sonofzell
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- Kirk
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- '21 F150 XLT Sport 2.7EB SCrew 302A High
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Given the long list of more important frustrations with my truck, I honestly haven't spent a lot of time / effort in figuring this out, but it really has me stumped. I'm wondering if anyone has had any similar experience or insight that can help me figure this out:
For better or worse, I am a full-time carplay user. It's in use 100% of the time when I'm in the truck. Lately (I'd say for the past two months), I've been experiencing an issue that I can only describe as "an abrupt change in audio output". The presentation is as follows:
Now for the REALLY confusing part....
There are several locations at which I KNOW this audio drop will occur! I know this sounds crazy (my daughter even teases me that I'm driving under "jewish space lasers" ? ), but I've been experiencing this for long enough now to just expect the audio drop when reaching a certain stop sign or intersection. The spots I've identified are, not surprisingly, near my home so I've even ruled out coincidental factors by taking different routes.
I fully appreciate that, since carplay is in the mix, this could very well be a bug with that interface specifically as opposed to my truck or its sync system, but I honestly don't even know where to begin in terms of determining WHY this occurs. On that same note, my iPhone has been updated twice since I first started having these drops, and I've removed and re-added it to the truck several times.
As stated, in terms of this truck's annoyances, this is certainly a minor one. That being said, it's become more of a frustration over time, likely due to the fact that I've not been able to make any sense of exactly what is happening here (or what is causing it).
I suppose I'm just curious as to if this makes any sense to those of you more familiar with sync/carplay tech than I am. Thanks in advance for any theories or suggestions!
For better or worse, I am a full-time carplay user. It's in use 100% of the time when I'm in the truck. Lately (I'd say for the past two months), I've been experiencing an issue that I can only describe as "an abrupt change in audio output". The presentation is as follows:
- While carplay is active, my audio will completely "cut out" for 2 or 3 seconds, as if someone had paused playback.
- After the brief silence, the audio output resumes, however, sounding nothing at all like it did previously. The volume is lowered significantly, and equalization settings are completely unbalanced, resulting in a very "tinny" sound; almost as if the audio were playing directly from my phone's speaker (I've confirmed this is NOT the case; the sound IS still coming through the truck's speakers).
- Without intervention, this "tin can" sound will continue for 30-60 seconds. At that point, I get another drop to silence for a second or two before the audio output returns to its original sound.
Now for the REALLY confusing part....
There are several locations at which I KNOW this audio drop will occur! I know this sounds crazy (my daughter even teases me that I'm driving under "jewish space lasers" ? ), but I've been experiencing this for long enough now to just expect the audio drop when reaching a certain stop sign or intersection. The spots I've identified are, not surprisingly, near my home so I've even ruled out coincidental factors by taking different routes.
I fully appreciate that, since carplay is in the mix, this could very well be a bug with that interface specifically as opposed to my truck or its sync system, but I honestly don't even know where to begin in terms of determining WHY this occurs. On that same note, my iPhone has been updated twice since I first started having these drops, and I've removed and re-added it to the truck several times.
As stated, in terms of this truck's annoyances, this is certainly a minor one. That being said, it's become more of a frustration over time, likely due to the fact that I've not been able to make any sense of exactly what is happening here (or what is causing it).
I suppose I'm just curious as to if this makes any sense to those of you more familiar with sync/carplay tech than I am. Thanks in advance for any theories or suggestions!
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