Grom
07-15-18, 08:34 AM
#61
Pole Position
1) connects to internet via hotspot enablement on your phone or you can buy a dedicated hotspot
2) yes you can operate while driving, though be careful as it can be distracting
3) well my 2007 LS460 is 11years old. I’ve had 5 laptops and 4 iPhones during that time, so yes, the tech is dated. I have not found a way to economically update that, and be sure your contrast/brightness settings are optimally set. VL2 is a good alternative
4) have not found it. Let us know if you come up with something
07-15-18, 01:30 PM
#62
Not that I'm aware of. I would not buy one from them anyway. Get it from your wireless provider. The issue will be the additional data plan for the hotspot.
07-16-18, 12:16 AM
#63
Pole Position
Oh yeah and pics of how you guys mounted it would be GREAT !..
07-18-18, 05:44 PM
#64
UPDATE. Mine works great. I use Spotify and Waze mostly. I connect to a 4g LTE hotspot through T-Mobile. Its unlimited for $25 a month. When I get in my car I just hit enable on my galaxy s9 and it automatically connects. Netflix will not work for me. youtube works, draftkings, and weather. Haven't tried much else. I drive 4 miles to work and back.
07-18-18, 11:15 PM
#65
Pole Position
UPDATE. Mine works great. I use Spotify and Waze mostly. I connect to a 4g LTE hotspot through T-Mobile. Its unlimited for $25 a month. When I get in my car I just hit enable on my galaxy s9 and it automatically connects. Netflix will not work for me. youtube works, draftkings, and weather. Haven't tried much else. I drive 4 miles to work and back.
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jdanielca (07-20-18)
07-22-18, 09:49 AM
#67
I cannot get my reverse camera to work with Vline. I'm wired correctly and when I plug Vline back in and turn my car on, my reverse camera works but Vline will not work. So, I do the firmware process and plug Vline back in. The car turns on and Vline works but the reverse camera does not. Anyone else having this problem?
07-22-18, 10:34 AM
#68
I cannot get my reverse camera to work with Vline. I'm wired correctly and when I plug Vline back in and turn my car on, my reverse camera works but Vline will not work. So, I do the firmware process and plug Vline back in. The car turns on and Vline works but the reverse camera does not. Anyone else having this problem?
07-26-18, 12:48 PM
#73
Ok I'll chime in since I just installed mine this past weekend. My car is 2008 w/ self parking.
The installation is pretty straight forward. Most of the time was spent trying to find a spot for the mic & the sat antenna & try running the wiring back down to the dash.
The first thing I tried to do was connect to it through bluetooth. It kept on giving me trouble (I tried turning it on on the VL2 & it would turn it off on its own) so I moved on to setting up my WiFi. I'm using a hotspot on my phone & was able to connect w/out issues. Then I went to load/update the VL2 unit. After about 4-5mins, everything rebooted & started working as promised. I was able to connect to my Android phone bluetooth w/out issues then. I've used it to let my kids watch YouTube so now I'm the coolest dad around...well to them anyway.
A few things:
1. No Pandora (comes pre-installed w/ Spotify) - wish it would have come it w/ but my work around is downloading the app & use it w/ my hotspot.
2. No Android Auto - no Android love here I guess. Still trying to see what I can do here...ultimately I want phone mirroring app that I can just use my phone through the screen.
3. I just checked on music streaming through BT. It can't connect. My phone can connect for phone calls w/out problems though. Guess I need to open up a ticket w/ Grom.
4. Backup camera works w/out any issues since I've installed it.
The installation is pretty straight forward. Most of the time was spent trying to find a spot for the mic & the sat antenna & try running the wiring back down to the dash.
The first thing I tried to do was connect to it through bluetooth. It kept on giving me trouble (I tried turning it on on the VL2 & it would turn it off on its own) so I moved on to setting up my WiFi. I'm using a hotspot on my phone & was able to connect w/out issues. Then I went to load/update the VL2 unit. After about 4-5mins, everything rebooted & started working as promised. I was able to connect to my Android phone bluetooth w/out issues then. I've used it to let my kids watch YouTube so now I'm the coolest dad around...well to them anyway.
A few things:
1. No Pandora (comes pre-installed w/ Spotify) - wish it would have come it w/ but my work around is downloading the app & use it w/ my hotspot.
2. No Android Auto - no Android love here I guess. Still trying to see what I can do here...ultimately I want phone mirroring app that I can just use my phone through the screen.
3. I just checked on music streaming through BT. It can't connect. My phone can connect for phone calls w/out problems though. Guess I need to open up a ticket w/ Grom.
4. Backup camera works w/out any issues since I've installed it.
I now can smoothly stream music from my phone w/ the latest updates...Bluetooth connection is all good now.
07-27-18, 11:06 AM
#74
why can't you use Pandora? The Vline is on an android platform, so anything you can download off of the play store is available (though may not be optimized to use on the vline). Make sure you go into settings and install Gapps if you haven't done it yet. That opens up the play store for you to download apps. Pandora (and all music) is going to sound a lot better when you stream over wifi through the app than if you stream to your phone and then again via bluetooth to the vline.
07-31-18, 10:42 AM
#75
why can't you use Pandora? The Vline is on an android platform, so anything you can download off of the play store is available (though may not be optimized to use on the vline). Make sure you go into settings and install Gapps if you haven't done it yet. That opens up the play store for you to download apps. Pandora (and all music) is going to sound a lot better when you stream over wifi through the app than if you stream to your phone and then again via bluetooth to the vline.