Aftermarket carplay on 2017 RX350
11-28-19, 09:13 AM
#902
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Thank you all for the good information. I just put in my unit with wireless. Everything seems to be working. Cosmo asked my calls. He's a big help. Here're a few things to report:
1. I used a semi-rigid electric wire as fish line to help wiring.
2. I connected via AUX. There's a high pitch noise coming out of AUX only.
3. I use Waze on iPhone for navigation. I also like to listen to radio. But these two things don't come together. The navigation sound doesn't play over radio. I hope there's some bypasses. My solution now is use Radio/Media on the head unit to switch. I don't need navigation on all the time anyway.
4. The navigation prompt loses first few words. For instance, "In 1.7 miles" gets truncated to "7 miles".
5. I leave the box out for now just in case. The red light inside keeps blinking when the car is locked. Will battery run out?
6. Will this add on invalidate my warranty? I found oil after opening the trim under the screen. I don't want to put everything back and take the car to the dealer.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope one of you can answer my questions.
1. I used a semi-rigid electric wire as fish line to help wiring.
2. I connected via AUX. There's a high pitch noise coming out of AUX only.
3. I use Waze on iPhone for navigation. I also like to listen to radio. But these two things don't come together. The navigation sound doesn't play over radio. I hope there's some bypasses. My solution now is use Radio/Media on the head unit to switch. I don't need navigation on all the time anyway.
4. The navigation prompt loses first few words. For instance, "In 1.7 miles" gets truncated to "7 miles".
5. I leave the box out for now just in case. The red light inside keeps blinking when the car is locked. Will battery run out?
6. Will this add on invalidate my warranty? I found oil after opening the trim under the screen. I don't want to put everything back and take the car to the dealer.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope one of you can answer my questions.
11-29-19, 06:38 AM
#903
Lexus Fanatic
11-29-19, 05:37 PM
#904
Driver School Candidate
Thank you all for the good information. I just put in my unit with wireless. Everything seems to be working. Cosmo asked my calls. He's a big help. Here're a few things to report:
1. I used a semi-rigid electric wire as fish line to help wiring.
2. I connected via AUX. There's a high pitch noise coming out of AUX only.
3. I use Waze on iPhone for navigation. I also like to listen to radio. But these two things don't come together. The navigation sound doesn't play over radio. I hope there's some bypasses. My solution now is use Radio/Media on the head unit to switch. I don't need navigation on all the time anyway.
4. The navigation prompt loses first few words. For instance, "In 1.7 miles" gets truncated to "7 miles".
5. I leave the box out for now just in case. The red light inside keeps blinking when the car is locked. Will battery run out?
6. Will this add on invalidate my warranty? I found oil after opening the trim under the screen. I don't want to put everything back and take the car to the dealer.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope one of you can answer my questions.
1. I used a semi-rigid electric wire as fish line to help wiring.
2. I connected via AUX. There's a high pitch noise coming out of AUX only.
3. I use Waze on iPhone for navigation. I also like to listen to radio. But these two things don't come together. The navigation sound doesn't play over radio. I hope there's some bypasses. My solution now is use Radio/Media on the head unit to switch. I don't need navigation on all the time anyway.
4. The navigation prompt loses first few words. For instance, "In 1.7 miles" gets truncated to "7 miles".
5. I leave the box out for now just in case. The red light inside keeps blinking when the car is locked. Will battery run out?
6. Will this add on invalidate my warranty? I found oil after opening the trim under the screen. I don't want to put everything back and take the car to the dealer.
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope one of you can answer my questions.
Download Radio.com APP and/or TuneIn Radio app and play your stations through that. Then your navigation should announce things correctly as everything is being played back via Carplay.
12-02-19, 11:51 AM
#906
the 3.5 mm look back thing is a MUST. with it plugged into you car's aux port in the center storage console your call in carplay will be good. It also allows the double press of map button to switch into car play from factory interface.
12-02-19, 11:54 AM
#907
12-02-19, 12:23 PM
#908
Lexus Fanatic
I have it plugged in and call quality in CarPlay is still poor.
