Hi guys,
I've had a look round and I've not found any info on my question, but hopefully there is one.
Just got a brand new BMW 1 Series with IDRIVE and I've just received my BMW welcome pack and to my suprise I'm able to plug in some videos they've sent me on USB into my car and watch them on the screen that's built into the dashboard (The one which displays the radio etc...)
Which has got my wondering, Is it possible to display my telephone (Samsung Galaxy S2) on the screen by plugging it into the USB and having some magical app, as it's possible to plug a ipod in and watch videos from that. Really interested in the possibility have being able to display my SAT NAV on there.
Thanks guys.
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This may be such an unusual use case that it hasn't been an issue for anyone other than me, but here's to hoping for a solution...
I've just bought a new car (2015 Honda Fit) which has a decent size LCD panel in the dash (but I opted not to get the expensive navigation system) and which also has full bluetooth integration and, surprisingly, an HDMI port for the screen. HDMI is one of the "source" settings, and Bluetooth is a separate one.
I've paired my Nexus 5 to the car in order to take and make phone calls and get the other integration features such as music and podcast playback over the car's audio. I had this idea that if I were to run the Nexus 5 through the large screen using HDMI (via a Slimport adapter), I can have a much nicer Google Maps based navigation system that would give something close enough to the experience of the in-dash nav system minus the touchscreen -- which is fine, as I can set the route, put the phone in a cupholder, and not bother with it again.
Now, here's the fatal snag. While the phone is paired to bluetooth, it insists on sending 100% of its audio through Bluetooth and doesn't send it through HDMI. The car is either-or on the sources. If it's on HDMI, it only plays back HDMI. The screen displays exactly as I hoped -- but no audio at all (again, it's going to Bluetooth). Now, I can switch over to Bluetooth and hear the sound but not get the display. I could kill the pairing to get both through HDMI, but now I lose the ability to receive calls over bluetooth with the handy steering wheel call answering and all of the amenities associated with that.
I'm wondering if there is some kind of workaround -- Android configuration that I've somehow never noticed, or a third party app -- which will allow the Nexus 5 to remain paired and actively Bluetooth connected while still sending audio through the HDMI port (Slimport). I don't see that this would as likely be a car-side solution.
The Nexus 5 is rooted stock 4.3.3.
Thank you in advance for help toward a solution.
qaelith.2112 said:
This may be such an unusual use case that it hasn't been an issue for anyone other than me, but here's to hoping for a solution...
I've just bought a new car (2015 Honda Fit) which has a decent size LCD panel in the dash (but I opted not to get the expensive navigation system) and which also has full bluetooth integration and, surprisingly, an HDMI port for the screen. HDMI is one of the "source" settings, and Bluetooth is a separate one.
I've paired my Nexus 5 to the car in order to take and make phone calls and get the other integration features such as music and podcast playback over the car's audio. I had this idea that if I were to run the Nexus 5 through the large screen using HDMI (via a Slimport adapter), I can have a much nicer Google Maps based navigation system that would give something close enough to the experience of the in-dash nav system minus the touchscreen -- which is fine, as I can set the route, put the phone in a cupholder, and not bother with it again.
Now, here's the fatal snag. While the phone is paired to bluetooth, it insists on sending 100% of its audio through Bluetooth and doesn't send it through HDMI. The car is either-or on the sources. If it's on HDMI, it only plays back HDMI. The screen displays exactly as I hoped -- but no audio at all (again, it's going to Bluetooth). Now, I can switch over to Bluetooth and hear the sound but not get the display. I could kill the pairing to get both through HDMI, but now I lose the ability to receive calls over bluetooth with the handy steering wheel call answering and all of the amenities associated with that.
I'm wondering if there is some kind of workaround -- Android configuration that I've somehow never noticed, or a third party app -- which will allow the Nexus 5 to remain paired and actively Bluetooth connected while still sending audio through the HDMI port (Slimport). I don't see that this would as likely be a car-side solution.
The Nexus 5 is rooted stock 4.3.3.
Thank you in advance for help toward a solution.
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I can't help ith your situation, but I'm wondering if you can help with mine. I also just bought the 2015 Honda Fit. What I want to be able to do is mirror my Galaxy S4 to the screen for navigation purposes. But from what I understand, it will only work in Park. I don't have the cable yet and did't want to buy it unless I knew it would work.
For a quick test, I plugged a roku stick in the HDMI port. As expected, it worked fine until I put the car in gear. Then the display gets disabled. Does this happen with phone mirroring? Would I be able to actually use google maps and see it while in motion or will the screen shut off? What does and doesnt work with mirroring?
samseed101 said:
I can't help ith your situation, but I'm wondering if you can help with mine. I also just bought the 2015 Honda Fit. What I want to be able to do is mirror my Galaxy S4 to the screen for navigation purposes. But from what I understand, it will only work in Park. I don't have the cable yet and did't want to buy it unless I knew it would work.
For a quick test, I plugged a roku stick in the HDMI port. As expected, it worked fine until I put the car in gear. Then the display gets disabled. Does this happen with phone mirroring? Would I be able to actually use google maps and see it while in motion or will the screen shut off? What does and doesnt work with mirroring?
