Yeah headunit only with wired and both headunit and phone with bluetooth but the problem was low volume with both. I wiped out my Macbook Pro music and the phone and started over. Now things seem fine.
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CarPlay Not Working for Some iPhone 15 Users, Possibly Because of USB-C Cables
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Just saw this article. CarPlay works with my 15 PM with our '22 Camry. Used one of my SSD USB A to C cables. No idea what brand, I just put the SSD cables in one pouch.
As many others have already stated, zero Carplay issues with Anker USB-A to USB-C cables in our Acura RDX.
I've only ever bought Anker cables and chargers. I have at least 2 dozen of them around the house, car and in our travel bags for work travel, etc. They've all performed flawlessly.
I've only ever bought Anker cables and chargers. I have at least 2 dozen of them around the house, car and in our travel bags for work travel, etc. They've all performed flawlessly.
Same issue here! No issues previous to ios17 then boom! Mine adds What do you want…to everything which cracks my wife up! I also occasionally have the phone crash and reconnect as just a bluetooth connection. The messages bug is making this thing practically useless. $1200 phone connected to an $1000 Pioneer head unit and it barely working. Started with the 14 and now has moved to the new 15.
Fortunately, I’m a video editor and all my extra external hard drive cables that are usb 3 to usb c works for my carplay . I primarily use usb c to usb c for my Mac to external so I have all these extra cables that came with my G drives (usb 3 to usb c)
I have had no issues in either the Pioneer unit in my dodge truck or in my Chevy Equinox using a generic usb a to usb c adapter and a generic usb c cable both of which I got off Amazon.
I still need to ask: has anyone have problems using Anker cables for this application?
(EDIT: never mind. Someone answered the question earlier)
(EDIT: never mind. Someone answered the question earlier)
Works fine on my Lexus ES300h with the "Cable Matters USB to USB C Charging Cable 6.6 ft with 3A Fast Charging "
Isn’t this a problem with USB-A to USB-C cables? Apple includes USB-C to USB-C cables in the box, at least in the USA.
Has anyone reported issues with their USB-C connections on their head units?
😑 I literally went to an apple store and they told me to buy the lighting to USB C adapter because it fixes carplay on iphone 15s and sure enough it does. They even said they were selling out of the adapter very quickly and cant keep stock.....
My car has it in a 2017 model sooooo i think their point doesnt stand.Time to get a new car.
A few weeks ago I went looking for a USB-A to USB-C (data) and lightning because while I was getting a new phone to use in the car, my wife has an older one, and car was relegated to a single USB-A port for Carplay. zero luck. USB-C option in such cables was always power only. That had me buying the lighting to USB-C adapter. Not the most elegant, but it'll do.
Ever before this, Carplay is so inconsistent. My wife always complains. When I had iPhone there be times when it wouldn't connect no matter what I rebooted. But then suddenly overnight or when I left work, it would work again. Android Auto has never failed. Just one time Maps was broken, and I just had to clear cache/data. But it wasn't AAs fault
Yeah, a 2017 model car is essentially obsolete, right? Be like all the cool kids, and trade in and upgrade every model year.
FWIW, I had to try 4-5 different A to C cables, and found one that works, but only one way up.
Interesting. I wonder if there's a paired Power+Data Y cable like there used to be? That would be a rare edge case though. If Apple would update CarPlay's spec to only require BT and not the direct wifi connection, we'd be in great shape.
No doubt people are buying it to use with all the Lightening stuff they already have.
Ok so I think I figured this out, and why some cables and cars work and some do not. I have 3 cars, 1 worked but inconsistently dropped out, two did not. This was using the Apple supplied USB-C cable and a USB-A to USB-C adapter I have had for years from Sabrient.
This is fundamentally a USB power delivery configuration issue that puts the phone into a Power delivery mode that the USB Host will not support. Cable's impact this because the USB-A to USB-C converters are not consistent.
I purchased the following cables, and received them in the mail yesterday and it resolved my issues across all my vehicles: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BY1HMKPR?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
The problem occurs due to the implmentation of the USB-A to USB-C conversion. The following control lines exist on USB-C.
USB-A is much simpler and only has the following:
For the most basic simple conversion, the GNDs and connected together as are the D+ and D- pins. The power has to be connected to VBUS lines and CC lines which allows USB-C to work in any orientation.
The problem is that some cables do not connect the power to the CC signals through pull up resistors. This is used for high power delivery and is used to negotiate power delivery. By default, these should be pulled high, then the phone will pull them low to request higher power modes.
The host acknowledges and approves the request by pulling the lines low in response.
Certain cars will disable the interface if the USB device tries to pull too much current, others will supply higher levels ok, without disabling the interface.
So long story short a USB-A to USB-C cable can be designed to following:
- Power Delivery only - Only VBUS and GND are connected.
- Low Power USB-C Device - CC, D+/-, GND, and VBUS lines connected, but no pull up resistors for CC.
- Full Support - VBUS, CC pull up resistors, D+/-, and GND lines are all connected.
My converters work fine with any USB-C device that does not need or request higher power modes but failed with the iPhone 15. In this case because CC is pulled low by the phone the USB host in the card was detecting a short and shutting down the interface.
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www.allaboutcircuits.com
This is fundamentally a USB power delivery configuration issue that puts the phone into a Power delivery mode that the USB Host will not support. Cable's impact this because the USB-A to USB-C converters are not consistent.
I purchased the following cables, and received them in the mail yesterday and it resolved my issues across all my vehicles: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BY1HMKPR?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
The problem occurs due to the implmentation of the USB-A to USB-C conversion. The following control lines exist on USB-C.
USB-A is much simpler and only has the following:
For the most basic simple conversion, the GNDs and connected together as are the D+ and D- pins. The power has to be connected to VBUS lines and CC lines which allows USB-C to work in any orientation.
The problem is that some cables do not connect the power to the CC signals through pull up resistors. This is used for high power delivery and is used to negotiate power delivery. By default, these should be pulled high, then the phone will pull them low to request higher power modes.
The host acknowledges and approves the request by pulling the lines low in response.
Certain cars will disable the interface if the USB device tries to pull too much current, others will supply higher levels ok, without disabling the interface.
So long story short a USB-A to USB-C cable can be designed to following:
- Power Delivery only - Only VBUS and GND are connected.
- Low Power USB-C Device - CC, D+/-, GND, and VBUS lines connected, but no pull up resistors for CC.
- Full Support - VBUS, CC pull up resistors, D+/-, and GND lines are all connected.
My converters work fine with any USB-C device that does not need or request higher power modes but failed with the iPhone 15. In this case because CC is pulled low by the phone the USB host in the card was detecting a short and shutting down the interface.
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Guide to USB-C Pinout and Features - Technical Articles
This introductory article will look at some of the most important features of the USB-C standard.
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I had this problem with an iPhone15 and 2018 Subaru Outback. We bought an Anker cable that supports USB-IF and it worked. For a while. Now it won't recognize the phone at all. Tried a different cable, a different port, rebooted the media system, rebooted the phone.
In the head unit you can go in and tell it to forget the phone, likewise in the phone you can go in and tell it to forget the head unit.
Once you do that it will require you to repair and reactivate the next time it is connected.
Try that and see if it helps.
Also does it say it is charging? or does the power get disabled to the phone?