Originally Posted by zapufast

Question: Is Sync keeping your battery charged in the mini?
Also, how do you power down/up the unit if the need would arise?

Originally Posted by 5.ohh

i ordered my double din already, should be arriving tommorow, cant wait for it to get here so i can start working on it for my iPad, i also just ordered the home button just to give it the extra touch

Originally Posted by 2011SuperCrew

Yes it will trickle charge while using it if you have the screen locked. I have had my iPad mini in my truck for over three weeks now and it is only at 69% and I haven't been locking my screen to let it charge some. My previous post shows how I power down the unit using the Accessibility option on the iPad. You can hold the lock screen to shut the unit down as well.

Originally Posted by 2011SuperCrew

Good question. All you need to do is go to Settings app and go to General and the click on the Accessibility tab and turn on "assistive touch"

Then you will see the little box pop up in the corner of the screen on the iPad you can move this around to wherever you would like. Then whenever you click on the little box you get all these functions you can use. Mostly for lock screen for me. Also you can hold the lock screen button to power down just like the physical button.

Originally Posted by zapufast

So how do you power back up?

Originally Posted by zapufast

Thanks, this is what I was curious about. If I can go 2 months before charging...I'm great with that.
I think that I'm going to go with the mini as I don't have to butcher the dash.
Any regrets going with the mini over the full size?

Originally Posted by Radiodude23

looks super clean... I like the textured paint and the home button!

Originally Posted by 2011SuperCrew

I mostly use it for music but I also use it with an app called DashCommand to monitor my trucks performance and systems. It's pretty cool.