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      09-27-2012, 12:42 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by shivpt View Post
If it is the cradle enabling the media connection, why not the USB port can rewired to provide same results? By the way I am not interested in 6NR. I am aware of the 6NR retrofit kit/wire and the woring information. will 6NR retrofit enable the video playback from USB device?
What you are missing and what you need is:

1. Coding changes to enable video
2. Wiring from the armrest to the CIC to support a video signal
3. Combox change to enable video

This all forms part of the 6NR retrofit which is why I suggested it.

"Wiring the USB port to provide the same results" is what you have to do if you, like me, have no 6NF (media connection in your cradle) or no cradle at all. But you cannot use only the USB port, it will be a USB and AV cable (a Y cable) and this is because the video out on the iPhone needs a different connection to carry the video signal. The only solutions (to my knowledge) are 6NF + 6NR with a cradle direct pin connection, or if no 6NF, a 6NR retrofit and a Y cable.
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