Success with Autologic in getting Aux Audio enabled thanks to 610AutoHaus, Pottstown, PA

 

Very nice. Good to know for others without SDD there is an alternative.

 

Really?? What Jaguar dealer would not have a backup solution ready as this should be their bread and butter. Unbelievable.

 

I don't disagree with you @Cambo , but any 'competent' (substitute 'experienced') Jaguar dealer should know the 'ins and outs', the tricks, and the willingness to customize (aka, play).
I have had the luck of sourcing such shops in Toronto, Woburn (sadly gone) and Ottawa.
My experience is that the 'green' new and shiny shops are precisely the shops I don't want to go to... All this being said, I do wish you would move closer to me, or me to you ;-)

 

JLR switched to Pathfinder and few years ago and now, like IDS before it SDD is for vintage cars according to the main dealers I have spoken with, in fact one of the newer dealers does not even have SDD. Good thing I have my own.

EDIT: I have found this to be true of other Marques as well, just doesn’t fit the fixed ops model to train beyond what is the bare minimum. Sometimes you’ll get lucky and find a tech who has been with a brand for decades but that is rare. Of the 5 jaguar dealers in central Florida one of those actually does have a rare breed of tech who’s a fan of the brand enough to have his own and he also enjoys modifying his and customer cars so he quite literally knows everything there is to know about them.

 

Update:
I’ve installed Cambo’s CarPlay kit and wanted to let you know that apparently the Autologic coding made “aux” show on the screen, but didn’t activate as I need it for this to work. Tomorrow’s excursion will be to undo the Autologic coding and visit the dealer for SDD coding. If that doesn’t work, maybe I’ll rent Alex’s SDD and give it a go...Alex, if you see this, I sent you an email, got no reply...FYI, this kit is not a real difficult upgrade and once the audio issues are sorted it will be awesome. The wiring harness that Cambo created couldn’t be easier to use. I’ll update again after tomorrow’s adventure...

 

I get a lot of messages not going though it seems on the forum platform, I wonder why... Please email me instead truesownow@gmail.com

 

Today was an adventure for sure. I’ll start by thanking Cambo for a great CarPlay kit along with loads of help, patience and over the top communication. I went to the Indy with Autologic to have him undo the coding he had done. It’s 610Autohaus near Pottstown, PA. He was extremely gracious, squeezing me in to his busy Monday. Even offered to refund the original $75.00 charge. I didn’t let him, he did what I asked him to do. Then I went to the JLR dealer to ask for an SDD session. It took some persistence as they were sure it couldn’t be done. It could and was done...for $170.00. Took 20 minutes. They wonder why we avoid them. The salesperson told me they sell 10 Land Rovers to 1 Jaguar, so they don’t really care about Jaguar customers. Nice. Anyhow, after all that, still no audio. I went home, took it apart again, checked every connection. No luck. When I got this car, the microphone for Bluetooth never worked. Cambo tried to help, finally suggesting a new head unit. I bought one from a breaker on eBay and never put it in. Today, I did and that was it. CarPlay works great and the original microphone works too. It turns out that a previous owner had replaced the head unit with the wrong one. Part# should end in TB, this one was TA. So now, the CarPlay works great...I went with the wireless version and it connects automatically when I get in the car. Very cool. Tried to attach video...didn’t work...

 

Glad it's all sorted Ed.

So actually the head unit that was in your car is the "correct" one, the -TA is just one revision before the -TB.

But clearly it was faulty, since both the microphone and the aux input were not working.

 

Great news Ed. So from what I read, the Autologic changes may have worked but the head unit was faulty so you can't say for certain? Just want to close that portion of the thread. I'm glad you're liking the set up!

 

You are correct. It may have worked, we’ll never know.

 

Is it possible to retrofit a new head unit from a newer jaguar car into a X150 specifically 2012 xkr

 

@jahummer I know that you post is a few years old now but I'm interested to know the details on the tech in CFL that is versed in our Jaguar modern classics. I live on the edge of Winter Garden and Clermont and would gladly do a little driving in order to get work done correctly. If they're still around, do you have the name of the dealer and the tech? Also, I'd be up for meeting up with the Jags some weekend morning and grabbing some coffee, lunch, whatever if it's not too far a drive. Feel free to DM me if that's easier. Thx!