ChrisPDuck
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I bought the adapter from AliExpress. It's the NTG3.0 version of this one: 167.11£ 38% OFF|For Ntg3.0-3.5 Ben S-class W221 Android Auto Decoder Box Wireless Apple Carplay Support Mirror Link Swc Map Siri Ios Android - Car Multimedia Player - AliExpress. I paid £184, including Fedex two week shipping.Welcome to the forum.
Could you post what the CarPlay adapter is, or even better a 'how to' thread to get it to work with the phone puck connector.
thanks
My description may have been misleading - the adapter works completely wirelessly, using bluetooth for the initial connection but thereafter using wifi for all data transfer. I can leave my phone in my pocket, and it connects automatically. The CarPlay adapter does have a USB connection option too, but in my setup that's only used to provide (a little bit of) power to the wireless charging puck that I've glued into the recess in my home-made phone tray. The tray itself has no electrical connection to the original phone preparation clip, I merely used it to clip my phone tray in place. I looked into using the antenna connection in the phone preparation clip to somehow boost the antenna signal inside the centre console, but I had no success, so the clip is used purely as a physical mount. In practice it's quite a good place for signal anyway, both GSM and GPS.
I'm happy to post the STL file for the phone mount if anyone else wants to print one, but it's quite specific to my iPhone 13 Pro in a silicone case. Or I could post the OpenSCAD file if you want to modify it to suit your own phone.
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