Aftermarket carplay on 2017 RX350
#586
Driver School Candidate
Startup time
How long is everyone's startup time? I find majority of the time its a cold start (40s). Sometimes is near instant, resume from sleep kind of thing. No idea what the trigger is for each behavior. Thoughts?
#587
The android / carplay uses aux for audio so as Long as you keep audio source as aux you can do everything in Lexus interface, music from carplay won’t be interrupted. The same goes for back up camera and parking sensors. You can use factory nav and carplay music at the same time. Oem Nav voice and carplay music will play.
After the bluetooth reset and re-pairing, my wireless CarPlay connection seems more stable too
#588
Not sure which part you refer to as too complicated. Shipping only took 3 days from HK to Boston. I installed mine in 30 minutes (thanks for awesome posts here I read all of them prior to starting installation) and this is my first try. I was instantly a happy man. The next few days were just getting familiar with it and optimizing setting to my preference.
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#589
Driver School Candidate
bumping my question from earlier.
How is everyone's startup experience? My box seems to cold start 90% of the time -- which takes about 40 seconds each time to fully boot up. I find on occasion that the device will warm boot, which is near instant. I have no idea under what conditions the box will warm boot -- looking for others experiences on the startup?
How is everyone's startup experience? My box seems to cold start 90% of the time -- which takes about 40 seconds each time to fully boot up. I find on occasion that the device will warm boot, which is near instant. I have no idea under what conditions the box will warm boot -- looking for others experiences on the startup?
#590
bumping my question from earlier.
How is everyone's startup experience? My box seems to cold start 90% of the time -- which takes about 40 seconds each time to fully boot up. I find on occasion that the device will warm boot, which is near instant. I have no idea under what conditions the box will warm boot -- looking for others experiences on the startup?
How is everyone's startup experience? My box seems to cold start 90% of the time -- which takes about 40 seconds each time to fully boot up. I find on occasion that the device will warm boot, which is near instant. I have no idea under what conditions the box will warm boot -- looking for others experiences on the startup?
#591
Pole Position
Thread Starter
bumping my question from earlier.
How is everyone's startup experience? My box seems to cold start 90% of the time -- which takes about 40 seconds each time to fully boot up. I find on occasion that the device will warm boot, which is near instant. I have no idea under what conditions the box will warm boot -- looking for others experiences on the startup?
How is everyone's startup experience? My box seems to cold start 90% of the time -- which takes about 40 seconds each time to fully boot up. I find on occasion that the device will warm boot, which is near instant. I have no idea under what conditions the box will warm boot -- looking for others experiences on the startup?
#592
Driver School Candidate
#593
Pole Position
Thread Starter
When it warm boot, it's like instantly cause it boots from sleep. I wish there is an option to make it always go to sleep like that and only reboot when I want to.
#594
Well I have to say that I’m pretty disappointed in this device. I had my first lengthy drive (5+) hours each way with the device installed and it was horribly unreliable. In fact it was so poor that I ended up just using the standard Lexus interface for most of the drive home. The problem was that every few minutes it would lose the connection and I’d be staring at the connect the device screen. Cosmo, the idea behind this is great but in that I have over $600 in it plus a load of time, well, I’m frustrated.
#595
Well I have to say that I’m pretty disappointed in this device. I had my first lengthy drive (5+) hours each way with the device installed and it was horribly unreliable. In fact it was so poor that I ended up just using the standard Lexus interface for most of the drive home. The problem was that every few minutes it would lose the connection and I’d be staring at the connect the device screen. Cosmo, the idea behind this is great but in that I have over $600 in it plus a load of time, well, I’m frustrated.
#597
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Thread Starter
#598
I should stress that I don't even have a Lexus at this time but I will have one in the future. I don't really like cars, although I've had 10+ new Mercedes in my life, all before they became such tech loaded cars. I currently drive a 2015 Venza and my wife drives a 2017 MBZ C-300. Having said that, I'm not likely to get carplay until they get all the kinks out. Once they do that, if I buy used, I want trusted mechanic to be able to install a reliable unit. I don't want any more complications. I currently use a GArmin GPS that sticks on the windshield and is very reliable. Love my Garmin lady. My wife has a Garmin SD chip in her Benz and it appears to be as reliable, although I never drive it. Thanks for all the input none the less.
#599
My experience prior to to do this was that when starting my car, all three systems appear to be a bt phone device and they were completing to connect to my phone and caused issues at the same time.
#600
You can repair all your headset and appple watchafter the network reset on your phone. I do have apple watch and headset as well. The key is to keep only one bt connection with your car via carplay, No bt to Lexus and android box.
My experience prior to to do this was that when starting my car, all three systems appear to be a bt phone device and they were completing to connect to my phone and caused issues at the same time.
My experience prior to to do this was that when starting my car, all three systems appear to be a bt phone device and they were completing to connect to my phone and caused issues at the same time.