I’m looking for technical help or recommendations on: __carplay
Hi,
Since having the car I have always been able to use Apple CarPlay both wired and wirelessly…using the physical navigation wheel on the transmission tunnel. Using the touch screen however is a different matter ! It sometimes works then occasionally will only work via the wheel.
I have the latest iPhone SE, but a previous model SE was exactly the same.
So far I’ve thought it’s a phone setting … or is it the firmware on the car ?
Any idea please ?
Pls note this a factory fitted CarPlay not retrofit.
Sorry no ideas, the whole Car Play/Android Auto thing seems to give varying results between cars of the same make and different brands.
In my ND2 it was added by the first owner as dealer fit and seems to work pretty well, I only ever use the controller (Android) so can’t comment on the Apple experience with the MX-5.
Thanks for your replies … I asked a guy on the Mazda stand at the National Rally today (thanks Iain and co. BTW , we really enjoyed it !) … he said that the screen is disabled above 16mph due to safety reasons . The wheel being the only way to access at speed … I think he’s probably right, but beg to differ that it’s safer to use a wheel to navigate a screen designed for touch functionality is more dangerous imho …
Believe screen deactivates at 5 mph, at least mine is touch-free as soon as the car moves. My Toyota Yaris screen stays active which in my opinion is safer than using the central MX5 wheel, overshooting and then looking at the screen to find out where the cursor is. Just a personal thought.
I totally agree, I’ve seen far more complex screens with touch functionality , CarPlay or not … try using a modern Volvo or BMW etc. just via a scroll wheel and it would be less safe I’m sure.
There is a separate discussion about how much info is crammed onto modern displays, which I think is getting too much. But the MX5 display is minute in comparison to most these days, so I still find it strange …
Yep. My native Toyota screen only has basic info shown so is relatively safe as there are not many options so you don’t have to use it that much (or at all). When CarPlay loads it’s a different story. I removed most apps from displaying in iphone settings but some apps ignore being turned off and still appear.
I only need CarPlay for mapping as my Yaris didn’t have the nav module but I’m forced to endure 3 “pages” of stuff I don’t want to see or need.