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andywilkinson1976@hotmail

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• Saturday at 07:19

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Hi all thanks for accepting me to the forum .
I purchased a 2017 Sport 3l yesterday and found out I needed to have my phone wired to use android auto.
Is there an adaptor I can purchase to avoid the wire ? If so any recomendations? I've seen something called the ottocast but there appears to be loads of variants.
TIA

 

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Eldon

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• Saturday at 09:04

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Wont it work via Bluetooth?
Was yours switched on?

I would assume at that age Bluetooth would be possible although don't know for sure.

 

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Anaconda

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• Saturday at 09:11

• #3

Or usb cable.

 

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andywilkinson1976@hotmail

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• Saturday at 09:38

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Eldon said:

Wont it work via Bluetooth?
Was yours switched on?

I would assume at that age Bluetooth would be possible although don't know for sure.

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I can obviously Bluetooth to the car ... however for android auto it seems.to need the cable ... when I unplug cable it stops working . Maybe I'm doing something wrong ?

 

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• Saturday at 09:39

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Anaconda said:

Or usb cable.

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Yes android auto works with the cable hut when I take the cable out the android auto doesn't work ... I'm trying to negate the need for a cable ....

 

jamesDiscoTD5

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• Saturday at 09:45

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I have a CarlinKit 4.0 adapter for wireless Carplay. It works very well, although apparently the 5.0 version is better for Android Auto.

 

marjon

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• Saturday at 09:49

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We have an Invery dongle thing(in our 2011) so no wires needed but we are apple. but worth a look on their site.

But it doesnt use the car screen.

@Blob did a thing to the head unit (wasnt cheap)

I would have thought the 2017 was better but maybe not
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