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      02-21-2020, 01:32 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by aas5 View Post
Thanks 760, this is very helpful. Could you pm me or post here the components you used? I am picking up my car next week and would like to do the same. I plan to use the fire stick with the AT&T WiFi hotspot primarily to watch movies in the back. Does the front screen also connect to the fire stick and works while driving or do you need to code for that?
While driving, the front screen will only show a message that the vehicle needs to be in Park to show contents. I tested it and it won't even show content while you are fully stopped. You certainly need coding to fix that. For me, it's not a big deal because when driving, my main focus of this integration was on being able to stream certain music-sources.

Here are the components I used:

HDMI-connection between vehicle and stick:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

12V power-adapter for USB between port and stick:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cable connecting 12V power-adapter to stick:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And the Velcro:

https://smile.amazon.com/VELCRO-Bran...582313405&th=1

This is exactly what I'm using now. The only thing that MIGHT be improved is that i will perhaps replace the USB-connection with this one sine it has 90 degree angles on both end:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...KUHU6B27&psc=1
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