Added an iPad mini to my dash...

[Ben]

stop post ******* your own thread i see you lurking

 

[tojo152]

He sure can stroke a check and punch in his PIN number

That's what makes the world go round. The people paying for it

 

[aggressive]

Nice work, looks great! This would solve all of my problems...

 

[livingez_123]

Ok, help me understand. How does the mini pad control everything? is it Bluetooth? I would love to have my Kindle in the Yukon and have it do everything, but how?
I have a place planed for it, and I will be replacing the entire Bose system. How does the nav work with the mini pad? Where are you getting your signal from?

 

[NathanJax]

Ok, help me understand. How does the mini pad control everything? is it Bluetooth? I would love to have my Kindle in the Yukon and have it do everything, but how?
I have a place planed for it, and I will be replacing the entire Bose system. How does the nav work with the mini pad? Where are you getting your signal from?

It's plugged in to a USB input from the mini to the back of the radio via the lightning cable. If you look at the second pic, you can see the radios "source" screen. So when I click in one of those sources, I can completely control the head unit. From the volume, eq, radio stations, everything.

One of my kids deleted the video I made so I'll make another video when I get home Monday

The map works fine. Just like using my iPhone since it uses AT&T service

 

[blkonblk]

Wow great work Nathan as always

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[ledlow]

Impressive

 

[livingez_123]

Explain the lightning cable. is it just a USB for the radio to the Ipad. or is it more than that? is the head unit designed to be used with the cable to control it the way you have it?

 

[NathanJax]

Explain the lightning cable. is it just a USB for the radio to the Ipad. or is it more than that?

There's a USB input on the radio and I'm using the standard lightning to USB cable that comes with iPads/iPods/iPhones

is the head unit designed to be used with the cable to control it the way you have it?

Yes. That's why I went with it. It's a normal radio, but with that USB input it's made to be controlled by a iPod/iPhone/iPad.

 

[livingez_123]

I got it now.
so could you control it with a Kindle via the usb link?

Or is it just an apple thing?