12-02-19, 07:59 PM
#909
Driver School Candidate
If it has sound already. Then we can ignore it.
It's in reserved
Best regards, Coco Qin
12-06-19, 06:05 AM
#911
Driver School Candidate
Hello Everyone, recently one of the representative in lexus showroom told me that https://www.iclarified.com/70876/sel...arplay-upgrade carplay was made available for 2018 models. as per him more model like rx will have an software update in early 2020. can anyone validate this news?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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LexNYC83 (03-08-20)
12-15-19, 06:34 PM
#913
I finally got time to take out the center console. Pulling out the top power connector worked. My mouse and Lexus menus are working. Apple Carplay is functional again. Another forum user sent me a private message saying the exact thing has happened to them. I emailed COSMOS about what I did, asking him if there was a way to reboot without having to take out the center console, as it has 2 10mm bolts and multiple trimming holding it in place. Waiting his response...
The one page document that came with the LSAIT showed that pressing RADIO + MEDIA might reboot the Android unit. This did not work. The Android unit was essentially frozen, locking up the Lexus computer as well. Hoping there is a good workaround as having to get to the center console is too much trouble.
The one page document that came with the LSAIT showed that pressing RADIO + MEDIA might reboot the Android unit. This did not work. The Android unit was essentially frozen, locking up the Lexus computer as well. Hoping there is a good workaround as having to get to the center console is too much trouble.
Ugh, my unit has stopped working. I have the 7.1 with wireless CarPlay in a 2018 RX350 F-Sport. When I start my car, I no longer see the mouse. I can only see the start-up disclaimer page (which I can't hit Continue without the mouse) and then it goes to the Lexus Map. The Menu/Map button no longer do anything. When I'm in Media mode, I can hear a beeping noise at different octaves. It seems the Android unit is in some funky state. I haven't had a chance to get behind the center console yet cuz it's a PITA to unscrew the 2 10mm bolts, especially the right one. And no, hitting MODE and up arrow button for 5 seconds to reset doesn't work.
I contacted COSMOS but he didn't seem to know what was going on. I wanted to post to the forum first to see if anyone has had the same issue. When I get time I will undo the center console and hopefully be able to reset something. Major hassle to have to redo this if this keeps happening.
I contacted COSMOS but he didn't seem to know what was going on. I wanted to post to the forum first to see if anyone has had the same issue. When I get time I will undo the center console and hopefully be able to reset something. Major hassle to have to redo this if this keeps happening.
12-15-19, 06:36 PM
#914
Unfortunately I believe it's already been discussed in this forum that RX350 models are out of luck as it's a hardware issue, so any software upgrade won't apply to these models.
Hello Everyone, recently one of the representative in lexus showroom told me that https://www.iclarified.com/70876/sel...arplay-upgrade carplay was made available for 2018 models. as per him more model like rx will have an software update in early 2020. can anyone validate this news?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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wdarea24 (12-16-19)
12-15-19, 06:45 PM
#915
Pole Position
Thread Starter
how about pressing and holding the Mode and the Up button on your steering wheel? I usually reboot the android box with that.
I finally got time to take out the center console. Pulling out the top power connector worked. My mouse and Lexus menus are working. Apple Carplay is functional again. Another forum user sent me a private message saying the exact thing has happened to them. I emailed COSMOS about what I did, asking him if there was a way to reboot without having to take out the center console, as it has 2 10mm bolts and multiple trimming holding it in place. Waiting his response...
The one page document that came with the LSAIT showed that pressing RADIO + MEDIA might reboot the Android unit. This did not work. The Android unit was essentially frozen, locking up the Lexus computer as well. Hoping there is a good workaround as having to get to the center console is too much trouble.
The one page document that came with the LSAIT showed that pressing RADIO + MEDIA might reboot the Android unit. This did not work. The Android unit was essentially frozen, locking up the Lexus computer as well. Hoping there is a good workaround as having to get to the center console is too much trouble.