Finally I got to be able to use the Apple CarPlay in my car, BMW Z4.
My car doesn't have car navigation system or any display console neither. What my car only has is a CD player that works as radio as well. But finally, I installed a gadget called "Coral Vision" to my car few days ago and now I got to be able to use the Apple CarPlay in my car.
自分の車にはカーナビとかの類のディスプレイはついていない。使えるのは CD プレイヤーとラジオだけ。けど数日前、"Coral Vision" ってのを手に入れて、遂に CarPlay が使えるようになった。
Easy installable smart display for car.
I know that a lot of people have already had cars that have the CarPlay. Sorry for those folks, I didn't have it yet, so I'm excited about the CarPlay and I'm writing this article.
I'm introducing a bit about the Coral Vision. Coral Vision is simply a smart display that supports the Apple CarPlay and the Android Auto for car. But it's easy installable to any types of cars only with a power cable. I was able to install it super easily in fact.
みんな CarPlay 対応の車を持ってることはわかってる。けどごめんなさい、自分は持っていなかったのでちょっと興奮してこの記事を書いている。
Coral Vision について少し説明。Coral Vision は CarPlay と Android Auto をサポートする車用のスマートディスプレイ。どんな車にでも電源ケーブルだけで簡単に取り付けできちゃう。実際、取り付けはめちゃくちゃ簡単だった。
It supports FM transmitter. This is great.
It's selectable how to output sounds. Of course it supports output via audio cable, or Coral Vision itself has 3W speaker as well. But actually those aren't important for me. Actually my car doesn't have AUX, so what I liked it was that it supports output sound via FM transmitter. Nowadays, there's no cars that don't have FM radio, right? So the Coral Vision can be installed any types of cars.
音声出力はいくつか選択できる。もちろんオーディオケーブルでもいいし、Coral Vision 自体に 3W のスピーカーも搭載されている。ただ実はそこは自分的には重要じゃなくて・・・自分の車には AUX 端子がない。ただ Coral Vision は FM トランスミッターでも音声出力できる。これはいい。今時、FM ラジオの付いてない車なんてないじゃん?だから Coral Vision はどんな種類の車にも取り付け可能というわけだ。
Using the CarPlay with the Coral Vision.
After installing the Coral Vision itself to car, what I only have to do is to connect Lightning cable from the Coral Vision to my iPhone. That's all. Then the CarPlay automatically launchs.
I used to use the Apple Maps on iPhone even before using the CarPlay, so my choice of car navigation on CarPlay is still the Apple Maps. I'm almost satisfied with the current Apple Maps.
Coral Vision 自体の取り付けが済んだ後は、本体と iPhone を Lightning ケーブル接続すれば OK。これだけで CarPlay が自動的に起動してくれる。
CarPlay を使えるようになる前から Apple Maps を使っていたので、とりあえず CarPlay でも Apple Maps を使っている。今の Apple Maps に大体満足しているし。
There was one thing I was worried about. That was the screen resolution of the Coral Vision. It's 1024x600, so I was worried if it would be not as much beautiful as the Retina display though, it doesn't make me feel it's uncomfortable. It could be because my eyes are farer from the display than case using iPhone.
Anyway, I'm satisfied with it.
ひとつだけ心配していたことがあって・・・Coral Vision の解像度。1024x600 だから Retina ディスプレイみたいにきれいじゃないかなーって思ってたんだけど、そんなに気にならない。多分 iPhone を使うときよりディスプレイと目の距離が遠いからかな。
まあ満足しています。