Over The Air (OTA) Software Update D.1.5.1
#41
Skeptic
In the 5 minutes I was in the car after the update, I didn't notice a difference in the sound. But I was only listening to sports talk radio. 🤪
Can't wait to wring it out with some USB FLAC files.
Can't wait to wring it out with some USB FLAC files.
#42
One thing I've noticed is that if you put the car into park and you have the auto parking brake engaged it will engage when you put the car into park instead of after you exit and close the door to the vehicle like before.
#43
I did the option to install the update after the car was turned off. I just went out to get something out of the car, and it was locked, which we never do, it's in the garage. So I got my keys, then checked to see if the updated completed ok. It did. I shut it down, and got out of the car, and as I was walking away, it locked. Apparently the update enabled the walkaway lock feature?
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#45
I did the update and have yet to notice anything different. I did notice the audio system didn't seem to sound as well as it use to but that could be me looking for some improvement or something.
I haven't tried Android Auto yet.
On second thought I did try to share a address from my phone to the Nav system and it didn't work, but that has happened before and I only tried once so too little data to confirm this is actually a change.
I haven't tried Android Auto yet.
On second thought I did try to share a address from my phone to the Nav system and it didn't work, but that has happened before and I only tried once so too little data to confirm this is actually a change.
#47
Drifting
After installing the update earlier this week, I drove around for a few hours yesterday, making many stops, restarting the car numerous times...Plugged in my phone for Android Auto every time I got back in the car. There was nothing obvious to report. I guess this is good, the infotainment system should NOT make one notice issues, or slowness or whatever. It now works as it should. No long starburst, no black screens, no AA disconnects, no flashing screens, no error messages...
In short, it did not attract my attention. Everything worked as it should. It did seem faster to load. (I didn't specifically listen for improved sound quality)
Good job Acura! I COULD say "Better late than never" but I won't. It was actually pretty good before the latest update.
Now back to trying to get vaccines for myself and my 89 year old mom.
In short, it did not attract my attention. Everything worked as it should. It did seem faster to load. (I didn't specifically listen for improved sound quality)
Good job Acura! I COULD say "Better late than never" but I won't. It was actually pretty good before the latest update.
Now back to trying to get vaccines for myself and my 89 year old mom.
#48
Drifting
Been doing this for two years of ownership.
#49
Retired Geezer
I found the new update boots up far more quickly. USB music boots up and starts playing before I’ve latched my seat belt.
The “initializing” spinning wheel has vanished.
I’ve found no difference in the sound quality.
However...
There may be a problem with update. With USB music, in my 2020 RDX Platinum Elite, selection of the next song, whether by touch pad or steering wheel, skips to a random song in the same album. If you use the touch pad to select a song it works properly but skipping to the next song throws the order out of sequence.
The “initializing” spinning wheel has vanished.
I’ve found no difference in the sound quality.
However...
There may be a problem with update. With USB music, in my 2020 RDX Platinum Elite, selection of the next song, whether by touch pad or steering wheel, skips to a random song in the same album. If you use the touch pad to select a song it works properly but skipping to the next song throws the order out of sequence.
#50
Racer
I found the new update boots up far more quickly. USB music boots up and starts playing before I’ve latched my seat belt.
The “initializing” spinning wheel has vanished.
I’ve found no difference in the sound quality.
However...
There may be a problem with update. With USB music, in my 2020 RDX Platinum Elite, selection of the next song, whether by touch pad or steering wheel, skips to a random song in the same album. If you use the touch pad to select a song it works properly but skipping to the next song throws the order out of sequence.
The “initializing” spinning wheel has vanished.
I’ve found no difference in the sound quality.
However...
There may be a problem with update. With USB music, in my 2020 RDX Platinum Elite, selection of the next song, whether by touch pad or steering wheel, skips to a random song in the same album. If you use the touch pad to select a song it works properly but skipping to the next song throws the order out of sequence.
#51
Retired Geezer
#52
Expanse me
I found the new update boots up far more quickly. USB music boots up and starts playing before I’ve latched my seat belt.
The “initializing” spinning wheel has vanished.
I’ve found no difference in the sound quality.
However...
There may be a problem with update. With USB music, in my 2020 RDX Platinum Elite, selection of the next song, whether by touch pad or steering wheel, skips to a random song in the same album. If you use the touch pad to select a song it works properly but skipping to the next song throws the order out of sequence.
The “initializing” spinning wheel has vanished.
I’ve found no difference in the sound quality.
However...
There may be a problem with update. With USB music, in my 2020 RDX Platinum Elite, selection of the next song, whether by touch pad or steering wheel, skips to a random song in the same album. If you use the touch pad to select a song it works properly but skipping to the next song throws the order out of sequence.
#54
Maybe there is sound quality increase ....but I could swear that I'm hearing more sub bass and better overall dynamics. There just seems to be a bit more impact in the mids and sub. Possibly a frequency range extension was applied or something...maybe crossovers adjust a tiny bit.
