Panasonic + RealVNC phone-mirroring in car

[Ryan_R]

The article says it's a major car manufacturer but they don't know which one...

...but the image shows a RNS510 in a VW...

...but the RNS510 is by Continental, not Panasonic...

...and surely a new technology like this would only appear in the new replacement HU found in the Mk7 Golf (which will no doubt also appear in all the other models soon enough...


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RealVNC brings smartphone display mirroring to Panasonic's in-car system


Not much different to using your phone in a car holder but if lawmakers are stupid enough to proclaim this legal and said phone in phone holder illegal (except for using it as a navigation device) then I suppose it's a good idea.

[Guest001]

Whats the point You have the nav screen Why bother with it on a little screen you can hardly read.

Some people of course have to have everything. Legal or not

[DkN]

Whats the point You have the nav screen Why bother with it on a little screen you can hardly read.

Some people of course have to have everything. Legal or not

You got it the other way around, it transfers the phone's screen to the nav and allows the nav screen to control it. Look up mirrorlink. It means you can bring up Google Maps (Or angry birds, I suppose...) on your satnav unit anytime you want if you plug in your phone.

I'm not seeing VW doing this, not to the current RNS units in any case. The article says it's available from the dealership now.

I don't think it would even be coming to the Golf 7, at least not right away. You'd think they would at least announce it since it's a pretty big feature.

[alexmk6gti]

Found this video, seems to claim its an rns510 Volkswagen Rns 510 smart phone miirroring system - YouTube

[DkN]

Found this video, seems to claim its an rns510 Volkswagen Rns 510 smart phone miirroring system - YouTube

Interesting.. the mirror feature that the new ANS units from Audiosources are going to come with are developed in partnership with a Korean company, and it works with Android not iPhone. Seems the same in the video. Maybe the same guys hacked into the RNS-510?

[kamold]

Found this video, seems to claim its an rns510 Volkswagen Rns 510 smart phone miirroring system - YouTube

That would be awesome! If the RNS becomes just a thin client for the smart phone then that provides some serious longevity for the unit...no need to upgrade as you can just keep updating the software on the phone, or the phone itself. Definitely the way of the future.

If anyone has any other info on this please post, would love to beta test this product!

[Ryan_R]

Wow - and as soon as you're done beta testing I'll be all over it.
Can't belive he didn't try playing Angry Birds on it

[DkN]

Wow - and as soon as you're done beta testing I'll be all over it.
Can't belive he didn't try playing Angry Birds on it

Sorry to burst your bubble guys, my supplier told me this unit is made by a Korean company called DMB, or something (I can't seem to find it on Google, getting the feeling my tech guy got the acronym wrong since he doesn't speak English). It's a pretty damned convincing exact replica of RNS-510, but it isn't an RNS-510. Although, that mirror feature is what I will be revealing on the new generation ANS units, very soon

[Ryan_R]

Doesn't really matter since the Mk7 Golf is almost here anyway. Time to start working out what is or isn't hackable

[readerr0r]

It's a proper VW unit for Korea, I can tell you that much. It's in a lot of official photos for cars.

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Autoplatz

[kamold]

It's a proper VW unit for Korea, I can tell you that much. It's in a lot of official photos for cars.

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Autoplatz

Check the picture of the nav software towards the bottom....looks much better than what we're slumming it with.

Perhaps the head unit is in fact manufactured by Matsu****a for the Korean market. Outwardly looks like the RNS510 but the guts could well be quite different to the Conti unit we've come to know and ....well we know it.

[readerr0r]

Check the picture of the nav software towards the bottom....looks much better than what we're slumming it with.

Perhaps the head unit is in fact manufactured by Matsu****a for the Korean market. Outwardly looks like the RNS510 but the guts could well be quite different to the Conti unit we've come to know and ....well we know it.

Very likely, VW has let another manufacturer use the RNS510 design and name plus added features for the Korean market. It's like the RCD510 which is made by both Bosch and Delphi (plus the mysterious RCD510+ which has iPod with direct USB built in)

[Transporter]

It's not mysterious RCD510, it's the Delphi unit assembled in China and also has the RVC connector.

[kamold]

hehe, I got sensored by vBulletin when I tried to put in the name of the parent company of Panasonic...

[kamold]

Sorry to burst your bubble guys, my supplier told me this unit is made by a Korean company called DMB, or something (I can't seem to find it on Google, getting the feeling my tech guy got the acronym wrong since he doesn't speak English). It's a pretty damned convincing exact replica of RNS-510, but it isn't an RNS-510. Although, that mirror feature is what I will be revealing on the new generation ANS units, very soon

Am hoping your supplier has it wrong. I have different information, not a replica.