Jaguar Land Rover ( JLR) Pivi Pro Release Notes Archive

Our dedicated section for Pivi Pro release notes, which includes all the updates and improvements made to the infotainment system.  Regularly checking these release notes, users can stay up-to-date with the latest features and functionalities of the Pivi Pro system.

The Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Pivi Pro system is equipped with advanced features that allow users to stay connected and updated while on the road. The latest Pivi Pro release notes provide detailed information about the changes and improvements made to the system. The notes include details on new features, bug fixes, performance enhancements, and more.

I’m going to do my best to keep a running list of the versions and their official changes.

You can find them linked below and via the Infotainment Release Notes at the top of the site.

Pivi Pro Release Notes
https://www.ovalnews.com/category/pivi-pro-release-notes

InControl Touch Pro Release Notes(for old times sake, ICTP gang gang):
https://www.ovalnews.com/category/incontrol

If I’m missing any and you have the details, please send them over.

2023-05-15T19:18:38-04:00February 8, 2023|

2014 Range Rover – Reverse Traffic Detection

 

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Reverse Traffic Detection (RTD) does a great job at alerting the driver if a car perpendicular to you is approaching quickly – very handy when backing out of a parking spot when you can’t fully see what’s coming in either direction.  The red indicator in the image above appears over the reverse camera display along with an audio alert and flashing Blind Spot Monitor (BSM) indicators in the side view mirrors. 

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The system is described best in the video below.

2014-05-11T02:16:05-04:00May 3, 2014|

A 2014 Range Rover Rant, or How you’ll always know if you’re listening to a Pop or Rock station; always.

I’ve been ranting about the utility of 12.3” TFT LCD screen that Range Rover has used for its virtual gauges since 2010.  When I drove a 2013 model for the first time, it was the first thing I was hoping to see.  There was audio info and even navigational cues in the once black void between the two “gauges”.  Now having a full week in with my 2014.5, I can say it’s missing the last bit of polish.  I’m not going to address the frustratingly slow interfaces yet, this rant is specifically calling out the display of song information(or lack thereof) on both the digital gauge screen and the center touchscreen.  Here we go…

The gauge display when playing a Sirius Satellite Radio song:sat-gauge1:

It shows us that it’s Sirius, SAT 1 shows us that it’s a channel on the first screen of SAT presets, not that I care.  Seriously, does wasting that space with SAT 1 help anyone?  Does anyone care that it’s the first page of SAT presets?  Anyone?  “Bridge” is the channel name and the Channel number is 32.  Notice it does not display the song name or artist name.  So let’s look to the 8” touchscreen and its default Home menu for the information we’re seeking – notice the information to the right of the “Audio/Video” button.maindisp-home

Here we see again it’s SAT 1, the preset page(can anyone explain why I should care?).  It’s playing Channel 32, Bridge.  But this time we get a new and totally amazing piece of information – is it the song title?  Is it the artist?? No, it’s the genre of the station currently playing.  Then below that they kill more space with the Meridian logo because that’s the mode I have it in.  So yes the music sounds great but by default, we still don’t know what we’re listening to. But we know it’s a Rock station, so that really, really makes up for it.

So let’s be daring and hit the Audio/Video button, maybe the information we seek is there…maindisp-av
Great!  Finally, we really get some more info, well just one new piece of glance-able info – the artist’s name.  If we want more info, then you’ve got to press that “i” button.

So maybe you’re thinking it’s just a Satellite Radio issue, it’s got to be better when playing from an iPod.  Right?  We’ll do this one in reverse.  Audio/Video display for iPod song – Album/Artist/Track all displayed!!maindisp-av-ipod

Home menu shows us the Song Title – it would be nice if they lost the Meridian logo and gave us Artist too.  As the driver, I couldn’t care less about any marketing deals they’ve made.  There are Meridian logos on the physical speakers in the car, I don’t need a digital one too.  And yes, you could pick Dolby or DTS and the appropriate logo is shown but who really cares?  It’s a waste of very limited visual space.

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The gauge display, again a little more info but still plenty of useless redundancy.  So the Music: iPod line tells us it’s playing from the iPod.  The second line with iPod is showing the name of my iPod, which is just “iPod”.  Then the final line we get Track number and Song title.

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The name of my iPod just exacerbates the issue but it also proves a point, why is there such redundancy?  Yes we need to know the source, I’m fine with that but why not place the iPod’s name on the first line and use the new, now empty space for the Artist name?  It’s better than Satellite Radio but still needs improvement.

It’s these frustrating little details that take an almost perfect vehicle and make it less so.  And the worst part is that these are all features that are constantly in your face, you’re looking at one of these screens and always missing key info that could very easily be displayed – a frustrating reminder of what could be. 

How much of this is regulations and contracts and how much is actual design?

But hey, at least we know it’s a Rock station…

2014-05-11T02:16:55-04:00April 19, 2014|
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