Sending iphone data wireless to a car head unit?
My car pioneer head unit plays my music and displays artwork from my iphone but i have to connect it by a USB lead into the front of the unit, is there a Wi-Fi USB dongle i can use to send the music by Wi-Fi to the head unit or a sender and receiver i can use instead of a USB lead?
Simple answer: No.
Complicated answer: The head unit you have isn't a full computer. It will only recognise certain items it has been programmed to recognise when they are plugged into the USB port - a flash memory device or an iPod/iPhone. Your iPhone is able to send music to a head unit using Bluetooth, but you'll need to replace your current head unit with a Bluetooth compatible head unit to make use of this facility.
Depending on the model of your Pioneer head unit, you may be able to buy a Pioneer Bluetooth adapter to use with it; or possibly a universal Bluetooth sender and receiver set to work with the auxiliary input. If you want to stream wireless audio from your phone to your head unit, Bluetooth is the answer.
Something like this might work:
http://www.amazon.com/...0038MA11U/
This device is powered through USB, so you might be able to plug it into the head unit's USB port for power, connect the mini-plug output to the deck's auxiliary input, and stream audio through the auxiliary source.
No not possible
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