Update Firmware on Carlink CPC200-CP2A Wireless Apple CarPlay / Android Auto Dongle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ค. 2022
- I really want to love the Carlink CPC200-CP2A. As a multi-mobile OS family having a single dongle that supports wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto is amazing. Unfortunately, I've been having a couple issues with the device, and I haven't been able to work them out with Carlink support. They suggested that I update the firmware, but there's a MASSIVE issue with their workflow for doing that. This video demonstrates how to work around the device's poor design.
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Thank you for this video! I would never have thought of a second wifi adapter. But now I've finally managed to upgrade my device.
Thank you for this helpful video. I managed with your help to update the firmware. It could be done ONLY with Firefox
@missingremote could you please write out more clear instructions in the above section. The connections of what needs to be connected to what was super unclear.
Thanks for showing me the adapter trick. I used USB tethering on another phone to establish the connection.
I see you're using zoom in the browser to make it somewhat readable. The better way to go is just make the whole browser window smaller to the size of a phone screen. You will see all options then. 👍
The interface is designed to be seen on a phone. If you get into the device via a phone's web browser, the interface looks much more intuitive.
This is the only way I was able to do it. I happened to have a USB Wifi Dongle in the parts box, it still worked and became hardware device wifi 2. It wouldn't connect to the Carlkinkit, but my laptop builtin wifi would, so I used wifi 2, for my home router. The firmware updated from 2022.05.16 1659 to 2022.06.09 1652. I didn't see any real performance improvements and I wish they'd have an update history to know if I'd benefit. The device connect time didn't improve and I have to let it connect on its own. Occasionally on my 2019 Sienna I get "Cannot connect in Enhanced Mode..." which is a USB problem. The only way around that is to stop and restart the car.
My car is Toyota Corolla 2020, but when I want to connect with Apple CarPlay, it gets stuck on the screen that says ‘Connecting...’ A green light is flashing. Versions of my iPhone and Carlinkit device are up to date but not working, how do I solve it?
My carlkinkit 4.0 I'm running android auto and every 10 seconds I get a black screen flash it is very annoying.
Friend, I bought a carlinkit just like yours and whenever I install it in my vehicle (chevrolet onix) it works, but when I turn off the car it stops working, to get it working again I need to reset the vehicle's multimedia settings, could you please help?
If you unplug the Carlink and plug it in does that fix it?
I have the same device. It connects the first time, but doesn’t on subsequent startups. I hate it and I’m looking for a better product. My review on Amazon will be short and to the point.
Impossible to follow your procedure; can't tell what buttons you're pressing, etc.
Thank you for your video, however it is still unclear to me how to update the Carlinkkit 4.0. My car is a 2022 Hyundai Kona electric. I use two phones. One is an Android and the other is an iPhoneX.
Can you give step by step instructions in your reply as the video of what you were doing was difficult for me to follow? Thank you.
The approach I used requires a device with two Wi-Fi adapters. A phone won't work. If your phone maintains its network connection while connected to Wi-Fi, you don't need to do the complicated thing I did.
any idea what resolution i should be setting it to? auto and all the displayed resolution settings are all stretched.
Try playing with the DPI setting to see if that helps.
Same problem here.. where are these options
@@KiruHellsGate if you connect to the dongle via Wi-Fi, you can open the settings in the browser
While using carlinkit on my KIA it doesn't use the full screen (like 30% is wasted screen). Did you have found a way to fix this with carlinkit 4.0?
Try changing the resolution/DPI. That worked for me.
Pleas help
Do you know the update code to the carlinkit CPC200-Tbox to update the firmware.?
Sorry, I'm not sure what that is.
Any idea how to make this work in my 2017 audi A6 4G MMI? It only displays wirelessly but can't use the knobs to control it since it's not a touchscreen. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
That's an interesting question, unfortunately I don't have a car to test it with. I would expect that the car's wheel would emulate directional key presses and would pass that input to the dongle, but clearly something isn't working there. Unfortunately, you'll probably have to contact Carlink support on that.
what a shame. The first brand mentioned in brochure is Audi, worst part is they don't provide support for product bought elsewhere other than their website, then why do they have resellers. So prospective buyers please beware that by chance if it works it's good else you'd be left a little useless plastic box.
It is impossible, it says that it is already in the last version, however it is not.
yes...that's the point. How is it possible? what should do?
hi, its asking me for the kia39 wifi password. I entered 12345678 but it won't accept? Any other ideas? I tried 8x0's and 8x1's
If it doesn't accept the password, you might need to hard reset it. That's the only password I'm aware of.
I have just tested the CP2A with my 2015 VW and...
Works nice with iPhone
Works bad with Samsung S20FE. Display becomes unresponsive, resolution is bad (everything tiny) - I will try to change it in GUI. Entire interface lags like hell. My GPS pointer falls 0.5mi behind my actual position on google maps. Google maps voice is not possible to understand (bandwidth issue).
yep I have it and its shit for android auto. I've spent 100 eur and I'm not even using it.
@@RvpCro I managed to sell mine and went back to usb cable. Works like a charm.
@@Baryl83 I want to go back to usb cable, but it doesnt work anymore. I've tried to reset android auto app, uninstalled it, I've reseted my cars infotainment system, and still when I plug in USB nothing happens. I'm forced to use this, laggy, not working, shitty carlink adapter.
I dont know what to do.
Have you tried factory reset of mobile phone?
@@Baryl83 I've found a solution. Enabled usb debugging and now my phone asks what to do when usb is connected and everything works just fine!
I have a carlink but cant zoom out
Do you mean that the standard method for controlling zoom on your car doesn't work when using the Carlink device?
Is there a easier way to update this
Not that I've found.
This connectivity situation is what's kept me from purchasing this product. my phone is connected to my home WiFi until I back out of my driveway... therefore I cannot set my CarPlay connected GPS until I'm down the street, and that's a dealbreaker.
I wouldn't expect Internet connectivity to be a problem when you allow the phone to connect to the dongle for CarPlay/AA. I will include more detail around how this works in the review, but what will (should) happen is that when you turn on the car, your phone will connect automatically over BT to the dongle. The dongle will then broker the Wi-Fi connection to the phone for you. Both CarPlay and AA Wi-Fi connections will maintain the mobile's mobile data connection to the Internet when this happens.
Ideally, this should all happen fairly quickly (it did, at least most of the time, with the AA dongle I was using previously), so unless you're jumping in the car and going immediately wireless CarPlay/AA is just a bit slower than wired. Unfortunately, if you haven't been in the car recently, this one takes quite a while to boot up (because the car shut off power to the USB port) and do all of that brokering stuff. So you could experience significant lag in the connection -> CarPlay/AA being useful.
@@MissingRemote So I gave this a try today. Worked for about 10 minutes. Then I got out of my car, ran errands and came back and since then AA wont connect wirelessly. I ran your method and there were no updates available. I think that I wont get much help from them so this is going back.