I'm literally about to bite the bullet on an ID Core carplay setup from unique auto developments. I don't fancy the install myself and have looked at their approved installers, narrowing down to either jet automotive in Newport or Automotive control in Bristol.

Just wondered if anyone has experience with either of these two? Or potentially recommendations for someone you would trust to have the dash and screen out of your L322 and get it all back together properly 🙂

Thanks in advance

what about Craig at cam-tec? ... - .- -.




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Didn't cross my mind, worth a shot though, will ask the question

Craig knows his stuff and you'll get the job done properly...  ... - .- -.




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Thanks Stan...

I fitted several of them sir... Including one in my own car...

This was a very good call Stan got the car back today and super happy knowing the job has been done properly! The car got some needed tlc at the same time too so win win

My thanks to Craig, it was nice to finally meet you (and your four legged beasts too!! ) see you again in another 5k miles (and in the nicest possible way, hopefully no sooner )

For anyone else wanting to go down this route who is within reach of camtech it's simply a no brainer, it ended up costing no more than I was quoted by the generic installers who's experience with this car is an unknown.

As far as the idcore system itself goes, too early to tell, definitely dial down that master volume setting and spend some time playing with the eq a bit, by default the volume is maxed out and it does not sound good. I am not an audiophile but after some initial tweaking I'm happy with the sound. Everything else seems positive and it looks pretty awesome in a 10 year old car. Attached a couple of pics, please... No judgement on the choice of music

Looks great, can you switch back to the car’s original system- for instance if you had the rear entertainment and wanted to use it for the kids? 2009 (2010 MY) 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography
2007 TDV8 Vogue SE
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So the website says “all factory functions retained including rear entertainment”

https://id-core.co.uk/product/land-rover-r...interface/

Would someone be able to post a picture of the 4x4 screens working with this or the car set up menus or timed aux heating ? TDV8 4.4 2012

Yes RSE should work just fine although I haven’t tested it (never had any need to use rse to date), I’ll test it out this weekend.

Overall I am really happy with this system, it isn’t totally perfect for sure but it has made a huge difference.

I have a minor niggle with Google maps voice control but I want to update to the latest firmwares before I get into details.

For those wanting to see how the original system is still intact I popped up a very short video. I’ll do a full review at some point after I’ve lived with the system for a while and found all of the little niggles but in the meantime



Not in the video but I did a really quick test of RSE, all appears to be working in the back with carplay running up front.

Any update on this Tezza are you still impressed ?

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Been using it for just over a month now, I WFH a lot so it's not seen extended periods of use, maybe a couple of 90 minute trips but plenty of local runs. it's definitely not perfect but I would absolutely do it again.

I'd like to have been able to do a proper review but time is money (and yet I have little of either ) so here's a quick rundown after using it for a while that some might find helpful. Bear in mind I use only an iphone and the carplay features of the idcore.

Integration

A few people have PM'd me with concerns around the original LR system when idcore is installed. It really isn't an issue, think of them as two independent systems that you can display and interact with via the LR touchscreen.

There are of course physical modifications required in order to integrate with the LR touchscreen which is how this thread started A new PCB must be installed in the unit that houses the touchscreen, an additional microphone is installed along with the idcore unit itself.

The original LR system is always running, fully functional and it's display is completely unmodified, you wont find a menu option in your LR system to switch to carplay for example.

Switching between the two systems is achieved by long pressing the end-call button on the steering wheel, this switches the video input (not sure if that is courtesy of the additional PCB or an inbuilt input switch on the LR system?) to the idcore system, in my case running carplay. All the while, the original LR system is running as it was before, it just has no screen to display on because it's in use by idcore.

Audio is switched separately, to route audio from the idcore to the LR audio system, the AUX input must be selected in the LR system and a 3.5mm audio plug must be plugged into the media input panel in the rear, I have no idea what is inside this, it's clearly not powered by anything so... resistor maybe? Audio will not work without it whatever it is.

Unfortunately this plug is long enough that it does not permit the audio panel flap to close, I find this annoying but live with it, maybe it's possible to modify for those who are handy.


Since audio and video are switched seperately, this means it's possible to...

Listen to another input, say dab, but have carplay displayed and functional but without audio output (theoretically siri voice control still works)
Listen to audio via carplay but have the original LR system displayed

I don't typically use the system like this but the following photo was taken whilst in the LR camera system, carplay audio feeding me waze instructions and streaming from youtube music

your settings 'should' have an option of right hand or left hand steering wheel..change it to left and the left vertical icon band will go to the right of the screen ..more handy instead of reaching over to the left [unless you got long arms ] ... - .- -.




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I am very lanky Stan but I also prefer that menu on the left.

I forgot to mention that a couple of people also sent me PM's who seemed to be under the impression that this solution would givile screen mirroring functionality. It's probably worth noting that this isn't strictly true and for those who haven't experienced carplay I would hate for them to think they'll be parked up watching Netflix on their LR screen... carplay won't do this (although there are other solutions for that if it's your cup of tea).

i only mentioned that tip as it also shows the directions panel on the right instead of left..  ... - .- -.




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