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<blockquote data-quote="caleb" data-source="post: 2015035" data-attributes="member: 26213"><p>That’s not correct. I use a tablet plan on Verizon in my unit. It was a massive pain to get it activated because you can’t do it in the device (IMEI isn’t recognized by US carriers) so you need another device to activate it. (I only have current Apple devices that don’t have sim slots) I ended up buying a $15 hotspot off Amazon and it worked great to get it activated not as a phone (which as mentioned costs more).</p><p></p><p>I’ll add without a separate sim, the unit is extremely limited and straight up frustrating. I almost removed it a couple times while waiting for my sim to show up. As mentioned, CarPlay is flaky (works most of the time but sometimes doesn’t) so it’s hard to count on it. I tried to just tether it to my phones hotspot and it wouldn’t auto-reconnect.</p><p></p><p>I have a few minor complaints but overall really like the 14” autotec. My few complaints are, it defaults to your stock radio (whatever channel you left it on…I don’t use the stock radio so this is annoying). The audio also sometimes gets “stuck” on the stock radio. If I play another audio source, the second source plays but the stock fm radio continues to play so I have two sources playing at once. The only thing I’ve been able to do to fix it is to push the reset button or turn the truck off/on. So I keep a sim removal tool in the truck ready to reset the radio. I also need to spend some time and create a nice boot loader. I don’t like the default options. I miss having the outside temp in the top menu bar that’s always visible, So I’m hoping I can fix that with a custom screen.</p><p></p><p>Overall though, I really like the autotec. My wife loved being able to watch movies/tv shows on a recent road trip. I like being able to split screen with Waze and Spotify. Worth the cost of admission overall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="caleb, post: 2015035, member: 26213"] That’s not correct. I use a tablet plan on Verizon in my unit. It was a massive pain to get it activated because you can’t do it in the device (IMEI isn’t recognized by US carriers) so you need another device to activate it. (I only have current Apple devices that don’t have sim slots) I ended up buying a $15 hotspot off Amazon and it worked great to get it activated not as a phone (which as mentioned costs more). I’ll add without a separate sim, the unit is extremely limited and straight up frustrating. I almost removed it a couple times while waiting for my sim to show up. As mentioned, CarPlay is flaky (works most of the time but sometimes doesn’t) so it’s hard to count on it. I tried to just tether it to my phones hotspot and it wouldn’t auto-reconnect. I have a few minor complaints but overall really like the 14” autotec. My few complaints are, it defaults to your stock radio (whatever channel you left it on…I don’t use the stock radio so this is annoying). The audio also sometimes gets “stuck” on the stock radio. If I play another audio source, the second source plays but the stock fm radio continues to play so I have two sources playing at once. The only thing I’ve been able to do to fix it is to push the reset button or turn the truck off/on. So I keep a sim removal tool in the truck ready to reset the radio. I also need to spend some time and create a nice boot loader. I don’t like the default options. I miss having the outside temp in the top menu bar that’s always visible, So I’m hoping I can fix that with a custom screen. Overall though, I really like the autotec. My wife loved being able to watch movies/tv shows on a recent road trip. I like being able to split screen with Waze and Spotify. Worth the cost of admission overall. [/QUOTE]
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