Good idea! Thanks for the tip. I never took pictures before, but I guess when they are going to be dismantling lots of interior trim, it's a good idea to have picture documentation of the before state!
Tesla infotainment system upgradeable from MCU1 to MCU2 for $2500 [$1500 as of Jan 21, 2020]
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Good idea! Thanks for the tip. I never took pictures before, but I guess when they are going to be dismantling lots of interior trim, it's a good idea to have picture documentation of the before state!
ImpetuousRacer
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Thanks. I went and checked the car and the new maps are on there.Yes, the map will continue to update on its own. Patience young grasshopper
When going from MCU 1 to 2 and AP 2 to 3, does the car maintain the latest software update or does it have to be downloaded again?
It is a fresh MCU. They'll deploy the latest firmware stable for your config. You will then download OTA the latest stuff. Maps are one thing that you'll need to get for the FSD features.
Silicon Desert
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plus there is a mandatory requirement that you have to tell your wife that she can't drive the car for a year
Catbiscuits
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I brought my 2017 AP 2.0 model S in to Paramus at 11 on the 26th, got it back at the same time today, the 29th. So expect three days in the shop.
A while back someone said there would be no upgrade for the Instrument Cluster and that I wouldn't get traffic cones and new visualizations. NOT AT ALL. As others have more recently pointed out, the IC is replaced along with the touchscreen. Both are much brighter.
Big surprises: voice actually works… "Navigate to home" or "Navigate to Edge of the Woods nursery" (In my list of places I've been to this spring) instantly worked. The web works, everything works. It's just great. I highly recommend it. My garage doors worked, but I've also paid for the EVE Teslapps and I can use the MyQ garage door openers with my Tesla now.
Tesla theater is very nice. We stopped to buy a Logitech F710 and played Cuphead easily. We couldn’t figure out how to fire in Asteroid and Missile Command was hampered by the steering wheel impacting the game pad inputs.
I reformatted my SSD drive to work with the dash cam. It works well and the USB audio player seems much better. I don’t have album artwork though, so I’ll need to see how to get that working.
I had premium connectivity before the upgrade and I still have it now.
The only glitch is that in order to see the FSD visualizations, the Tesla says I need to connect to a wifi network to download updated maps. Well, I did that. No progress yet.
A while back someone said there would be no upgrade for the Instrument Cluster and that I wouldn't get traffic cones and new visualizations. NOT AT ALL. As others have more recently pointed out, the IC is replaced along with the touchscreen. Both are much brighter.
Big surprises: voice actually works… "Navigate to home" or "Navigate to Edge of the Woods nursery" (In my list of places I've been to this spring) instantly worked. The web works, everything works. It's just great. I highly recommend it. My garage doors worked, but I've also paid for the EVE Teslapps and I can use the MyQ garage door openers with my Tesla now.
Tesla theater is very nice. We stopped to buy a Logitech F710 and played Cuphead easily. We couldn’t figure out how to fire in Asteroid and Missile Command was hampered by the steering wheel impacting the game pad inputs.
I reformatted my SSD drive to work with the dash cam. It works well and the USB audio player seems much better. I don’t have album artwork though, so I’ll need to see how to get that working.
I had premium connectivity before the upgrade and I still have it now.
The only glitch is that in order to see the FSD visualizations, the Tesla says I need to connect to a wifi network to download updated maps. Well, I did that. No progress yet.
Silicon Desert
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There shouldn't be any improvements to voice nav related to getting HW3. It is a firmware thing. Oh, and try telling it to take you to Home Depot. Anything with the word "home" in it is interpreted as thinking you want to go home. At least until they fix it.
Catbiscuits
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Silicon Desert
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Catbiscuits
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Sorry you had a different experience, but voice anything didn’t work with MCU1. It took forever and usually timed out.
Bumper
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I believe mine is a July 2017. It was built right when they announced "uncorked" so I got in on that but just missed the air suspension becoming standard. 75 RWD,
Cirrus MS100D
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Our cars must be siblings - July 2017, made the cutoff after the “uncorking” but before AP2.5
Silicon Desert
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Perhaps I should clarify. I am on MCU1 and it works great. The timeout you are talking about typically occurred in poor cellular areas. After a software update from about a month ago, it now works great for me whereas as in the past it was spotty as you say. So it is not an MCU1 thing. The only weird thing is that the current translation of "Home Depot" seems to think I want to go home instead (on both cars old and new). It is an interpretation thing by the software, not a connection issue.
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Catbiscuits
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Some other points. I needed to re-pair both of my Homelink connections since they stopped working. I had trouble getting traffic lights and stop signs to work on FSD but When I powered off the car from the service menu and restarted it worked.
Just got virtual message to cancel my upgrade for 06/03/2020. Then got a follow up phone call telling me the reason for cancellation is that the person at Princeton SC that orders parts is on maternity leave. Therefore, they don’t know when I will get upgrade. My VIN has been approved. Reschedule in a month!
Silicon Desert
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Gee, there is only one person to process that ? No other person to perform that task while they are out having a baby?
It’s hard to believe. But, they have MSU2, HW3 not available. They said I make appointment for 1month. No promises. Every time a different excuseGee, there is only one person to process that ? No other person to perform that task while they are out having a baby?
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