So a few months ago we had a few posts about mirroring our phones to our screens...someone mentioned a company in Russia that does it. That company is called "Xanavi" and they are actually based in Estonia on the border of the two countries. I recently came upon a post of theirs on the FB group and decided to have a conversation with them. It was in Russian so I won't be copy and pasting but the gist of it is:
1) IF you have an AUX port in your car, your can buy a device for $150 USD (+ around $20 in shipping) that will allow you to mirror your iPhone or Android device to your car. It's mostly plug'n'play and only a couple of wires I guess.
2) If you do NOT have an AUX port in your car there are two options:
- Option 1 - Send them your module (I couldn't quite confirm what module that is - there must be some kind of A/V module?) so they can reprogram it for AUX ($200) and Video On Demand ($100) and they send it back. Based on it being in Estonia, you're likely to be without A/V for a good 3-4 weeks if I had to guess (not information they gave me, I just have family in Ukraine which is in the same part of Europe so I know how long shipping, etc. takes).
- Option 2 - They purchase everything that is necessary for your car including another A/V module and you pay them $1,300 USD to do all of the work of which $800 is a deposit. Once you receive their unit and send your core to them, they refund the $800 deposit so the total comes out to be $500.
I personally would love to have this in my car but at the moment, because I'm about to start house shopping, I can't justify $500 or even $250. $150 was manageble but anything more is not doable for me.
For me, uses would be:
1) WAZE! OMG WAZE FOR SURE! (greatest tech invention ever lol - saved my bacon a few times)
2) Google Maps (way better than Infiniti maps AND you don't have update them every year or other year and pay $150) + traffic reporting, etc. (XM NavTraffic was hot garbage for me unless I was in like 3 or 4 MAJOR US cities)
3) Spotify on screen, etc.
I was all ready to buy for $150 but then I discovered that while I have a DISC/AUX button my radio, I don't actually have an AUX input anywhere. What package has that? As far as I knew my car is fully loaded (speakers in seats, java leather, intelligent cruise, etc. etc. etc.).
As far as I know...this is for 2006-2013 M's...
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Their site: http://www.xanavi.ru/
Their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xanavi.ru/
Their YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHV7Yr ... W6w/videos
You can use their Instagram to contact them if interested...