05-01-2021, 06:46 PM | #1 |
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Apple CarPlay upgrade for 2014 F12
One of the options I really missed in my 2014 BMW was Apple CarPlay. I recently installed BimmerTech’s MMI Apple CarPlay upgrade and have been generally happy with it. It isn’t as good as a touchscreen implementation, but at a fraction of the price of a full replacement with an OEM head unit and display, I’ve found it very usable, and the ability to have Waze on my factory display has been invaluable. The wireless connectivity has been very good. I’ve only had a few instances where it took a while to connect. One downside is that if you’ve coded your car to show the apple playlists in your head up display that functionality is lost when running through this upgrade. I’ve found that to be an acceptable trade off. The installation video they post online was more than adequate and the installation took me less than an hour.
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I travel a lot for work and have found carplay in a lot of the rentals very helpful. I started looking around and recently found this but have been looking at the bimmertech's as well. It is a bit more pricier but I do like the integration of this one a bit more.
https://motivesupplies.nl/product/na...e-f06-f12-f13/
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This is all you need. Everyone else marks it up. I did this on my 4 series. It was a bitch to install. That’s because I’m a fool and didn’t watch the tutorials before starting. Hahaha. But once I got the tools I needed it was relatively easy. The only objectively tricking thing is fitting this new box in the space with the head unit. Takes a few tries.
It works perfectly. I didn’t like however that it piped audio through aux. I like my audio high quality. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084M1M4P9...CVAHRD9YTZ0DB0 |
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Yeah Bimmertech is absurdly marked up. I always look at what Bimmertech is offering then go and find the source of the part for half the price. Now you know.😉
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