I've got a orange m1500 (alpine) with tomtom and use a wired gps/charge cable in my car
on long journeys i like to have cd's playing and sometimes miss the tomtom directions
is there any way to direct the tomtom voice to my bluetooth headset so I don't miss the directions and my wife doesn't sit and complain about jane's voice
I haven't tried it (don't use TomTom), but follow the attached link. This company claims to support sending TomTom prompts directly to a BT headset...
http://www.simplesmartphone.com/BlueCast/
I found that if you activate your headset by pressing the call answer button on the headset itself, the TT audio comes through the headset instead of the device.
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Hey,
could someone please advice my on the Parrot bluetooth before I go out and buy one.
Is it compatabile with the XDA II, when you use the Tom Tom does the instruction go through the bluetooh or is it heard through it own speaker.
I've heard that the parrot bluetooth connect trough the car speakers is this correct or does it have its own speakers?
Any information would be very greatful.
Regards
Gigi
gigino said:
I've heard that the parrot bluetooth connect trough the car speakers is this correct or does it have its own speakers?
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Yes, it connects through the car speakers.
Take a look at http://www.parrot.fr
Grtz,
Jos
Don't think so - Parrot can play back phone calls through the car stereo (provided you have the right leads) but AFAIK TOM TOM doesn't route voice through the blue tooth headset.
If you want to go this route you need a wired car kit that basically takes audio from the wired headet socket.
Parrot in general is pretty cool but not as robust as some other BT phone kits. There are some new kits coming out now (the CK3300 WILL do what you want with the TOM TOM). But the XDA is still pretty poor for handsfree use in the car.
I have the Parrot CK 3300 with the XDAII running TT2. I can't manage to get the voice commands from TT2 out of the headset BT to the car speakers. Can't seem to find a setting in XDA settings or TT2.
Anyone got any ideas?
FYI phone works fine and voice commands work also have wifes T39m paired up and it will receive a call on either phone. havent tried phone on T39m and GPS to XDAII simultaneous yet though.
Can't delete 'beamed' contact from CK3300 and dont want to remove voice tags via deleting pairing.
Oh and if XDAII not GPS paired, ie while at work Tom tom slower than a DEAD snail! Anyone got idea on that?.
Parrot beats plugging it in!
OK i have both the xda2i and the mini s, i have only installed the O2 upgrades from them... i have never hacked or modded the units in any way. if i need to i will need complete idiot guides to do so. this is the thing that i have found on here a lot of posts assume you have some knowledge of hacking or reg editing etc. I have none what so ever.
currently i have tomtom 5 on the xda2i with a wired gps. i have been fine with this and a jabra BT205 for car use.
Press the button on the BT205 and i get the tomtom commands in the ear. I can answer calls and use it fine.
The thing it lacks is the voice dial.
I can also get music on the BT205 from WMP10 although very poor quality and listen tomtom5 at the same time.
I got the Mini s as an 'upgrade' on contract. I have used the BT205 0n it and its good, i can press the button and it brings up the voice dial which also works. The keyboard is good for txt etc.
I cant get the audio from wmp to play through the BT205
I have not transfered the tomtom 5 accross as this means i will need to buy a bluetooth gps and a new cradle for in car. also i like the larger screen on the xda 2i
Now this is what i want to be able to do for use on the motorbike.
I want to be able to listen to music at good quality
I want to be able to hear tomtom5 at the same time
I want to be able to make a call without having to take my helmet and gloves off so voice dial
I want to be able to receive calls again without taking off helmet and gloves
When i end a call i want the screen to go back to tomtom and the audio back to tt5 and wmp
Now bluetooth seems like a good idea. I have no problem if i can get a headset, stripping it and mounting it in the helmet with new buttons fitted so i can press just inside the helmet (i am an electronics engineer)
I had looked at using a wired system from the 2.5mm port on the units. but on my tests so far.
XDA2i
running wmp10 and tomtom 5 (tomtom 5 open on the display)
audio from both wmp10 and tt5 fine
making a call
press the green call button on the headphones and the phone opens press again and i can do last number redial, the audio switches from wmp10 and tt5 to the phone
press the red call end button the audio switches back to wmp10 and tt5. the screen back to tt5
receiving a call
audio switches from wmp10 and tt5 to phone ringing.
press green button and answer the call fine.
