Hey guys, I'm thinking of adding wireless CarPlay to my stock w211 head unit. Initially it looked impossible, but I've found a few products that may make this actually work:

• NTG 1 video interface. This handles audio and video input to the dated NTG 1 system
  • https://a.co/d/5vPzFFE
• Wireless CarPlay / Android Auto box. This is what we're connecting to the video interface
  • https://a.co/d/hMvN04c
  • This can also be replaced with a raspberry pi and a bit of trial and error...

Reading through some slk forum posts on another site I found this . In short he connected his phone to the video interface and was able to get that working; my approach takes this a step further (well, mostly just modernizes it) and would allow the carplay box to act as the input.

The pros of this method:

• no messing with fiber optics
• no loss in sound quality (hypothetically)
• no need for rewiring + new amp setup

The cons:

• Alternatives like this https://a.co/d/9pyDArh
• Or this https://a.co/d/byxCaah
• Price (~$200-500 or so)
• Effort

What do you guys think? Is this worth pursuing?

I only really care about music so the dongle may work best in my case the more I think about it..

 

That's not even close to CarPlay. thats a bad implementation of Phone screen mirroring without the touch screen interface. For the time money and effort just put a Dynavin in. It uses the Stock amp and fiber optic system and is plug and play

 

If you have a CD Player hidden underneath the OEM XM Radio and replace it with anything, I understand you loose the ability of using the CD Player itself.

 

Hi there, I just posted this same question as I didn’t find anything about it here when I searched. It seems like it might work but what I’m running into an issue with is trying to figure out what video interface to go with. https://cartizan-direct.com/products...reless-carplay This is the CarPlay device I was looking into as it has a control dial with buttons and functions as a usb to video out device. Please let me know if you went through with this as I would also like to accomplish this. Thanks.

 

hey j, haven’t gone through with this. it still seems viable but for $500 i’m struggling to justify it

 

We provide plug and play 7.5 inch carplay screens. Needn't to disassemble the car radio.

• 7.5 inch Portable IPS HD Touch screen,1280x768 resolution
• Embedded Dual Bluetooth 4.0+5.0
• Built-in mic for Siri function and Bluetooth call
• Micro SD/USB: media music and video support
• the sound work by synchronization the same FM radio channel as the automobile FM radio or by AUX cable connection
• Easy installation, Plug and Play, Non-destructive installation
• https://carlinklife.com/products/7-5...hscreen-player
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