would you upgrade to?
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Well I'll be soon pulling apart to find out how easily upgradable it'd be. After having used my 2018's center display, I found it to be fairly laggish. I personally have a couple unused laptops lying around, as well as some phones that have broken screens but good internals. It's been a while since I've done computer/electronic work, but I think this project could be fun as well as useful.
 
Really, really late reply (years late, lol), but I've been looking into this and I'm pretty sure it's possible to replace the infotainment with a universal Android canbus reader headunit (Joying, Teyes, Dudu, etc), as long as you have a Clarity-compatible canbus decoder (which unfortunately does not exist, as far as I'm aware).

I've been eyeing the 11.5 inch, 12gb RAM, 256gb storage, 360 camera-compatible Dudu7 headunit. Because a 360 camera on the Clarity would be incredible and the hardware, software and English-support forum seems decent.

There's been a good amount of work already done on decoding the Clarity's dual-canbus messages (for comma ai openpilot forks), but I believe that's more focused on drive modes and wheel turn angle steering messages and such, not everything like door open warnings, maintenance lights, button press events, etc. Might be wrong though. DBC file will be useful anyways, even if incomplete.

I'd really love a 360 camera on the main screen of the Clarity, and the only other way I could even think of besides a full headunit swap would be to get my hands on the JDM Clarity HDMI input parts and splice in multiple camera feeds. One user on みんカラ (Minkara Carview forum) did do this for a front camera view (one camera, not 360)

Later this year, I am going to try to build my own Clarity canbus decoder. It would be sick to have a bigger screen, and a snappier UI (1gb RAM in 2018 was criminal lol). The Clarity dashboard/center console area is really well suited to a seamless-looking swap
 
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