Naza's Crappy AV System for the Kia Sorento

Some readers asked what exactly was the problem with the AV system in my Kia Sorento, as they were interested to purchase the same SUV but had concerns.

Make no mistake, I think that it's a great ride. It's only the AV system that lets it down so.

This is the system that Kia Sorento sold overseas, get installed in the rides. A decent system; and from what I read, works as it should.

And this was the head unit that Naza decided to install in our local Sorento.

It doesn't look that much of a different, right? Button placements and the likes, but we could get used to the functions over time. The harder thing to live with, was that reception for the radio sucks big time. It's shown as stereo, but there would be lots of interferences. In all of our other rides, no such issues whatsoever with the radio. Same spot, same station. Even the radio in our Kia Forte had no such problems. The one localised for the Kia Sorento, truly truly sucks big time!

CarLink does not work either. And from other postings as read online with regards to this problem, it seemed that only Samsung users could expect the system to be able to link up. All other non-Samsung Android phones and Apple iPhones could expect no such link-up.

And if you were a Windows user, you may remember its blue screen of death. I used to be a Windows user; but ever since I made the switch to Apple OS many years back, I have grew accustomed to the reliability and dependability of the OS. In fact, I have forgotten about Windows' BSOD...

... Until I purchased the Kia Sorento. From time to time, the screen would blank out into nothing. And the Power On/Off button would not be able to work when the screen became like this, so the only way to have it recovered, was to stop at the road side, restart the car, and voila, the screen would be back to normal.

Until it chooses to have the black screen again. Sigh, this crappy AV system as chosen from Naza truly truly sucks!