I'm looking into car stereos, and is there a way to get one with a usb port that I could do audio out of the phone through it?
Right now I have to cables needed for my phone in the car, power cable and headphones. I'm trying to see how I can eliminate the headphones, but still keep the ability to use my phone for music (while its charging). I keep my music on the internal storage (not SD), but also use Pandora or Audiogalaxy.
Also if there are any stereo units that can do this and have support for ipod of usb that would be great too.
almost every car stereo brand has one with usb ports but unfortunately I think you need one with an auxiliary out that will connect thru 3.5 mm headphone jack
edit: I think there might be some out there that have bluetooth for playing music actually
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Check CrutchField.com and it should work just like you want. Go to best buy with your cable and plug into one of the HU's there and try it. Your music would need to be on the SD card and disk drive setup from the phone end I think
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This means your phone will act as an USB thumb drive.. It may not be the same effect you want, but is a pretty good solution.
I use a nice sony head to stream the media audio to in my truck, often 8 or 10 hours a day, love it. A few head units will allow phone and audio seperately. The ability to connect bt headset and head unit to the phone is well worth the money if you spend much time driving
Pioneer offers many units that have the bluetooth built in that allow audio streaming and call interuption etc
I know in my 2011 Camaro i can do call audio and any audio on my Incredible (ie: music, sounds, games, videos all output audio via bluetooth since the radio acts as headphones) but of course were also talking about a stereo that has rare support for the Zune integrated right into the USB.
The sony in my 2011 freightliner does the media and phone seperately, phone can be connected to stereo and headset at the same time, mp3 thru the stereo and calls thru the headset. Even with the external mic for the stereo people got too much background noise. Car might be a little quieter inside tho
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I have searched everywhere and can't seem to find a answer to this...
I use a phone cradle in the car, using my topaz as my music player, connecting my phone to my car stereo with a male-male 3.5mm audio jack.
I want to be able to steam music via bluetooth from any other compatible phone / device to my phone, meaning I don't have to trail cables everywhere when a passenger wants to play something.
I would have thought this to be a simple-ish thing to setup but cannot find any information on how to do it. Is it even possible, and where would I start if it is?
I also want to use my on-board mic when the headset is plugged so I can have call audio over car speakers, although iv been led to believe this isn't possible because of hardware reasons, can anybody clarify that?
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum, not really sure where it should have gone.
If I understand you correctly, you want to stream music TO your phone over BT from another device? Not possible.
For hearing call over speakers and using mic, you need to get the M-F w/built in mic.
I too don't think it will be possible to stream music from another device to your phone except if you transfer the entire music mp3 file via bluetooth to your device and then play it from there.
Regarding the possibility of using the device's microphone whilst using the car speakers for sound, again I'm afraid I don't think this is possible. I have a similar set-up to you in that my TD2 is connected to an FM transmitter which also charges my TD2 at the same time in a nice cradle. The TD2 thinks it is connected to a headset when cradled. The microphone is inactive in this state which is a shame as it would have made a good hands free system if it were to be active....
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I too don't think it will be possible to stream music from another device to your phone except if you transfer the entire music mp3 file via bluetooth to your device and then play it from there.
Regarding the possibility of using the device's microphone whilst using the car speakers for sound, again I'm afraid I don't think this is possible. I have a similar set-up to you in that my TD2 is connected to an FM transmitter which also charges my TD2 at the same time in a nice cradle. The TD2 thinks it is connected to a headset when cradled. The microphone is inactive in this state which is a shame as it would have made a good hands free system if it were to be active....
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I use this set up as well. You just need the cable with the built in mic.
My RF Transmitter has a male plug, So I found the HTC cable that has the HTC USB to Female with built in mic. This is my basic set up.
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I use this set up as well. You just need the cable with the built in mic.
My RF Transmitter has a male plug, So I found the HTC cable that has the HTC USB to Female with built in mic. This is my basic set up.
