Playing videos 2010 m35

[nigelr21]

Hey I purchased a 2010 m35 anyone know how I could play movies? Anyway I could via my iPhone 6? All I have is auxiliary inputs in the back and no DVDs in the car. I just wanna watch movies lol

[Ilya]

Without the DVD player, I don't think you can. Someone else might chime in and correct me.

[nigelr21]

Is it hard to add one? I went to a local car shop in jersey city and I was told they have to replace my whole nav system and I don't wanna do that.

[Ilya]

Yes, it's a whole new harness, etc.

I believe the NAV is easily installed as the car is pre-wired, but DVD is a whole new system you have to replace your OEM one with.

[TDot]

As far as the iPhone goes, I don't think there is a way. As far as a DVD player...or preferably a small multi media player with a remote, ssd card and rca out like this https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009B5FLKY/re ... N31...that will be very easy to install. You dont have to replace anything, and you can do it yourself if you have any experience with splicing or soldering. Off the top of my head, all you have to do is tie the rca out of the device directly to the aux in. You can either read the fsm and find where the aux runs into the nav unit, or run the wires to the aux input so it's easily found, and splice/solder there.

Or look at my carputer build for how to tie directly to the monitor and leave your aux for something else.

You'll also need a dcdc converter to adjust the voltage to the device you plan on hooking up if it's not a 12v device.

Whatever you get be sure it accepts DC power. The easiest way to know is if the power cord to the device has a wall wart..some type of small box within the power cord, and that will also tell you the voltage needed by the device.

[The00Dustin]

You could most certainly find some Digital -> Analog (like HDMI [or whatever the iPhone can output] -> RCA [composite, not component]) adapter that the iPhone could play video into, and that adapter could pass the analog signal along to the RCA jacks. Note that this would need to be an active adapter, most likely requiring AC Power, and it would cost a bit more than a simple cable. However, even after doing that, you would also need to do the "NAV Hack" in order to get the video to play on the front screen while the parking brake was disengaged or the car was in motion. The same requirement would exist if you got the DVD player in the console, though, so the adapter would probably be the less expensive and easier option unless you want it to look especially clean.

ETA: I am operating under the assumption that the 2010 auxillary ports are 3 RCA jacks: Red (Right Stereo), White (Left Stereo), and Yellow (Analog Video).

[The Bodyguard]

There is an Apple specific rca connection you must go to an apple store or contact apple directly to order this, it's a simple rca cable to your iPhone but must be apple specific! Then on your head unit select AUX.