Taycanharpo
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Hey Taycanharpo just curious how the rear seat entertainment came out on your order. I'm getting mine at the end of February and Wondering how this looks inside. Got 2 kiddos that are definitely going to want to play separate things on those screens and wanted to ask if they are independent of each other?
Thanks
Ok well, too be honest I'm disappointed by the system.
So it's two screens running a custom Porsche OS.
The screens aren't removable, only the dealership can.
It includes two Bluetooth headsets, each with a separate holding case.
The cases don't fit anywhere, the storage in the doors are too small, so that's a first issue.
As for the screens, they are completely independent of each other, nor do they integrate with PCM in the front.
There are 3 sources. HDMI Input, Airplay/Chrome Cast, and a built in Netflix app.
I don't think there is any way to add apps like YouTube for example.
The screens feel very laggy when you control them.
As for connection, there are two methods.
First you can create a mobile hotspot on your smartphone, and then have the screens connect to that hotspot via WIFI. you need to do this separately on both screens.
I'm an iPhone user, so not sure how it works for Android.
But if you connect a screen(s) to the mobile hotspot on the iPhone you loose wireless Apple CarPlay connectivity. It seems to be one or the other.
Or you can connect to the car PCM WIFI, but I guess this means you would burn through the mobile data. In Europe the Porsche WIFI has a 7GB a month bundle, so not that much for streaming.
The sales person from the dealership told me you could download some episodes from Netflix to some local memory on the screens and then watch later offline. For example if you have access to your home WIFI when the car is parked in the garage. But I cant find the button to download episodes and make them available offline.
Another issue is found is that I cant seem to connect to both screens at once using my iPhone.
I did some reading, and Apple AirPlay 2 should support multiple devices, not sure if this is only for speakers and not for screens, or if the screens in the car are not AirPlay 2 compatible, but so far I haven't been able to connect to both at once. Meaning you need two smartphones to airplay to two devices.
I have to say, I was frustrated and haven't touched the screens for a few weeks now. Maybe I should try again and might have overlooked some things due to the fact that I was disappointed (fingers crossed that's the case). For this price I was expecting more, I could of easily had two iPads custom built in for the same budget.
As for your question, on watching two different things, I guess the way to go would be to connect to the Porsche WIFI and stream via Netflix. Not sure how good the bandwidth is (4g / 5g?).
Last thing, my daughter bumped her head pretty hard against the screen first time she got in the car, so head's up!
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