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Look at aftermarket MMI boxes. They do this for $150. (Screen and controls not included because they use the factory ones.) Someone should tell an automobile
by hedora 1y ago
Look at aftermarket MMI boxes. They do this for $150. (Screen and controls not included because they use the factory ones.)
Someone should tell an automobile manufacturer. It’d save them ~ $1B.
- DidYaWipe 1y agoWhat is an "MMI box?"
- lmpdev 1y agoMultimedia Interface?
- DidYaWipe 1y agoThanks. Seems to be some kind of Audi-specific branding. No wonder these clowns still can't put together a car radio that works reliably, let alone an automotive interconnect system; they're still using the term "multimedia." Welcome to CD-ROMs, circa 1994.
- hedora 1y agoAudi, BMW, Volvo, Mini, and others. It think it’s a standard for “events happen on cam bus”, “there is a not-hdmi display in the dashboard”, and “there are analog amplified audio out jacks for the speakers”. From the consumer end, it looks remarkably sane. Like “there’s a dev kit for the computer on github” levels of sane.
- DidYaWipe 1y agoIs there?
- nickff 1y agoCar companies have to worry about regulatory compliance, certification, approvals, as well as warranties; aftermarket manufacturers do not have such concerns (at least to the same degree).
- hedora 1y agoIt’s a box that forwards a carplay / android auto UI to an LCD, and snoops the cam bus for button press events. The entire thing is $150, which is nothing compared to the rest of the warranty. If regulatory compliance for a car stereo actually costs $1B in the US, then that seems like a bigger issue than “unfair” competition from China, and I’d like one of their $10K EVs, please.
- nickff 1y agoIf a stereo is defective, it might require a recall for replacement, which is very expensive. Additionally, anything which connects to the vehicle network has the potential to cause safety issues which can be even more expensive.
- 71bw 1y agoShoutout to the thing I got for my mom's Merc where it's a literal 10 second installation to have carplay in a 2011 vehicle. Swap the built-in navi box with a $75 Aliexpress plug - bam, CarPlay/AA all wirelessly on the main screen and controllable by the standard navigation knob.