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[superj]

I figured it out so my phone doesnt meed to be plugged in, it works perfectly now

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[EzequielArgentina]

I used to have one called CarlinKit and worked fine with my previous car. the same box did not work properly in the ranger.. screen resolution. My current solution is: I wired connected an android phone with a sim card and hide it in the glove box, I hide the wire as well so, it is totally invisible. Everyting I turn on the truck, it automatically connects to android auto and it has internet via the sim installed on the phone. It works perfectly for me, I have maps and spotify.. I cant watch videos due to an android auto limitation, I know I can "root" or hack the phone and install other apps and watch videos, but it is not needed for me (for now)

 

[Hande]

From the photos it looks like these devices do not use whole 100% of the Sync screen, is this true? Does it bother you while watching movies?

 

[superj]

it does not use the whole screen, it uses the same section as the back up camera. it doesn't bother my wife, who watches the videos while i drive.

 

[renato23]

From the photos it looks like these devices do not use whole 100% of the Sync screen, is this true? Does it bother you while watching movies?

Yes, it is true and yes it bothers a little bit because of the screen size itself, not because it doesn't fill the whole screen. Our car has a vertical screen and all movies are 16:9 (or at least 4:3), witch means a horizontal screen.

I have seen some people on this forum affirming they would like to hide the AC controls from the lower part of the screen but I really can't see the point.

Just for example, this is how a horizontal movie would play on our screen:

Do people really think that making it vertically fullscreen would give a better experience?

For me it looks terrible. The image would get all distorted and out of proportion.

Anyway, that's my point of view. I never used it to really watch movies, I use it to "watch" youtube videos or podcasts. For movies I prefer a way bigger screen and a moment when I can really concentrate on watching it.

 

[Arsenall11]

Great thread! I can’t believe a troll has not hit and stated; you are putting peoples lives at risk for watching tv when you drive! lol

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