HDMI port - how are you using it?
#22
This thread:
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/3rd-...ml#post1269816
has, thanks to user mecevans, wiring diagrams to the FIT audio systems (sheet4 and sheet53).
Can anyone here see a way to override and enable HDMI while driving?
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/3rd-...ml#post1269816
has, thanks to user mecevans, wiring diagrams to the FIT audio systems (sheet4 and sheet53).
Can anyone here see a way to override and enable HDMI while driving?
This function needs to be done in the coding. While it is possible to remove input from the sensors and switches to the infotainment center, that lack of input will also disable other things such as the backup and lanewatch camera.
#23
lock out sound?
I have a portable dvd player for the kids in the back seat. I want to have the sound going through the car speakers because you can hardly hear the dvd player. Since there is no aux input can I use the hdmi input for just the sound while moving? I understand the picture goes out when placed in park but what about the sound. Has anybody tried this?
#24
I have a portable dvd player for the kids in the back seat. I want to have the sound going through the car speakers because you can hardly hear the dvd player. Since there is no aux input can I use the hdmi input for just the sound while moving? I understand the picture goes out when placed in park but what about the sound. Has anybody tried this?
#26
i am incredibly dissapointed in the lack of a 3.5mm aux jack. however, i am looking to use the hdmi port to solve this. i am particular to this inputt type because i primarily use an ipod video for music because the clickwheel is easy to navigate through my large music library. anywho, i purchased a vga to hdmi converter that is powered by usb on amazon. the converter take a vga and 3.5mm input (analog), and converts it to an hdmi output (digital). im gonna hide the unit in the glove box with its power source. ill run the aux cable into the glove box wherever is ergonomic for using the ipod. im then gonna use an adapter to turn the hdmi into a mini hdmi to make it easier to hide the cable. hopefully i can run it underneath all the plastic. ill have it plug into another adapter once it goes into the receptacle. but first thing is first. it has to work... and if it doesnt, im just gonna have to buy a bluetooth dongle for my ipod. and im guessing that will render my phone connection useless.
#27
I don't use it, but it could be used to listen to navigation guidance or music, or any other audio signal from a phone with HDMI out.
Possible use cases:
I can't believe the EX/EX-L does not have an aux input. Only the LX does.
Possible use cases:
- Start navigating with Google Maps on your phone, when the car starts moving, you will lose video signal but still be able to hear the lady voice tell you when to turn.
- Listen to music on your phone, select HDMI as the audio source.
I can't believe the EX/EX-L does not have an aux input. Only the LX does.
#31
I watch movies on Netflix or via Kodi on the firestick. I see/hear everything perfectly fine. I bypass the safety measure so I have my daughter in the back watching movies while I drive.
#32
About the nav app. I really want to get and like it. The reviews are simply horrendous. Even those who don't bash it, seem to acknowledge that it doesn't play well with phone calls, text messages, and music playback. Any of these may cause the displayed map to go blank. You will then have to go to your phone and tap some things, then return to the car's display to restore the map. Boo.
#33
By “bypass the safety measure” do you mean you put turn it off (I have read this procedure) but you have to redo that each time you stop?
#34
You have to do this anytime the power to the stock head unit is interrupted.
#35
Thanks Action… I thought so but I was unsure from his post if somehow the firestick he was using was allowing him to use the HDMI port without going through that...
#38
Car stereo usually have RCA instead of HDMI. If you'd like to input or output videos to your car stereo, you may try to use and RCA to HDMI converter.
For me, I got the XTRONS PQ Series car stereo which supports HDMI output and I have no problem export media from my car stereo to the rear headrest monitors.
For me, I got the XTRONS PQ Series car stereo which supports HDMI output and I have no problem export media from my car stereo to the rear headrest monitors.
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