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Does anyone know why “waiting CarPlay UI” takes forever? Sometimes it wouldn’t even connect and I have to “tap to connect” again.
My wife's iPhone has been doing this as well. Cord or no-cord. Most of the time it loads after a few minutes, then cuts out 3-4 times, then finally comes back.
Although, 50% of the time it doesn't work at all.
She's one back from the latest iOS 14 build.
I just tested with Wireless AA and it seems to be doing the same thing. Won't connect, probably needs a full reboot every time to make it work.
Well, I ordered this and now looking into installation. Has anyone installed this in the armrest console ? Seems like the best spot without needed to drill anything. If you install there what did you do about the gps locator?
Bob - here is mine mounted under the pull out tray in the center console. Fits perfect and frees up space in the glove box (wife uses it to store grocery bags). The power cable was just long enough - I wish I had 2 more inches. Ran the wires down the right side of the center console. As Eddie said - there lots of room there.
This is just perfect and exactly what I want to do. Just a few questions before I do the same thing. What did you do about the gps receiver ? Where was that located?
Cut a small open in filter door to route harness. Didn't want to hack up my glove box, so this is more reasonable.
Mount VL2 with some automotive grade Velcro. Easy to remove if I need to access cabin filter.
Zip tied everything down for nice OEM look. Don't know what all these HDMI and VGA ports are for. Maybe future expansion..front cameras? Full Android Auto and Car Play are supported in the future with those USB ports.
Route GPS to passenger pillar. Looks very OEM.
How come your aux port is occupied ? I though the Grom uses the factory mic for the GS 350 ?
damn i really wanted to update, so for those of you guys that have it, would you recommend it ? is there any issues that is going to be a deal breaker for you guys ?
I wish I had a better picture to explain what I am talking about. If you remove the center trim behind the cupholders, there is a lot of space to route wires into the bottom compartment under the tray. To me that was dead space I was not going to use for anything. Frankly, you can mount it anywhere you see fit, but the center console has good depth to mount this or any similar dimension items down there. Sorry I can't explain this better.
Do you need to drill a hole for the cable to come inside the center console underneath the tray ?
I'd highly recommend you don't put VL2 unit somewhere you can't get to. You will need access to the unit to pull the harness cable in-case you need to hard reboot. Glove box is the best place and it is what GROM recommends. Just follow my install guide it's pretty detailed.
07-25-21, 09:34 AM