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This behavior of the HDMI port / display actually became a far bigger problem than how to route the sound. I had been doing all of my testing with the car sitting in the garage, and because I wasn't ever able to get the sound to do what I needed, I didn't bother to go drive around with HDMI display enabled. I confirmed through this and consulting the manual that for "safety reasons" they have entirely disabled the HDMI input while the car is not in park. Unfortunately, I'd guess this is coded in the system's firmware which most of us aren't going to have a way to tamper with, so this is a fatal problem for what we're both looking to do. I was confident that there was probably some sort of solution to making audio go over both channels, but that's irrelevant in light of this problem.
So to summarize, I'll suggest not bothering with the Slimport (or the other kind of interface, if that's what your phone uses) because it will certainly be utterly useless for this and I don't foresee a solution. It looks like this thread is therefore dead. Thank you for bringing this to my attention, though -- I'd have continued working toward an audio solution and then discovered this bigger problem once I solved that one. You just saved me from wasting a lot of time.
samseed101 said:
I can't help ith your situation, but I'm wondering if you can help with mine. I also just bought the 2015 Honda Fit. What I want to be able to do is mirror my Galaxy S4 to the screen for navigation purposes. But from what I understand, it will only work in Park. I don't have the cable yet and did't want to buy it unless I knew it would work.
For a quick test, I plugged a roku stick in the HDMI port. As expected, it worked fine until I put the car in gear. Then the display gets disabled. Does this happen with phone mirroring? Would I be able to actually use google maps and see it while in motion or will the screen shut off? What does and doesnt work with mirroring?
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One more thought (stating the obvious, I suppose) -- We've been hamstrung by the assumption that everyone is going to be using the display to watch movies while driving, even though we have excellent reasons which would actually make it safer (an easier to see navigation display). I guess Honda is mitigating lawsuits from the would-be idiots who might actually be watching American Idol episodes while driving to work.
Trying to find out of anyone else is having problems with their Vivo 5 Bluetooth connection to Sony MEX-XB100BT Car stereo or Sony stereos in general. I have tested my phone on a couple of neighbor cars (a 2013 Prius, and a 2015 Chevy Traverse with stock head units) and it the Bluetooth works fine. I went to Best Buy where I bought my care stereo and they were kind enough to let me swap out my head unit for a brand new one to see if that would work. Still same problem. Problem is....it pairs up just fine, but as soon as the music starts playing, it's sporadic and the music keeps doing this on and off thing like a bad signal to an FM station. I will look for a Sony Forum and post this same question. Just hoping someone has had the same problem and found a solution.
Mine does the same thing. I have a BLU vivo 5 connected to a JVC double din head unit and it acts like it has a bad connection or something because the music keeps skipping in and oit.
blu vivo 5 bluetooth fix
go to the app store and type (find myheadset) or bluetooth spp tools pro
Bluetooth connection to Toyota's interface is sporadic, at best
yourman234 said:
Mine does the same thing. I have a BLU vivo 5 connected to a JVC double din head unit and it acts like it has a bad connection or something because the music keeps skipping in and oit.
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It's hit and miss as to whether the pairing from my Vivo 5R to the MediaCenter of my Toyota Aygo lasts 15 seconds or 2,3,4,5 minutes.
Useless!
Also, no texts will download, and incoming texts don't register on the screen.
There's a message "Would you like to add messaging?" which - when answering 'Yes' - returns the useless message :
"You may need to operate your device to allow messaging access."
Thank goodness I kept my trusty Motorola G [1st Gen] !
Hi
I'm working a project to mount The Tab 10.1 in my car
i have a third party Bluetooth car kit in my car , and it's able to connect a one individual device ,
also i have i phone 6S as my main cell phone ,
I'm planing to use 3M double face to attach the samsung Desktop Dock (Galaxy Tab) on my dashboard ,
My questions are :
first of all , is the dock stable enough to hold the tablet on the road ? did anyone try it ?
is there any way to connect my phone to the tablet to receive music and answer calls on it ? Note that the tablet is connected to the car via Bluetooth ! but i have a portable router to connect both devices to wifi !
anybody there ?
I don't own the mount, but I think it should hold the tablet since the micro USB plug is anchoring it in place. If you have some support on the sides of the tablet to prevent it from tilting from side to side would help it from falling during hard cornering.
For phone to tablet connection, I've tried Tablet Talk, but it's android only, no iOS version. I think it's tough to do these things with iOS. Android is the way to go mostly because it's easier to root Android than to jailbreak iOS. And Tasker is only on Android.
My car didn't have bluetooth so bought a cheap Panasonic head unit with bluetooth and cramped it behind the tablet. This head unit was able to pair to my phone and tablet at the same time. I set phone to only pair for calls and tablet for media audio only. This works well with tasker automating the connections of wifi tethering.
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anybody there ?
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I'm using Tab 10.1 in my car too. There is a product in Turkey as announced TTEC Easy Drive 2. It's a in-car phone holder but with very strong magnets in it. So it may help you to hold your tablet in your car.
I have tried searching for a while, but cannot find a solution. I have installed a Samsung Tab A in the dash of my vehicle. It is a wifi only model so I put a 128gb chip in for music and it is bluetooth connected to a head unit neatly tucked away behind the tablet.
My question is this... Without using any data, is there a way that I can use the tablet which is connected to my car speakers for phone calls? Are there any direct tethering apps that can do this? My cellphone is an S8+ and is not rooted.