AUX or not, Standard on your cars?
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My base Cayman does not have an AUX audio input. Were I to run navigation on my Android phone it would be good to run the spoken directions through the audio system. Some apps run the directipns through Bluetooth audio but Google Maps seems to do so only when the mood strikes. However I've been running Apple CarPlay so the AUX input isn't necessary.
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The Cayman S on the showroom floor when I was looking had a 1/8" plug along with the USB plug in the glove box. USB can be used to play music, I think, but Bluetooth works just fine for most things. However I've transferred lots of music over to the jukebox and that's what we play all the time, unless I'm alone and listen to the radio.
So if you get CarPlay, you have armrest USB to feed CarPlay, plus glove box USB that only provides charging?
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I just went out to the garage to verify that if I plug my iPhone into the glovebox USB port, the device will appear with the other sources (FM, AM, Jukebox, SiriusXM) and is labeled as iPod. I'm not sure what an Android phone or other MP3 device would be labeled. Use the Sources button next to the Volume control to see the source choices. I can see where using this port this could be handy if a passenger wanted to charge their phone and/or play their music.
I used to use the glovebox USB port in my 981 BS with an older iPod I had and it worked just fine. BTW, that USB does charge the device too.
Maybe someone that doesn't have CarPlay could chime in and let us know if the console armrest cubby has a USB and if so, how it functions. If it exists I'd guess that it would work like the one in the glovebox.
Not sure why some models/options might have the 1/8" or 3.5 mm AUX audio input though. Maybe only the standard base stereo (not Bose or Burmester)? I dunno.
I used to use the glovebox USB port in my 981 BS with an older iPod I had and it worked just fine. BTW, that USB does charge the device too.
Maybe someone that doesn't have CarPlay could chime in and let us know if the console armrest cubby has a USB and if so, how it functions. If it exists I'd guess that it would work like the one in the glovebox.
Not sure why some models/options might have the 1/8" or 3.5 mm AUX audio input though. Maybe only the standard base stereo (not Bose or Burmester)? I dunno.
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If your Android's wireless plan supports Mobile Hotspot, find a cheap iPhone that someone has replaced. You don't need to activate it on your wireless plan. Turn on your Android's Mobile Hotspot and let the iPhone connect to it. The only downside is you will lose the Bluetooth connection between Android and car. But it navigates very nicely.
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No Carplay, no USB port in the armrest. I can attest to thst
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Thanks for checking, Matt.
Thank you for all the detail!
I am curious... can someone w/ CarPlay try plugging 1st iPhone into armrest and 2nd iPhone into glove box? What then appears in sources? Two different iPhone/iPod options to choose, while armrest one can also operate CarPlay?
My car with phone compartment/booster and Apple CarPlay has a USB in glove box and one USB in the phone compartment.
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I connected an iPhone to each of the two USB ports and they showed up in Sources as iPod 1 and iPod 2.
I also tested connecting an iPhone to the armrest USB and in the dialog box selected to use it for CarPlay (not as an iPod), then the glovebox phone showed up as iPod.
Awesome! Thank you, Dave!
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