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That set up looks great Bruce, but I don't want to be fiddling about plugging in so many cables with so many wires visible. Brodit does something similar too, all in a cradle with an extended wire so you would be able to hide all the cables....
I have bluetooth in my SUV (Mopar's uConnect Dodge Nitro 2008), and I am looking into getting a bluetooth device like this (Link or Link) and I was wondering if the hero will connect to both the audio gateway and car kit? I know the iPhone and iPod(3G) will do this so I'm thinking there is hope for the hero.
Does anyone have either of these devices or something similar, any cheap places?
Thanks!!!
I tried this in my 08 G37 since the built in OEM BT does not do A2DP, this was on the original 1.5 ROM using Kensington A2DP adapter with Remote. I could get both to pair and connect but the audio would not work on phone calls once the music was playing. I need to give it a try with the 2.1 software but I am not too optimistic since the 2.1 implementation is buggy as well. I ended up getting a $2 HTC adapter/splitter that connects both audio and charger with one connector. I think you would still have to connect the charger when using BT since it wears the battery down so this is not much different.
This is the adapter I have, the cool thing about this one is that you can stick the remote anywhere in the car.
Kensington LiquidAUX Bluetooth Car Kit with Remote for Music Phones (this is actually a hands free system as well so maybe it was taking over the call audio even with handsfree profile disabled in settings)
I have an Aux jack for my car stereo, so I just run a 3.5mm male-to-male cable for audio. I use my BT for hands-free calling. If I'm using my phone for music, it's plugged in anyway, so one more cable isn't going to hurt anything.
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I have an Aux jack for my car stereo, so I just run a 3.5mm male-to-male cable for audio. I use my BT for hands-free calling. If I'm using my phone for music, it's plugged in anyway, so one more cable isn't going to hurt anything.
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True... that's what I've been doing
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3.5mm male-to-male cable for audio.
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3.5mm is icky. how can you stand to listen to that?
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3.5mm is icky. how can you stand to listen to that?
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wtf are you talking about? that's a direct line out from the sound card on the phone? blue-tooth would be the lower quality audio. wire>wireless ALWAYS no if ands or buts. copper is a million times better conductor than air.
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wtf are you talking about? that's a direct line out from the sound card on the phone? blue-tooth would be the lower quality audio. wire>wireless ALWAYS no if ands or buts. copper is a million times better conductor than air.
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Actually BT audio is digital and 3.5mm is analog. Digital is better than analog any day of the week. Plus with it being digital it doesn't really matter that it is wireless, as long as you are within proper range the transferred 1s & 0s are identical wired or wireless.
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Actually BT audio is digital and 3.5mm is analog. Digital is better than analog any day of the week. Plus with it being digital it doesn't really matter that it is wireless, as long as you are within proper range the transferred 1s & 0s are identical wired or wireless.
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Digital is not always better plus it ends up analog in the end. With A2DP you are adding a second variable encode/decode to the mix, this process in case of already compressed MP3s or streaming audio degrades the original quality a second time. The only reason you would not notice is because of crappy audio equipment or ears
Audio over Bluetooth still does NOT compare to wired.
Read some reviews sometimes. All of the current BT headsets do not come anywhere close to audio transmitted over a wire.
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
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So what was the verdict on 2 BT devices at once? In my situation I'd be looking at having it connected to my car via Ford's Sync system, as well as a BT OBD-II adapter like this:
www . plxkiwi . com/kiwibluetooth/buynow_torque.html
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So what was the verdict on 2 BT devices at once? In my situation I'd be looking at having it connected to my car via Ford's Sync system, as well as a BT OBD-II adapter like this:
www . plxkiwi . com/kiwibluetooth/buynow_torque.html
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Haha... I'm too chicken to waste money on it. No idea! I have less than a year left with this phone so I'm just going to wait.
Due to local driving laws, i finally had to get a bluetooth. Id like to listen to music through it and have done a little searching in the market for an app that will do that but all i found was paid ones. If you are able to listen to music with your bluetooth device, plz share how you do that.
