$65 Phone Mirroring to Dash and Rear Screens

[sssiglover]

Not sure how you would transmit the video. We're sending the video through the component inputs.

 

[mikemal565]

Great write up...I'm using a ipod touch 4 64gb...(TV out composite cables) I use the rear aux to play all my movies for the kids in the back....I hotspot my Galaxy S5 and run apps off it too...Not a true screen mirror, but I was getting angry at trying to convert all the movies to the SD card that it would read about 20% of the time.

I may do this for my Galaxy S5...The screen mirror looks awesome and the ipod touch has its limitations....now how big of an SD card lol

 

[sssiglover]

Its so worth the $70. Its not HD but I was pleasantly surprised how good the picture was. And being able to stream basically anything on your phone is priceless.

I'm using AnyDVD and Handbrake to backup my movies. I have about 30 copied over and not one of them has an issues in the truck. IN fact I'm able to play 2 movies at the same time off a single SD card. Its pretty cool i wasn't expecting the RSE to be this good. There are some issues with convenience's i wont get into, but technically its pretty stout. You just have to feed it what it likes.

This is the card i used. Also make sure you format any SD card to FAT32. My card came as exFat so you have to format it to FAT32. Its kind of a pain to format the card to FAT32 but the truck doesn't seem to like exFAT. There are programs you can download to format to FAT32.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008PO5CSI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Follow these peramitors when backing up DVD's-

Format: MPEG, AVI, DIVX,Playable movie file: .avi, .mpg,.mp4, .divx, .xvid, .wmv.
Playable codec format: divx,xvid, mpeg-1, mpeg-4 (mpg4,mp42, mp43), wmv9 (wmv3)
Max video bitrate:
‐ mpeg-1: 8Mbps
‐ mpeg-4 (mpg4, mp42, mp43):
4Mbps
‐ wmv9: 3 Mbps
‐ divx 3: 3 Mbps
‐ divx 4/5/6: 4.8 Mbps
‐ xvid: 4.5 Mbps"

 

[wheeler23]

What works for the I-Phone and I-pads?

Will one of these work?

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD826ZM/A/lightning-digital-av-adapter?fnode=3a

 

[vp46]

One of those should work as long as you convert from HDMI to RCA using the $60 deal they were talking about.

(it's gawd awful to look at all those wires though...)

 

[OmegaRoach]

One of those should work as long as you convert from HDMI to RCA using the $60 deal they were talking about.

(it's gawd awful to look at all those wires though...)

EXACTLY! My wife has already put in her two cents on the wires.

 

[wheeler23]

I'll try it???

One of those should work as long as you convert from HDMI to RCA using the $60 deal they were talking about.

(it's gawd awful to look at all those wires though...)

ok... I ordered the stuff and going to try it with the I-devices?

I also ordered a straight HDMI to component cable to try also?? May not need the audio convertor????
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H4T7670/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2U9QYOBRWBOOG

 

[sssiglover]

EXACTLY! My wife has already put in her two cents on the wires.

Its not that bad. I hate wires and clutter more then anyone. I do wish you could hide the power to the USB and component cables but there's nothing you can do about that. They could've probably done done a better job hidden these inputs. But other then that there's a single USB cable which runs under the back and side of the center console. I have mine sitting rolled up in the storage pocket next to your legs. I'll take some pictures of it later.


You can make it even a cleaner install if you could tuck every under the center console. If I can figure out how to lift the back of the console up slightly i'll give it a try. Pretty sure there's more then enough room under that console. But all this will do is clear up the storage in the back of the console.

 

[Lyon]

Will one of these work?

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD826ZM/A/lightning-digital-av-adapter?fnode=3a

I can confirm that worked with the hdmi converter to mirror my iPad Air in my wife's 2014 Acadia Denali. I would assume it'll work fine in the Yukon/Tahoe/Suburban/Escalade as well.

 

[zolt11]

Hosseface, thanks for great idea and work around. I ordered all recommend items you suggested only to realize I only needed one of the items. I only needed:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008FO7PQA

And

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009W9RXVO/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A3TG9YEWX61L6A

$30 + $7. Sweet deal. Also not so many wires in my setup and it doesn't need any power to work. Bad news is I have a USB power plug I don't need and another random mhl adapter I didn't need. My setup is component cables go to inside of console as well as converter and hdmi to micro hdmi out to phone. Nothing needs power. The phone I have is a BlackBerry Z30 with I love but that's for a different forum. Any questions feel free to ask. Thanks again for idea.