Hi. My name is John, and my wife and I are looking to get a Navigator Reserve. We are undecided on the Lincoln Play. Hopefully I am not hijacking the thread, and the original poster finds this useful, too. Please let me know if I should post in a new thread, though.
Is it possible / easy to control media from the front screen and play it on the rear screens? Our Infiniti QX80 allows us to play a movie from a USB upfront on the rear screens. We have two, younger children (ages 6 and 3), and while they can operate remote controls and tablets (Kindle), they aren't great with complex menus.
We spent some time at the dealer in an Expedition with the RSE (they didn't have any Navigators with Lincoln Play). We were not able to get a USB plugged into the front USB to play through the rear screens. The "Technology Manager" was not too helpful, and, while I consider myself pretty tech savvy, I was not able to figure it out, either. Any real world experience with this?
Thank you!
It’s awful. Seriously awful. I thought migrating from DVDs was the way to go to leverage all the online content we own. I waited 12 weeks for a Navigator with LincolnPlay and had the tech expert come out. He informed me that using the VehicleWiFi/LincolnPlay app doesn’t work for iPhones, which is why they now ship with an HDMI adapter cable. However, the HDMI cable still requires sound to come over headphones. I have a 2 yo and a 5 yo and won’t this for several reasons (bad for hearing, won’t stay on their heads). So instead I have to use Bluetooth connection to play sound over the speakers, which is always 1-2 seconds off. Getting the screens turned on & mirrored, Bluetooth connected, content selected and streaming, always takes about 5 minutes and is seriously life-threatening while driving. If i use my iPhone for the display, it’s useless for anything else. At this point I would pay serious money to go back to the Escalade’s centrally located DVD player that can be controlled via the console. In the meantime, I think we’re going to download as much content as we can to an unused iPad, use the HDMI connector, and deal with the fact that in Space Jam, my kids will see Michael Jordan’s face but hear bugs bunny speaking.
If you have older kids, after market tablets are probably a better bet, but mine aren’t old enough to control them yet.
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It’s awful. Seriously awful. I thought migrating from DVDs was the way to go to leverage all the online content we own. I waited 12 weeks for a Navigator with LincolnPlay and had the tech expert come out. He informed me that using the VehicleWiFi/LincolnPlay app doesn’t work for iPhones, which is why they now ship with an HDMI adapter cable. However, the HDMI cable still requires sound to come over headphones. I have a 2 yo and a 5 yo and won’t this for several reasons (bad for hearing, won’t stay on their heads). So instead I have to use Bluetooth connection to play sound over the speakers, which is always 1-2 seconds off. Getting the screens turned on & mirrored, Bluetooth connected, content selected and streaming, always takes about 5 minutes and is seriously life-threatening while driving. If i use my iPhone for the display, it’s useless for anything else. At this point I would pay serious money to go back to the Escalade’s centrally located DVD player that can be controlled via the console. In the meantime, I think we’re going to download as much content as we can to an unused iPad, use the HDMI connector, and deal with the fact that in Space Jam, my kids will see Michael Jordan’s face but hear bugs bunny speaking.
If you have older kids, after market tablets are probably a better bet, but mine aren’t old enough to control them yet.