hershey
Junior Member
Have a '18 1500 Dark Edition Hemi with the Uconnect...the screen, I think, is separating and I miss the Nav built in, but the Android does work and I have two or three different map apps available...love the truck though....
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Don't know that I agree with this. I use android auto on my 2019 Laramie and the info on the screen leaves a lot to be desired as well as the functions. The uconnect is superior if you have the time to put in destination info.Don’t really need navigation as the new radios are android auto and Apple CarPlay capable. If you have a smartphone the integration with the radio is superior to the uconnect apps.
That's the problem. Aside from a bed liner and cover there is no way to add any options at all without upgrading to a huge package that has the large screen and you need it to make the options function.I wanted the simple small 5 inch screen, but it was available only if I gave up other options I did want (like heated seats). At first I thought I'd like the Apple Car Play's integration with my phone.
I have one problem with my map system with my U Connect it likes to upgrade at all the wrong times. But I have never had any problems with any of the other items. My truck is a 2013 3500HD Laramie DRWI'm hoping to buy this spring and while I am quite comfortable around computers, this would be my first vehicle with a screen. Truly, but for the fact that it's nearly impossible to avoid the U connect upgrades I probably would. At any rate this component seems to be the one I hear the most horror stories about. I could not care less about maps and Serius but it seems that so many commonly used functions are also controlled via the touch screen. I guess I am having a hard time getting a handle on why this component has been and is still popping up with so many problems.
Don't know that I agree with this. I use android auto on my 2019 Laramie and the info on the screen leaves a lot to be desired as well as the functions. The uconnect is superior if you have the time to put in destination info.
I should add that I'm no great fan of uconnect. My $1300 android is far superior to the uconnect on my $54000 Hemi: voice search hardly EVER works - for a contact name or for a business I'm trying to find. And there are times when I am unable to input an address I know exists. I could go on, but I don't care about "Serious" (play on words - not worth the $$$) and hope RAM will upgrade not only some of their luxuries, but doesn't forget that RAM is still a truck and continues to make it stronger yet.Don't know that I agree with this. I use android auto on my 2019 Laramie and the info on the screen leaves a lot to be desired as well as the functions. The uconnect is superior if you have the time to put in destination info.
Sounds like my concerns exactly. Way back when I bought my new truck in 2019. I bought a Tradesman with the basic radio and without all the other stuff integrated. Then I upgraded to the 8.4 radio, a UAS model, so that I could connect my phone and use the maps option. My personal opinion is it's worthless to have the integrated maps because there's a cost to upgrade, the software could be missing roads and other things that are daily updates which a product like Google maps would be more likely to have quicker.I should be more clear, all I care about is the radio portion and the functions of the truck that you need to access the screen for. Heck, I don't really even care about the phone part of it. Thing is it seems to me black screen knocks you out of those functions as well.
No options on the whole hog NAV etc radio that I cannot do using my phone except for "remote start/entry" over signals, but my plain jane 4 radio not even do OTA's, and I just point fob out door towards truck and start, Just a simple BOIRD I be.Yes but now if you want any options at all you have to go all the way.
I meant if you want any options on the truck you have to upgrade from the base 5".No options on the whole hog NAV etc radio that I cannot do using my phone except for "remote start/entry" over signals, but my plain jane 4 radio not even do OTA's, and I just point fob out door towards truck and start, Just a simple BOIRD I be.
OK, well I have 8.4 U Connect 4 plain jane. Basically 8.4 without Guardian, SOS, NAV stuff, but 8.4 which integrates fully with my Apple I Phone and does all it needs to do as far as apps from phone,. ie., Apple Car Play and Android Auto.I meant if you want any options on the truck you have to upgrade from the base 5".
I had the option of getting my '19 Rebel with the 8.4" screen or the 12" screen and chose the 8.4" screen, simply because it still had the physical controls for radio, climate control, etc., which were eliminated with the 12" screen. I had visions of trying to select options with gloves on in the winter and either the screen not reading or me picking everything but what I wanted. Of course, I had to get the Alpine system instead of the Harmon Kardon but, truthfully, almost 5 years in I'm not complaining (either the Alpine is not as bad as many say or too many years of gun fire and aircraft carrier catapults has left me unable to tell the difference!)I like having hard buttons instead of relying on a touch screen. On my ‘18 Limited with the 8.4, I have a row of buttons for various functions. They are also available in the radio for same functions, but that involves a few motions to get to where you want.
I am waiting for my new ‘22 1500 to arrive, and I will have the 12” screen. I didn’t really want that, but certain options required me to pick a “package” and it throws in the 12” screen.
So I guess I just need to get used to the new radio controls.
Alas those options are gone. I guess come summer I'll just have to deal with it. Not doing anything till that time plus I am waiting to see what might change if anything on the '23 Warlock.I had the option of getting my '19 Rebel with the 8.4" screen or the 12" screen and chose the 8.4" screen, simply because it still had the physical controls for radio, climate control, etc., which were eliminated with the 12" screen. I had visions of trying to select options with gloves on in the winter and either the screen not reading or me picking everything but what I wanted. Of course, I had to get the Alpine system instead of the Harmon Kardon but, truthfully, almost 5 years in I'm not complaining (either the Alpine is not as bad as many say or too many years of gun fire and aircraft carrier catapults has left me unable to tell the difference!)