When inserting the Lightning cable. Does the phone say it is charging? I got a bricked unit which is not recognized by my car and the LEDs are not showing any sign of life. When I plugin the lightning cable, my iPhone won't charge. So is my unit really dead?
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When inserting the Lightning cable. Does the phone say it is charging? I got a bricked unit which is not recognized by my car and the LEDs are not showing any sign of life. When I plugin the lightning cable, my iPhone won't charge. So is my unit really dead?
Hi, Anyone having an issue with the latest Audi software? My cp2air worked fine until I got the Audi serviced and they upgraded the software. I upgraded the fw via USB and got the flashing lights etc, but the car will not recognise it at all. Is there any other way to test the unit?
Thanks for any help
Thanks for any help
Test it on another car. Maybe go to the dealer and ask if you can pop it in another Audi. Or find a friend with carplay.
Ok, but you're one of the only ones. A lot of Mercedes processor goes back to the same problems of systematic disconnections
guys.. I tried to read through 165 pages of this thread to find anything on this issue. I have a 2017 GMC Yukon Denali. The Car2play sets up and works perfectly for 5 minutes. almost exactly the same time, everytime. Then it starts to become distorted. Anyone have this issue? anyone fix this? all firmware is up to date. iphone software is up to date..
have you updated to 08/04 firmware yet? Basically everyone that has a GM or Chevy radio had this problem except for 3 firmwares the 03/06 and 07/29 manually updated firmware, or the recent 08/04 OTA firmware upgrade.
I just updated it this morning. Excuse me for the dumb question but what is OTA? I did them both as instructed though the 192.168.50.2 site...
The guys at their tech support have been great. the most recent fix is using a thumb drive to download the update and then loading it into the dongle. anyone do this before?
OTA = over the air update, as in WiFi or 4G rather than a download to a USB thumb drive.
Some prefer USB in case of WiFi/4G interference or the like, although the firmware/software/download procedure should be able to handle this.
I am going to try the thumbdrive version they offered me. Thank you again for your response..
I know you said you read through most 165 pages, but the GM 5 minute problem is saturated in this thread so much so it would probably make sense to have a separate GM thread. Same for how to USB update and what thumb drive you need and power supply. Don’t approach this lightly. OTA 8.4 should work. Then you will need to address power delay. It will work, but your gonna have to jump through a few hoops. Read the last 30 pages.
Larry, for a Pats fan, you are a good dude.. I actually just went out to the car and downloaded the update again, then reloaded the 192.168.50.2 site and found another update that says addresses "shuttering in the music". This one took longer to update and even came with a note saying so.. Uploaded that one too and just drove around for 10 minutes and it worked perfectly. Fingers crossed nothing changes overnight. thank you guys for your help and guidance..
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I just saw your post I will try it. Support emailed me back and sent me a firmware update and told me how to do it with a usb. It seemed to take it but still didn’t work in the truck. Don’t know it if it’s the date or not but it was marked 6-17. Is there a newer update I might be able to download and try. It’s for the cplay2air
Didn’t work tried it a few times waited still nothing. Tried both USB ports
Ok, so they sent me the same email. Here is what i would do. go to your car and get the Car2play connected so you see the apple car play on your screen. Then go to the 192 site and see if there is an update. if so then update and then go right back to the site to see if it triggers another update. I updated twice back to back and it works... hopefully it will work for you too..
So that last update was almost certainly the 08/04 update you mistakenly thought you had when i asked earlier. That is the first one that fixes the GM 5-10 min radio distortion after updating the dongle over the air (via 192.168.50.2) since forever. If it now works as well as the rest of ours have, I would recommend you don’t update again until or unless you check here and get the all clear from other brave souls.
My wife cla 250 has the issue of it shutting off ... safe to say most Mercedes vehicle models have this issue and it is becoming a well known one
Nice! I love resolutions. So many people in this thread are still struggling to get it going.
Go Pats!
Hi guys. Sorry I haven’t kept up with three thread. I was hoping someone could help me. Day before yesterday my carlinkit 2.0 just wouldn’t turn on. I left it overnight hoping it just needed time. It still won’t turn on. I’ve contacted the seller at AliExpress but he’s telling me to update my car and phone software (???) any suggestions on what I can do or if this has happened to anyone else?
That’s the problem it doesn’t connect at all to the car. Even with the firmware they sent.
That is interesting.. my issue was never the connection. it was the distortion after 5 minutes of perfect play. I would consider sending your unit back and they will replace it. that might fix the connection issue.
I have a new CPLAY2air unit. I sent my old one in to be fixed and they sent back a new one. It's the standard USB one, not the -C one. If someone wants it for cheap, PM me. (not sure if this is allowed, if not, let me know and I'll delete this)
Have you tried downloading the firmware below and manually updating with a USB drive? The very first post in this thread goes through the process on exactly how to manually update. By prior post it seems both you and mdagnew1 received older firmware directly from the company. In the end you very well may have received a defective Carlinkit/car2play and should return/replace asap if you are still able.
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