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Wireless Apple Carplay / Android Auto from Beatsonic for '10-'21 GX 460 (1 Viewer)
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I've had this installed for a few months now. I have to say I'm very impressed. Only complaint is that the charging is slow. I actually bought a usb3.0 extender and mounted the USB port next to the cigarette lighter via cutting a small slot and it looks absolutely factory. I'm using an iPhone and it 99.8% of the time works flawlessly. Only weirdness I've ever had is if I walk away from the car with my phone while it's still running, reconnecting to carplay can be hit or miss. Otherwise it just works. This is actually what sold me on getting a GX. I got really addicted to carplay and I just couldn't see spending ~$30k on a vehicle and it not have carplay. I would say this actually works Better than the built-in carplay I had in my ford, which had a bit more finickyness.
r2m
Richard
One thing I just thought of, does this Beatsonic have it's own GPS antenna or is everything, music, GPS, etc. being sucked up from your phone?
I find that while on road trips using GPS, streaming music, and anything other apps my wife may use while I'm driving, the charging barely keeps up and sometimes not at all, just stays at whatever charge I plug in.
Wondering if it's the same with Beatsonic??
I find that while on road trips using GPS, streaming music, and anything other apps my wife may use while I'm driving, the charging barely keeps up and sometimes not at all, just stays at whatever charge I plug in.
Wondering if it's the same with Beatsonic??
It's there a sound quality difference between factory Bluetooth and the beat sonic? I've found that the LX570 factory Bluetooth connection sounds better than when using the Grom VLite and Android Auto.
I haven’t noticed any difference in sound quality, but I’m not an audiophile.
Had this issue in my gx. Ended up being an issue with the sound settings. Your bass/treble, etc is channel specific, so BT is different from FM and so on. You need to get into the factory UI while in USB mode and then change the audio settings to match what you have on your BT side. Once I did that, it pretty much solved it. Likely a similar scenario for beatsonic since it's an interface issue with the actual lexus portion.
Thanks for the reply. Sounds settings are sat. Sadly there are actual artifacts in the music along with a slight loss of fidelity.
I will only use Android Auto on trips now, mostly for maps. For daily driving I just stick with BT.
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I'm not having the phone connect. I select phone and autodial, but voice doesn't come through, neither does voice on directions if I'm playing satellite or fm radio.
r2m
Richard
This may sound like a silly solution and I've had this issue before when connecting my phone to my car.
Problem: my phones volume was all the way down. Just needed to turn up the phone volume and it was fine when connected to the car.
Phone volume and car volume are not linked. If one is down, it doesn't which one is all the on high volume, there will be little or no sound.
I have to echo the praise for this unit. I've had it for about a year or so and I'm really happy with it. The wireless connection has only failed to connect once and that was on me. I was changing settings on my phone. I too routed the USB into the glove box for charging when necessary. I did the install myself. It's not too bad. You will have a bundle of wires to tidy up before you can put everything back together. I don't use sat radio. Just my two cents.
Oh, and source must stay on Aux to hear audio from the unit. If your source is FM radio, you can run and see maps on the unit, but will not be able to hear audio directions. If you use iHeart radio on the unit, you can hear both.
Finally ordered this kit and planning to do the install next week. Any reason I should disconnect the battery before installing? The youtube vids don't mention it.
Most companies recommend you do only for liability I suppose. I didn't when I installed my GROM. It's entirely up to your best judgement here.
r2m
Richard
For me: effort vs. peace of mind to disconnect, I'd disconnect. Just pop the - (negative) cable.
That's never a bad idea, although I didn't disconnect the battery when I installed the unit. A tip, before you shut off the vehicle, turn the wheel so that the largest gap in the wheel is closest to the infotainment screen. This will let you get to one of the screws you'll need to remove a bit easier. I didn't see that mentioned in the videos I watched. In other words, turn the wheel about a quarter turn to the right of center. Good luck.
I disconnected the battery, and recommend it for any type of board install. Boards are by nature very fragile.
Thanks, I knew it worked with AUX and Bluetooth, but wasn't sure if built in CarPlay worked that way as well.
Well, I finally got it installed, disconnected battery and all. Wife is thrilled to have carplay, since it's her daily driver. Taking a road trip over the weekend so will see how well it performs and figure out the quirks. I found the following video from Eric the most helpful as it demonstrates how to install wire by wire, instead of disconnecting everything and reassembling. Found that to make for a pretty straight forward install.
