CarPlay retrofit with RCA output?

pooyab · 07-08-2021, 01:00 PM

I purchased a CarPlay headunit from AVIN, planning to install it since the car came without BT audio. The largest downside I see is that it outputs to AUX, are there any headunit a that are more plug and play to the factory speaker harness or even have their own RCA output?

I initially planned to run a better AMP and upgrade the speakers with larger sub included. It's still doable but obviously would sound and function better if it had proper input from the headunit. I don't really care about the CD player or radio working if I had to bypass those.

Cyberdemon · 07-10-2021, 03:56 PM

No such units seem to exist. I think this is ultimately a limitation of the MOST Bus and how aftermarket companies have built their units. I don't think it's impossible to build design such a thing, but I suspect most vendors decided that using the AUX to not remove OEM functionality was the tradeoff that made the most sense and wouldn't require any coding or other complexity.

Throatpunch · 07-12-2021, 02:33 PM

Isn't the headphone jack from the android unit convertible to RCA'S?

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Throatpunch Captain 365 Rep 674 Posts Drives: 2008 E93 M3 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Philly, PA iTrader: (0)	Isn't the headphone jack from the android unit convertible to RCA'S?
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