Apple CarPlay and Google Android Auto Naviplus Group Buy (1 Viewer)
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I've used the NaviPlus unit the past few days of driving. I really need that Android Auto interface. It's so much more useful than the stock interface. That being said, I still have some issues with it.
- Whenever I use the mic on a call, I have to shout. I've moved the mic to the A-pillar using the included clip. But if I'm sitting in my normal position I have to shout to be heard. If I get closer to the mic, I'm heard better, but still have to be loud. I need to break into the dash again and look at the plug. I used Tessa tape to hold the mic male end into the mic input female end, but it could be they're not clicked in all the way.
- I use Android Auto for Waze or Google Maps and music (PlexAmp). However, the nav apps are all showing "night mode" where it's a dark background with dark roads/etc, even during daylight hours. I've gone into Waze (while the phone is not connected to NP) in the Android Auto app (this is important because starting Waze from the AA app starts Waze in a different view) and I've chosen to not use Auto Day/Night and manually set to Day mode. I still get Night Mode. Has anyone else run into this?
- I need to test out different audio apps. Using the steering wheel controls to skip a track in PlexAmp sometimes replays the current track. It can do that several times using the steering wheel controls. But I concede, this could be Plexamp. I need to test with another app.
Is your phone set to use dark mode (as a system setting, not just AA/GMaps)? This can sometimes cause maps to display in night mode 24/7.
So I feel dumb, but that worked. Here's why I didn't look into it. When I had AA on a different headunit, it would automatically switch between day and night. I even had Android 11 on the phone while I had the old HU and it still worked. Oh well. There's a schedule feature so this should solve issue #1. Now to look into the mic issue.
Any updates?
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Yes, apologies for the delay. I was just on a half country trip, including a stop for games 5 and 6 of the World Series.
Received word that Naviplus has an updated unit available for earlier gen LCs, but they stated 2012-2015. I’m waiting for confirmation on 2008-2011. Also waiting to hear back about another group buy discount code.
Thanks ty240...I've got a '14 so should be good. Are you saying that the current codes won't work for this new unit and should wait to for it?
1. My audio varies based on which iPhone I have plugged in. iPhone se is so tinny it’s hard to use. iPhone 11 sounds much better. Native system Bluetooth sound the same with both phones, vastly better.
3. I also get the track repeated pretty regularly when I skip. If I just doing it once in the middle of a song, it works correctly 100% of the time. If I try to skip multiple songs in a row, it always trips. The next songs info shows on the screen for a second and then the song I’m skipping starts from the beginning.
Naviplus says phone audio is what it is. No way to improve it currently. Haven’t asked about the poor skip feature.
RobW0
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Have you looked to see if you have the same EQ playback setting in both phones?
CharlieS
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Could I get in on the group?
I’ll try that. Thanks for the idea.
can you share the coupon code again. can’t seem to track it down! thx!
Curious if anyone has dealt with the customer service at Naviplus. Thinking about buying one after going in circles with GROM and their VLine. FYI... GROM has horrible customer service. Story for another post, but I would advise no one to buy from GROM.
I purchased from NP and I would say they're pretty responsive. I would have liked some more detailed responses to my specific question, but I was able to get the unit installed. Someone on another thread mentioned that there's a guy from NP who is on WhatsApp and helped him via chat on that app. I won't install any Facebook apps on my devices, so I don't know if that's still true.
My only issue is that the microphone input is very low. I have to shout very loudly to be heard. If I move very close to the mic (about 6-8 inches) I can barely be heard. I originally had the mic just above the rear view mirror, but NP asked me to move it closer. So I moved it to the A Pillar and am still having the same problem. I plugged the male mic end into the female end on the new harness, but I can't remember if I pushed "really hard" to get them together. I then used Tesa tape to wrap that connection (as well as the male/female AUX connections). I'll have to break open the dash again to verify a solid connection.
If it is any consolation, The GROM VLine has a horrible microphone as well. I had to yell. Now that I have taken out the VLine and am using the factory microphone, everyone can hear me again.
That's what I'm afraid I'll have to do. It just makes navigating the interface much more difficult. Not to mention that the LC stock phone app doesn't like pauses in a phone number. I have a weekly WebEx meeting I join and I added a contact that had the WebEx number, two pauses (commas) and then the meeting number and pound. The stock head unit doesn't dial anything after the pauses.
I had to email with them a couple times after my installer pawned off the install on his 19yo assistant... I showed up at the shop hoping the car was ready at the end of the day and they could not get into the service screen, and then couldn't get sound over carplay. BOTH were user error, and between myself and Naviplus emailing we were able to actually do the install while the "installer" watched. I had him strap/velcro everything down and put the dash back together after I got the unit running LOL.
Both times I emailed that day were between 4-5pm eastern which would be 8-9am Melbourne time and had replies back within 5min.
Any chance this group buy is still available?