No idea....maybe it is placebo. But I'm an audiophile of sorts (my main IEIM are the Campfire Andromedas) and have mixed music in the past - I do feel like there's been some minor change in audio quality. I use Android Auto and Tidal Masters tracks. Sounds great with the ELS system and slightly better now with this update. Maybe it's a routing thing or Android Auto source quality got alittle better.
Anyways...if it's placebo....then no harm no foul.
No idea....maybe it is placebo. But I'm an audiophile of sorts (my main IEIM are the Campfire Andromedas) and have mixed music in the past - I do feel like there's been some minor change in audio quality. I use Android Auto and Tidal Masters tracks. Sounds great with the ELS system and slightly better now with this update. Maybe it's a routing thing or Android Auto source quality got alittle better.
Anyways...if it's placebo....then no harm no foul.
#55
Maybe there is sound quality increase ....but I could swear that I'm hearing more sub bass and better overall dynamics. There just seems to be a bit more impact in the mids and sub. Possibly a frequency range extension was applied or something...maybe crossovers adjust a tiny bit.
No idea....maybe it is placebo. But I'm an audiophile of sorts (my main IEIM are the Campfire Andromedas) and have mixed music in the past - I do feel like there's been some minor change in audio quality. I use Android Auto and Tidal Masters tracks. Sounds great with the ELS system and slightly better now with this update. Maybe it's a routing thing or Android Auto source quality got alittle better.
Anyways...if it's placebo....then no harm no foul.
No idea....maybe it is placebo. But I'm an audiophile of sorts (my main IEIM are the Campfire Andromedas) and have mixed music in the past - I do feel like there's been some minor change in audio quality. I use Android Auto and Tidal Masters tracks. Sounds great with the ELS system and slightly better now with this update. Maybe it's a routing thing or Android Auto source quality got alittle better.
Anyways...if it's placebo....then no harm no foul.
#56
When starting the car with the radio on, the controller has to grab the tuner from an indeterminant frequency and then move it to the station last played. Early firmware variants would lock up completely during this process. Then it improved enough that the retuning got done consistently but the mute was deasserted for a second or two when the tuner was in lala land. This produced a nasty FM between stations hiss for a second or two. Unfortunately this problem remains with 1.5.1.
#58
One more comment about the sound quality. By chance, I found the difference has something to do with AA. I experienced today that I left the phone connected to the infotainment, and turned off engine to do errands, then come back and found after AA auto-resumed, the sound all of sudden has more bass.
I then compared the same song playing from bluetooth and from AA, and found BT sounds generally like what the system used to be, and AA version is the more dynamic, deeper-bass one we have been discussing here. So my guess is that the AA stack in the head unit has been using BT to play music prior to 1.5.1. And the AA stack in 1.5.1 still would occasionally fallback to BT for some reasons.
I then compared the same song playing from bluetooth and from AA, and found BT sounds generally like what the system used to be, and AA version is the more dynamic, deeper-bass one we have been discussing here. So my guess is that the AA stack in the head unit has been using BT to play music prior to 1.5.1. And the AA stack in 1.5.1 still would occasionally fallback to BT for some reasons.
#59
One more comment about the sound quality. By chance, I found the difference has something to do with AA. I experienced today that I left the phone connected to the infotainment, and turned off engine to do errands, then come back and found after AA auto-resumed, the sound all of sudden has more bass.
I then compared the same song playing from bluetooth and from AA, and found BT sounds generally like what the system used to be, and AA version is the more dynamic, deeper-bass one we have been discussing here. So my guess is that the AA stack in the head unit has been using BT to play music prior to 1.5.1. And the AA stack in 1.5.1 still would occasionally fallback to BT for some reasons.
I then compared the same song playing from bluetooth and from AA, and found BT sounds generally like what the system used to be, and AA version is the more dynamic, deeper-bass one we have been discussing here. So my guess is that the AA stack in the head unit has been using BT to play music prior to 1.5.1. And the AA stack in 1.5.1 still would occasionally fallback to BT for some reasons.
From what I've read in the past, when connected with a USB cable for AA, all audio is passed through the cable and is considered to be of lossless quality, while phonecalls and Google Assistant are done through bluetooth. But maybe that was never fully the case.
There were a lot of fixes done. Our 2020 and 2019 RDX models basically received two updates in one and caught us up to the 2021 model. Maybe during some of those fixes, audio routing issues were resolved.
To my ears, it really just sounds of higher quality, wider stereo, and more impact. It's almost as if the source audio coming into the system is of higher quality. Almost like the source EQ is now flat coming in, rather than being slightly rounded off at the lows. Maybe the RDX has AptX Bluetooth capabilities (which sounds nice but not as good as a cable) and our newer phones passed audio that way in some cases due to certain codecs or restrictions at time (maybe??) And now all audio is routed via cable.
Either way, the system didn't necessarily improve, but the way AA maybe handles passing audio signal has now improved.
#60
Same here, I have iPhone 12 pro and before the update it was working fine, then Boom! had to reset my infotainment system every time to get my Carplay to get to connect.
