GROM VL2 installed
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Nothing to put a lot of weight on but just another data point with the benchmarks. In the end it's all about the user experience. Not to concerned about useless apps. More interested future os updates.
Not the biggest fan of Chinese support either but they have wireless car play.
Not the biggest fan of Chinese support either but they have wireless car play.
Last edited by jdpdata; Sep 4, 2019 at 08:44 AM.
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Originally Posted by slvrcrz
how are the Glom vl2 running for you guys, had some spare change to spend on car mods, thinking this might be the first one to do. Is it worth according to you guys ?
But nothing offputting. I love my GROM and use it mainly for CarPlay. Just be sure to install in a place where you can easily reset the system. It's the best mod I've done yet.
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Works great for me as well. A few quirky issues.
Even as an Apple guy, I prefer the Android interface for this application. It is more open. They have even modeled the home screen so it looks a bit like CarPlay.
Worth it.
Even as an Apple guy, I prefer the Android interface for this application. It is more open. They have even modeled the home screen so it looks a bit like CarPlay.
Worth it.
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How often do you reset the system?
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Black Screen of Death (BSOD) happens very infrequently for most of us. Once every 3-4 months for me. When this happen, only thing you can do is yank wiring harness on back of VL2 unit to force a hard reboot. A couple people here are trying to wiring in a hard reset button so we don't have to yank on the harness, but I haven't seen any How-To yet. Occasionally GROM will break some features when they release a new update (i.e.Maps button wasn't working). They fixed that pretty quickly. Like i said, most of these quirks are not a deal breaker for me. I like the unit very much especially now that Android Auto is working as advertised. I did notice Voice Prompt is funky, cuts off beginning of the commands. Hope they fix this soon.
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Ok guys, the race is on. Beatsonic has released the CarPlay/Android Auto box. I was lucky enough to get an invite to purchase one of the few they received.
I am going to take the plunge, purchase it, test it, and report back to the group. It should be shipped out today, so hopefully by next weekend, I can let you guys know what I think.
They state that it will use the entire 12.3 inch screen for my 2017 and that the phone calls will be 100% equal in quality to the OEM system. We shall see.
I am going to take the plunge, purchase it, test it, and report back to the group. It should be shipped out today, so hopefully by next weekend, I can let you guys know what I think.
They state that it will use the entire 12.3 inch screen for my 2017 and that the phone calls will be 100% equal in quality to the OEM system. We shall see.
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Ok guys, the race is on. Beatsonic has released the CarPlay/Android Auto box. I was lucky enough to get an invite to purchase one of the few they received.
I am going to take the plunge, purchase it, test it, and report back to the group. It should be shipped out today, so hopefully by next weekend, I can let you guys know what I think.
They state that it will use the entire 12.3 inch screen for my 2017 and that the phone calls will be 100% equal in quality to the OEM system. We shall see.
I am going to take the plunge, purchase it, test it, and report back to the group. It should be shipped out today, so hopefully by next weekend, I can let you guys know what I think.
They state that it will use the entire 12.3 inch screen for my 2017 and that the phone calls will be 100% equal in quality to the OEM system. We shall see.
According to the comments, the steering wheel track/seek buttons don't work, which is...uninspiring.
Last edited by jonathancl; Sep 13, 2019 at 07:27 AM.
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Demo video:
Here's a demo video from earlier this summer.
According to the comments, the steering wheel track/seek buttons don't work, which is...uninspiring.
Here's a demo video from earlier this summer.
According to the comments, the steering wheel track/seek buttons don't work, which is...uninspiring.