Just fitted Karlinkit 4.0

[Hot Red 5]

Received a Carlinkit 4.0 from Amazon today. Not happy.
Plugged it in and initialised it connected easily to Bluetooth and came up on screen.
I moved the box to try and get it some ware
Safe and it cut out. Re connected it but every time it moved it disconnected.
Not good in a moving car then you have to reconnect Bluetooth which you can’t do when you are driving.
I have returned to Amazon for a refund.
Anyone else had a good result with this or any other hands free system?

 

[mourneuk]

I returned mine after a week. It would only connect half of the time without being restarted, and on the 2 long journeys I did it froze twice.

I then tried another one (Treslin?), which was great for a couple of days but then had issues connecting, and on a 45 minute drive it lost connection for a little while and had to be restarted. I returned that too and have gone back to plugging my phone in.

 

[Gomev]

Can't help you really as I have an Android phone for which AAWireless works wonderfully, but I'm sure there are others on this forum that have successfully used Carplay with and without extra boxes.

 

[Hot Red 5]

Just fitted Ottocast for wireless CarPlay and it worked right out of the box.
I have not done a version update as recommended if it works ok.
I am over the moon with the speed of response.
Much smaller than the Carlinkit too.
One minor issue is the Satnav via the phone has a bit of a lag.
I will contact Ottocast to try and resolve this but for the time being I will use the car Satnav
So far very happy with the product.
Bought on Amazon at £109.99
It’s the version U2.
Anyone else used Ottocast.

 

[mourneuk]

Just fitted Ottocast for wireless CarPlay and it worked right out of the box.
I have not done a version update as recommended if it works ok.
I am over the moon with the speed of response.
Much smaller than the Carlinkit too.
One minor issue is the Satnav via the phone has a bit of a lag.
I will contact Ottocast to try and resolve this but for the time being I will use the car Satnav
So far very happy with the product.
Bought on Amazon at £109.99
It’s the version U2.
Anyone else used Ottocast.

Let me know what it’s like after a couple of weeks use please.

 

[Colin E]

Received a Carlinkit 4.0 from Amazon today. Not happy.
Plugged it in and initialised it connected easily to Bluetooth and came up on screen.
I moved the box to try and get it some ware
Safe and it cut out. Re connected it but every time it moved it disconnected.
Not good in a moving car then you have to reconnect Bluetooth which you can’t do when you are driving.
I have returned to Amazon for a refund.
Anyone else had a good result with this or any other hands free system?

I bought from Amazon
Wireless CarPlay Adapter for iPhone - 2022 Upgrade Wired to Wireless Apple Carplay Dongle - 5GHz WiFi, Low Latency, Easy-to-lnstall, Plug & Play
Cost AU$99, but it has worked well. Fitted in the space next to the USB sockets and left plugged in - minimal drain on the battery.

 

[Scimitargtc]

Bought ottocast via indie group. Not impressed didn't connect reliably. Swapped to AA Wireless and use Waze its loads better but not 100% with it crashing the infotainment system occasionally

 

[midician]

Interesting that I see many posts indicating that the Carlinkit 4.0 is not reliable -the old v2.0 works great for me .

 

[midician]

Received a Carlinkit 4.0 from Amazon today. Not happy.
Plugged it in and initialised it connected easily to Bluetooth and came up on screen.
I moved the box to try and get it some ware
Safe and it cut out. Re connected it but every time it moved it disconnected.
Not good in a moving car then you have to reconnect Bluetooth which you can’t do when you are driving.
I have returned to Amazon for a refund.
Anyone else had a good result with this or any other hands free system?

Sounds like a bad cable connection.

 

[ZSDave]

Interesting that I see many posts indicating that the Carlinkit 4.0 is not reliable -the old v2.0 works great for me .

I bought one from a member on here and it works just fine!

Dave

 

[RedandboX]

I’ve had my carlinkit for about a month now, the initial setup was a bit of a faff until thanks to YouTube I realised you have to delete the original Bluetooth connection from the phone to the car. It now works 99% of the time, the only time it doesn’t I’ve found that the phone signal had dropped to 3G once back to 4 or 5G the signal was back up and running so pretty happy here