Aftermarket head unit (stereo)
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For me the ideal set up is the Scosche Mount. The phone is high up but does not interfere with the view of the road and is pretty much line of sight.
I display waze and ask Siri to make calls, send texts, play music etc all hands free.
The car screen is rarely used. Perhaps to display music tracks or to prompt to read out loud incoming texts.
It works for me and I no longer feel I need CarPlay.
My wife’s Mazda 2 has CarPlay but the screen is high up unlike in the jag.
Horses for courses I guess.
I display waze and ask Siri to make calls, send texts, play music etc all hands free.
The car screen is rarely used. Perhaps to display music tracks or to prompt to read out loud incoming texts.
It works for me and I no longer feel I need CarPlay.
My wife’s Mazda 2 has CarPlay but the screen is high up unlike in the jag.
Horses for courses I guess.
#22
First, let me offer my deepest condolences that you're having to use an Apple product. I'm very sorry for your loss. Onto a serious note, if you get a text, you can tap the notification and it will read the text to you and ask if you want to reply, without apple car play? my gf has an iphone and hers definitely doesn't do that. And as I mentioned if you want to listen to the RADIO (there's a comedy station I really like here locally so I listen to that the majority of the time) you can't listen to both the radio and output from your phone at the same time. You have to switch modes to BT to hear your phone output, so it's either radio OR phone. But if that works for you, more power to you. I just MUCH prefer having it integrated into my headunit. Plus I don't want to have yet another thing clogging my dash and windshield. I already have a radar detector and dashcam. I don't want to look like I'm an undercover cop.
Since I have waze displayed on the phone I have to select the phone as the sound source. However if I want to listen to a radio station I can use an app like Radioplayer to play it. It doesn’t stop me making or receiving calls or texts. So in my case I can have the radio and phone at the same time.
Perhaps you should try an iPhone
My dashcam is very small and high up behind the mirror.
Radar detectors are not much use in the uk since the cops use laser and any warning would be too late.
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Since I have waze displayed on the phone I have to select the phone as the sound source. However if I want to listen to a radio station I can use an app like Radioplayer to play it. It doesn’t stop me making or receiving calls or texts. So in my case I can have the radio and phone at the same time.
Perhaps you should try an iPhone
My dashcam is very small and high up behind the mirror.
Radar detectors are not much use in the uk since the cops use laser and any warning would be too late.
Since I have waze displayed on the phone I have to select the phone as the sound source. However if I want to listen to a radio station I can use an app like Radioplayer to play it. It doesn’t stop me making or receiving calls or texts. So in my case I can have the radio and phone at the same time.
Perhaps you should try an iPhone
My dashcam is very small and high up behind the mirror.
Radar detectors are not much use in the uk since the cops use laser and any warning would be too late.
#24
“ I'd still want Apple car play, so same boat. I'm telling you, once you've had it, you'll never want to go back to ghetto methods of interacting with your phone in your car,”
I’ve used CarPlay but as I said in my post I don’t feel it’s necessary for me with my setup. I just talk to Siri and she obeys
I’ve used CarPlay but as I said in my post I don’t feel it’s necessary for me with my setup. I just talk to Siri and she obeys
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“ I'd still want Apple car play, so same boat. I'm telling you, once you've had it, you'll never want to go back to ghetto methods of interacting with your phone in your car,”
I’ve used CarPlay but as I said in my post I don’t feel it’s necessary for me with my setup. I just talk to Siri and she obeys
I’ve used CarPlay but as I said in my post I don’t feel it’s necessary for me with my setup. I just talk to Siri and she obeys
#26
Cuz I can't do that in rush hour traffic? Also, I don't generally "fiddle" with it. LIke in my Z06, I get in the car, crank it, plug in the phone, hit the android auto button, turn on tunes (and google maps if needed) and go. Don't generally touch it again unless it's to skip a song which I can do from the steering wheel
Last edited by Unhingd; 02-07-2020 at 07:53 AM.
