Originally Posted by
Wayne10k
I did this same install as you shortly after your post and it was every helpful, and I do have a few questions/concerns.
My car play actually works really well, my issue is that when I first get in the car, it connects to car play automatically(great) but it doesn’t play music right away. I have to switch from radio back to aux to get sound. Or press a random button, go to aux then press play. Same for you?
Yes, not always, but often. So we've made it a habit to press the CD/AUX button twice after starting the car to switch from AUX to CD and back. Not perfect, but not annoying enough for me to worry about. I found it harder to switch between two Bluetooth devices on the Bovee1000 we had plugged into the AMI before.
Originally Posted by
Wayne10k
I can’t find any way to change the temperature from Celsius to degrees!! I don’t know what that’s about. How about you?
You can't change it to Fahrenheit. You can turn off that feature altogether, though. I may still do that, since I find it generally disruptive when it shows up on that screen.
Originally Posted by
Wayne10k
The home screen has very limited functionality, like I can’t modify where apps go. Maybe it’s because I lack knowledge with the android platform? How do I change how my ‘home screen’ looks?
I asked the manufacturer about it. They use a custom user interface and you cannot change it. What you can do is root the android system and put your own UI on it. This would void any warranty and support and I won't touch it, because I'm not knowledgeable enough about that kind of thing. I would love to remove some items from the home screen and replace with others as well.
Originally Posted by
Wayne10k
How does the quality of back up camera look in yours?
Looks the same as before. We have the factory back-up camera and the Android system switches to the MMI system when it is activated and back when it's done.
My wife has brought up some of the issues and when we talked about them we came to the following realization: If we wanted a perfectly integrated system that feels, looks and functions like the original MMI, but with all the additional and updated/upgraded features, we could expect it to cost a whole lot more ($2,500ish is my guess).
Since hardly anyone who buys a used car for ~$10,000 is likely to dish out that kind of money for that kind of upgrade, there is not enough of a market at that price. That leaves manufacturers of those systems to develop them to a price point hat is reasonable enough to sell enough of them to make a profit. That also leaves them with a limited R&D budget, so they end up having to cut some corners to make it happen and make it widely available for a range of different OEM systems. What it comes down to is this: you can either have it perfectly done, but way too expensive, or you can have it the way it is where it works fine, but isn't perfect.
Considering all that we like it and it works well for us. Since we don't want to use a lot of data, we don't want to use Apple maps through Carplay anyway and music from my wife's iPhone streams perfectly through he integrated A2DP capabilities. Too bad I spent an extra $50 for a wireless Carplay dongle we don't use or need now.
While I'm at it, a quick general update as well:
I will still look for a different offline navigation app, since here WeGo does not have all the functionality I need, after all. There are different free and paid options out there and I will do some research and try a few to see which ones we like best. I will report back on that when I have some results.
I have not had time to install the 4G glass patch antennae. That is a project I want do get done so I can upgrade the SIM to a T-Mobile SIM. So far it looks like they have the best plans of the non-MVNOs to use for the Android and run a Wi-Fi hot spot in the vehicle. With the Android Navigation systems you're limited to T-Mobile or AT&T and their MVNOs, because they require a GSM SIM card.
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