Press red button, call ends, screen goes back to tt5 audio to tt5 and wmp10.
On the mini s
I dont have tt5 on there so i cant do a full test. but running wmp i get the music through the earphones
press the talk button and the mini s does nothing, no voice dial, no phone screen no last number redial.
incoming call the audio switches from wmp to the phone ringing (very loud could do with a seperate level setting for headphones being used)
press the talk button and chat.
press talk button ends call and wmp audio comes back.
SO out of the two units the xda2i does the most i want to be able to do apart from the voice dial.
the advantage of using bluetooth is no wires to the helmet and only having to connect mini s or xda 2i for power. if i use a bluetooth gps.
the advantage of using a wired unit is at the moment i get the closest to what i want without much messing, i could also build a small audio mixer so i can use the same earphones and mic with rider to pillion or bike to bike radios.
If i go down the route of wired
is it possible to get a good voice dial program for the xda2i that will run when the green call button on the headphone connector is pressed.
is it possible to get the mini s to do the same as the XDA2i but using the voice dial when i press the talk button on the earphones.
If i goto bluetooth can i get a set up for either device to do my wish list??
Will the use of bluetooth gps effect a bluetooth headset.
I have looked at a lot of posts on here and lots have different elements of my problems but i just find each post seems to link to another and another and another.
I have looked at lots and lots of A2DP headsets and bluetooth devices but short of going and spening a lot of money i dont know if my ideas will work.
Thanks for takin the time to read i hope you can help.
I am looking for a quick and easy way to integrate my trinity with my car.
Currently I have have a generic car mount with charger. However, I find that TomTom and telephone calls over the speakers are too quiet.
I was thinking of installing a Parrot MK6000 in my car as a method to stream audio from my trinity to the car stereo whilst also acting as a car kit for hands free use while driving. Has anybody had any experience with wiring up this kit? is it easy for a moderate level electronics users (able to solder wires proficiently etc.) to wire up?
Alternatively does anybody know of other solutions to integrate the trinity with the car stereo?
Hello:
I installed this hands free in my car, and it works really fine as a hands free. The audio streaming works well too, but the sound is quite methalic. With tomtom, there is a delay in the sound, the first word it says, for example "...Turn on the left in...." you listen "...urn on the left in ..." and it hanpens allways when tomtom starts to talk.
My OS version is wm5 and I read that wm6 solves this problem.
I recently bought a LG LAC7700R (carstereo with bluetooth and cd/mp3/wma player, with a seperate mic you can place somewhere in your car) works good, up to 5 phones can connect, last six called contacts it will remember. no phonebook in carstereo. Carstereo mutes automaticly by incoming call. You can even use BT audiostream.
i have always BT on, on my phone, it will connect by itself with the carstereo.
works fine for me.
now i am looking for a nice phoneholder with only a charger.
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I recently bought a LG LAC7700R (carstereo with bluetooth and cd/mp3/wma player, with a seperate mic you can place somewhere in your car) works good, up to 5 phones can connect, last six called contacts it will remember. no phonebook in carstereo. Carstereo mutes automaticly by incoming call. You can even use BT audiostream.
i have always BT on, on my phone, it will connect by itself with the carstereo.
works fine for me.
now i am looking for a nice phoneholder with only a charger.
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I have a similar setup, with the Sony MEX-BT2500 instead.
However I did not manage to route the Tomtom or iGO sound over the BT A2DP stream.
As a charging holder I have the Brodit Cradle installed.
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I have a similar setup, with the Sony MEX-BT2500 instead.
However I did not manage to route the Tomtom or iGO sound over the BT A2DP stream.
As a charging holder I have the Brodit Cradle installed.
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check this, maybe it will help:
goto bt settings in your phone and activate bluetooth stereo on. that's the thing for play mp3's and navigationvoices over BT. The handsfree mode is for phone voice. (leave that on!)
does sony support a2dp ? maybe that's the problem.
stormyb said:
check this, maybe it will help:
goto bt settings in your phone and activate bluetooth stereo on. that's the thing for play mp3's and navigationvoices over BT. The handsfree mode is for phone voice. (leave that on!)
does sony support a2dp ? maybe that's the problem.
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Actually I bought the Sony because it supports A2DP. And with MortPlayer it works flawless when listening music. With activated Bluetooth Stereo (Headphone Symbol in top bar) Tomtom still uses the internal speaker.
