Aftermarket Infotainment for M56x?

[Spork3245]

Hi everyone, I was wondering if there are any aftermarket infotainment systems for a 2011 M56x? One that offers apple carplay? On my Mustang there’s a plethora of aftermarket systems available, but I’m happy with the stock, however, for my fiancé’s M56 all I can find are OEM infotainment units from Infiniti. I was thinking of replacing it for her as it is a bit outdated by modern standards and is a little slow at times (it’s almost a decade old so that’s to be expected ).

[Yoda's Master]

There's a really big button on the right side with big red letter that says "SEARCH".

You don't even need to do that, just open your eyes and look on the main topic page.
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[Ilya]

Lol Yoda. But seriously...look up my thread on here about the Grom Audio VLINE VL2.

[Spork3245]

There's a really big button on the right side with big red letter that says "SEARCH".

You don't even need to do that, just open your eyes and look on the main topic page.
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Erm, I did search the forum, and it was about as useful as your jerk-style post. Instead of wasting time treading through pages of year+ old threads about updates for the stock system, and issues for the stock system, I thought it better to use the very purpose of a forum and create a post to ask a very simple question of which google was giving me zero results and this forums search function was turning up useless old information. You also seem to be inferring that there’s an obvious post somewhere on the first page or pinned to it, but there isn’t: I’m glad Illya mentioned the Grom as being an infotainment system as that thread title mentions nothing regarding infotainment.
Perhaps if you’re not going to contribute to a thread, maybe don’t click on it and move the hell on.

[Yoda's Master]

There's a really big button on the right side with big red letter that says "SEARCH".

You don't even need to do that, just open your eyes and look on the main topic page.
infiniti-m37-m56-q70-forum.html

Erm, I did search the forum, and it was about as useful as your jerk-style post. Instead of wasting time treading through pages of year+ old threads about updates for the stock system, and issues for the stock system, I thought it better to use the very purpose of a forum and create a post to ask a very simple question of which google was giving me zero results and this forums search function was turning up useless old information. You also seem to be inferring that there’s an obvious post somewhere on the first page or pinned to it, but there isn’t: I’m glad Illya mentioned the Grom as being an infotainment system as that thread title mentions nothing regarding infotainment.
Perhaps if you’re not going to contribute to a thread, maybe don’t click on it and move the hell on.

You're an idiot. It's obvious and only 6 posts below your useless thread. People need to learn how to search and read instead of posting the same thread over and over again.

[Ilya]

There's a really big button on the right side with big red letter that says "SEARCH".

You don't even need to do that, just open your eyes and look on the main topic page.
infiniti-m37-m56-q70-forum.html

Erm, I did search the forum, and it was about as useful as your jerk-style post. Instead of wasting time treading through pages of year+ old threads about updates for the stock system, and issues for the stock system, I thought it better to use the very purpose of a forum and create a post to ask a very simple question of which google was giving me zero results and this forums search function was turning up useless old information. You also seem to be inferring that there’s an obvious post somewhere on the first page or pinned to it, but there isn’t: I’m glad Illya mentioned the Grom as being an infotainment system as that thread title mentions nothing regarding infotainment.
Perhaps if you’re not going to contribute to a thread, maybe don’t click on it and move the hell on.

Spork, to be fair, a simple search of 'android' or 'apple car play' on this sub-forum would have resulted in the first post being my HowTo on how to install the GROM (search.php?keywords=android&fid%5B0%5D=1247).

That being said, the admins and mods are aware that the search function is less than stellar currently, but in this situation, it should have yielded the correct result pretty quickly.

Erm, I did search the forum, and it was about as useful as your jerk-style post. Instead of wasting time treading through pages of year+ old threads about updates for the stock system, and issues for the stock system, I thought it better to use the very purpose of a forum and create a post to ask a very simple question of which google was giving me zero results and this forums search function was turning up useless old information. You also seem to be inferring that there’s an obvious post somewhere on the first page or pinned to it, but there isn’t: I’m glad Illya mentioned the Grom as being an infotainment system as that thread title mentions nothing regarding infotainment.
Perhaps if you’re not going to contribute to a thread, maybe don’t click on it and move the hell on.

You're an idiot. It's obvious and only 6 posts below your useless thread. People need to learn how to search and read instead of posting the same thread over and over again.

Now now guys, lets simmer down. I generally don't have to do much policing here because most people who own this car are working professionals but lets nip this in the bud right now. For new members, you would have to know what "GROM Audio VLine" systems are in order to realize you need to click on that thread and that's a my bad. I have updated the thread title to ensure that it is obvious that it has to do with Android Auto/Apple Car Play.

[emm3seven]

Ilya - did you ever find someone with an iPhone to test out CarPlay on your Vline setup? That was the one feature I most wanted, but couldn’t find confirmation that it actually worked. TIA

[Ilya]

Ilya - did you ever find someone with an iPhone to test out CarPlay on your Vline setup? That was the one feature I most wanted, but couldn’t find confirmation that it actually worked. TIA

I didn't . All of my family switched to Android and I always forget when around friends to have someone go to my car. Sorry sir.

[emm3seven]

Thanks! Given that the OP here specifically mentioned CarPlay, maybe Vline isn’t (necessarily) the best option. (Though aside from that, it looks awesome)

[Yoda's Master]

The CarPlay option is in VLine, but doesn't work. The system locks up until you disconnect the stupid iphone.

[Ilya]

There was that Chinese aftermarket system too floating around but rumor has it it is vastly under powered and will be laggy, etc. It was like $600 or something and completely replaces the screen and some of the vent/dash area with a larger screen where as the VLine connects as an input into the original system. Don't think anyone here has tested it.

The third option, which I tried and didn't like, is NavTool...look them up.