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Due to local driving laws, i finally had to get a bluetooth. Id like to listen to music through it and have done a little searching in the market for an app that will do that but all i found was paid ones. If you are able to listen to music with your bluetooth device, plz share how you do that.
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Not to sound stupid, but shouldn't any bluetooth stereo headset be able to play music, media and do voice calls? I used to use a motorola bluetooth stereo headset and it always worked for me. As long as its a bluetooth stereo headset it should work flawlessly. If you're talking about a regular bluetooth headset without stereo then I am not sure, but I would think it should work.
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Im guessing mine is a mono device. Idk, its some Jabra
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What's needed is not an A2DP type ap, but one that will stream across the single, in-ear type telephone headset. I had the same issue when I was forced to suffer under WinMo back in the day. Hopefully someone here knows of one. I would not mind having it myself.
Thx for the a2dp tip. Searched the market. I may have found something that works but it was a paid app. The free one was only for 1.6. Guess i might have to buy an app but im hoping for more suggestions from the community.
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I don't know if it's possible for you, but here are a few options: if you have an aftermarket stereo just get a 3.5mm cable and plug the phone into your stereo. Most, if not all, modern aftermarket stereos have a 3.5mm jack, although it may be in the back of the unit. You can listen to your music and when you get a call it just goes through the speakers. If you have and want to keep your factory stereo, there are bluetooth adapter kits. The adapters I've seen use the factory CD changer port, so if you have CD changer, you'll no longer be able to use it. But, after a quick Google search, I've found these adapters cost nearly the same as a stereo. Having said all that, I would recommend an aftermarket stereo with bluetooth. All the manufacturers, such as Pioneer, Kenwood, Alpine, JVC, etc., offer bluetooth stereos for relatively cheap (around $150+, for example: http://goo.gl/cFtpM). These typically feature better EQ's than factory stereos as well as the ability to expand your system by adding amps (I had a Nissan 240SX with a Pioneer stereo with a 4-channel amp for the speakers and a 2-channel amp for a 10-inch sub connected to it; *sigh* I miss that set up). But also, when you get a new car and assuming the stereo doesn't have bluetooth, you can take your stereo out of the old car and put it in the new one. All you'll need is a new adapter cable, which are pretty cheap and can be found at a car audio shop or electronics store or online. The adapters and stereos do require a little bit of work as you'll have to remove the dash as well as the stereo to install them, so if it's too daunting you'll want to have a stereo shop install it, but that'll increase the cost.
Some years ago B.A. (before Android ), I installed an aftermarket iPod adapter into the factory stereo of my wife's Dakota. Now, I have some automotive experience and tools, so it wasn't a big deal to me to remove the dash, pull out the stereo, install the adapter and put it all back together. When I inherited the truck, I pulled the factory stereo out and installed an aftermarket one (which is about 3 years old) I had in my 240. It has a 3.5mm jack in the back so I ran a cable down through the lower dash panels (you'd be surprised how much room there is to do this). To do all this I did a Google search to help with install these.
I know, none of my suggestions are free, although 3.5.mm cables are only $5 or so, but they work well. Like I said, I recommend going with a stereo, as I view it as more of an investment because you can hold onto it even when you get another car.
Don't know if it will help, but found this over in the Saphire section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=665458
I haven't tried it yet though.
hmmmm...idk
I'm just curious what would be the best way to get all of the new music on my Captivate onto my car speakers when driving. I have built in bluetooth in the car and would love if there is a way to use a software solution to stream the music. If that's not possible I'm a bit lost on what the preferred method would be. Thanks in advance for any assistance!
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Here's what I found with a quick google search:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10460099-48.html
Scroll down to the bluetooth section and there is a "setup" portion
If your BT stereo supports A2DP, then just stream from the Cappy to the radio. I do that and it sounds great. I also have a 3.5mm jack on the front, but that is an analog signal and the difference in sound quality, while slight, is noticeable. My car radio links automatically with my phone when I get in (so long as BT is enabled on the phone) and both hands-free and BT audio profiles are connected. All I have to do is start the music player on the phone and the radio switches input automatically. It also switches to phone profile and pauses the music player when a call comes in.
