CAR SOLUTIONS Wireless CarPlay Decoder for Porsche with PCM 3.1 User Manual

: June 12, 2024
: CAR SOLUTIONS

Table of Contents

Description of Porsche Wireless CarPlay Decoder
- Product Features
- Hardware wiring diagram
Product Function Catalog
Reverse setting instructions
Customer Support
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CAR SOLUTIONS Wireless CarPlay Decoder for Porsche with PCM 3.1

Description of Porsche Wireless CarPlay Decoder

Product Features

Support wireless/wired CarPlay function
Support wired Baidu Carlife function
Support wireless Airplay function
Support wireless/wired Android auto function
Support wired Autolink function
Support USB to play video
Support HDMI video input display
Support lossless sound quality, perfect presentation, EQ adjustment
Support reversing radar and track display
Supports foresight input, exits the reverse and automatically switches to foresight, with optional lead time
Support to adjust the microphone sound quality
Support user firmware upgrade
Support boot logo and icon logo modification

Hardware wiring diagram

Product Function Catalog

Wireless/Wired Carplay function introduction

CarPlay is an Apple system that interconnects a user’s Apple phone with a car machine. The connection methods are wireless and wired. Wireless carplay connection method: mobile phone connection and car machine connection.

Wireless carplay mobile terminal pairing connection steps:

Press the menu key to enter the carplay main interface
Turn on WiFi on the phone
Turn on Bluetooth on the mobile phone
Bluetooth endpoint search
The decoder Bluetooth device (carplayxxxx) is found
Click on the mobile phone to search for Bluetooth devices and select point pairing in turn, allow, use carplay.

Wireless carplay car terminal pairing connection steps:

Turn on WiFi on the phone
Turn on Bluetooth on the mobile phone and stay in the Bluetooth interface
Open the car and enter WirelessDev
Enter the device search on the car side
The mobile device searches for the mobile phone Bluetooth device (carplayxxxx) and pairs
Select point pairing in turn on the mobile phone, allow, use carplay

If the wireless carplay fails to connect:

Tap the carplay Bluetooth or wifi on the mobile phone
Clear the Bluetooth devices on the mobile phone and the car, and then pair the connection (as shown in Figure ①)
Go to WirelessDev to reset the Bluetooth , And then pairing connection (as shown in Figure ②)
Go to the mobile phone to restore the mobile phone network
Check whether the carplay on the mobile phone is turned on (settings-screen time-content and privacy access permissions-allowed apps)
siri Whether the permissions are all open 7 Check if there is a problem with the antenna if necessary.

Wireless CarPlay disconnection method: mobile phone terminal disconnection and car terminal disconnection

Disconnect the mobile phone: directly turn off the wifi of the mobile phone. Disconnect the mobile phone: enter WirelessDev—device management, click the connected mobile device

Wired CarPlay connection method:

First, open the siri permission in the settings of the mobile phone 2. Check whether the carplay on the mobile phone is turned on (settings-screen usage time-content and privacy access permissions-allowed apps) 2. Insert the end of the Apple data cable into the USB on the decoder Online, plug the other end into the mobile phone charging port 3. The mobile phone pops up to allow the use of carplay, select “Allow”, and select “Use USB only” in the next step.

Carplay operation method:

To move between carplay icons, you need to use left and right rotation (knob: left or right; joystick: Left or right; touchpad: slide left or right)
The up and down song on the steering wheel can control the up and down song function in the music app in carplay 2. Short press the voice button on the steering wheel to wake up the siri voice of carplay ( Or long press the confirmation key 5S at any interface of carplay to wake up siri voice)
Short press the phone key on the steering wheel to connect the call.

Wireless/Wired Android Auto function introduction

Android Auto[1] is an Android function specially designed for cars launched by Google; before using it, please go to the Google play store, download the Android Auto APP, and install it; after successfully installing the Android Auto APP, open this APP, and you will be prompted to download Install Google play music, Google map, Google search, Google text-to-speech, etc. Currently only Google phones and Samsung’s new phones support the wireless Android Auto function.

Wireless Android Auto connection steps:

Turn on WiFi on the mobile phone
Turn on Bluetooth on the mobile phone, and stay on the Bluetooth interface
Select the car and enter the Wireless Dev APP
Enter the Bluetooth search interface on the car and machine
Search for the car and machine endpoint
Car and machine Select and enter the searched device at the end of the vehicle
Choose any one of the items on the vehicle end to perform pairing
A pairing request pops up on the phone end, select pairing
A connection dialog box appears on the end of the vehicle end, press the enter key to enter.

Wireless Android Auto connection steps:

Select the WireAuto APP on the car terminal 2. Enter the WireAuto connection interface 3. The decoder and the mobile phone are connected via a USB cable.

