Thread: calling i phone gurus.....

Originally Posted by disco_mitch

ok so i got a iphone 32g yesterday now i have a question if i was to buy a small 12v moniter for the car would i be able to use it as a screen for the phone basically want to use the gps and internet but on a bigger screen in the car

and anather
i have a usb head deck in the car and a usb with all my music on it can i transfer all the music to the phone and plug it into the car and will it charge it at the same time

Dont know if the iphone can be plugged into an external screen. You used to be able to buy a cable from Apple that would let you plug your ipod into an s-video connection to play movies or show photos on a TV. Perhaps see if that is an option you can use.

I thought for my tomtom application the screen was plenty big enough???

As for playing music via your ipod and usb cable your stereo deck will need to be compatiable with the iphone. It may be easier to play the music through the headphone jack on the ipone.

the music side im not to worried just means when i get new music ill have to load it onto the things not one but that dont bother me much

more the screen thing i want to do

Originally Posted by disco_mitch

ok so i got a iphone 32g yesterday now i have a question if i was to buy a small 12v moniter for the car would i be able to use it as a screen for the phone basically want to use the gps and internet but on a bigger screen in the car

and anather
i have a usb head deck in the car and a usb with all my music on it can i transfer all the music to the phone and plug it into the car and will it charge it at the same time

2 things:

1. You can get an AV out cable from Apple. I have two, one is component out (for my HD TV), the other is composite (for car headunit which has a 7" screen). So long your 12v monitor has composite inputs you'll be fine

Apple Composite AV Cable - Apple Store (Australia)

2. You can't hook your iPhone to your headunit via USB to play music as the iPhone doesn't support it. It probably won't charge either. Either use the headunit's aux-in or an iPod adapter.

so if i got this cable and a dash screen that had the yellow red and white inputs would the gps come up on the screen

on anather note with the gps i was trying it today and it wont seem to follow me and give upcoming turns is this just how it works would i be better of just buying a gps

No, it only sends audio and video out. It doesn't even display the iPhone menus on the TV.

I don't know much about the GPS but I've heard the built in GPS ain't all that good and TomTom are looking at making a cradle with an external GPS in it!

The gps is average but with assisted gps on as well its plenty fine for tomtom navigation. I wouldn't use it off road though.

What software are you using the gps through on the ipone. Sounds like you need one of the navigation apps or you need to buy a complete gps/navigation unit.

Also what version of the iphone do you have? I think only the 3g phones have actual GPS receivers while the rest are assisted GPS.

Originally Posted by hoadie72

I don't know much about the GPS but I've heard the built in GPS ain't all that good and TomTom are looking at making a cradle with an external GPS in it!

It supposedly better performance on the other navigation apps (navigon and the other one). Whether or not TomTom are doing this to encourage the uptake of the new mount I'm not sure but if its the right price I'll get one purely for the recharge ability in the car and a decent dock for it to sit it in.

TomTom — Iphone

Gives an idea of what it looks like

If that cradle worked with the iPod touch, I'd buy it!