anyone getting the grom vline?
#766
Hi everyone -- I just had the VL-1 installed on my car (2004 Land Cruiser 120 -same infotainment and everything as the Lexus GX470- located overseas, so I haven't seen it yet...but will do so over the holidays). I also asked them to install a backup camera, but they could not find a way to automatically trigger the video input switch when the car is put in reverse. Instead, they said, I need to manually select the Video Input on the VLine interface to bring the camera up.
Are they missing something here? Has anyone been able to implement this?
Many thanks, and happy to be part of this community!
Are they missing something here? Has anyone been able to implement this?
Many thanks, and happy to be part of this community!
#768
GROM offered to replace it for free under the warranty, but wanted the defective cable back first. We settled on them selling me a replacement for a $15 deposit, since I was not in the mood to disassemble the dash twice.
See if wiggling the cable at the plug makes any difference. This is what mine use to look like:
#769
No, at first it didn't do this at all (I bought my unit 2nd hand).
After a while it would do it after warm-up occasionally; say a few seconds per minute.
Per last week more often and this morning it would not go away.
I'll try wiggling the cables, but as the fault did not occur when for example driving over bumps, and also occurred when not driving at all, I suspect it is more likely to be a bad solderjoint which manifested itself after warmup and is now bad forever.
Grom already offered to repair it under warranty, but like you I don't like to go through the process of taking it and the cables out, shipping it to the US (I'm in the Netherlands) and installing it again after repair. Although that's probably what I'll end up doing.
The happiness with the VLine only lasted for about 2 weeks.
Cheers,
Johan
After a while it would do it after warm-up occasionally; say a few seconds per minute.
Per last week more often and this morning it would not go away.
I'll try wiggling the cables, but as the fault did not occur when for example driving over bumps, and also occurred when not driving at all, I suspect it is more likely to be a bad solderjoint which manifested itself after warmup and is now bad forever.
Grom already offered to repair it under warranty, but like you I don't like to go through the process of taking it and the cables out, shipping it to the US (I'm in the Netherlands) and installing it again after repair. Although that's probably what I'll end up doing.
The happiness with the VLine only lasted for about 2 weeks.
Cheers,
Johan
Last edited by JohanH; 12-15-17 at 11:56 AM. Reason: typo
#770
Yes, I have to agree that sounds more like a bad internal connection. Mine could be "fixed" by adding a bit of slack and bending the cable just right where it connected to the VLine unit. Sorry to hear you only got 2 weeks of use out of yours. I must say that once it is working, you will wonder how you ever got by without it. I'm hoping the version 2 VLine will get released soon for I suspect improving the responsiveness of CarPlay will require a bit more horsepower and memory. Good luck.
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JohanH (12-15-17)
#771
That's why I hesitate to give up on it.
On the other hand, it seems like a neverending story; once this is fixed (which will take several weeks considering time to uninstall, ship, install), what will happen next?
I mean kudos to Grom support for responsiveness and fixing issues, but I'm really asking myself if it's worth all the trouble.
Johan
#772
Yep, I really enjoyed it when it worked properly.
That's why I hesitate to give up on it.
On the other hand, it seems like a neverending story; once this is fixed (which will take several weeks considering time to uninstall, ship, install), what will happen next?
I mean kudos to Grom support for responsiveness and fixing issues, but I'm really asking myself if it's worth all the trouble.
Johan
That's why I hesitate to give up on it.
On the other hand, it seems like a neverending story; once this is fixed (which will take several weeks considering time to uninstall, ship, install), what will happen next?
I mean kudos to Grom support for responsiveness and fixing issues, but I'm really asking myself if it's worth all the trouble.
Johan
Last edited by gromaudio; 12-15-17 at 02:19 PM.
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JohanH (12-15-17)
#775
In general VL2 will be pretty much the same unit. 3x faster CPU, 2GB RAM, HDMI in/out, 5G Wifi
We are running tests and all validations these days. Once everything is confirmed we will post official announcement along with prices. It will be Android 7.1 based.
We are running tests and all validations these days. Once everything is confirmed we will post official announcement along with prices. It will be Android 7.1 based.
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drischnie (12-22-17)
#776
On another hand I upgraded my unit to the latest version of the Vline firmware and it seems more stable, Bluetooth was not working for me before and now it is, but CarPlay continues to have redraw issues, i'm already used to going back to the android interface and return to carplay to clear the garble on the screen.
I still have to test the local music to see if the issues i had went away, and I'm still in iOS 10 because i continue to hear that iOS11 slows down devices too much.
I'll come back and report again when I test those things.
#777
#779
but CarPlay continues to have redraw issues, i'm already used to going back to the android interface and return to carplay to clear the garble on the screen
One Question again: is there anywhere a changelog for the several updates?
#780