Thanks for both of the responses.
I'll have to check the link in a minute and I'll have to research about my BT connection supporting A2DP as well, but I appreciate the options. Hopefully one will work.
I'm really hoping the A2DP option works, that would be ideal for me, but it is a VW factory BT option that's on the car, so I'm not sure how sophisticated it is.
I'll try to remember to get back here with a post, in the event someone in the future stumbles on this thread looking for the same advice.
Auxiliary cable?
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Auxiliary cable?
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I have a Captivate running a custom ROM with a custom Kernel.
There had been some grumblings about the speaker port not working correctly for quite a while, but I think they have now resolved it.
I wasn't sure if this was going to be an issue, so I was hoping for something along the lines of a BT connection solution.
Unfortunately, I just read the following piece of garbage info from a different site:
Audio streaming is NOT Supported on 2010 Passat, EOS, Tiguan, CC, Jetta TDI sedan or Touareg
Looks like Aux. cable for me.
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Unfortunately, I just read the following piece of garbage info from a different site:
Audio streaming is NOT Supported on 2010 Passat, EOS, Tiguan, CC, Jetta TDI sedan or Touareg
Looks like Aux. cable for me.
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Man, that's too bad. You'd think a 2010 vehicle would be up to date with the tech. I know some older cars were hands-free profile only because A2DP was not widespread, but a 2010 not having it is just silly. My radio is an aftermarket Sony I bought in 2009 and it not only supports music streamin via BT and has a 3.5mm AUX input, it has a USB port that I can put a thumbdrive with music in and a port in the back for an iPod (if I was stupid enough to own one and pay for the optional cable) and it also has HD radio. VW is usually further forward than most imports. Oh well, at least you can do the cable thing. Get a quality one, some cheapies are known to short contacts and cause problems.
I use a AUX input in my car and it works pretty well. The only complaint I really have is the sound is at a lot lower volume than radio and mini-usb port.
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I use a AUX input in my car and it works pretty well. The only complaint I really have is the sound is at a lot lower volume than radio and mini-usb port.
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Not to point out the obvious, but you do realize that the AUX port is multi-volumed.....right?
You turn up the volume on your handset AND you turn up the volume on your car stereo.
From what I've read, it appears you should turn your "media volume" up to 50-80% and leave it there, then use your car stereo volume button to alter the overall volume.
If it's still not loud enough from there, either you have a short or something is up with your output.
Your ears should be bleeding.
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Not to point out the obvious, but you do realize that the AUX port is multi-volumed.....right?
You turn up the volume on your handset AND you turn up the volume on your car stereo.
From what I've read, it appears you should turn your "media volume" up to 50-80% and leave it there, then use your car stereo volume button to alter the overall volume.
If it's still not loud enough from there, either you have a short or something is up with your output.
Your ears should be bleeding.
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Yea, I turn the volume up all the way on my phone whenever I plug it in. It was the same way when I used my iPod Touch.
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Finally decided to ditch the iPod and use my Note II for all my music, podcasts, etc. I hate plugging/unplugging my phone every time I get in the car, I always left my iPod just plugged in and connected. My '07 Mazda 5 is old and cheap enough it doesn't have bluetooth. I looked all over for something that will basically take my Bluetooth A2DP stream and plug it into my AUX input of my stereo. I didn't feel like investing the time and money to replace the stereo in my car. After doing a lot of looking I picked up one of these, a GOgroove FlexSMART X2 Wireless In-Car Bluetooth FM Transmitter. I picked this particular unit because it has both Aux in and out for me to connected it directly to my stereo via the AUX input.
