Reply With QuoteYou need a special cable for it. It's about $50 IIRC. Thought I saved a link to it but I guess not.Originally Posted by BMWCurves
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Capo
As a complete aside, how did setup your Xtrons to get CarPlay functioning? I can't seem to get my Xtrons to play along
Capo
You need a special cable for it. It's about $50 IIRC. Thought I saved a link to it but I guess not.
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BP
2005 330i ZHP / 6MT
Imolarot / Naturbraun
2003 330iT / 6MT
Orientblau / Naturbraun
It's not the car you drive, it's how you drive it.
Messaggero
This car is beautiful. GLWS and good luck with the move. Norway is on my bucket list.
To add to the aside, i never knew car play was available on the Xtrons- looks like I'm going to have to give that a consideration.
Enforcer
Ill send ya the link to the part when I get home. Works fine. Makes it a much nicer experience.
Big Earner
Wow, what a bummer on the car front having just acquired two new to you cars.
Great looking ZHP, GL with the sale.
Can you forward me the cable link as well for the car play functionality
2005 BMW 330i ZHP - BMWP brakes/intake/strut bar/shifter, Coby wraps interior, BBS CHs, Eagle Eye LED tails, LED fog lights, GC coilovers, Sprint Booster/sport button mod, 4.5 LCM w/ programming, Xtrons 9inch HU, BSW stg1, dynamat, M3 sedan dead pedal, oCarbon CF interior trim, CF seat backs, 2x2 CF MTECH2 diffuser, CF cabin filter cover
Enforcer
ho lee fuk, what a beauty.
Capo
Very nice specimen. GLWS and very cool opportunity. Can’t wait to see you on House Hunters International!
Campieri
Good luck! It was a shame you couldn't keep it!
BTW, VT Motorworks is in Pleasanton.. and is owned by the two mechanics responsible for the BMW 1M Clone (White 135i with 1M Bodywork and S65 V8) when they worked at Performance Technic!
Enforcer
bump
open to deal
Enforcer
I'm using the Eonon branded head unit. I bought a CarPlay dongle off of eBay. It provided a link to the Android app I had to load into the head unit, however, every time I turned on my car, I kept getting a popup asking if I wanted the CarPlay app to be the default apk to run when the dongle was inserted, often multiple times, before it would finally work, even though there was a "set as default" checkbox. Eventually, I kept searching online for app and firmware updates for the dongle, and found a version of the apk from June or July that has a settings button, which allowed me to download and install the latest versions of each. Once those were installed, everything is working great.
Even before then, once the dongle was up and running, the sound quality for my iPhone was far better than the BlueTooth connection could ever provide. I still suffer from low volume on the mic for phone calls, but otherwise, I'll stick with this setup until CarPlay is offered within the unit itself.
I either found the right version to download from this discussion: https://forum.xda-developers.com/and...droid-t3647996
or from an eBay ad that had a link to the apk. In my case, I found the zbox apk wouldn't work with this dongle.
Hope this helps.
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