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CarPlay CarPlay adapter to convert to wireless CarPlay?
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I had to try 7 drives before i found one that worked. Had to format on a windows computer too.
It is possible it’s already on the new OTA firmware. Unfortunately you won’t know this until you plug it into a working vehicle. Once on the new firmware USB method will never work.
Hmm. Well I guess I'll have to see if I can use friend's cars and see if the dongle works there...
You’re lucky that yours even gets to that screen. My car barely ever manages to load that screen up. Once in a blue moon the screen appears.
While its on that screen unplug and restart (guessing you tried that) but just in case you didn’t.
Also delete the WiFi and Bluetooth connections on your phone and re-pair
My car uses the same uconnect system. When you get in the car don’t touch the screen. Wait a little and it’ll connect on its own and go to the screen.
To the uconnect people. Disconnect the dongle but make sure your not on the carplay/phone screen. Move to radio or something else. Then plug it back in and don’t touch the screen. Wait for a minute and see what happens. Here’s my video on this.
One interesting question: do you have a "Carplay" button on UConnect at all times or only when an iPhone is plugged?
On another note: no reply from "michael".... oh well...
CarPlay button is there only when a wire or the carplay2air dongle is plugged in.
Version 11.11 works well on Volvo XC60!
But heard phone calls etc were not good. Even though I had not actualyl tested this myself I decided to upgrade.
Seems to take a while now to connect to bluetooth, then wifi and then in?
1) Does this sound about right? Was it just bluetooth before?
2) Why do I love the risk of a beta?
Love it when established though!
But heard phone calls etc were not good. Even though I had not actualyl tested this myself I decided to upgrade.
Seems to take a while now to connect to bluetooth, then wifi and then in?
1) Does this sound about right? Was it just bluetooth before?
2) Why do I love the risk of a beta?
Love it when established though!
1). Sounds right to me. Was always BT and WiFi but latest firmware is a bit slower
2). Because your normal 😁
2). Because your normal 😁
I received my second Carplay2Air unit today. The first unit I've been running in the Audi Q7 and it works fine, but have not yet updated the software on that one. This new unit I am running in my Audi RS3 and decided to do the OTA firmware update. All works fine so far, all functionality and behaviour is the same as my wired CarPlay experience including showing CarPlay artist/music information in the Audi Virtual Cockpit.
Initial connection times seem fine also. There is no noticeable lag in the general CarPlay UI. Skipping music tracks probably takes .5 sec, not a big deal, but ever so slightly slower than wired.
I'll report back after I've had more usage.
Initial connection times seem fine also. There is no noticeable lag in the general CarPlay UI. Skipping music tracks probably takes .5 sec, not a big deal, but ever so slightly slower than wired.
I'll report back after I've had more usage.
Today I started up my car (CarPlay2Air was connected and working). But I ran back to my house to get something I needed (with my iPhone with me). When I got back into the car, it wasn't working (I assume i lost the wifi connection when I was in the house.
My question is this...is there anything i can do to get it to re-connect without having to turn off the car and then turning on the car again or(possibly) pull the dongle out and then plug it in again??
My question is this...is there anything i can do to get it to re-connect without having to turn off the car and then turning on the car again or(possibly) pull the dongle out and then plug it in again??
I was hoping for something a bit more “clean” - like having a very simple iPhone app that tells the adapter to restart
What MY RS3 do you have? And what version are you running on the module?
I still have some slight lag in skipping tracks on my 2018 RS3.
when you exit your car, does it tell you that your cell phone is still in the car? I’m wondering if I could still have that function turned on? Thanks.