http://www.amazon.com/FlexSMART-Tra...&qid=1357759073&sr=1-1&keywords=car+bluetooth
I'm not surprised I liked the unit, the unit pairs fast, works great, does exactly what I want it too and all of the reviews were extremly positive. What I am surprised at is the FM modulator works better than the AUX input into my car. Volume level is better with the FM modulator, there is a slight bit of ground loop noise with the Aux input while the FM modulator is completely clear with better sound. I am stunned how well the FM modulator works because I've had nothing but negative things to say about FM modulators in the past. It has a feature where you hold down a button and it scans all of the channels and tunes itself to the clearest channel. That feature works awesome. I have a ~45 mile one way drive to work, and it was crystal clear the whole way.
great for no Bluetooth cars
One day I noticed a friend was streaming audio and using waze (gps) at the same time in his older car with no bluetooth. At the time I was researching options like a Parrot or an integrated in car upgrade kit and found one of these to be much more affordable. They have another model the SMARTmini which I think is newer but has a shorter arm so depending where your cig lighter is this may make a difference on what model to purchase. Grabbed one last year for an older SUV with no bluetooth and works really well. Happy to see this posted!
I have a JVC stereo in my smart fortwo. Great one and cheap. It has bluetooth for streaming and talking with it's microphone. Plus usb, plus aux. All in one.
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This is what I use. Plugs into the lighter and is able to charge your phone at the same time. My Rogue has an AUX input so I plug the other end in and it auto-connects when I turn on the car.
Works great
I want to buy the HTC stereoclip, it uses a lossless APT-X codec, which if your device happens to support it (The NII does!) you get losslesss audio over bluetooth! Pricey, and requires being plugged in all the time when the battery dies, but I still want it!
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One day I noticed a friend was streaming audio and using waze (gps) at the same time in his older car with no bluetooth. At the time I was researching options like a Parrot or an integrated in car upgrade kit and found one of these to be much more affordable. They have another model the SMARTmini which I think is newer but has a shorter arm so depending where your cig lighter is this may make a difference on what model to purchase. Grabbed one last year for an older SUV with no bluetooth and works really well. Happy to see this posted!
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Hello and thanks for this, does this take my cell phone A2DB intake and give line out to my auxiliary in? I do not want to use the FM function because it usually does not work well in my over populated area.
Ok, I've found this on you tube the go groove smart mini does have a line out jack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dri3pzuEqlA
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My moto s705 soundpilot bt uses regular 3.5mm earbuds, so I got a cable from radio shack with male ends, plug from the bt to the aux input, streaming music, PLUS I can clip the bt on the visor and talk on the phone through the car stereo.
I've ended up buying this one http://www.amazon.com/SMARTmini-Bluetooth-Hands-Free-Streaming-Smartphones/dp/B008XMV05G/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
I made this decision as it appeared the smallest of the whole bunch.
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I want to buy the HTC stereoclip, it uses a lossless APT-X codec, which if your device happens to support it (The NII does!) you get losslesss audio over bluetooth! Pricey, and requires being plugged in all the time when the battery dies, but I still want it!
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I wanted one of those to but I got what the op has for two years. Its ok but not good for voice.
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Sony mw600. 'Nuff said.
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http://www.belkin.com/us/p/P-F8Z492
I use a Belkin B46 hockey puck with inverter for power which use aux jack all hidden in the arm rest. Set it up to auto connect and kick off pandoea when conndcted. This way I get in my car and music starts playing. Cant stand the quality over FM.
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I've ended up buying this one http://www.amazon.com/SMARTmini-Bluetooth-Hands-Free-Streaming-Smartphones/dp/B008XMV05G/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
I made this decision as it appeared the smallest of the whole bunch.
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Ooh I've never seen that model, good find. Sorry for the delay in response but glad you found exactly what you needed friend!
Plantronics K-100 or if you have a 3.5mm input a Samsung HS3000.
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I use Belkin CarAudio Connect FM Bluetooth
http://www.belkin.com/au/p/P-F8M117
Works very well with all devices, good choice for cars without AUX input. it streams music and handle calls all in one =], I love it!
I've never had good luck with these FM transmitters. For around $70 you can just replace your receiver with a Bluetooth enabled one.