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superhowe

superhowe

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Hello everyone,

 

New Impreza owner here. I'm having problems setting up Carplay (I've been fiddling for a good half hour in the car).

 

1. The head unit recognises my iphone via bluetooth and music plays fine

2. The head unit does not activate the USB function when I connect via USB

3. When I go to the Carplay option in iphone, it doesn't detect my car (both with the engine on/off)

 

Have I got myself a faulty head unit or am I missing a step somewhere?

Siri is activated, phone restarted; nothing works! 

 

Any help/advice would be most appreciated.

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Ryansg

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Hello everyone,

 

New Impreza owner here. I'm having problems setting up Carplay (I've been fiddling for a good half hour in the car).

 

1. The head unit recognises my iphone via bluetooth and music plays fine

2. The head unit does not activate the USB function when I connect via USB

3. When I go to the Carplay option in iphone, it doesn't detect my car (both with the engine on/off)

 

Have I got myself a faulty head unit or am I missing a step somewhere?

Siri is activated, phone restarted; nothing works!

 

Any help/advice would be most appreciated.

Any attempts with a different cable?
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Pancgom

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Hello everyone,

 

New Impreza owner here. I'm having problems setting up Carplay (I've been fiddling for a good half hour in the car).

 

1. The head unit recognises my iphone via bluetooth and music plays fine

2. The head unit does not activate the USB function when I connect via USB

3. When I go to the Carplay option in iphone, it doesn't detect my car (both with the engine on/off)

 

Have I got myself a faulty head unit or am I missing a step somewhere?

Siri is activated, phone restarted; nothing works! 

 

Any help/advice would be most appreciated.

 

 

The HU on Subi Impreza 2017/ 18 sold by MI does not come with Android Auto and CarPlay. They swap the original with a Panasonic HU. Check my earlier posts. Your sales person didn't tell you?.

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superhowe

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The HU on Subi Impreza 2017/ 18 sold by MI does not come with Android Auto and CarPlay. They swap the original with a Panasonic HU. Check my earlier posts. Your sales person didn't tell you?.

 

 

Actually, he said there is carplay when I asked him.  [nosebleed]

 

Unless just because he saw the app icon there he just assumed it's installed.

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Reo

Reo

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Suby which model ?

 

When I was in the showroom In May, Impreza and XV were all Panasonic and as Pancgom mentioned, the Panny is not capable of CarPlay and Audroid Auto.  It's a pain that MI switched to this HU when as we speak, we're near to the year 2020.

 

The GPS software on the Panny is very interesting though, it's quite different than the other software I'm used to like Garmin, & Google Map.  When in tunnel, it will go into tunnel display and is able to still provide quite accurate guidance.  In short, I'd say the GPS is very decent although for me, it often lost satellite signal.

 

 

 

 

 

Actually, he said there is carplay when I asked him.  [nosebleed]

 

Unless just because he saw the app icon there he just assumed it's installed.

 

 

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Wkenneth88

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Why people go for Carplay? If drive to Malaysia, unless yr smartphone has Malaysia SIM card, u can't use the GPS on yr phone for Carplay, isn't it?

 

Pardon my ignorance

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RCTP

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Android auto can download offline Google maps.

 

Apple carplay don't support offline maps. However from ios12 onwards sygic and other third party apps will be available on apple carplay. And so offline maps also available.

 

Android auto/apple carplay or not. If you don't have data roaming or Malaysia SIM card, you also can't use your phone anyway.

 

Don't understand the point of your question.

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jimmwong

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Not necessarily so. My Opel Astra isn't high end but it has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support. :)

 

And Elantra 2017 is supposed to have. Bottom line is just check with SE loh. But more and more manufacturers are incorporating it for aure

 

 

Kia Sorento came with it but not the Lexus NX300 :(

In fact, there are many Apps that can read out and reply text/whatsapp etc. As most vehicles don't come with Apple Car Play or Android, Auto, the money spent to change the Head Unit is not worth after all. Moreover, the location of most Head Unit is not at eye level which makes it pointless when come to navigation.

 

 

wait till siri had to read from a true blue singaproean group chat.

Why people go for Carplay? If drive to Malaysia, unless yr smartphone has Malaysia SIM card, u can't use the GPS on yr phone for Carplay, isn't it?

 

Pardon my ignorance

 

 

M1 data passport :)

Android auto can download offline Google maps.

 

Apple carplay don't support offline maps. However from ios12 onwards sygic and other third party apps will be available on apple carplay. And so offline maps also available.

 

Android auto/apple carplay or not. If you don't have data roaming or Malaysia SIM card, you also can't use your phone anyway.

 

Don't understand the point of your question.

 

Cant wait, google maps waze etc....

 

Hoping to get it in sept.

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RCTP

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Anyone here added in a boot auto open/ close device?

That links to android auto and/or Apple CarPlay?
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Roadhogger

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Response from Subaru as below

 

Warmest greetings.

 

Thank you for your enquiry through our online enquiry form.

 

We sincerely apologize for not being able to accede to your request.

 

Please note that there is a free upgrade to the head unit. The main advantages of the Panasonic Head Unit are that it comes with a built-in Navigation unit that provides turn by turn directions even after losing GPS signal (e.g. MCE & KPE tunnels). Also the head unit will come with additional features such as HDMI Input, DVD playback, WebLink and Android Mode.

 

You may refer to attached quick reference guide.

 

Thank you and we wish you a pleasant day ahead!

Can you ple@se attached the quick reference guide?
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Reo

Reo

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Wired or wireless ?

 

Anyways, to me mirroring on the HU is a dumb idea, when you can use Android Auto.

 

Besides, when I used G Map on the mirroring, you can't hear the navigation audio nor music from your HU (other source).

 

Any1 tried andriod auto mirroring ?

 

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chonsiew

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Tried AMap, GMap, Waze, Sygic and Bmap on Clarion HU (Think it's from Malaysia or Vietnam) installed by AD.  The Clarion supports Carplay and worked flawlessly with my iPhone 6 thru USB1.

 

Observations: On SG roads, AMap is smooth and economy (battery & data), GMap is most accurate but quite a strain on batt and data, Waze is most informative (Thanks to all bros who provided the inputs while driving!) and Sygic is -- quite commerce heavy (need you to pay for features) and finally BMap (Baidu), well I think it is good for mandarin commands via Siri.

 

As some bros here pointed out, Apple Siri is good for phone, message and music play commands.  For navigation using any one of the maps mentioned, I gave up!!

 

 

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