CarFan1

I haven't seen any reports that the Ottocast will change the MBUX display. it seems that this option for full screen display works with the Comand operating systems. MBUX shrinks both CarPlay and AA. But if you've seen otherwise let us know.

ddeliber

Yea, I hear you. Mbux is the issue with Full Screen - from what I can tell, this was a Mercedes decision - probably not fixable from the phone or wireless dongle side - for what that is worth.

I am also curious if you or anyone has seen any of the other issues that I am seeing - see prev post above. The contacts not being handled properly for outgoing calls etc is really bad but the others are also odd and frustrating as well.

velryba

MY16 W213 220d
using USB connection

When I plug my wife's phone in, again using USB connection, her display setup is different and even more annoying 😂😂😂

KamalinO

Do you mean the different tabs and rounded edges? That's the new cakewalk android auto update that is rolling out to everyone, you can disable the tabs through settings if you prefer the previous AA screen setup.
I agree that with the large android auto space on the right it looks ridiculous.
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velryba

No, the new set up is nice........ but the android auto logo space still not being used does my head in......

velryba

Do you have it in your car?

CarFan1

If you have a Comand W213 and not an MBUX W213 you can buy the Ottocast U2-X Pro wireless dongle and it will give you a full screen as an option. But absent that I know of know of a way to get full screen by directly plugging in.

KamalinO

Does anyone know an alternative to Ottocast for enabling wireless AA with fullscreen (by emulating carplay)

I had a terrible experience with the Ottocast U2-X PRO and looking for an alternative.

Does anyone know if Carlinkit or AAwireless support this?

Thanks!

teksurv

Motorola MA1.

CarFan1

The OP asked about Full Screen AA. I have seen no report that Motorola MA1 enables full screen support for Android Auto. And I personally know that AAWireless doesn't.

teksurv

You are correct, I should have read more carefully. The MA1 works great if you do not mind the AA portion on the screen. It is annoying. That said I haven't read a review where the Android OS modules work consistently (I use an Android phone daily, that DOES work consistently.)

CzarnyLewis

Does anyone have experience with Carlinkit 5.0 (2 air) on an NTG 5.5 system in terms of running fullscreen?
Carlinkkit 4.0 worked by streaming the image from Android Auto over the CarPlay protocol (and we have full screen), and version 5.0 already has the Android Auto protocol implemented and I'm afraid that full screen may no longer work.

I am thinking of buying between two products Ottocast U2-X Pro or Carlinkit 5.0 (2air) and I am looking for the advantages of both products.

KamalinO

That's interesting, I thought only the Ottocast allowed full screen.
I had a terrible experience with the Ottocast U2-X Pro on my W213 2017 so I wouldn't recommend it at all. If the Carlinkkit supports full screen AA I'd be willing to try it.

Solo wing

I wonder for those who have AAWireless, does changine the DPI configuration in the AAWireless app displays full screen & gets rid of the ridiculous AndroidAuto logo?

Regards

CarFan1

No it does not. See earlier posts.