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#1 ·
Got some new screens with my new software flash from today;





Going to check iPhone connectivity and report back !

Thanks

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#2 ·
You need to clean the screens lol.

So this is the update that my dealer swear doesn't exist.
 
#5 ·
It's not as stable as I'd have first liked. Will do a more thorough post tomorrow.

It has definitely recognised the iPhone 100% of the time so far which is a step in the right direction.

Weird Up Next Not Available messages keep coming up whilst skipping tracks.

Also the song gets stuck on the screen whilst new songs come on and sometimes touch screen changing of media stops working.

Haven't tried either online streaming service yet - will maybe try TuneIn as I don't have a Deezer account.

Oh apparently this is Version 3 of something - not sure if that helps!

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#7 ·
I use Spotify mainly and I don't really use TuneIn as they always have really low quality versions of the radio streams I like.

Haven't prodded around enough to see if I can login to my TuneIn account where I have custom streams.

From the looks of things this uses the SIM slot data connection to load data and stream so that will finally load some sort of burden on that 3 UK one year sim we were all buying!
 
#12 ·
Streaming with the online providers sort of works.

For tune in there's no favourites lists so you have to search for the stream every time.

Also the inbuilt 4G modem dropped connectivity twice in the middle of London with no coverage notspots anywhere nearby

Definitely a work in progress

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#13 ·
Dang it. I was hoping this would be a final solution. I really just want USB to work, and voice commands for music, which I believe only work with USB. I really don't care about live services or in control apps, so looks like this may be enough to satisfy me though.

I had my car in for service on the 23rd and was told the update wasn't quite ready yet, so looks like I just missed it. I'll bring it back next month.
 
#16 ·
"Also the song gets stuck on the screen whilst new songs come on and sometimes touch screen changing of media stops working."

I picked up my new Velar on Monday and I have this issue when using Amazon Music. It's happened a few time. I put it down to the fact that Amazon Musics is not officially integrated.......yet
 
#17 ·
No it's just busted iPhone Integration full stop.

Today same thing songs freeze on screen and sometimes the screens stop working

Audio distortion is minimal so far AND it hasn't failed to recognise the device so far (only been 24hrs).

However it's not fault free. Also tune in integration is very basic as I said early - also have no idea what stream quality it's playing for some of my radios I listen to - in the iOS app they stream at 32kbps which is really low.

Will report back as I figure out more.

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Land Rover just released (today) an update to the Incontrol Apps for iPhone - claims bug fixes and support for iOS 11.2. I haven't had a chance to see whether this improves anything. I doubt I'll be getting the car software updated until my next service, so would be curious to see whether the combination of the new car software and the updated App fixes any of the ongoing issues.
 
#20 ·
Here's a pic of a new error always coming up over USB with iPhone when you try and skip any playing track (Music, Spotify, VLC, etc).

Funnily enough don't get it over Bluetooth - which now shows Spotify track names and album artwork flawlessly - so someone has worked on the BT side of things - but clearly not as much on the USB side.

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#23 ·
mrgandfriends.co.uk said:
I'm pretty sure Spotify uses the data from the phone connection rather than the Installed Sim
however, if you create a hotspot in the velar, your iphone/smartphone will then get the spotify stream using the Velar data sim.

in the end ICTP is not getting the stream thanks to the data sim by itself but it does through the iphone/smartphone.

kind of tricky but it works. and it is meant to provide a more stable stream thanks to the roof car antenna ...
 
#24 ·
DangerMouseUK said:
No it's just busted iPhone Integration full stop.

Today same thing songs freeze on screen and sometimes the screens stop working

Audio distortion is minimal so far AND it hasn't failed to recognise the device so far (only been 24hrs).

However it's not fault free. Also tune in integration is very basic as I said early - also have no idea what stream quality it's playing for some of my radios I listen to - in the iOS app they stream at 32kbps which is really low.

Will report back as I figure out more.

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very interesting indeed. thanks for this post. however with the fails you still encounter I wonder if we should not wait for a more thorough debug ?
 
#26 ·
Lol, I guess I feel pretty lucky that mine has been fairly stable. I don't even care about usb that much and I hate the in control apps anyway, I just want album art and voice controls via bluetooth. Sounds like album art is remedied with this update; can any confirm the voice controls?
 
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