i get what you're trying to achieve Craig but i think its one or the other...the carplay will want to connect first cos it wants all the audio to go through it...

if you want the audio from the phone via direct BT then i can only think that switching off carplay will do that..

[this is a guess..can you select where the audio goes via the phone settings ??]


although connected with a cable ,my stand alone android auto unit needs a BT connection to 'shake hands' with the unit which means all my phone calls and audio goes through the unit... ... - .- -.




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Exactly that Stan.

It’s a “pain” trying to connect to my BlackVue dash cams as well. I have to disallow the phone to connect to CarPlay and/or wait for the Range Rover systems to go back to sleep again.

stan wrote:

i get what you're trying to achieve Craig but i think its one or the other...the carplay will want to connect first cos it wants all the audio to go through it...

if you want the audio from the phone via direct BT then i can only think that switching off carplay will do that..

[this is a guess..can you select where the audio goes via the phone settings ??]


although connected with a cable ,my stand alone android auto unit needs a BT connection to 'shake hands' with the unit which means all my phone calls and audio goes through the unit...

it does..

i think because this carplay 'addon' isnt completely integrated into the FF's system [as the newer FF's are] then its a choice of BT with the phone or BT with carplay..

its like 2 systems fighting over the BT connection whereas the newer FF's only have one BT connection..


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so it appears you can connect more than one item on the iphones's BT but if i've read it correctly ,only one BT 'audio' output..

have you thought about having 2 phones ..one connected to the FF and the other to carplay.. ... - .- -.




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Hi Craig. Doesn’t solve your issue but why do you want to connect Bluetooth as well as CarPlay ? With these units once CarPlay is connected wirelessly I understood they are fully featured. Thereby can play music, can be controlled by the steering wheel and can make and receive calls hands free using the phone and message functions as well as Siri built into CarPlay. Unless I am missing something why would you need to cross back into the LR environment ? 2013 L405 AB 4.4SDV8 Luxor/Ivory, 2007 Vogue TDV8 Epson Green/Sand, 2008 Vogue TDV8 Buckingham Blue/Sand, 2003 Vogue 4.4 LPG Epsom Green/Sage, 1998 Vogue SE 4.6 LPG Epsom Green/Cream

Hi Craig,
How did you get on with this? Did you manage to find a solution?
I expect you’ll be fighting with the CarPlay vs Bluetooth connections as they are conflicting approaches. Apple devices like to do it their way only, and their way is CarPlay and that’s it - the CarPlay takes care of the screen, audio, calls, etc thereby making Bluetooth redundant (and because its Apple, then tough!)

You may be able to force Bluetooth afterwards, but that’s a fudge… and its possible that it may not be doable after the next iPhone update.

However, i am happy to be wrong as it opens up more possibilities for them separate screen CarPlay devices… Currently driving: 2012 L322 SE Overfinch 4.4 tdv8

Past rides:
2014 Audi Q7 3.0d (good riddance)
2010 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged
2011 L320 HSE 3.0 sdv6
2014 Jaguar XF-RS 5.0 supercharged
2007 BMW 535D
2005 Mini Cooper S

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That is just an opinion piece and not fact based at all. I explained several times in here how it works and it is fully standards compliant.