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Hi guys, I will explain a little about this setup.
The carplay is integrated into the tv tuners.
When you turn your car on, the carplay screen will pop up, instead of the OEM system. You can still go back into the OEM system.
Also, which is very important, the carplay starts booting up, as soon as the ibus is awake. So as soon as you unlock your car, it will boot up and connect to your phone, rather than having to turn the ignition on and then waiting for the system to boot up.
With the many aftermarket systems in e46s, e39s, X5s etc, this was going away from the way the OEM system boots up immediately, rather than on ignition and then having to wait.
The Idrive style controller, goes under the handbrake and it’s very easy position to use it. The handbrake acts like a rest for your palm, like the Mercedes controllers. This seemed to be the best and only position for the controller.
With regards to touchscreen, although it’s achievable in the z4, it’s not ideal. The screen is way too far from driver and the screen is not in a solid fixed position, so there may be movement and errors made.
The purpose for the upgrade, is to give you visual access to your music, via apps like Spotify, podcast, radio, and also navigation, like Waze and google maps.
Also great for voice control, like replying to messages, changing songs, searching for songs which may not be on your playlist, and even giving coordinates for the navigation, without pressing anything.
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