markN1689

good point

ahyaman718

I am confused, because the phone's micro usb is being used by the HDMI output dongle. Also I purchased the suggested HDMI RCA converter and mine has a female MINI usb port which it is unclear whether that is power out or in. PS: The Goliton? did work in my car. I got the unsupported message. Going to spring for the Audi part and see if i get better results.

schalliol

Oh, I see, you don't have an iPhone.

Here's what I was saying:

• Apple realized if you were to use video out, you'd want to charge the phone at the same time
• They invinted the lightning port that could do lots of different things based on the chip inside the cables
• Their HDMI adapter has a port you can plug a Lightning cable into such that you have charging and HDMI out in one port.
• The HDMI to composite AV converter has a micro-USB port
• So, in this case, you use a two port 12VDC to 5V 4A charger and run a USB-Micro USB cable to the HDMI converter and a Lightning cable to the Apple HDMI adapter.

I don't know how it would be done on an Android, but it probably depends on which one it is.

ahyaman718

So the mini-usb on the RCA adapter is power out?

markN1689

take a look at this image again.
the mini usb powers the box

schalliol

Of course Mark is right on. What I do is add a dual port high power 12VDC USB charger the pictured USB cable plugs into and then add a lightning cable on the other USB out and plug it in below the spot where the HDMI plugs into on the Apple adapter

Diztek

So can you drive with google maps displayed on the screen and listen to the radio?

schalliol

Well, with Audi's Google Earth you can, but you can't listen to non phone audio and display phone screen. You can use an app like tune in radio from your phone and Google Maps on your phone

Diztek

Oh ok. So just to confirm, you could mirror Google maps to the mmi screen and listen to your Pandora or whatever through your car speakers?

schalliol

Yes, but only if it's through the lightning cable output and not Bluetooth audio