To fix this I set up an iphone shortcut / automation: 'When carplay connects" -> "set playback destination to carplay" then "play on iphone"Ĭan I ask what you use to get these wifi details?Ĭlick to expand.The Wi-Fi details I shared were from my Mac running Wi-Fi Explorer. One thing that did annoy me on all of these was that music would not restart automatically. Is it only the Autokit based dongles have the option to pass through the car GPS? It would be pretty much perfect however it does not pass through the car GPS. Wow, this thing is a rocket to get into carplay! Really embarrasses the Carlinkit devices. Will try changing to wifi channel 165 as suggested previously in the thread to see if that helps. Tried a few things to improve the initial connection but still buggy: Reset device, set HULinkType to carplay. About 5 seconds quicker to get into carplay than the 3.0. Phone is an iphone 13 pro with the latest ios update. All have the latest firmware.Ĭar is a VW Golf 2019 with OEM head unit. All were ordered recently to try and find the best one. I bought this one off Amazon: : Wireless Android Auto Adapter, CarlinKit 5.0 Wireless CarPlay Dongle 2air Dual Wired to Dual Wireless Conversion, Wired CarPlay and Wired Android Auto Cars Compatible : Electronics The new v5 is wireless AC, running at 80MHz max speed 867mbps.Īdditional v5 info from web GUI (latest version reported by v5 as of ): My v3 was wireless N, running at 40 MHz max speed 300mbps. Now I can set the wireless channels to something in the higher range, or even 165 20MHz. I am hoping this will help reduce those, but if that doesn't help. I'd have reproducible interruption when on my commute driving through specific areas with higher wireless interference. I'm excited for the new wireless standard. I'll probably convert my v3 to a travel unit and use it in rental cars that don't support wireless CarPlay, or as a spare if an update borks the v5. I figured I'd buy the v5 and give it a shot, seems promising. Even tried before ordering the v5 when everyone mentioned the new firmware, the v3 didn't see anything past 2022. Always had to rollback to the older version. to 2022.), my phone would stop connecting - it would still display in my Head Unit, but iPhone wouldn't recognize it as CarPlay. I own a 2020 Tundra, the v3 when upgrading to the latest versions ( from version 2022. Wireless improvements are noticeable, haven't taken it on a long drive yet (just received it).
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