Apple Car Play - Maserati - Uodate

MarkMas

Chief pedant
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Let me know the dates of the next gathering!

Well there seems to be nothing left in the schedule this year apart from the sportsmaserati Xmas Party (not going): https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/2018-events.25356/#post-606026

and the Maserati Owners' Club Xmas dinner (also not going): https://www.maseraticlub.co.uk/events/

But also coming up there's the NEC Classic Motor Show 9-11 November: https://www.necclassicmotorshow.com/company/maserati-club-uk-ltd

and there is an Ace Cafe Italian meet on 8 November, but probably nobody is going to that: https://london.acecafe.com/meets/

safrane is planning some SW England stuff next year: https://www.sportsmaserati.com/inde...ham-bristol-triangle.23461/page-8#post-652260
 

jmoon80

Junior Member
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I have the kit (from Oz so slightly at the slightly higher price paid by Steve) but haven't managed to arrange fitting, partly due to my commitments, and partly finding a day that Prestige can come down to South London. They don't have premises, unfortunately, so offering to travel up didn't help. Am exploring local fitters as well... If I have any luck, I'll post feedback.
Update: the stars aligned on Monday, and I managed to get this fitted, at home on the drive, by Prestige.

So far, so good. I'm running Android Auto and it's pretty slick. Installation was neat and good value, especially for the convenience factor.

I'd say my only slight disappointments are:

1. Visually: reflectiveness of the touchscreen.
2. Tactility: I can feel it is an overlay, in that there is a very slight movement when pressed before it presses against the original screen behind. Makes it a little hard to swipe, but the scrollbar on the left works perfectly.
3. Audibly: It sounds great (well, as good as the original system allows) but the microphone pickup for "Hey Google" is not great. Voice control once I'm past that point is good, but it struggles to pick out the keywords against background noise I guess. A quick press on the microphone on screen shortcuts this.

But given main objectives were decent navigation, wider range of music options (streaming etc) and a more user friendly package than stock, I think it was worth it.
 

Devonboy

Member
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Update: the stars aligned on Monday, and I managed to get this fitted, at home on the drive, by Prestige.

So far, so good. I'm running Android Auto and it's pretty slick. Installation was neat and good value, especially for the convenience factor.

I'd say my only slight disappointments are:

1. Visually: reflectiveness of the touchscreen.
2. Tactility: I can feel it is an overlay, in that there is a very slight movement when pressed before it presses against the original screen behind. Makes it a little hard to swipe, but the scrollbar on the left works perfectly.
3. Audibly: It sounds great (well, as good as the original system allows) but the microphone pickup for "Hey Google" is not great. Voice control once I'm past that point is good, but it struggles to pick out the keywords against background noise I guess. A quick press on the microphone on screen shortcuts this.

But given main objectives were decent navigation, wider range of music options (streaming etc) and a more user friendly package than stock, I think it was worth it.

Yup agree with you - on the Hey google (or Siri in my case) if you have your phone out it works great. If like me you store it in the arm rest then yes you have press the button to engage the mic - took me a while to figure that out!