Apple TV in Car?

Justin_Pierce · November 13, 2018, 4:07am

Anyone setup an Apple TV in a car? How and what means did you use? (Gen of Apple TV, connection type, etc).

Here’s a connector I found that looks promising, but not sure.

A friend asked how to play kids’ TV shows in the car with a phone or streaming device. He would likely download these offline to his phone.

ChrisUpchurch · November 13, 2018, 4:12am

This really seems more like a job for an iPad.

csf111 · November 13, 2018, 2:08pm

I agree with @ChrisUpchurch
Could you add some detail to the use case?

Justin_Pierce · November 13, 2018, 4:44pm

The car already has multiple screens and an A/V input, so he would like to broadcast one show to the car’s input and have it displayed on all of the screens for the kids to watch. They would need three iPads to make this work.

ChrisUpchurch · November 13, 2018, 5:16pm

Couldn’t he just connect the iPad to the vehicle’s A/V input, treating all the car screens as an external display?

Justin_Pierce · November 16, 2018, 12:15am

That is a thought. Was avoiding, since it is hard to know which cables/adapters are reputable. So would this be Composite cable (Red-White-Yellow) to HDMI to lightning?

Justin_Pierce · November 19, 2018, 8:06pm

Here is what I ended up suggesting:
Option 1:
Direct connect

Plug iPhone into HDMI Cable with this adapter.
HDMI cable would then convert to car component cables with [adapter #2.](https://www.amazon.com/GANA-Composite-Converter-Adapter-Supporting/dp/B01L8GG6PW/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_23_bs_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=
Your iPhone screen will display on the car TVs.

Cost: Apple Cable ($45) + Amazon adapter ($15) = ~$60

Option 2:
Apple TV

Plug Apple TV into HDMI Cable with this adapter.
HDMI cable would then convert to car component cables with adapter #2.
Connect to Apple TV over peer-to-peer, rather than Wifi. This video shows that in action. This will mirror your screen to the Apple TV.

Cost: Apple Cable ($45) + Amazon adapter ($15) + Apple TV ($150) = ~$210