Recent content by martintheb

I've had lots of cars. But here's my favourite.

This link is very helpful. I ran into confusion too, but just follow the instructions here and it'll all suddenly spring into life. You don't have to disable the app, you just have to set it up right.

Personally, I use Spotify over Android Audio. It has the added entertainment value of seeing what it actually comes up with when I yell "Hey Google, play (some random album)" . It never NEVER gets it right first time. My mother and I were literally reduced to tears of laughter trying to get it...

Oops! Wonder how I managed that? 🙂

So how many of you have got a Raspberry Pi (or two) in your drawer, ready for that good project you'll do one day? ;)

Absolutely not :) - I'm comfortably old enough to remember when a computer filled a room. I spent my whole career in IT, watching computers getting smaller and faster with every year. I've had a personal computer since the early eighties; I have been on the internet since the mid-nineties...

Why wouldn't it have? It's not seven years old yet. The warranty transfers with the car, as far as I can tell.

And of course, you're all absolutely right. I don't actually understand how I never spotted it when the boot was opened. A bit of spit on a tissue and I can see backwards again! Thank you all very much. (This is one of the wonders of the internet. You want to know something, and you can't...

OK, this is an odd one, and I know I'm going to feel an idiot when I get the answer. The view from my reversing camera is a bit grubby and blurred. It's started happening recently, after a load of muddy country roads and rain. So, first thought is to clean it. But I can't see where it is...

They do for me and my MG5. They do for my MG5 SR

FWIW, I tried doing this, and eventually gave up. I got my USB stick to be recognized, but it was so sluggish to index the 5K tracks on the stick that I lost interest. I tend to just use Spotify via Android Auto now, anyway. It's always entertaining to say "Hey Google, play xxxxx" and see if...

OK - this is quite funny. I think I've worked out what must have happened. I did a search on this forum for "open windows" and I saw reference to holding down the lock and the windows all close. So, I just went out to the car, pressed the unlock button on the key and held it down - and lo and...

OK, we're on holiday here in Norfolk. Got back to the holiday cottage last night, locked the car and came in. This morning, we went out to the car - it was unlocked, and all the windows were open. Nothing has been taken, doesn't look as if anything has been disturbed. It looks as if in the...

I've just discovered this problem, also at PodPoint at Tesco - the lock/unlock trick worked for me as well. I mean, if you can claim the charge on the app, why can't you stop it on the app as well? It was annoying - while I was wrestling with the car, the person beside me just strolled up to...

When I was younger, I agreed with you. But now - well, I would love the idea of just getting into my car, telling it to take me to see my relatives, and then sitting in the back seat, watching the world go by (or a movie). I think the self-driving software thing is a bit of a mistake...