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If I connect my iPhone to the monitor via USBC to Lightening Cable :
- does the iPhone get charged ?
- is there any way of selecting the speakers in the monitor for the audio coming out of the iPhone ?
 
jozero said:
If I connect my iPhone to the monitor via USBC to Lightening Cable :
- does the iPhone get charged ?
- is there any way of selecting the speakers in the monitor for the audio coming out of the iPhone ?
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your phone gets charged, and no, sound does not come out of your phone. why would it?
 
jozero said:
Lightening and USBC can transfer audio. It would nice to be able to set it as a source for audio.
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I know of no phones currently out there that when plugged into a computer would act as an audio out.
 
It charges your iPhone and you can access the phone's music from iTunesand play from there. But seriously, you don't want to use built in speakers for music, they are ok for FaceTime, podcasts, system sounds.
 
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user74246 said:
It charges your iPhone and you can access the phone's music from iTunesand play from there. But seriously, you don't want to use built in speakers for music, they are ok for FaceTime, podcasts, system sounds.
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HOLY SMOKES !!! Blow me over with a feather !!

"you can access the phone's music from iTunesand play from there"

Why the hell didn't I think of that ??

All I basically do is listen to podcasts. I really dislike how my iPhone 6s speakers sound though. It has been YEARS and I have never been able to get podcast position to sync correctly between my Mac and iOS (seriously, the amount of time I've wasted on this is insane).

What I have been doing is propping up my iPad below my monitor, and listening to podcasts that way, since the iPad Pro has great speakers. However sometimes my ipad is somewhere else, or the position sync fails (of course), or whatever.

The ultimate solution would be of course to always just listen to podcasts on my iPhone. But how to solve the speaker problem ? Should I buy bluetooth speaker just so I can listen to podcasts decently when I am at my desk, and suffer no sync issues ??

No ! user74246 flies down from nowhere and suggests the obvious, just pick your iPhone as the podcast source thru iTunes on your Mac you buffoon (the buffoon being me) !!! I mean it would be nice if the playing was seamless, going from my iPhone, to sitting at my desk and plugging in my phone to play, but this aint bad at all !

Jeebus. Thanks Man !!

EDIT : Man using iTunes sucks. Might have to rethink this.

Outrigger said:
I know of no phones currently out there that when plugged into a computer would act as an audio out.
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No, the monitor speakers would be the audio. iPhone audio to Monitor Speakers Out
 
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user74246 said:
This is what I'd probably do, Bluetooth or AirPlay. If you're looking for something portable with good sound, nice built quality, I can recommend the Beoplay A1. It uses a USB-C port for charging.
[doublepost=1480493287][/doublepost]https://www.beoplay.com/products/beoplaya1
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Yah thats what I did. Bought one a BT speaker. Trying to use macOS iTunes was one short lasting adventure.

Back to monitor news. My LG 4K shipped.
 
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