2018gti
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Massachusetts, USA
- Car(s)
- Golf GTI Autobahn MT
No prob! It’s nothing revolutionary that really makes it better, but that media delay/timeout you can tweak to maybe get more performance.7
Aftermarket "wireless" CarPlay
- Thread starter wario406
- Start date
No prob! It’s nothing revolutionary that really makes it better, but that media delay/timeout you can tweak to maybe get more performance.Vorne Au hinten Weh
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Great White North
I have the CPLAY2AIR unit which is likely very similar to the one mentioned above. Initially it had a rather poor sound performance. In the car, with the adapter active and wireless Carplay working, I looked on theniPhone for the WiFi ID and the phone settings for it. Turns out the iPhone had set this specific WiFi to "low quality", trying to save battery power I think. So I selected "hi quality" and all the audio problems went away. I have the phone on a 10W charge pad while driving, which supplies more than enough power for ongoing map and music use.
Fourflys
New member
- Location
- Bremerton, WA
- Car(s)
- 2016 Autobahn DSG
Is the unit small enough to fit in the cubby with the door closed while plugged in? It would be kind of annoying if I had to have the door open all the time...
thanks
IWMTom
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- North East England
Yes. It's very small.
GTI Jake
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
I’m tempted to get one. After driving the wife’s ‘21 GLI it’s annoying to plug in for CarPlay in my Gti
I’ve tested both CPLAY2air and Z6-Plus.
First one just works, connects without any issues, once configured no problems with audio quality.
Seconds one have more features (like video playback from USB drive and AirPlay mirroring) but needs a reboot to switch between CarPlay and other stuff.
also tested AI Box which is a stand-alone Android device working independently from the phone and just pretends to be an iPhone so the car will let it use the display, speakers and touch input. Lots of cool options over there but it will not let you use CarPlay (Wired or Wireless) - you are using it instead of your phone.
First one just works, connects without any issues, once configured no problems with audio quality.
Seconds one have more features (like video playback from USB drive and AirPlay mirroring) but needs a reboot to switch between CarPlay and other stuff.
also tested AI Box which is a stand-alone Android device working independently from the phone and just pretends to be an iPhone so the car will let it use the display, speakers and touch input. Lots of cool options over there but it will not let you use CarPlay (Wired or Wireless) - you are using it instead of your phone.
bobloblawGTI
Autocross Champion
- Location
- DC
- Car(s)
- 19 GTI SE 6MT
Second the Carlink 2.0 adapter. It's not perfect but it works great, especially for shorter trips. There's a very long forum post on MacRumors chronically its saga, but the verdict is it seems to work great with VWs: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/carplay-adapter-to-convert-to-wireless-carplay.2193978/
I personally would recommend upgrading the firmware to the custom one this guy did up for the adapter; same as stock but removes some extraneous logging and processor limitations that improves performance. Also the "autokit" UI is red and matches our interiors really well: https://github.com/ludwig-v/wireles...ster/Custom_Firmware/2021.03.06_BASED/AUTOKIT
I personally would recommend upgrading the firmware to the custom one this guy did up for the adapter; same as stock but removes some extraneous logging and processor limitations that improves performance. Also the "autokit" UI is red and matches our interiors really well: https://github.com/ludwig-v/wireles...ster/Custom_Firmware/2021.03.06_BASED/AUTOKIT
Bumping old thread to share comparison between most popular adapters.
table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EMCOfEgc6PSrUTRv7o8LPsh3WMs2J6uXPPXKCg-_vHo/
table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EMCOfEgc6PSrUTRv7o8LPsh3WMs2J6uXPPXKCg-_vHo/