stan wrote:

but it looks rubbish Geoff....


seriously though , thats a brilliant idea and will probably save you about £60 ...nice job mate

I have to say I need to spend a bit more time polishing the sides of the pad BUT it works, like you say saved me 60 quid and the armrest closes fine covering all my bodging and the phone up I have all the brodit kit (what I used previously) fittied to my L405 and I guess I'll have to take it out and offer it for sale soon. Geoff

.[/quote] Similar to mine, but I put the plug into the bottom of the phone.[/quote]

That is exactly what I used to do but the kids want to charge Android phones (mines Apple)and even Ear Buds - all wireless and I didn't have the right cables for everything so being a good dad I just upgraded. Geoff

adara wrote:

For iPhone there is this adapter that we are successfully using for both our JLR cars:

https://cplay2air.com/

Hi Adara

I bought one of these so I wouldn't have to physically plug my iPhone in to use CarPlay and I'm having loads of issues trying to get it to connect in any sort of reasonable timescale.

Their website says 7-14sec to connect and yours are 30-40sec, both of which I would be happy with but it never connects in less than 2 minutes and on a few short journeys recently (3-4 miles/6-10 mins) it hasn't connected by the time I return home

Did yours work as expected straight out of the box or did you have to do any specific bluetooth/wifi fiddling about to set it up?

I've been emailing the supplier but mainly they are telling me to get my iPhone to forget all other devices. That's not practical as I can't be re-pairing earphones and other devices everytime I get out of the car.

TIA

Rob 2021 D350 Fifty Edition - Carpathian Grey
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I didn't do any configuring, however check that the software is up to date. For this, on the phone, while it is already connected to Cplay2Air, open a browser window and tap this address: 192.168.50.2
This is the adapter configuration screen and it will check for updates, there were 2 of them recently.

Of course, update iOS and also check the ICTP version too.

There is no need to unpair stuff, but I did unpair the phone from the car's bluetooth. This is not an adapter issue, but CarPlay and bluetooth do not work well together.

Very rarely it doesn't connect (less than once a month) and I unplug and replug the adapter from the USB port and this solves the issue... I actually kind of blame the ICTP more for this, as glitches like blank screen, no reverse camera, etc. occur once every week...

Thanks Adara

I'll give that a go and see if it improves connection reliability. 2021 D350 Fifty Edition - Carpathian Grey
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