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Re: CarPlay finally

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 3:29 pm
by DrewUK
Had the Carplay/AA installed yesterday. Was all done within 2 hours. So far all seems to work well and seamless integration with the iPhone. All in for £299 which I didn’t think too unreasonable.

Drew

Re: CarPlay finally

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 3:46 pm
by Habu
I'm getting the wife's CX-3 done next Friday, same morning I'm picking up a brand new Lexus NX Premier to replace my diesel Kia Sportage.

Drew, can you confirm that it's only the Mazda nav that displays in the HUD.

Cheers

P

Re: CarPlay finally

Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 5:16 pm
by DrewUK
Yes only the mazda sat nav displays in the hud

Re: CarPlay finally

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:24 am
by mum@mazda
Is the display unit changed when this is done? I had a courtesy mazda 3 when my cx3 was serviced, and the display unit was far superior, very clear images, and a shiney screen, not satin and a bit dull.

Re: CarPlay finally

Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:08 am
by Deleted User 1027
DrewUK wrote: Sat Sep 08, 2018 5:16 pm Yes only the mazda sat nav displays in the hud
In that case i won't be having this done.Thanks for that.

Re: CarPlay finally

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:22 am
by DrewUK
mum@mazda wrote: Sun Sep 09, 2018 8:24 am Is the display unit changed when this is done? I had a courtesy mazda 3 when my cx3 was serviced, and the display unit was far superior, very clear images, and a shiney screen, not satin and a bit dull.
The screen isn’t replaced as part of the retrofit - I definitely wouldn’t want the screen any shinier as reflections are a pain as it is.

Drew

Re: CarPlay finally

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:43 pm
by VMax1700
Just had second service carried out and asked about Android Auto.
Price in Ireland is €295 including fitting and vat. I think that is a great price.
Interestingly, the dealer printed off a copy of Mazda's circular to the dealers and it mentions that labour is 1.4 hours (including 0.3 hrs for software update where necessary) though they say it can be installed in 30/40 minutes when the technician becomes proficient.

Re: CarPlay finally

Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:03 pm
by Habu
Do we know what the retrofit process is? Is is both hardware and software?

Cheers

Peter

Re: CarPlay finally

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 12:02 pm
by st3v3cx-3
Habu wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:03 pm Do we know what the retrofit process is? Is is both hardware and software?

Cheers

Peter
According to a guy posting on a Mazda 3 forum, it involves these steps in this sequence :-

Firmware update, a 2 stage process comprising installing a fail safe version and then a reinstall of newer version
New USB Data Cable set of two
New AUX Unit

Re: CarPlay finally

Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 6:52 pm
by VMax1700
Part numbers are as follows:
TK78-66-9UOC ACP/AA Unit,
C830-V6-693 Urethane Tape,
C830-V6- 60Z USB Cable,
4100-77-300-EN Owner's Manual.

could also be available as a kit under part number MZDC-AA-CAR-EN