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Don’t need to fiddle with mine in the MY16. Do not need to plug it in, touch any button or do anything other than start the car. Car automatically pairs with my iPhone and starts to blast tunes which can be changed from the center display or steering wheel (also automatically delivers Waze instructions via the sound system). If I actually plug it in, it syncs with InControl unless I deny access. Anything more sophisticated than that is wasted on me. I’d trade all the techno-wizardry for an oil pressure gauge, boost gauge and dipstick.
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Never owned a British sportscar where this wasn't a valuable asset!
And from the multitude of glitches reported here, caused by low voltage, it should be a recall. <--- J/K
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I make due with a small voltmeter that is designed to plug into the lighter socket.
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Burt Gummer (04-02-2020)
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Just to let you know about my experience with xcarlink. I bought an apple carplay adapter from them for my 2014 S.
I installed it and it started overheating and the HDMI cable was red hot, even burned my arm. I sent it back and he said there was nothing wrong with it, I must’ve wired up the power supply wrong (yes, he implied I was incapable of joining two wires).
He sent me a new one and that didn’t work either and he said I must be doing something wrong. He went through it with me and agreed it was faulty and he’d send me another. I told him I didn’t want it and just wanted my money back (still haven’t received it!).
Anyway I bought this one https://unique-ad.co.uk/product/wire...ype-2013-2015/
It’s £100 less, quality of it looks a million times better than the xcarlink one that was just a cheap plastic homemade box with connections sticking out of it and it also supports wireless carplay as well as iOS mirror link so she can watch rubbish when we are out! It has proper instructions not ones that don’t actually match up with the product like xcarlink and also a YouTube video of installation on an f type even down to hiding your wires and that. Took 10 minutes to wire it up and get it working and then less than an hour to install it so everything was hidden.
So avoid xcarlink! Save some money and get a product that works!
Also with xcarlink they’re a nightmare to get in touch with. If you do have a problem, by the time you’ve heard from them you’ve put everything back together anyway. 5 times I had everything to bits and back together again!
I installed it and it started overheating and the HDMI cable was red hot, even burned my arm. I sent it back and he said there was nothing wrong with it, I must’ve wired up the power supply wrong (yes, he implied I was incapable of joining two wires).
He sent me a new one and that didn’t work either and he said I must be doing something wrong. He went through it with me and agreed it was faulty and he’d send me another. I told him I didn’t want it and just wanted my money back (still haven’t received it!).
Anyway I bought this one https://unique-ad.co.uk/product/wire...ype-2013-2015/
It’s £100 less, quality of it looks a million times better than the xcarlink one that was just a cheap plastic homemade box with connections sticking out of it and it also supports wireless carplay as well as iOS mirror link so she can watch rubbish when we are out! It has proper instructions not ones that don’t actually match up with the product like xcarlink and also a YouTube video of installation on an f type even down to hiding your wires and that. Took 10 minutes to wire it up and get it working and then less than an hour to install it so everything was hidden.
So avoid xcarlink! Save some money and get a product that works!
Also with xcarlink they’re a nightmare to get in touch with. If you do have a problem, by the time you’ve heard from them you’ve put everything back together anyway. 5 times I had everything to bits and back together again!
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jbyeatman (03-24-2020)
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Performance is really good though through wireless and wired
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To the OP: Did you ever buy this head unit? I too am wanting something that has android auto, but since our climate control is integrated into the head unit, there's NOTHING out there. I looked at this and Alibabba seems a bit shady of a place to buy an aftermarket head unit. I called up a couple stereo shops in the area and the one that was familiar with them said they have super slow processors and more often than not have to be returned because they don't work properly. Definitely seems sketch. So if you ordered it, I'm definitely curious as to how it turned out.
Also, does anyone know if you can put the head unit from a 2020 F Type in a 2015-2018 with the older head unit? That seems to be the ideal solution. I've been googling and couldn't find anything about that, but did stumble on this thread, so thought I'd register and maybe get some input.
Also, does anyone know if you can put the head unit from a 2020 F Type in a 2015-2018 with the older head unit? That seems to be the ideal solution. I've been googling and couldn't find anything about that, but did stumble on this thread, so thought I'd register and maybe get some input.
