iPhone location for CarPlay
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Melting Slicks
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iPhone location for CarPlay
For those using CarPlay, how and where are you locating your iPhone?
Is there anything more clean than a dangling cable plugged into the iPhone that is dropped into the cup holder which seem to be common?
Is there anything more clean than a dangling cable plugged into the iPhone that is dropped into the cup holder which seem to be common?
Melting Slicks
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From: Woodland CA
I use to put my iPhone in the center console since that is where the USB port is. This would be a perfect location if it wasn’t for the fact the center console get so freaking hot. After a decent drive I would pull my phone out and it was way too hot. I then went with the stick in the cup holder method but did like they why it looked. I am now using a ProClip mount with a magnet attached to it. My iPhone case has a metal plate on the back. So when I get in, I just hook up the cable and place it on the mount.
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I use a RAM Mount that is bolted to the passenger seat floor bolt.
This: https://www.rammount.com/part/RAM-B-316-1U
With this: https://www.rammount.com/part/RAM-HOL-UN10BU
I did have to reshape the RAM Mount bottom bracket to fit the indentation on the floor.
This has worked for me in various different cars for a few years now.
With this setup I very often display one thing on the iPhone screen and another on the receiver screen. For example, Waze on the iPhone and Pandora on the receiver screen via CarPlay
This: https://www.rammount.com/part/RAM-B-316-1U
With this: https://www.rammount.com/part/RAM-HOL-UN10BU
I did have to reshape the RAM Mount bottom bracket to fit the indentation on the floor.
This has worked for me in various different cars for a few years now.
With this setup I very often display one thing on the iPhone screen and another on the receiver screen. For example, Waze on the iPhone and Pandora on the receiver screen via CarPlay
Last edited by SimCar; Sep 6, 2018 at 11:36 PM.
