I know the phone has a fm tuner in it. is there any way to transmit from the phone to say the radio in my car without having to use an adapter. I was asked at work today by a coworker if there is anyway to stream. I use tune in radio or pandora to listen to most of the music i like but i have not ever thought about trying to get the phone to output it to my car. This would be really cool if possible. Does anyone know if there is a way either harware or software to make it work?
Thanks,
Joe
asadjewonxmas said:
I know the phone has a fm tuner in it. is there any way to transmit from the phone to say the radio in my car without having to use an adapter. I was asked at work today by a coworker if there is anyway to stream. I use tune in radio or pandora to listen to most of the music i like but i have not ever thought about trying to get the phone to output it to my car. This would be really cool if possible. Does anyone know if there is a way either harware or software to make it work?
Thanks,
Joe
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As you note, it's an FM tuner, not a transmitter. I use the Bluetooth ADP profile to output audio to my car. If you don't have bluetooth builtin to your car stereo, but do have a line-in jack, you can use something like this to pick up the audio signal from your phone and transmit it to your car. I have one, and it sounds great!
thats what i thought but it never hurts to ask.
Thanks,
why not just use an AUX cable? seems to be the same concept and with out less static... those transmitters transfer alot of static too.
Im sure if your car has bluetooth A2DP streaming is available. i have it, but i just use the AUX less batter drain
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why not just use an AUX cable? seems to be the same concept and with out less static... those transmitters transfer alot of static too.
Im sure if your car has bluetooth A2DP streaming is available. i have it, but i just use the AUX less batter drain
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The Bluetooth receiver I previously posted has always been static free.
but with an aux cable you get less battery drain and you use the hifi wolfson headphone amp/ultra low power audio codec (assuming you use the headphone jack and not the car dock which uses usb audio converted by a probably lesser codec/amp than the one the phone is equipped with)
also since when do we have an fm tuner? i dont see an fm radio app?
Dani897 said:
but with an aux cable you get less battery drain and you use the hifi wolfson headphone amp/ultra low power audio codec (assuming you use the headphone jack and not the car dock which uses usb audio converted by a probably lesser codec/amp than the one the phone is equipped with)
also since when do we have an fm tuner? i dont see an fm radio app?
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fm tuner is in the chipset
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Wireless-LAN/802.11-Wireless-LAN-Solutions/BCM4330
drowningchild said:
fm tuner is in the chipset
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Wireless-LAN/802.11-Wireless-LAN-Solutions/BCM4330
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hmmm, that is the wifi chip. ok there might be potential as the chip works as a transmitter for wifi frequencies. but it may only work as a reciever on fm frequencies. it may be more plauible to use this as fm radio than the phones that have fm support in the gps chip though.
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looked at the link and it describes is as a transciever, this might be posible, not sure if it is plausible. id imagine it would need a great kernel dev. without full documentation it is hard to tell if there needs to be supporting hardware like an external signal amplifier, i also doubt we have an fm antenna but it might not be too hard to add. but it does seem that we have atleast part of the equation here and the concept of an integrated fm transmitter for your car radio would be really cool.
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hmmm, that is the wifi chip. ok there might be potential as the chip works as a transmitter for wifi frequencies. but it may only work as a reciever on fm frequencies. it may be more plauible to use this as fm radio than the phones that have fm support in the gps chip though.
looked at the link and it describes is as a transciever, this might be posible, not sure if it is plausible. id imagine it would need a great kernel dev.
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its a multi chip wifi/BT/fm
the galaxy s2 has the same chip
Related
I know that 98MHz FM Radio needs a somewhat long antenna but I can not see why that antenna should hang from my ears and tangle around my neck!
It makes me mad I can not route FM radio output sound to my bluetooth A2DP headset as I can do with audio players.
If HTC is so dumb someone should find a solution!
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I know that 98MHz FM Radio needs a somewhat long antenna but I can not see why that antenna should hang from my ears and tangle around my neck!
It makes me mad I can not route FM radio output sound to my bluetooth A2DP headset as I can do with audio players.
If HTC is so dumb someone should find a solution!
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Sony Ericsson's radio requires wired headset as antenna too. I gueess this is the norm, but, agree with you that it should be improved.
I agree. There should be a way to connect a pure antenna to the phone and route the sound to the phones speaker or to wireless speakers.
That pure antenna could be a simple fairly long piece of wire or it might be a solid short but high performing radio-antenna.
It really doesn't matter... if the radio waves of the antenna won't kill you, then the Bluetooth will do the job... either way you're f*cked whith cancer...
Also using the headset as an antenna is common practice (Nokia, Motorola, SE, Siemens,...)... you're not gonna see anything new until the backgound technology of commercial Radios will change...
gnick666 said:
Also using the headset as an antenna is common practice (Nokia, Motorola, SE, Siemens,...)...
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Ok, dumbness is a common practice. So what?
gnick666 said:
you're not gonna see anything new until the backgound technology of commercial Radios will change...
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No new technology is required.
No (sensible) people expect a micro antenna for 98 MHz, a 50 cm piece of wire is completely acceptable.
What is required a little less dumbly written piece of software that can route the audio output (obtained using the 50 cm piece of wire pending from, let's say, my back) to the A2DP headset.
Hi I have a Samsung SBH-650 Bluetooth stereo Handsfree. I am not able to turn on the FM RADIO, it says "Earphone not connected.
