Apple CarPlay capable headunits

[tsoob]

Hey all,

So i'm working in Kilmarnock, living in Glasgow and the bird lives in Edinburgh.

I'm putting bulk km's on the Micra, and that's fine.

I want a headunit that will enable me to listen to the ABC Radio app when i'm in the car.

However, the car is a 500 pound shitter. It's reliable, so that's all that matters really, but I don't want a blingerific headunit in a car that is shite, as it'll get nicked.

Are there any Apple AirPlay capable headunits which don't look blingy? Or maybe I should fashion up a way to conceal it...

 

[Goodj]

Why not just bluetooth? Alpine mechless player for about £80?

Airplay stuff will cost 50% the worth of the car, because AppleTax.

The "better fidelity" of Airplay will be immediately offset by the quality of speakers and installation.

 

[tsoob]

Ah I can bluetooth the audio can't I!

Perfect solution.

Thanks mate!

 

[adamlstr]

Carplay is utter w**k, I have it on my Pioneer HU.

Bluetooth all the way.

Oh, and extend the loom and hide the nice head unit in the glovebox?

 

[Ben]

I was looking into the Carplay units, are they really that bad? @adalis

 

[adamlstr]

@Ben- I've got the F70-DAB, it's an amazing headunit.

It's carplay/siri that's a massive chunk of shite. It's its own sub-operating system within the Pioneer operating system, if that makes sense. It only comes on when IOS device is plugged into port USB#1.

It's slow, dim-witted, and Siri is just a waste of space. If I speak a post code to siri, it doesn't understand and tries to use the postcode as an address. I just pair my iphone with the pioneer bluetooth and it works faultlessly, and I don't need to physically plug it in. (Carplay MUST be connected via USB.)

 

[tsoob]

I keep the glovebox open and empty all the time, so scumbags can look in and see there's nothing valuable there

 

[ForceIndia]

My head unit has CarPlay and Android auto. Android version is miles ahead atm. Voice search works perfectly, Google maps is very good. It's still too limited, they need to get more apps adapted.

 

[ForceIndia]

@Ben- I've got the F70-DAB, it's an amazing headunit.

It's carplay/siri that's a massive chunk of shite. It's its own sub-operating system within the Pioneer operating system, if that makes sense. It only comes on when IOS device is plugged into port USB#1.

It's slow, dim-witted, and Siri is just a waste of space. If I speak a post code to siri, it doesn't understand and tries to use the postcode as an address. I just pair my iphone with the pioneer bluetooth and it works faultlessly, and I don't need to physically plug it in. (Carplay MUST be connected via USB.)

If yours works like mine, pressing mode button takes you out of CarPlay and you can use the stereo interface to control music

 

[adamlstr]

If yours works like mine, pressing mode button takes you out of CarPlay and you can use the stereo interface to control music

For sure, but even then there's huge lag on simply skipping tracks.

 

[Goodj]

For sure, but even then there's huge lag on simply skipping tracks.

That happens with my Kenwood TBF. But that's because it's trying to pull album art through.

In summary then. Bluetooth