iPhone connecting to car stereo question?

brittas · May 11, 2010

I'm bidding on an ex company car at work. They usually go quite cheap and you can get a bargain. Anyway, this one has got a fancy Kenwood DVD player in it with a flip out screen.

The car is an 04 and I think it's been in from new. Obviously there'll be some kind of AUX in so I can link up via the headphone socket but will there be any way of getting the display from the iphone onto the screen???

I'm guessing it's not going to be possible but I know the iPhone has a TV out facitilty.

MikeyG · May 11, 2010

brittas said:
I'm bidding on an ex company car at work. They usually go quite cheap and you can get a bargain. Anyway, this one has got a fancy Kenwood DVD player in it with a flip out screen.

The car is an 04 and I think it's been in from new. Obviously there'll be some kind of AUX in so I can link up via the headphone socket but will there be any way of getting the display from the iphone onto the screen???

I'm guessing it's not going to be possible but I know the iPhone has a TV out facitilty.

On most modern cars you have either an AUX socket, USB socket or both. With an Aux socket you still need to control the iPod yourself. In my Volvo with USB I can control the whole thing from the steering wheel controls, shuffle, select playlists etc.

brittas · May 12, 2010

Cheers, but will there be any way to display the output on the screen?

MikeyG · May 13, 2010

brittas said:
Cheers, but will there be any way to display the output on the screen?

Only with a dedicated USB connection which will also charge the iPhone. Aux only will have no display.

rossy t · May 13, 2010

as mike says brittas.

whats the car?

MikeyG · May 13, 2010

rossy t said:
as mike says brittas.

whats the car?

I believe from an earlier thread its a 04 Vectra Diesel. If it is an 04 Vectra there will be no Aux input so a new headunit will be needed.

brittas · May 13, 2010

Yup it's the Vectra....... eventually up for auction. It's got a fancy Kenwood stereo fitted with satnav and flipout screen though

MikeyG · May 13, 2010

brittas said:
Yup it's the Vectra....... eventually up for auction. It's got a fancy Kenwood stereo fitted with satnav and flipout screen though

You may be lucky then and it'll have an AUX at the very least.

brittas · May 14, 2010

I've had a dig round on the interweb and it's got the 3 AUX input like a TV has. So does this mean I can get videos and stuff to play from my iPhone onto the screen?

MikeyG · May 17, 2010

brittas said:
I've had a dig round on the interweb and it's got the 3 AUX input like a TV has. So does this mean I can get videos and stuff to play from my iPhone onto the screen?

Purely a guess but I would say yes you can however because its an AUX input you would still need to control the action on the screen from the iPhone itself and not the controls on the steering wheel.