09-02-2017, 04:36 PM | #1 |
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Retrofit Wireless charging pad
Title says it all. The Cellphone connectivity option wasn't available on my car, so now I'm looking into retrofitting parts of it. CarPlay and Enhanced Bluetooth seem to be codable, I couldn't care less about the wifi hotspot, but as far as the wireless charging goes, obviously it's hardware related.
I think I've found the part on RealOEM, but I'm just curious how difficult the installation would be? I mean, I can live with a USB cable to charge, but the wireless thing is so much more convenient... Any ideas? |
09-03-2017, 12:18 AM | #2 |
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I can't speak for how hard can it be to retrofit it but as a wireless charger user it's very convenient and neat way of charging your devices .My phones don't support it but I can easily charge my Display Key without hassle and it won't overcharge itself either
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Difficult is a relative term, which depends on your skillset.
For Carplay, you have to make sure vehicle has wifi aerial antenna. Enhanced Bluetooth can be coded without additional hardware. |
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09-03-2017, 10:42 AM | #4 |
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Well by difficult I mean more how much taking apart and putting back together is involved; if it's a question of removing the trim, the "inert" tray and plugging the new one, that's easy. If I need to wire the entire thing to the fuse box because the cable is missing all together, then that's probably more than I'm willing to tackle...
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