CarPlay works in a 2020 Land Cruiser

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On my phone, I can select either CarPlay or Toyota Land Cruiser for bluetooth and can change back and forth. I don't know.
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In order to play something like Pandora on CarPlay, your audio input needs to be set to "Aux". So, selecting "Toyota Land Cruiser" should give you no audio. This has been my experience. . .is it the same for you?
 
Resistive or capacitive.... how do i find out which one i have in my 2018?
If it is capacitive, the screen will only respond to touches from a finger (or other similarly charge-conductive material). If it is resistive, the screen will respond to anything touching it. E.g., try touching screen buttons with something that is plastic. If the screen responds, it is resistive. If not, it is capacitive.

The web pages for these aftermarket units also seem so call out July 2018 as the LC build date that switched over to capacitive screens.
 
In order to play something like Pandora on CarPlay, your audio input needs to be set to "Aux". So, selecting "Toyota Land Cruiser" should give you no audio. This has been my experience. . .is it the same for you?

Yes. I can actually switch phone calls between the two. Sometimes when I tell it to play something music wise, it will change to the car bluetooth. I am still playing with it all. You certainly know more about it than me, having installed it yourself. I am just happy to have it!
 
This unit is not perfect, but it’s definitely 95%. I got a solid 50 hours of play time with it this week at LCDC. There were days it ran perfectly for 10 hours +, and days it rebooted 5/6 times. I don’t like wireless CarPlay at all, mainly because charging is an issue as CarPlay sucks juice quickly (possibly because I always play music and use navi in the car?) either way, not a big deal to plug in for me. I hate the wireless charger location in the 200.

So second reason I turned off wireless CarPlay was my Thinkware U1000 wants to be on WiFi too, so I can’t control the Thinkware and wireless CarPlay simultaneously.

Additional notes, Some days the screen was not responsive as I would prefer. But overall, is it worth $1000 + labor? Yes, absolutely it is.

My steering wheel controls don’t work (skip function), of course volume does. I plan to make a review soon to explain all the quirks, but haven’t yet. The cameras work the same as OE with CarPlay running, even in 4LO/crawl.

Eric, my steering wheel controls (other than volume) do not work either. I don't believe you used the USB connection provided by NaviPlus, but it does not charge my phone (iPhone 11 Pro Max). It seems to be strictly a control connection for CarPlay.

I have an email in to NaviPlus on these issues, as well as the fact that I can't connect wirelessly. I can plug in, then unplug and get wireless connection but I can't launch CarPlay via wireless.

I may have a defective unit, but so far I'm not impressed.
 
Eric, my steering wheel controls (other than volume) do not work either. I don't believe you used the USB connection provided by NaviPlus, but it does not charge my phone (iPhone 11 Pro Max). It seems to be strictly a control connection for CarPlay.

I have an email in to NaviPlus on these issues, as well as the fact that I can't connect wirelessly. I can plug in, then unplug and get wireless connection but I can't launch CarPlay via wireless.

I may have a defective unit, but so far I'm not impressed.

Mine connects wirelessly only if the phone is locked. If I have it open it does not. I can open it after it connects.
 
To recap, my unit does allow me to skip music tracks and as well as do volume with the factory controls. My USB provided by them also charges. IDK?
 
I don’t like wireless CarPlay at all, mainly because charging is an issue as CarPlay sucks juice quickly (possibly because I always play music and use navi in the car?) either way, not a big deal to plug in for me. I hate the wireless charger location in the 200.

Sorry, might have missed something, but does the stock Qi charger not work with the NP wireless carplay or do you just not use it because of the location of the charger? Agree on the location not being ideal but it is workable for me (better than not having one). However if the stock Qi charger doesn't work with NP wireless carplay that is a deal breaker for me on the NP solution.
 
Sorry, might have missed something, but does the stock Qi charger not work with the NP wireless carplay or do you just not use it because of the location of the charger? Agree on the location not being ideal but it is workable for me (better than not having one). However if the stock Qi charger doesn't work with NP wireless carplay that is a deal breaker for me on the NP solution.

My shop fit my Naviplus USB into the stock USB charger location. It does charge my iPhone using a standard apple USB to Lightning charger. It does allow a wired connection for CarPlay.

I prefer to use a coiled 12V lightning charger and wirelessly connect, I don't know why.
 
Sorry, might have missed something, but does the stock Qi charger not work with the NP wireless carplay or do you just not use it because of the location of the charger? Agree on the location not being ideal but it is workable for me (better than not having one). However if the stock Qi charger doesn't work with NP wireless carplay that is a deal breaker for me on the NP solution.

The factory Qi charger will charge your phone while using wireless CarPlay.
 
My steering wheel controls don’t work (skip function), of course volume does. I plan to make a review soon to explain all the quirks, but haven’t yet. The cameras work the same as OE with CarPlay running, even in 4LO/crawl.

Eric, my SWCs weren’t working either. I chatted with NaviPlus yesterday and they advised you need to initialize them via the procedure below. This is the “mystery” purpose of the IR receiver and remote. I followed these instructions and they now work as intended.

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This document shows how to calibrate the touch screen, and some other settings to verify.

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Lastly, they recommend a wireless charging cradle for fast charging. Their current chip doesn’t support it.

Hope this helps.
 

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