Here is the document you need to let you dealer know that you know about the Smartphone Pack
Pathfinder Release Notes – 193 PDF (7 pages/182KB)
For extra index-a-bility, here’s the text:
New Features:
17MY > 18MY Range Rover / L405
17MY > 18MY Range Rover Sport / L494
17MY > 18MY Discovery / L462
18MY Range Rover Velar / L560
18MY Evoque / L538
18MY Discovery Sport / L550
18MY XF / X260
18MY XE / X760
18MY F-PACE / X761
18MY F-TYPE / X152
18MY E-PACE / X540
19MY I-PACE / X590
This release includes a new application – ‘Activation of Smartphone Pack’. This application allows the activation of 3 smartphone integration technologies – Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and Baidu CarLife.
Baidu CarLife is intended for the Chinese market only. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto availability will also depend on vehicle region.
The Smartphone Pack application is only compatible with InControl Touch Pro software version 18C or later. This application will prompt users to update the InControl Touch Pro software if required.And as long as we’re here, the Land Rover USA website now lists the option, it only took a year.
No CarPlay listed in these release notes yet but here are the latest 18C release notes. Pathfinder 0074 had a few more fixes released on Thursday but they appear to be minor.
From Ross in the UK – his 2017 Discovery got the 18C update and with it, CarPlay is finally here.
First the InControl Touch Pro 18C version, S18C_18.34.5-213496
(This same version has also started showing up in Velar’s & F-Pace’s in the UK)
Now what it looks like screen to screen.
Extra Features:
Then you plug in your iPhone and tap Apple CarPlay:
Then some visual changes – the phone battery indicator disappears and the Phone icon on the lower bar changes to a CarPlay icon:
Then…
First there’s a dedicated button to open the fuel door the also opens the fuel tank isolation valve & depressurized the tank then unlocks the filler flap. I’ll let the owners manual take it from here:
FUEL FILLER FLAP LOCK
Note: Make sure that the vehicle is refuelled shortly after the refuelling button is pressed. Failure to do so may result in the fuel tank not being filled to the required level. If in doubt, check the fuel level gauge in the instrument panel before continuing the journey, to prevent running out of fuel.Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) have a locking fuel filler flap and an isolation valve on the fuel tank.
The vehicle cannot be refuelled until the following has occurred:
• The isolation valve on the fuel tank is open.
• The fuel tank is depressurised.
• The fuel filler flap is unlocked.
To enable refuelling, carry out the following:1. Switch off the vehicle’s ignition, apply the Electric Parking Brake (EPB), and make sure that the transmission is engaged in Park (P).
2. Press the refuelling button located in the lower switch panel at the driver’s side of the fascia. The isolation valve on the fuel tank opens to depressurise the fuel tank. The fuel filler flap unlocks. The instrument panel displays a message to confirm that the fuel filler flap is unlocking.
3. The instrument panel displays a message to confirm that the fuel filler flap is unlocked and the vehicle can be refuelled. See 382, FUEL FILLER FLAP.The isolation valve on the fuel tank remains open for approximately 10 minutes, at which point the valve shuts, preventing further refuelling. If further refuelling is required, repeat the above process to open the isolation valve on the fuel tank.
Note: Make sure that the vehicle is stationary. The fuel filler flap does not unlock, and the isolation valve on the fuel tank does not open, if the vehicle is moving. The instrument panel displays a message to confirm that the vehicle’s speed is too high.
Note: Make sure that the fuel filler flap is closed after refuelling. The instrument panel displays a message to confirm that the fuel filler flap is not fully closed. If a fault is detected on either the fuel filler flap system, or on the isolation valve system on the fuel tank, the instrument panel displays a message. In this event, consult a retailer/authorised repairer or roadside assistance. See 501, ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. See 357, PROTECT.
Here are two slides that caught my eye from the full presentation:
2 additional nameplates coming…
And here specifically the Always On stuff – finally.
