Hi All,

Looking to add Car Play to a 2015 L494 Sport, has anyone done similar?

I see there's a couple options, one taking the space of the 'Nav' the other a full 10.25" Android unit. The Android until looks great amazing but it's a fair bit more and does take away from the original look of the car.

Comments and advice welcome! Seems like the only let down for the 2015 car.

Thanks!

Ive done this

See post - https://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic57240.html Current - 2020 Range Rover Sport P400e
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Im in the process of doing this, just tried one unit that keep sit all stock and you dont lose the oem NAV either but it wont work on my car as its got 360 cams and the unit donest know how to handle the reverse cam function, (Damn it!) So i need to buy a nother one that does and its a little bit more.

The one I got uses all the in car stuff so litterally plug in and get it working if use the car internal mic and speakers which is why I went for it! PM me if you buy it (cost price)

The one im getting just means I need to fit a mic unders the dash and round the headlining which I was hoping to avoid but its not that bad Im just lazy!

P If a jobs worth doing, get a someone who knows what they are doing to do it!

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@pjbracer1 which unit do you have do you have a link to it so I can see the spec? My car doesn’t have 360 cameras

Sent you a pm mate If a jobs worth doing, get a someone who knows what they are doing to do it!

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Hi all

I’ve installed the carplay device now and all is working, the install wasn’t that bad however I found lots of things along the way that slowed it down, mainly me being picky and some other things!

I will do a write up as soon as I can if anyone else is thinking of doing it, I was sceptical at first but after the effort and having a play with it I’m glad I did it (there are some little niggly things but these can be addressed by updates in the future)
It does bring the car up to modern day standards and leaves all the original stuff in place the only thing is that you lose the factory NAV, it’s still there but the system uses that channel to communicate on, I was worried about this at first but then having thought about it the maps cost a few quid to update and are never updated that often, it only uses GPS where as a mobiles uses GPS and Mobile network so is marginally better as far as coverage goes. Also, I can now look up on waze or google maps on the PC first and then send a route to my phone for use in the car! The sound quality is pretty good and can still use the BT audio to the car as well as using the Carplay on screen device to browse etc... so best of both worlds, the Reverse cam kicks in as normal and the 360 cams and dual view work fine.

All in all I'm quite impressed with it and I didn’t have to go the whole hog and do the whole head unit as that looks like it could get messy if something goes wrong whereas this unit could easily just be disconnected in the back ground to return to normal stock use with factory NAV

I bought from a UK company this time but could have possibly saved some money buying direct for China but if you get stung with duty and fees its not that much of a saving this one has UK support and rights! (The OS seems to be buy them, Its Droid but customised so you get no root access but has the normal Carplay look and feel).

Now if only the Chinese could make the main screen like the new 2018 model and make another screen to operate all the ac etc... that would be a cool upgrade If a jobs worth doing, get a someone who knows what they are doing to do it!

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Thanks for a great write up, may I ask which unit you opted for in the end? Thanks!

HI Guys

With reagrd to the uint I used Im just working the MFR to see if I can get us a discount code so hold fire for a few days and you might get a bit of a discount Not promising anything but every little helps

There are several of these units about and lot are just rebranded so its confusing to know which one, so Ive done that part, as Im a nerd like that and tried a couple of them so bear with me.

Cheers

Paul If a jobs worth doing, get a someone who knows what they are doing to do it!

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why is the link so secret that you have to pm it?

can you not show the link ...

Its not secret I just dont have it yet im trying to work it out was all If a jobs worth doing, get a someone who knows what they are doing to do it!

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Appreciate it and look forward to it Paul, thanks!

Hi Paul

I think I replied to your PM but I don’t see it in my sent items if you didn’t get my reply let me know

Cheers
Justin

Hi Paul sorry I’ve only just worked out why I can’t reply as I’m a new member I get this

Sorry, you are not allowed to send private messages. It is likely that you have not yet reached 3 posts on the forum - this is an anti-private message spam feature.

I’ll reply again today and hopefully this message will allow me to send the PM

Did anyone have any more progress on this?

I’ve got the unit from Paul but haven’t had chance to look at it yet (only got it today)