In-Dash Navigation with iPhone4
04-14-2011, 06:41 AM
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In-Dash Navigation with iPhone4
A few days ago I received a catalog from Crutchfield in the mail. I noticed on the first few pages that they were highlighting a number of new head units that had app support for iPhone. I became a little irritated when I got to the page with the new JVC KW-AVX840, because I bought the JVC KW-AVX830 about two months ago. So, I looked into what apps are the JVC KW-AVX840 supported. Basically, the only app I could find was "MotionX GPS Drive". I decided to bite the bullet and spend the $0.99 and buy the app to try it out my existing JVC KW-AVX830. Not surprisingly when I connected my iPhone and started the app, the stereo displayed squat.
However, I have learned that you can watch Netflix and YouTube videos if you trick the head unit into thinking it is playing video. So I decided to try the same trick with the MotionX GPS Drive, and it worked!
I would be interested to hear if this works with other stereos.
However, I have learned that you can watch Netflix and YouTube videos if you trick the head unit into thinking it is playing video. So I decided to try the same trick with the MotionX GPS Drive, and it worked!
- Start Jeep (Don't try this with other vehicles because they are crap)
- Connect iPhone
- Start playing any video from the stereo
- Pause the video
- Start MotionX GPS Drive
I would be interested to hear if this works with other stereos.
05-28-2011, 05:29 AM
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Just downloaded motionX HD and uploaded all my trail tracks - on my iPad. Looks like an awesome $3 solution for GPS with a large screen. I'll post a write-up in the next couple days.
