Has anybody recently successfully installed a Mirroring Interface in the later models M37/56??

We no longer have the RCA inputs, so doing it like this guy did doesn't work, but you get the point.



I was looking at trying to do it wirelessly like this:



Product Info:

http://www.navitechus.com/#!monitor7-smi/c1oqk

but was wondering if it is even possible. I'm no technophile, so any input or direction is appreciated. Thanks.

Proof I am older than I am...I dont want half the useless s*** in my car I already have. And I am dumb founded by how many people want wifi/android/ios/apps/etc...blah blah blah DRIVE!

Useless people using useless things in their useless lives.

:disgusted:

It's not made for the driver who's DRIVING. It's made for the passenger's enjoyment. Maybe you still like to play slug bug and the alphabet game, but most people don't. Thanks for your useless response.

So its not a car... its your passengers entertainment center?

I have a car for me not for the people in it...sorry dad to disappoint. Thanks for the useless thread.

Hope you enjoy playing' "words with friends" at stop lights.

Dayum agoodall! Who pissed in your Post Toasties this morning?!

You paid for all of the "useless tech" in your car, so I would draw the logical conclusion that perhaps you bought the wrong car. Why would you buy such a tech-laden vehicle with the intent of never using it? Surely you cannot state that the car is so amazing at the right price that all the extras that you hate was worth the price of admission?

You could have purchased a used strippo V8 Camaro with no features that would have served your purposes, and saved you a buttload of loot in the process. Just sayin'.........

I am with the OP; mirrorlink would be a very useful feature to have. For example, Google maps is so much easier to use than the native navigation, and Pandora would be much easier to use with steering wheel controls and an 8" screen. I like Media Monkey's GUI much better than the iPod interface, and Escort Live would be amazing to have displayed on the monitor.

So really, which is more safe to use; a touch screen cell phone to access these features, or the intuitive steering wheel controls and a larger screen that are already in the car?

I was at a meet last week and a guy had movies playing on his Navi screen.it was an m37x.was pretty cool.

I would like that in my car so my daughter can watch her shows or movies!
Our cars play DVD's but I hate that you have to be in Park and with the E-break on

JCesar wrote:I would like that in my car so my daughter can watch her shows or movies!
Our cars play DVD's but I hate that you have to be in Park and with the E-break on

There is the NavHack that will override the parking and speed sensors to watch the DVDs and operate the Bluetooth/Nav while in motion. You can get it installed or do it yourself. Here are links to the two popular ones:

http://www.beatsonicusa.com/nav-dvd-byp ... vk-56.html

http://www.prestigioussociety.com/?page_id=138

I'm looking to take it one step further and actually Mirror the phone/tablet screen to the car's LCD screen to do what SmoovC was referencing with Google Maps/Pandora/DTV/Netflix, etc...

LVApeMan56 wrote:

JCesar wrote:I would like that in my car so my daughter can watch her shows or movies!
Our cars play DVD's but I hate that you have to be in Park and with the E-break on

There is the NavHack that will override the parking and speed sensors to watch the DVDs and operate the Bluetooth/Nav while in motion. You can get it installed or do it yourself. Here are links to the two popular ones:

http://www.beatsonicusa.com/nav-dvd-byp ... vk-56.html

http://www.prestigioussociety.com/?page_id=138

I'm looking to take it one step further and actually Mirror the phone/tablet screen to the car's LCD screen to do what SmoovC was referencing with Google Maps/Pandora/DTV/Netflix, etc...

I have the Beatsonic hack and I LOVE it. I can switch it on and my son in the back seat can watch movies with no issues.

How hard is the install and us there a how to?

JCesar wrote:How hard is the install and us there a how to?

This is for the Prestigious, but should be roughly the same for the BeatSonic..

Nice vid -
I was wondering - since my m37 came with the DVD screen mounted into the back of each head rest, can video be mirrored to those as well (somehow) I haven't seen anything on the forum (yet) about it. If not possible this way is there another way? Pardon the ignorance

PeteFiniti wrote:Nice vid -
I was wondering - since my m37 came with the DVD screen mounted into the back of each head rest, can video be mirrored to those as well (somehow) I haven't seen anything on the forum (yet) about it. If not possible this way is there another way? Pardon the ignorance

Good question, I was thinking about some headrest monitors later on down the road and this question would have easily been asked by me, nice video as well.

Thanks for the video! I will def be doing that soon

LVApeMan56 wrote:

JCesar wrote:How hard is the install and us there a how to?

This is for the Prestigious, but should be roughly the same for the BeatSonic..

Just a friendly reminder to everyone to be respectful of others whether or not you agree or disagree with their point of view.

JCesar wrote:How hard is the install and us there a how to?

I paid $80 and had a local stereo store do it.

Wow the price difference is a big hike
beatsonic 99.99
prestigious 229.99

Any difference to make 1 $o much higher?

$99 For Beatsonic? I been checking that link for some days now since he posted it and it has been $130

JCesar wrote:$99 For Beatsonic? I been checking that link for some days now since he posted it and it has been $130

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 63&alt=web

oh heck YEAH! thanks for the link

So my question still stands.. with no external AV jacks in the newer M's, is there a way to wire in AV connectors from a wireless hub (samsung, chromecast, etc...) to our current nav/media system?
Are there maybe AV jacks on the back of system in the dash?

LVApeMan56 wrote:So my question still stands.. with no external AV jacks in the newer M's, is there a way to wire in AV connectors from a wireless hub (samsung, chromecast, etc...) to our current nav/media system?
Are there maybe AV jacks on the back of system in the dash?

I'd like to know this as well. The onboard nav is fine if I'm going on a long trip but for quick use on short trips across town, I'm still using google maps. I was wondering when I first got the car why car makers aren't making these to interface with the phone is such a way as to simply be a display for the phone. Makes so much sense to me to pass on that part of the tech to the interface most costumers are already accustomed too, their smartphones. If there were an aftermarket mod to do it, I'd be all over it.

tbmgu wrote:I'd like to know this as well. The onboard nav is fine if I'm going on a long trip but for quick use on short trips across town, I'm still using google maps. I was wondering when I first got the car why car makers aren't making these to interface with the phone is such a way as to simply be a display for the phone. Makes so much sense to me to pass on that part of the tech to the interface most costumers are already accustomed too, their smartphones. If there were an aftermarket mod to do it, I'd be all over it.

You just described Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto. The aftermarket for this tech is very young and pretty much limited to a few Pioneer headunits and some other upcoming products from Parrot. I'm sure more solutions will be available in the next few years.

I like having a nav on board...but Waze is so much better, faster, has traffic info and reroutes immediately. Now if we only had carplay or mirroring...and a higher res screen...