schalliol

Well for Waze, but it's retro quality SD analog video. Totally legible, but it isn't crystal clear. Only downside is that you can't have regular audio on another source (Radio, SD etc.) and display Waze at the same time.

I would never use it for shows/movies in motion, and you can get better quality from SD card etc. for pre-recorded video. It would work in a pinch however (ideally when stopped).

I would say must have for best traffic routing.

Tman007

I tried your setup and got it to work, but I'm also having spotty connection issues. For example, I get Waze to show on the MMI for a while, but then it flickers to an error message like in one of these pics below. Is this the type of problem you resolved by just pinching the adapters? And did you pinch the middle pin or the outer ring? (I haven't had any luck with this.)

yenner1

I get the same thing...also interested in the answer.

Simon VanLeuven

My best guess is the hdmi adaptor. I'm having issues as well, mainly with picture. Sound I'd no problem, but picture is in and out

markN1689

i have never seen that error message. when my connection went fuzzy it was a static fuzz or black screen not an error message. but my car is an s3 so i might be different?'

lately i've noticed that the connection gets messed up but its at the hdmi to iphone adapter( when it get jostled)

schalliol

I'd try to test something else with a composite video connection (a SLR camera perhaps). If fuzzy, make sure it's the same signal type NTSC or PAL as the HDMI adapter. I'd also hook the setup up to a TV to see if you can isolate that. The AMI cable issue probably means the AMI cable is defective or not the right type. I bought all my stuff from the S3 list.

2010S4Fan

To OP...
Thanks a lot for sharing your ideas and details with us.
And to all members who contributed.
Looking forward to trying this on my 2014 S4.

Best to all...

ahyaman718

so how do you charge the phone while it is plugged in.

markN1689

you keep your phone charged beforehand
or you can get this Y-splitter

not 100% it will work but might be worth a try:

schalliol

Don't do that with iPhone. Get a dual USB charger and plug a lightning cable into the female lightning port on the HDMI adapter and the other one into the HDMI adapter itself.