Droid Bionic car dock hacked for video output
A Motorola Droid Bionic owner wanted to be able to watch Netflix videos in his car, so he got to work modding.
It all started with a dream. An enterprising
What the modder basically did was add an HDMI connection to the Droid Bionic's car dock to match the Micro-HDMI output on the side of the Bionic handset, which enables the Bionic's video mirroring function. Then, with an HDMI-to-RGB converter and a digital video switch, the mirrored video is distributed to the Lexus' in-dash display and dual 9-inch headrest monitors.
Because this is just a video output, the Lexus' in-dash touch screen can't be used to control the Bionic. However, the setup is still useful for displaying Google Maps Navigation on the display and piping turn-by-turn directions through the car's speakers. As a nice bonus, the Bionic's Webtop interface can also be invoked with an onscreen menu. Of course, the initial goal of streaming Netflix video to the back seat is also accomplished.
Pop over to the thread on the DroidForums.net message board to see just how simply this hack was pulled off.