Android Auto operation method:

Car machine terminal operation, use the knob, up, down, left and right keys and return key operation

Wireless AirPlay/Wired Autolink function introduction

Wireless airplay connection steps:

Click and enter the main interface Airplay interface
The mobile terminal opens WiFi
The mobile terminal searches for the decoder WiFi name and enters the password
The mobile terminal slides the screen up and down and finds the screen mirror in the task bar
Click on the connection to search for WiFi device

Airplay operation method: mobile phone operation

Wired Autolink connection steps:

Click and enter the main interface Autolink interface
Insert one end of the Android mobile phone data cable into the USB cable on the decoder and the other end to the charging port of the mobile phone
The mobile phone prompts and enters the browser to download the Autolink APP and install it (as shown in the figure 1)
Insert the Android phone data cable into the decoder USB
At this time, go to the mobile phone and select all the prompt permissions to open (as shown in Figure 2)
Unplug the data cable

Introduction to USB HD playback

First insert the U disk with video and music, then click and enter the USB interface of carplay main interface. USB currently only supports video and music functions.

Introduction to Firmware Upgrade

Carplay upgrade steps:

Copy the carplay upgrade file “ISPBOOOT.BIN” to the root directory of the U disk
Insert the U disk into the USB interface of the decoder
Enter the settings of the installation interface
Select and enter the user upgrade in the settings menu
Enter the corresponding password
nter the user upgrade interface, select system upgrade
After the upgrade dialog box pops up, select “√” to enter upgrade mode 8. The entire upgrade process needs to wait for about two minutes

Carplay forced upgrade method:

Copy the upgrade file “ISPBOOOT.BIN” to the root directory of the U disk
Insert the U disk into the USB interface of the decoder
Power on the car, press the MENU button for 12 seconds to enter the upgrade within ten seconds Mode (old software: After the car is powered on, press and hold the back button for 5-8 seconds to enter the upgrade mode)

MCU upgrade steps:

Copy the MCU file “Upgrade.BIN” into the root directory of the USB flash drive
Insert the USB flash drive into the USB interface of the decoder
Enter the installation interface settings
Select and enter the user upgrade in the settings menu
Enter the corresponding password
Enter the user upgrade interface, select MCU upgrade
After the upgrade dialog box pops up, select “√” to enter upgrade mode
The entire upgrade process needs to wait about one minute
Long press the MENU button to switch to carplay Install the interface, wait for the main interface before you can unplug the U disk

MCU forced upgrade method: 1. Copy the MCU file “Upgrade.BIN” file into the root directory of the U disk, and then copy a recovery110# file with no suffix to the root directory of the U disk 2. After the car is powered on, press and hold the MENU button Cut to the carplay interface in about 3 seconds and wait to see the main interface 2. Insert the U disk into the USB interface of the decoder
3. At this time, it will automatically enter the upgrade mode

Carplay icon upgrade steps:

Copy the 250×250 “cp_back.png” upgrade image file into the root directory of the U disk
Insert the U disk into the USB interface of the decoder
Enter the settings of the installation interface
Select and enter in the settings menu User upgrade
Enter the corresponding password
Enter the user upgrade interface, select the carplay icon to upgrade
After the upgrade dialog box pops up, select “√”, at this time you can see the decoder restart

Carplay boot logo upgrade steps

Copy the 24-bit color image “logo.bmp” image file of the upgrade file 800×480 into the root directory of the U disk 2. Insert the U disk into the USB interface of the decoder 2. Enter the settings of the installation interface 3. In the settings menu Select and enter the user upgrade in 5. Enter the corresponding password 6. Enter the user upgrade interface, select the startup screen to upgrade 7. After the upgrade dialog box pops up, select “√” 7. Restart the decoder startup screen to take effect

Reverse setting instructions

Carplay setting reverse function introduction

Reversing camera: sub-decoder reversing and original car reversing, the default is the original car reversing;

The original car comes with a reversing camera: go to Settings-Reversing-Camera Reversing Choose to reversing in the original car
Add a reversing camera: go to Settings-Reversing-Reversing camera selection in the decoder reversing

Install camera connection method:

method 1:

The camera CVBS output is directly inserted into the rear view interface
12V rear view connected to the camera’s power supply
Carplay setting option to change the reversing setting to decoder reversin

Method 2:

The camera CVBS output is directly inserted into the rear view interface
12V rear view connected to the camera’s power supply
Reversing detection line connected to car taillight power supply
Carplay setting option to change the reversing setting to decoder reversing
Carplay setting option changed the rear line check to on

Front camera display time:

You can set the front display time 0-15 seconds, the default is 0 seconds
Carplay decoder front view interface: support rear-mounted camera (camera power supply connected to 12V rear view), driving recorder
(driving recorder power supply connected to 12V ACC), etc.

Functions of the buttons on the central control panel

PHONE(①): long press for 3S to switch long press for 12 seconds to force the upgrade mode
INFO(②): long press for 3S to switch
Return button (③): Short press is for return, long press for 8S to restart the carplay decoder
Front view button (④): long press to enter the front view installation
Confirm button (⑤): short press to confirm function, long press for 5 seconds to activate voice; rotate left and right to operate the installation interface
Call answer button /hang up button (⑥): short press to answer, long press to hang up
Call hang up button (⑦): short press to hang up
Up and down song buttons (⑧ ⑨): Short press to switch the up and down song functions
Cursor movement buttons (⑩ ⑪): ⑩ Short press to move left, long press to move up; ⑪ Short press to right, long press to move down