#61
Drifting
Drove again today! (Why is this so remarkable? LOL) The system with 1.5.1 is definitely quicker to boot and respond in all areas I have tried. Sorry iPhone users, no issues with Android Auto here. I don't want to jinx myself, as I had many issues with AA connectivity with 1.x.x before getting a new phone.
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#62
Instructor
#63
Drove again today! (Why is this so remarkable? LOL) The system with 1.5.1 is definitely quicker to boot and respond in all areas I have tried. Sorry iPhone users, no issues with Android Auto here. I don't want to jinx myself, as I had many issues with AA connectivity with 1.x.x before getting a new phone.
#64
Skeptic
Tonight when I got out of the car, Android Auto was running on my phone. I notice AA has some Bluetooth settings I never noticed before. I rarely use AA in the car because I can't be bothered to plug the phone in every time I get in the car.
I get the impression that AA is intended to work wirelessly over Bluetooth but it just doesn't in the RDX. Do I have that right?.
I get the impression that AA is intended to work wirelessly over Bluetooth but it just doesn't in the RDX. Do I have that right?.
#65
6th Gear
It seems after the update the engine auto stop has stopped working. I was having this issue before and the dealer did 3 things (including what looks like fuel injection software update) that corrected the problem. I'm wondering if the system update has affected this? 2021 Platinum Elite.
#67
Skeptic
Does Apple CarPlay work wirelessly over Bluetooth?
#68
2020 RDX White/Espresso
#69
(Insider please correct me if I am wrong!)
#70
Drifting
Actually, the wireless AA communicates through Wi-Fi, same as CarPlay. From what I understand The infotainment unit has the HW to do wireless AA (certified 5GHz Wi-Fi Direct), so theoretically a SW update could bring wireless AA in the future.
(Insider please correct me if I am wrong!)
(Insider please correct me if I am wrong!)
My understanding is that the bandwidth needed for wireless AA or CP is too much for Bluetooth, so how else but WiFi?
#71
Skeptic
#73
A nice change I noticed for the secondary display (in addition to the touchpad being more responsive for cycling through the options): if you are using CarPlay and start navigation and playing audio, set the secondary panel to “now playing”. Now if you press the right touch pad in, it will change CarPlay to the audio app and change the right panel to nav. Press right panel button again and CarPlay will go back to nav and the secondary display will go back to “now playing”. Super easy now to toggle between the two. I had asked for this probably 1.5 years ago, looks like they listened :-). Now if only they would improve other parts of the secondary display or let it go full screen CarPlay.
#74
The more I listen...the more I think that there may have been a possible phasing issue between some of the speakers. More impact in sound is usually related to an in-phase array of speakers. Frequency range is not so much extended, it just that it's no longer being canceled out. Previously the system sounded good, but was more thin sounding compared to how it sounds now.
Maybe some of our RDX models had a phasing issue we didn't know about. Usually hard to detect if you don't know what you're listening for.
Maybe some of our RDX models had a phasing issue we didn't know about. Usually hard to detect if you don't know what you're listening for.
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#75
Expanse me
The more I listen...the more I think that there may have been a possible phasing issue between some of the speakers. More impact in sound is usually related to an in-phase array of speakers. Frequency range is not so much extended, it just that it's no longer being canceled out. Previously the system sounded good, but was more thin sounding compared to how it sounds now.
Maybe some of our RDX models had a phasing issue we didn't know about. Usually hard to detect if you don't know what you're listening for.
Maybe some of our RDX models had a phasing issue we didn't know about. Usually hard to detect if you don't know what you're listening for.
#76
I got one drive mode unavailable glitch over the weekend on my 2019. So maybe the meter TSB is still needed after all.
#77
Maybe it's just me but I think this update isn't so great. I used to rarely have AA connection issues but now if I even slowly go over a speed bump my phone disconnects. Sometimes just briefly and then it reconnects automatically but other times it needs to be unplugged then plugged back in. Basically any little movement of the phone while driving is enough to trigger this which was never a problem before. Same phone and cable as before the RDX SW upgrade. Anyone else encountering the same issue?
#78
Skeptic
Maybe it's just me but I think this update isn't so great. I used to rarely have AA connection issues but now if I even slowly go over a speed bump my phone disconnects. Sometimes just briefly and then it reconnects automatically but other times it needs to be unplugged then plugged back in. Basically any little movement of the phone while driving is enough to trigger this which was never a problem before. Same phone and cable as before the RDX SW upgrade. Anyone else encountering the same issue?
#79
Suzuka Master
I hope you can reproduce it for them, otherwise they will say that there is nothing wrong.
#80
Maybe it's just me but I think this update isn't so great. I used to rarely have AA connection issues but now if I even slowly go over a speed bump my phone disconnects. Sometimes just briefly and then it reconnects automatically but other times it needs to be unplugged then plugged back in. Basically any little movement of the phone while driving is enough to trigger this which was never a problem before. Same phone and cable as before the RDX SW upgrade. Anyone else encountering the same issue?