Hi all,
I have a problem with MS Voice Command 1.6.
It 'sorta' works right now ... when I press the button on my BT headset (Motorola H700) it initiates the voice command on the Treo. However, the 'beep' is played from the treo speaker, not the BT headset. When I spoke the voice command, I must also speak to the Treo mic, not the BT headset. This sucks when you are in a noisy environment.
When the call is connected, it does go through the BT headset so that's good. But it's just when you want to initiate a voice command, you have to speak to the mic on the phone. All the announcements also come through the phone's speaker only, not the BT headset.
Has anybody found a fix to this?
Thanks in advance
Try deleting the headset and reacquiring it via bluetooth. I had to do this a couple of times before this corrected
Hmmm I've done it quite a few times already ... but I can try it again.
Mine does this too. If there is no fix, I will have to go back to the at&t one.
Removing and re-adding BT headset doesn't work. After doing some more homework, it seems like the problem is Treo 750, among a # of other phones (like Hermes) uses a BT stack that is incompatible with MS's and that is the reason why.
Searching on the Hermes site there IS actually a workaround which fixes half the problem.
To make long story short, after trying to fix recommended by that site, now I can speak to the BT headset to issue voice command.
Meaning, when I press the BT headset button, I hear the VC chime from my headset, not from the phone's speaker. And when I issue voice command I also speak to the BT headset, not the phone's mic.
What it doesn't fix, is notification STILL comes through the phone's speaker and not the BT headset, even with all the correct settings under MVC.
But I'm ok with that ... I can live with this.
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Removing and re-adding BT headset doesn't work. After doing some more homework, it seems like the problem is Treo 750, among a # of other phones (like Hermes) uses a BT stack that is incompatible with MS's and that is the reason why.
Searching on the Hermes site there IS actually a workaround which fixes half the problem.
To make long story short, after trying to fix recommended by that site, now I can speak to the BT headset to issue voice command.
Meaning, when I press the BT headset button, I hear the VC chime from my headset, not from the phone's speaker. And when I issue voice command I also speak to the BT headset, not the phone's mic.
What it doesn't fix, is notification STILL comes through the phone's speaker and not the BT headset, even with all the correct settings under MVC.
But I'm ok with that ... I can live with this.
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you have a link to this fix???
I have an HTC Touch Diamond running WM6.1 Pro, and TomTom 7.450. I also have a Pioneer CD-BTB200 bluetooth handsfree unit in the car offering A2DP support.
The setup works really well as a hands free phone. When the phone rings, the stereo will switch to the 'phone' source so the music is muted. When the call is finished it will switch back to the previous source and continue playing music.
As it supports A2DP, I can also play music and system sounds, including the TomTom voices thought the car stereo, as long as the stereo is set to 'bt audio' as its source. In which case it works great, but I am limited to the audio that I can play from the phone.
What I would like is to be able to listen to music on the stereo, ie; radio or cd or whatever, then when TomTom issues some directions, for the stereo to play the directions and then return to its previous state. This is obviously possible because thats how it works when the phone rings.
Does anyone know of any software that could do what I am looking for?
Or would anyone fancy attempting a little app that would do something like this? I'm assuming that if the TomTom voices could be played in the same way as an incoming phone call, then when TomTom issues a direction, the stereo would change to 'phone' the direction would sound, the the stereo would revert back to its previous source.
I would pay a few £/$/€ for something like this, and I'm sure a load of other people would too,
Phew. Sorry for the long post.
Anyone? Or am I asking for something that deosnt exist?
The trouble is that the only way to listen to tomtom through bluetooth is through a2dp, which is always on until you turn it off. Calls dont use a2dp, and are automatically switched on when needed which is what your handsfree unit detects.
One workaround would be to play your music on your phone, and then tomtom will just speak over it, but it means all your cds would have to be ripped to your phone, and your radio streamed over the internet.
Try this,(BTAudio)-it sends all audio via the bluetooth-I assume that the
A2DP stream will run over it.
If not try A2DPtoggle (but I think that is A2DP only)
You have to start the chosen BTaudio app first (make sure BT is already paired and on),then run any other programs.
Ashley
Actually the only ones PPC's that are doing what you like to do are Asus P525, Asus P535 and LG KS20 because all three are working on Broadcom BT stack.
Why Microsoft still with their crap BT??? ... Who knows!!!