GearJunkie88
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I'm fairly new to the 5th gen 4Runner. I installed an aftermarket stereo with CarPlay in my old 2008 4Runner and it did everything I needed my phone to do while driving. I was having some growing pains getting used to the Entune system and its apparent weaknesses. But after spending many hours on the Google machine, I have learned some things that help make things easier. I thought I would compile all my new-found knowledge in one place in case anyone else is tired of googling to figure out things.
I'm using an iPhone SE with Entune Premium (with nav) in my SR5 Premium. The important thing to remember is that Entune has "Siri Eyes Free", so you can get Siri to do lots of things for you that Entune has problems with.
Pair your phone with Entune. Go into Bluetooth settings on your phone and make sure Show Notifications is checked. If you don't do this, text message alerts won't show up on Entune.
Don't put the "speed dial" contacts on the Entune home screen. You can choose a 2 or 3 panel layout. I chose 2 panels and put music on one side and nav on the other side (will also work with weather in one of those panels). If you populate the speed dial contacts and put them on the home screen, text messaging alerts won't show up on Entune most of the time. And when they do appear, you are given a notification that says something like "Text message from Bob Smith" and a button that says "Read" and another that says "Ignore". The Read button is grayed-out. You can only Ignore the message.
Making a phone call: Long press the Off Hook button on the steering wheel to wake-up Siri. Tell her who you want to call.
Ending a phone call: Short press the On Hook button on the steering wheel.
Answering a phone call: Short press the Off Hook button.
Send a text message: Long press Off Hook to wake-up Siri and tell her to send a text message.
Read an incoming text message: As long as you don't setup speed dial contacts on the home screen, you should be able to just press the Read button on the screen and have Entune (I call her "Marge") read it to you. If Marge doesn't want to work, you can ask Siri to read your text message to you (e.g., "read my last text message").
Reply to a text message: Entune only gives you the option to select some canned messages like "Can't talk right now". If you want to send a more detailed message, tell Siri to do it.
Play music stored on your phone via bluetooth: Tell Siri something like "play my music shuffled".
Pause music: Tell Siri to "pause the music".
Resume playing music: Tell Siri to "resume playing the music".
Jump to the next/previous song in a playlist: Use the up/down steering wheel buttons for this.
Fast forward/rewind a song that is currently playing: Use the left/right steering wheel buttons.
Tune to a radio station: Press the Talk button on the steering wheel and tell Marge "tune to 99.5 FM" or "tune to XM station Lithium".
Switch from one music source to another: Press Talk and tell Marge "change to source to XM".
Navigation - Get directions to a national chain store/restaurant: If you want to go somewhere like Home Depot or Best Buy, Marge can usually find big box store places. Press the Talk button and tell Marge what you are looking for (e.g., "Get directions to Home Depot near me"). She should bring up a list of matches, select the one you want and start navigation to get turn-by-turn directions.
Navigation - Get directions to a local store/restaurant: If you want to go somewhere that isn't a national chain and is likely not in Marge's database, press to Talk button and say "launch Destination Search". You must be running the Entune App on your phone for this to work. Marge will launch the Destination Search app and ask you what you are looking for. Tell her the name of the place (e.g., "Martha's Restaurant"). Marge will pull up a list, select the correct place, press Map, and then press Go There to get directions.
Navigation - Stopping route guidance: When you reach your destination or if you just don't need the turn-by-turn directions anymore, press the Talk button and tell Marge to "cancel navigation".
That's all I have for now. Entune is pretty good. I give it a grade of "B". Combined, Siri and Marge can do most of the things I normally do with my phone while driving.
Hopefully this will help other frustrated folks out there.
I'm using an iPhone SE with Entune Premium (with nav) in my SR5 Premium. The important thing to remember is that Entune has "Siri Eyes Free", so you can get Siri to do lots of things for you that Entune has problems with.
Pair your phone with Entune. Go into Bluetooth settings on your phone and make sure Show Notifications is checked. If you don't do this, text message alerts won't show up on Entune.
Don't put the "speed dial" contacts on the Entune home screen. You can choose a 2 or 3 panel layout. I chose 2 panels and put music on one side and nav on the other side (will also work with weather in one of those panels). If you populate the speed dial contacts and put them on the home screen, text messaging alerts won't show up on Entune most of the time. And when they do appear, you are given a notification that says something like "Text message from Bob Smith" and a button that says "Read" and another that says "Ignore". The Read button is grayed-out. You can only Ignore the message.
Making a phone call: Long press the Off Hook button on the steering wheel to wake-up Siri. Tell her who you want to call.
Ending a phone call: Short press the On Hook button on the steering wheel.
Answering a phone call: Short press the Off Hook button.
Send a text message: Long press Off Hook to wake-up Siri and tell her to send a text message.
Read an incoming text message: As long as you don't setup speed dial contacts on the home screen, you should be able to just press the Read button on the screen and have Entune (I call her "Marge") read it to you. If Marge doesn't want to work, you can ask Siri to read your text message to you (e.g., "read my last text message").
Reply to a text message: Entune only gives you the option to select some canned messages like "Can't talk right now". If you want to send a more detailed message, tell Siri to do it.
Play music stored on your phone via bluetooth: Tell Siri something like "play my music shuffled".
Pause music: Tell Siri to "pause the music".
Resume playing music: Tell Siri to "resume playing the music".
Jump to the next/previous song in a playlist: Use the up/down steering wheel buttons for this.
Fast forward/rewind a song that is currently playing: Use the left/right steering wheel buttons.
Tune to a radio station: Press the Talk button on the steering wheel and tell Marge "tune to 99.5 FM" or "tune to XM station Lithium".
Switch from one music source to another: Press Talk and tell Marge "change to source to XM".
Navigation - Get directions to a national chain store/restaurant: If you want to go somewhere like Home Depot or Best Buy, Marge can usually find big box store places. Press the Talk button and tell Marge what you are looking for (e.g., "Get directions to Home Depot near me"). She should bring up a list of matches, select the one you want and start navigation to get turn-by-turn directions.
Navigation - Get directions to a local store/restaurant: If you want to go somewhere that isn't a national chain and is likely not in Marge's database, press to Talk button and say "launch Destination Search". You must be running the Entune App on your phone for this to work. Marge will launch the Destination Search app and ask you what you are looking for. Tell her the name of the place (e.g., "Martha's Restaurant"). Marge will pull up a list, select the correct place, press Map, and then press Go There to get directions.
Navigation - Stopping route guidance: When you reach your destination or if you just don't need the turn-by-turn directions anymore, press the Talk button and tell Marge to "cancel navigation".
That's all I have for now. Entune is pretty good. I give it a grade of "B". Combined, Siri and Marge can do most of the things I normally do with my phone while driving.
Hopefully this will help other frustrated folks out there.
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