Nicool
28th October 2024, 10:18 AM
Hi everyone,
After a few years in Amarok-land, I am looking forward to driving a Disco again (Disco 4 SE, MY12)!
Can anyone recommend a Sydney workshop where I could get a Carplay unit retro-fitted to my Disco, maintaining the car's native screen functionalities?
I am thinking it needs compatibility with:
Rear camera
Rear parking sensors
steering wheel commands
bluetooth / hands-free calls
Displaly of 4Wdriving functionalities
Harman/Kardon speakers compatibility: I've read posts where people reported losing on sound quality after the install, as if the carplay unit wouldn't make use of all speakers.
Also, I'd need that person to retro-fit front parking sensors, that integrate with the in-car speakers (I know I can get a kit with its own beeper added on the dash, prefer to avoid that). I am reading in this thread (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-discovery-3-and-4-a/239437-front-sensors-front-camera.html) it needs updating of the vehicle's CCF, that's beyond my skills :)
Obviously I searched and read quite a few threads, but many were years old:
Cambo/Old Jaquar came highly recommended, but his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/oldjaguarau) says they've been focusing on safety tools/R&D in recent years, and I saw a few people commenting that they're waiting on quotes for car stereo/electronics. So I wonder if he's still doing these?
Driven in Tassie have put together a carplay kit & custom fascia in 2022 (https://www.drivensoundvision.com.au/landrover-discovery-carplay-retrofit/), but Launceston is far and I need an installer in/around Sydney.
I am looking for a workshop/someone that has done these kinds of job successfully in the past. I did retro-fit a carplay unit on my last car myself (VW Amarok 2014), but it was 50-50%, the reverse camera would randomly not turn on, causing my in-laws to crash it in a tree (...), and because the shiny Disco will be driven by said in-laws (who also scratched a mate's car the year before), yes I do WANT these front parking sensors :)
Anyways, good to be back, thanks in advance for the tips!
After a few years in Amarok-land, I am looking forward to driving a Disco again (Disco 4 SE, MY12)!
Can anyone recommend a Sydney workshop where I could get a Carplay unit retro-fitted to my Disco, maintaining the car's native screen functionalities?
I am thinking it needs compatibility with:
Rear camera
Rear parking sensors
steering wheel commands
bluetooth / hands-free calls
Displaly of 4Wdriving functionalities
Harman/Kardon speakers compatibility: I've read posts where people reported losing on sound quality after the install, as if the carplay unit wouldn't make use of all speakers.
Also, I'd need that person to retro-fit front parking sensors, that integrate with the in-car speakers (I know I can get a kit with its own beeper added on the dash, prefer to avoid that). I am reading in this thread (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/l319-discovery-3-and-4-a/239437-front-sensors-front-camera.html) it needs updating of the vehicle's CCF, that's beyond my skills :)
Obviously I searched and read quite a few threads, but many were years old:
Cambo/Old Jaquar came highly recommended, but his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/oldjaguarau) says they've been focusing on safety tools/R&D in recent years, and I saw a few people commenting that they're waiting on quotes for car stereo/electronics. So I wonder if he's still doing these?
Driven in Tassie have put together a carplay kit & custom fascia in 2022 (https://www.drivensoundvision.com.au/landrover-discovery-carplay-retrofit/), but Launceston is far and I need an installer in/around Sydney.
I am looking for a workshop/someone that has done these kinds of job successfully in the past. I did retro-fit a carplay unit on my last car myself (VW Amarok 2014), but it was 50-50%, the reverse camera would randomly not turn on, causing my in-laws to crash it in a tree (...), and because the shiny Disco will be driven by said in-laws (who also scratched a mate's car the year before), yes I do WANT these front parking sensors :)
Anyways, good to be back, thanks in advance for the tips!