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That's... well. Sometimes, timing is bad. I own a 2010 Mazda 6, which comes with bluetooth, but has no display whatsoever. I installed a custom head unit with A
by MrGilbert 5y ago
That's... well. Sometimes, timing is bad. I own a 2010 Mazda 6, which comes with bluetooth, but has no display whatsoever. I installed a custom head unit with Apple Car Play. Unfortunately, this head unit became unresponsive every once in a while, and only restarting the car would help. That annoyed the hell out of me.
So I went back to the stock experience (it's BOSE after all), and tried to playback audio over bluetooth. For whatever reasons, bluetooth will start skipping parts of the track, or will playback with a faster speed after a while. Maybe, 2010-ish bluetooth is not that great.
So I went back to using the aux input. That works, but of course, you cannot use the controls on the wheel.
Unfortunately, Apple doesn't allow CarPlay to run on your device, so I bought a cheap Android phone three weeks ago, a phone holder for the dashboard, and installed everything into the car. After rooting the device, Tasker would start Android Auto when the car got powered on. To prevent my car from burning down, the phone gets removed from the dash and stored in the glove box after I finished my ride (so that the battery wouldn't sit in direct sunlight).
After reading the announcement, I switched to "Auto Mate". Looks decent, but it's not quite the same.
Maybe I need a new car after all...
- lotsofpulp 5y agoA new head unit sounds like it would solve your problems.
- MrGilbert 5y agoSomehow. But I'm afraid throwing another pile of paper at some of the manufactures (it was a Kenwood unit I had at first) will result in a similar unstable experience. For that, it's too expensive and too much work, as you need to take apart the whole middle part of the interior. Also, a lot of the deeply integrated parts of the audio system will be lost, and also the hands-free communication parts that are in the car.
- radus 5y agoI’ve down light research into this and I think it’s possible to maintain all that integration. Might be preferable to have a professional installer do it though.
- jsight 5y agoI think you can still do something similar with headunit reloaded. It might be a little more complex to setup, though.
- m-p-3 5y agoI own a Toyota Corolla from 2017, and even though the system has a head unit with a display, it's not exactly great feature-wise. I'm not sure I want to tamper with the stock head-unit (as some features like setting when the headlights of the car shuts off, etc), and I'm not done making payments on it. Not exactly keen on changing car either, as everything else works great. First world problem I suppose.
- dmix 5y agoIt usually takes some time for changes like this to filter down to actual mainstream devices. Unless you’re using a Pixel or something I wouldn’t worry about it for a while. And even then your device has to be using the latest OS at the future date.
- Eridrus 5y agoHave you tried the new Assistant Driving mode? I couldn't tell from the article if it was meaningfully different....
- wingspar 5y agoI haven't ordered it yet, but found this 'portable' CarPlay device interesting. I uses wired CarPlay, but I'm ok with that. https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/26/review-car-and-driver-intellidash-is-a-painless-way-to-add-carplay-to-your-vehicle https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/01/26/review-car-and-dr...
- joshstrange 5y agoThere are wired->wireless CarPlay adapters you /might/ be able to get working with this.
- WillPostForFood 5y agoI have a CPLAY2air and it has been great.
- MrGilbert 5y agoThat was also on my list, but at the time I was searching for it, I was only able to buy it in Asia. Seemed as if all stock in Europe somehow ”disappeared“
- NullPrefix 5y ago>bluetooth will start skipping parts of the track, or will playback with a faster speed after a while Sorry for laughing, but this is tech comedy gold :D