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And now, deep thoughts...
After living with CarPlay for about a week, here are some conclusions and thoughts:
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Is it possible to use the native interface while this is hooked up? Or are you restricted to just Carplay. I have an hour long commute, and regularly do longer drives. Right now I use Tune2air. Would this be a significant improvement? Definitely a way to get google maps/ waze on the screen, instead of having a mount for my phone it seems.
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Here you go, ignore the red wire that is my power wire for my heated steering wheel retrofit. Went a little overboard on the hole I drilled because I wasn’t sure if I was going to use a usb extension that would have needed to fit through the hole. ended up going to bestbuy and buying a 2 meter apple wire and it works perfect, now I have slack to bring the phone up to the cup holders which is what I like to do.
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Sorry Kp couldn’t stand having the wires running all over so I had to snake them into the console. The spot I found for the box is actually perfect, on my car there is what looks to be a zip tie holder for wires that is attached to the firewall so I threw a zip tie through it and called it a day, it’s perfect because the reset button is ver accessible if ever needed to be reset. As for the car play, I’m loving it so far. Jumping between oe interface and CarPlay is very easy with a couple second hold of the menu button. it’s not perfect as today I was trying to change climate settings I had to exit out of car play, change my blower settings, enter back into CarPlay and start my music back up but all in all I am very happy with it so far.
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I was worried that I would lose some if that functionality. Am I correct that if I get a phone call the factory bluetooth will pick up the call? I understand that CarPlay will have the functionality as well; but I'm curious how much functionality is/will be lost with the module. BIG SHOUT OUT for all your time and effort.
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I'm gonna have to look at your pics to see how to mount mine the same way.
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Your welcome, just returning the favor! Was ready to throw in the towel on unichip til you said plug the aux in. |
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Just wondering if anyone’s considering purchasing this again- I know OP isn’t going to run the group buy, but I’d Consider contacting the factory with some previous knowledge from the previous group buy runner, if no one else would.
Do any of you know what other vehicles this unit would be compatible with? I’m so interested and I’m kicking myself for not seeing this before the buy happened! |
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New (possibly dumb) question: Do you Remove the AC vents from the top underneath the screen or from below by the climate control?
I feel stupid asking this question but I don't feel the need to unnecessarily break anything if I can avoid it.
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Vents right under the screen come out very easy, take trim tool from top and bottom and pry out at the 4 corners
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