Help with CarPlay
05-30-2016, 01:35 AM
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Help with CarPlay
What am I doing wrong? When I connect my iPhone 6S its only showing 1/3 of my music on the car touch screen. If I open the phone every song is available. Also if I pick an artist or album it will only play that one song or that one album and then I have to select another song, album or artist. I have it set to shuffle. Its driving me MAD !!! 
Last edited by maugust24; 05-30-2016 at 01:36 AM.
05-30-2016, 11:12 AM
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What am I doing wrong? When I connect my iPhone 6S its only showing 1/3 of my music on the car touch screen. If I open the phone every song is available. Also if I pick an artist or album it will only play that one song or that one album and then I have to select another song, album or artist. I have it set to shuffle. Its driving me MAD !!!
Mine did the exact same thing. I unplugged my phone and plugged it back in a few times and all of my music eventually showed up. I was really excited about CarPlay when I bought my car, but now.. meh.. actually, super meh... I rarely use it. I just stream bluetooth audio from my phone or dump MP3's on a thumb drive. That way I can actually change play lists etc with using the stupid voice commands.
05-30-2016, 11:17 AM
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What am I doing wrong? When I connect my iPhone 6S its only showing 1/3 of my music on the car touch screen. If I open the phone every song is available. Also if I pick an artist or album it will only play that one song or that one album and then I have to select another song, album or artist. I have it set to shuffle. Its driving me MAD !!!
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05-30-2016, 11:56 AM
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Mine did the exact same thing. I unplugged my phone and plugged it back in a few times and all of my music eventually showed up. I was really excited about CarPlay when I bought my car, but now.. meh.. actually, super meh... I rarely use it. I just stream bluetooth audio from my phone or dump MP3's on a thumb drive. That way I can actually change play lists etc with using the stupid voice commands.
05-30-2016, 04:13 PM
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CarPlay is basically useless for anything. I either select songs through the DIC interface with the steering wheel controls, or hold the phone button down to request Siri play albums/songs via Bluetooth.
If CarPlay played nicely with WAZE, I might consider using it again, but it won't because Apple knows their Maps app is inferior to WAZE.
If CarPlay played nicely with WAZE, I might consider using it again, but it won't because Apple knows their Maps app is inferior to WAZE.
05-30-2016, 09:08 PM
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When you say it only shows 1/3 of your music, does it say "more" where it stops? I think the issue is that the CarPlay interface will only show a given number of songs or artists or whatever, before it wants you to use voice commands. It seems designed to limit manual usage and thereby limit distraction. For instance, you may notice that artist or song selection is different when you're parked. When parked, the interface looks and works a little differently. You can browse your whole library and even jump through long lists alphabetically.
After some early issues with iCloud music library that have since been fixed, I've grown to like CarPlay. It's not perfect but it does a good job of letting you drive instead of fiddling and for me, I need that sort of intervention.
After some early issues with iCloud music library that have since been fixed, I've grown to like CarPlay. It's not perfect but it does a good job of letting you drive instead of fiddling and for me, I need that sort of intervention.
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05-31-2016, 01:33 AM
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When you say it only shows 1/3 of your music, does it say "more" where it stops? I think the issue is that the CarPlay interface will only show a given number of songs or artists or whatever, before it wants you to use voice commands. It seems designed to limit manual usage and thereby limit distraction. For instance, you may notice that artist or song selection is different when you're parked. When parked, the interface looks and works a little differently. You can browse your whole library and even jump through long lists alphabetically.
After some early issues with iCloud music library that have since been fixed, I've grown to like CarPlay. It's not perfect but it does a good job of letting you drive instead of fiddling and for me, I need that sort of intervention.
After some early issues with iCloud music library that have since been fixed, I've grown to like CarPlay. It's not perfect but it does a good job of letting you drive instead of fiddling and for me, I need that sort of intervention.