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Originally Posted by sleepertime
When you first posted about that head unit I looked them up and was impressed with price to option ratio, realizing that it was not a typical name brand. After reading your report on it I am willing to give it a try. I have been one to try and do things a little different than the norm. Did you buy the extra cameras or was that part of the deal?
I am planning on mounting mine down low in front of a 2002 Camaro console similar to your setup.
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When I purchased it, the backup camera was part of the deal, as well as the external mic. I paid extra (but it was pretty cheap) for the front DVR camera which plugs into one of the USB ports on the head unit. I just thought that if I bought it from the same seller, hopefully it would work without much difficulty. Otherwise, there's no reason you couldn't try another USB camera.
This guy does a good video review of the same unit I have, and below his youtube video is a link to the XDA dev forum thread on this type of unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIeQHTiuHSM
It's a few months since I've purchased this thing and there may be a better/faster/sexier one out there now so you might want to check into that as well.
Also, I did install the rooted firmware on my unit so I'm not running the stock ROM at the moment.
I guess the biggest thing to remember with these type of head units and Chinese electronics like this in general is that there will be glitches and it won't be as refined as other options out there; however, knowing that going in, it's still well worth the trials and tribulations for the number of cool features you get.
ETA: Oh! If you do buy it, make sure to get the mounting "cage" from them too. I hear that it's just a little bit different in size from a standard double din and that getting the mounting kit from them will save you some headaches. I bought their mouting kits and I still had to sand a little on the cage to get my head unit to slide nicely in and out.