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I hate R-Link and think it's the most useless crap ever especially after the 1 year of live services is up, so I was looking into changing the head unit assuming it'd be a simple process via a single DIN or a double DIN fixture. To my surprise, the head unit appears to be custom made and not easily replaceable, the buttons on the face-plate are a separate piece, they're not even attached to the head unit! 
I've attached a couple of pictures of how I took it apart etc but I'm still annoyed as to how Renault have made it near impossible to do anything to this car. I took it to a professional who told me that he'd have to break it apart and make space for a double DIN head unit to go in and it would cost £2,500 to do so. All I wanted to do was put an Android Auto compatible head unit in, because Renault won't give us an official update so we have to buy a whole new ZOE just to get a tiny software feature. It really puts me off buying a Renault ever again. :X3:
Anyway I was just wondering if anyone else had any luck or could provide any information i.e. what the mini USBs ports are used for (J9, J8 and J7), I was assuming one would be the reverse camera and the other steering controls or the AUX/USB/SD Card port... Would it be possible to get a R-Link 2 unit (with Android Auto and DAB) from a 2017 ZOE and put it in to a 2015 ZOE and have everything work?
I've attached a couple of pictures of how I took it apart etc but I'm still annoyed as to how Renault have made it near impossible to do anything to this car. I took it to a professional who told me that he'd have to break it apart and make space for a double DIN head unit to go in and it would cost £2,500 to do so. All I wanted to do was put an Android Auto compatible head unit in, because Renault won't give us an official update so we have to buy a whole new ZOE just to get a tiny software feature. It really puts me off buying a Renault ever again. :X3:
Anyway I was just wondering if anyone else had any luck or could provide any information i.e. what the mini USBs ports are used for (J9, J8 and J7), I was assuming one would be the reverse camera and the other steering controls or the AUX/USB/SD Card port... Would it be possible to get a R-Link 2 unit (with Android Auto and DAB) from a 2017 ZOE and put it in to a 2015 ZOE and have everything work?