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To the OP: Did you ever buy this head unit? I too am wanting something that has android auto, but since our climate control is integrated into the head unit, there's NOTHING out there. I looked at this and Alibabba seems a bit shady of a place to buy an aftermarket head unit. I called up a couple stereo shops in the area and the one that was familiar with them said they have super slow processors and more often than not have to be returned because they don't work properly. Definitely seems sketch. So if you ordered it, I'm definitely curious as to how it turned out.
Also, does anyone know if you can put the head unit from a 2020 F Type in a 2015-2018 with the older head unit? That seems to be the ideal solution. I've been googling and couldn't find anything about that, but did stumble on this thread, so thought I'd register and maybe get some input.
Also, does anyone know if you can put the head unit from a 2020 F Type in a 2015-2018 with the older head unit? That seems to be the ideal solution. I've been googling and couldn't find anything about that, but did stumble on this thread, so thought I'd register and maybe get some input.
After switching to english, the main screen was in English, but a WHOLE bunch of other stuff was still in Chinese
There was no Android Auto
It randomly restarted at least 5 times in the 15 minutes I was out there messing with it with the installer
There was no way to access the climate control (which, as you mentioned, is a pretty big deal)
I actually didn't notice much in the way of slowness, so not sure if that's true or not, that they use super slow processors. It was definitely garbage. I requested a refund and the seller fought me on it and I had to escalate it to Alibabba with video evidence of it not working to get a refund. I definitely wouldn't recommend. I don't know about getting a head unit from a 2020, but that's a good idea. Wish I had thought of that before I went through this ordeal. Might call the local Jag shop. I see you're in Colorado. Are you near Denver? If so I recommend Stevinson Imports. They're JLR/Porsche and they've been really great for me. I'm a bit persnickety when it comes to customer service and they haven't let me down yet.
Last edited by Toddiesel; 04-01-2020 at 04:53 PM.
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Dang, I guess I missed one of my threads to unsubscribe to. @Kona I gave up this forum and wouldn't even bother replying, but I wouldn't want to see you get screwed. Yes I did get this headunit a couple weeks ago. Took about a month from when I ordered it to when I got it. There were no instructions. I had to contact them and they sent me a video. Guy that installed it had a hard time with it, but got it put in. There was no audio. Reached back out to the seller and they sent another video with some settings screen and that got audio working. The remaining issues were as follows:
After switching to english, the main screen was in English, but a WHOLE bunch of other stuff was still in Chinese
There was no Android Auto
It randomly restarted at least 5 times in the 15 minutes I was out there messing with it with the installer
There was no way to access the climate control (which, as you mentioned, is a pretty big deal)
I actually didn't notice much in the way of slowness, so not sure if that's true or not, that they use super slow processors. It was definitely garbage. I requested a refund and the seller fought me on it and I had to escalate it to Alibabba with video evidence of it not working to get a refund. I definitely wouldn't recommend. I don't know about getting a head unit from a 2020, but that's a good idea. Wish I had thought of that before I went through this ordeal. Might call the local Jag shop. I see you're in Colorado. Are you near Denver? If so I recommend Stevinson Imports. They're JLR/Porsche and they've been really great for me. I'm a bit persnickety when it comes to customer service and they haven't let me down yet.
After switching to english, the main screen was in English, but a WHOLE bunch of other stuff was still in Chinese
There was no Android Auto
It randomly restarted at least 5 times in the 15 minutes I was out there messing with it with the installer
There was no way to access the climate control (which, as you mentioned, is a pretty big deal)
I actually didn't notice much in the way of slowness, so not sure if that's true or not, that they use super slow processors. It was definitely garbage. I requested a refund and the seller fought me on it and I had to escalate it to Alibabba with video evidence of it not working to get a refund. I definitely wouldn't recommend. I don't know about getting a head unit from a 2020, but that's a good idea. Wish I had thought of that before I went through this ordeal. Might call the local Jag shop. I see you're in Colorado. Are you near Denver? If so I recommend Stevinson Imports. They're JLR/Porsche and they've been really great for me. I'm a bit persnickety when it comes to customer service and they haven't let me down yet.
That's disappointing, but I can't say I'm surprised. I won't bother with the Chinese then. I'm down in Parker, so probably not too far from you. I did call Stevinson, but I guess they're closed for coronavirus. I'll have to check with them after the quarantine is over. Thanks for the tip!