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so either way, it should be good news for you being able to use the box. id recommend upgrading to a 8.8 inch screen as well. that was the first thing i did and i cant imagine using carplay on the smaller screen |
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I continue to have problems with CarPlay connecting on its own. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I think I may have narrowed it down to physical proximity between my phone and the Andream box. If the phone is in my pocket (right pocket), which is only about 18"-24" from the Andream box that's sitting beneath the main head unit, an automatic connection is hit or miss.
If I take the phone out of my pocket and put it in the little tray by the cupholders, so it's only about 8" from the Andream unit, so far it connects every time. Once it's connected, the phone can be anywhere in the car and it works fine, and is responsive. This makes me think the problem is Bluetooth, because the CarPlay connection is initiated by a Bluetooth connection first before hooking up via WiFi. I'm not sure yet how to solve this but I'm going to experiment with moving the antenna around. I'm not even sure if the antenna is used for Bluetooth or just Wifi, but I'm going to give it a shot. |
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I read on another thread the other day that them wireless chargers are no good, Take ages to charge phones up even just a couple of percent.
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03-03-2020, 03:59 PM | #1131 |
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That's good to know but I would assume it works similar to any other 10W wireless chargers. Either the only reason I usually charge my device is to not have it discharge while driving. Most of my charging is done at night/desk at work so I am ok if it even keeps the device at same level over the drive.
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I just ordered one of these units. I'll check out the latest firmware and see if I can fix some things.
I didnt read all 50 pages, is there anything else on the wish list as far as coding people want me to look at? 1. AA resolution 2. Bluetooth Priority switching for phone calls (BMW BT vs Carplay BT) 3. Take a look at sound pass thru/delivery codec/bitrate for aux/bt 4. ???? |
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Also, I can't seem to find on any of the install videos what the 3.5mm connectors do. Does the male 3.5mm mic connecter need to be plugged into the female connector for OEM mic to work?? Plus there's an extra 3.5mm male.. what is that for? Last edited by skoold2003; 03-04-2020 at 01:45 AM.. |
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I also got in contact with Sunplus and they gave me access to their git repo for the SP7021 SoC (see https://sunplus-tibbo.atlassian.net/...s/doc/overview) which I believe is the one powering our units. |
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Excellent! I was in talks with a manufacturer in china and ordered through them, there is a new version currently under production and will be out soon. No major updates from what they say just a new "batch" iwth maybe this months chip? They dont communicate well - even in chinese. I'll update whenever it ships. |
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Fantastic some mobile software engineers in the house! I would have a dabble not not touched code for several years so would probably end up bricking things
I would personally love the DPI issue prioritising of at all possible!? |
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Been a while since I visited here. Anyone know if the update fixes the thing where when you're in backup camera and use click wheel to change settings it also seems to be doing stuff in the background to CarPlay as if the input is simultaneously being used in back up camera screen and CarPlay?
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I answered my own questions so I'll share them. First of all when I had 2 set to off the screen didn't come on.. it kind of freaked me out. Also none of the 3.5mm connectors were needed for me.
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It would be great if they could update the box so that there's an option to connect to AA wirelessly all the time instead of having to switch the idrive over to the unit as soon as the engine is switched on just so that I can click connect on the pop up window that comes up to connect wirelessly
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But like when you put the car in reverse and then want to change contrast and use the click wheel or whatever to change it in backup camera screen, I think that input is also getting put into CarPlay unit.
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I would really appreciate separate volume control for music/maps/phone if possible. My wife's Santa Fe has that and it's so much better |
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