Full Sentry mode is not related to your MCU version. You are limited because of AP2.0 and/or the different cameras it uses. So getting the FSD computer only may enable full Sentry mode.
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Tesla infotainment system upgradeable from MCU1 to MCU2
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Full Sentry mode is not related to your MCU version. You are limited because of AP2.0 and/or the different cameras it uses. So getting the FSD computer only may enable full Sentry mode.
I'm assuming at $2500 they are making money or at the very least covering costs on the like for like MCU replacements due to failure..
seenhear
Member
Look, yes it sucks, I'm one of the MS owners that don't get Theater mode. But hey - consider the plight of the person who bought a snazzy new, nose-refreshed Model S in September of 2016... stuck with AP1.
No Summon, let alone smart summon
No nav on autopilot
No auto lane change (signal triggered only, IIRC)
No Sentry Mode
No Dash Cam
No hope for FSD
All of those things became possible if you'd just bought your car one month later in October of 2016. ONE Month!
Oh, but those AP1 owners were loving it while the October build owners had no Autopilot at all for almost a year...
Also consider the absurdity of being upset because you can't watch Netflix in your car. Wow how far we've come.
Pair a good LTE tablet with your car's bluetooth and presto! Netflix in your car, for just a couple hundred bucks.
New MCU uses a different screen.
Supposedly service isn't a profit center, so one assumes that $2,500 covers their costs, but the MCU upgrade isn't the same as replacing the MCU with a like unit. It involves replacing the Instrument Cluster and supposedly a new wiring harness and Bluetooth antennas.
ucmndd
Well-Known Member
I’m pretty sure this has been thoroughly debunked at this point. It’s not true.
It was my understanding that the MCU1 screen was 1920x1200 and the MCU2 screen 1920x1080 based on this thread.
Model S/X deliveries with Intel-based MCU
If it's been debunked elsewhere, my mistake.
No, MCU2 *definitely* has a different screen. It is a different (lower; 1080p) resolution, has a much better backlight driver (no more crazy annoying PWM flicker at lower brightnesses), and presumably doesn't get the yellow border...
Well we have heard of MCU2 cars built as recently as April, 2019 getting the yellow border.
ucmndd
Well-Known Member
Lots of MCU2 cases of yellow border syndrome.
Post from @verygreen discussing the resolution “mismatch” here:
MCU2 Upgrade
Look, yes it sucks, I'm one of the MS owners that don't get Theater mode. But hey - consider the plight of the person who bought a snazzy new, nose-refreshed Model S in September of 2016... stuck with AP1.
No Summon, let alone smart summon
No nav on autopilot
No auto lane change (signal triggered only, IIRC)
No Sentry Mode
No Dash Cam
No hope for FSD
All of those things became possible if you'd just bought your car one month later in October of 2016. ONE Month!
Oh, but those AP1 owners were loving it while the October build owners had no Autopilot at all for almost a year...
Also consider the absurdity of being upset because you can't watch Netflix in your car. Wow how far we've come.
Pair a good LTE tablet with your car's bluetooth and presto! Netflix in your car, for just a couple hundred bucks.
You’re 100% correct. Now where’s my MCU2?
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Interesting, thanks for the link. I'd love for there to be a reasonably priced upgrade option, I'm just not holding my breath.
ucmndd
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HankLloydRight
No Roads
Correct except under 2019.32.11 Sentry Mode and Dashcam use the rear camera and the camera feed uses MCU2,
mcu2 screen is exact same resolution. Green confirmed via firmware files. It's a myth that originated with bad browser user agent data.
Actually it doesn't. The rear camera feed goes to the AP computer first and then is passed through to the MCU. (Except on the Model 3 I think it is digitized and passed to the MCU via the network instead of as a camera signal.)
Pinot.Noir
Member
Mike, appreciate your comments but you misunderstand. I understand how the cameras are all routed through the APE first, but video processing is now divided between APE and MCU for dashcam.
On previous firmwares prior to 2019.32, Dashcam didn't use rear camera at all. Now it does. However, dashcam depends on MCU2 (for S/X) for processing the rear camera feed recording of Dashcam. All other dashcam cameras are still handled by APE 2.5/3. As such, if you are on hw2.5 with mcu1, your dashcam will not be able to record rear camera at all. Only mcu2 cars will get rear camera dashcam.
