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Wireless Charging And Carplay
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Wow that’s great to hear but so very odd that mine is not accepting audio ... I will try testing a few more cables and settings but I think I’ve eliminated every option other than cable and the one I’m using is brand new Apple .. il wondering if someone’s tinkered with the usb before I bought the van now ..
No of course not I’m just checking that a new head unit is going to eliminate these problems before I spend a grand and end up no further forward than having a bigger screen on my dashboard ! hopefully Apple car play will eliminate all this bull ...
Just a quick one .. if you have your phone connected via Bluetooth and the usb cable and playing some audio ( over BT)and then select usb as source it just shows your music ? Mine says device is not supported but the phone is charging ok .It says the same thing if I turn off Bluetooth .
As the OP is about CarPlay my response was relating to transferring audio through cable which plays through CarPlay on my Composite Media head unit. I may have misunderstood your original query as I thought you had CarPlay already
Ok I think this is the problem I’m still pretty sure I’m correct and this head unit does not allow my iPhone X to play audio through the usb socket ... I will try a memory stick with some audio files on it next
sorry , composition colour (pq)..... is the name of the head unit.. strange name but its the bog-standard unit that comes with the t6
Good idea, now you have eliminated that the cable/phone is not the culprit then next stage is to check the USB and using a ‘stick’ will hopefully tell you. Remember to use a stick under 32gig and formatted correctly. Whilst you are it go into the settings and make a note of the firmware version so you can check if it is the latest version.
Same head unit as mine and you can have CarPlay enabled on it but ir costs - I ticked it as an option when I ordered the van. £245 from memory, may be a cheaper option than head unit upgrade and VW could check out the usb for you whilst it’s with them
that's very odd indeed. it defo does not work with mine.
yep memory stick works fine plugged into the usb socket but phone defo does not
ah well, it's too late now as I've gone and ordered the Kenwood 9190... oopsy.. That better work as expected !!!
So a year on and I'm finally getting round to sorting this "temporary" holding arrangement.
This is the (nearly) finished article. In the end I decided to keep the rubber mat in place and the phone holder will go on top of it, replacing those janky bits of glued on foam.
I was going to cover it in black fabric, but in the end I decided to order some black rubberised spray paint to sort of blend it in and give a bit of grip. I'll put pics of it in situ when it's finished.
Why did you change from the VW radio?
It kept crashing at inopportune moments and I was going round Europe for a couple of weeks so didn't want to risk it not working while I was away.
So this is the completed item (excuse the poor light, was in the garage).I gave it 4 coats of Plastidip black rubber coating and it certainly made it very grippy and softer to the touch. Unfortunately I had made the tolerances so close that the thickness of the paint has made the phone a very snug fit and it's quite hard to remove. It's usable but I'm not totally happy with it, so there'll be a mark 2 with a couple of things tweaked. Has to go to the bottom of the queue now though, just don't have much time to spend on the van at the moment.
I’ve had this problem for a while. VW have had 3 goes to fix it and my warranty runs out in less than 3 weeks
Yup mine crashes frequently when using a cable for app connect, almost never using the wireless car2play adaptor.
