Dizle Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 I created this thread dedicated to our wireless CarPlay issues with the new Pioneer receivers. Who is having issues and is there anything you’ve done to fix it? Have you called pioneer on the issue and what was their response? How has Apple allowed this to happen, they have such a tight grasp on their products and other manufacturers who integrate with their ecosystem? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IvanRaide Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 As you probably recall, I have it. I don't have it as much as you guys though. I got it twice with "hey Siri" off, so that is officially NOT the problem. Did you try LTE off? I did it for 2 days with no drops but I just can't handle 3G anymore so turned LTE back on. I can't confirm if it helps or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dizle Posted July 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, IvanRaide said: As you probably recall, I have it. I don't have it as much as you guys though. I got it twice with "hey Siri" off, so that is officially NOT the problem. Did you try LTE off? I did it for 2 days with no drops but I just can't handle 3G anymore so turned LTE back on. I can't confirm if it helps or not. I never tried the LTE, I’d rather have faster data but would be interesting if this fixed it. I had no cut outs today but tomorrow it’ll probably have beeps! So unpredictable, some days in the same place with my phone in the same spot it doesn’t cut out. Other days it does. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IvanRaide Posted July 16, 2020 Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 The problem is very similar to Alpine problem, especially “that certain areas can do it”. Maybe turn LTE off before the drive and ON after? Alternately, maybe try another carrier’s SIM (a friends/wifes/etc) to see if they have the same problems in the same spots (it should not which suggests cell-tower triangulation). Thats probably more extreme and turning LTE. Its unfortunate that Shortcuts can only turn off CELL and NOT specific LTE. But if you music was local, and you used google with Local Maps, that might be an idea (have an automation turn cellular off?). (never tried that though) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dizle Posted July 16, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2020 13 hours ago, IvanRaide said: The problem is very similar to Alpine problem, especially “that certain areas can do it”. Maybe turn LTE off before the drive and ON after? Alternately, maybe try another carrier’s SIM (a friends/wifes/etc) to see if they have the same problems in the same spots (it should not which suggests cell-tower triangulation). Thats probably more extreme and turning LTE. Its unfortunate that Shortcuts can only turn off CELL and NOT specific LTE. But if you music was local, and you used google with Local Maps, that might be an idea (have an automation turn cellular off?). (never tried that though) I disabled hey Siri and LTE for my 25 min commute this morning and had ZERO audio cut outs. An unacceptable workaround but great info none the less! I’ll keep LTE disabled for now and see If the trend continues. I was also streaming music that wasn’t downloaded (Spotify). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dizle Posted July 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Just updated to iOS 13.6, had LTE on for a short drive and no cut outs. Anyone else test this possibly winning combo?! Edit: couple more drives and wireless is still much improved! Still some drop offs but better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bonee Posted July 24, 2020 Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 I have tried three different iphones 7, 7 plus and 8 plus. no problems with the wireless carplay. everything is fine audio, connections, etc. on 2 hrs drives. no problems at all. no audio cut outs or robotic audio. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dizle Posted July 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2020 4 hours ago, bonee said: I have tried three different iphones 7, 7 plus and 8 plus. no problems with the wireless carplay. everything is fine audio, connections, etc. on 2 hrs drives. no problems at all. no audio cut outs or robotic audio. Maybe I need to downgrade my phone lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thorissr Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 I pulled out my iPhone 8 Plus and updated it to IOS 14 beta 3 and took a 30 minute spin testing CarPlay with both LTE off and on. I can say that I didn’t experience audio drop outs while using it in 4G only, however, when I switched back to LTE and restarted The HU it still ran with uninterrupted drop outs. Of course this is with the iPhone within near vicinity of the head unit. I will run CarPlay for a few more days to monitor this situation, since I have been running flawless wireless AA as of lately. Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dizle Posted July 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 I gave up and went back to my factory stereo with Bluetooth that is rock solid lol. I wanted to love the pioneer so bad but I just couldn’t! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thorissr Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 56 minutes ago, Dizle said: I gave up and went back to my factory stereo with Bluetooth that is rock solid lol. I wanted to love the pioneer so bad but I just couldn’t! Sorry to hear that Dizle. Any future plans to upgrade to another brand or will you just be sticking it out with your factory stereo? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dizle Posted July 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 18 hours ago, Thorissr said: Going to stick it out with factory radio until my next car that will have factory CarPlay. Looking at getting a plug in hybrid within the next few years Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IvanRaide Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Dizle said: Going to stick it out with factory radio until my next car that will have factory CarPlay. Looking at getting a plug in hybrid within the next few years Just curious, did turning off LTE no longer work? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dizle Posted July 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 9 hours ago, IvanRaide said: Just curious, did turning off LTE no longer work? It made it about 50% better but I couldn’t keep LTE off all the time and didn’t want to turn it on and off when I’m in the car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thorissr Posted August 27, 2020 Report Share Posted August 27, 2020 Since updating my iPhone 8 Plus to iOS 14 beta 5 and now on beta 6, I’m no longer experiencing audio drop outs. I’ve been paying close attention while driving with beta 5 and this issue seem to have been resolved. Of course with betas anything is possible and the drop out behavior may reoccur with another software release. However the audio drop outs have ceased even after updating to beta 6. Fingers crossed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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