Is there any way i can fix it or GALAXY S wouldn't support radio through bluetooth handsfree.
please provide some suggestions and helps.
I have FROYO 2.2.1
HellBoyX2 said:
Hi I have a Samsung SBH-650 Bluetooth stereo Handsfree. I am not able to turn on the FM RADIO, it says "Earphone not connected.
Is there any way i can fix it or GALAXY S wouldn't support radio through bluetooth handsfree.
please provide some suggestions and helps.
I have FROYO 2.2.1
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I think there is no way to have fm radio without the earphones.Actually earphones are the antenna for the fm radio.
I recall seeing a hack for this. Search the forums, this isn't the first time this has come up.
I think there is no way to have fm radio without the earphones.Actually earphones are the antenna for the fm radio.
Thats what the manual/radio instructions say .
http://www.appbrain.com/app/super-bt-mono-froyo-pro/com.steven.supermonofroyopro
jje
I wish i could listen to the FM radio over my Bluetooth stereo as well.
unfortunately it is not possible
the FM radio will not even work without a 3.5mm plugged in antennae (corded old fashioned stereo headphones, that either breaks apart, or are too cumbersome to carry around..... wires are just so retro)
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Hi I have a Samsung SBH-650 Bluetooth stereo Handsfree. I am not able to turn on the FM RADIO, it says "Earphone not connected.
Is there any way i can fix it or GALAXY S wouldn't support radio through bluetooth handsfree.
please provide some suggestions and helps.
I have FROYO 2.2.1
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Dont have a bluetooth set to test this but.
get a pair of normal cheap headphones, cut just the end off plug that into the phone then see if it works with bluetooth.
the reason it asks for headphones is it uses that as the aerial
It can work without them in theory but quality would be lacking.
it gets all staticky
i tried just plugging in an empty 3.5mm spare i had for random projects, and the FM apps does find it, and will start to play FM radio, but quality is worse than 1940s radio
LOL
Then the aerial is needed.
Cut the headphones off and so the wire into your jacket so when in your pocket you can play radio
Sent from my NCC-74656!
You need the headphone connected to act as the aerial...
[edit] My bad - didn't read thread[/edit]
This is what you need : http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/mw600?cc=gb&lc=en#view=overview
They are cheap and the sound quality is great (Hi-Fi), they have a build in FM-Radio. Using them with my SGS, 8 hours of music playback is not bad..
There is no any bluetooth/wireless headphone in the word by which you can hear the FM radio because the cord of wired headphone is act like a antenna/aerial.
But yes there is one solution for this which I tries on my several Nokia and SE P99i phone.Might this will work for you.
Get the 3.5mm headphone jack from the market
Plug this jack to your mobile phone
Now pair your Bluetooth headset
Now start your FM
Please let me know whether it worked or not.
[Ramad] said:
This is what you need : http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/mw600?cc=gb&lc=en#view=overview
They are cheap and the sound quality is great (Hi-Fi), they have a build in FM-Radio. Using them with my SGS, 8 hours of music playback is not bad..
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have a look at this
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_...sony+ericsson+mw600&_sacat=See-All-Categories
+1 for the MW600!
But if you have 3G just use TuneIn Radio! It's free and got almost all radio stations worldwide!
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Hi I have a Samsung SBH-650 Bluetooth stereo Handsfree. I am not able to turn on the FM RADIO, it says "Earphone not connected.
Is there any way i can fix it or GALAXY S wouldn't support radio through bluetooth handsfree.
please provide some suggestions and helps.
I have FROYO 2.2.1
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You have to use earphone, there is no way to use FM Radio using bluetooth
DaRkMyk said:
... if you have 3G just use TuneIn Radio! It's free and got almost all radio stations worldwide!
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I've followed this idea and it's working fantastic but my battery is NOT happy about it .
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I've followed this idea and it's working fantastic but my battery is NOT happy about it .
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Haha! Well at least your happy! How about buying an extra battery, battery pack or extended batteries?
I Swyped this on my Galaxy S
You're right, I'm happy having my favourite radio station over the bluetooth ... and I'm already using a momax 2700mAh battery.
The part with my battery being not happy is related more to the huge power drain that a constant streaming over 3G is implying in general ... nothing else. Watching a video streaming over 3G is even more power hungry .
Yeah.. us users are to blame , imagine streaming via 3G + bluetooth headset + internet browsing
I will try with this antenna...
I cant put the link, but you can browse:
"FM Radio GPRS Antenna For Mobile Cell Phone 12dbi 3.5mm"
in ebay.
The combined WLAN / Bluetooth / FM chip in the Defy ( WL1271 ) is able
to not only receive FM Radio, it can also transmit Audio !
Both solutions support Bluetooth specification v2.1 + EDR, and provide FM transmit and receive functions to turn the handset into a personal area broadcast device.
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http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wt...993&DCMP=WTBU&HQS=ProductBulletin+OT+wilink_6
So another locked feature that would make the Defy even better.
This thread is to collect informations that could help to enable it.
I always wondered why nokia is the only company (I know of anyway) that puts FM transmitters in their phones.
It is such a good way to listen to your music in unfamiliar places like friends house, rental cars, work cars.
This would be awesome to see working!!
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The combined WLAN / Bluetooth / FM chip in the Defy ( WL1271 ) is able
to not only receive FM Radio, it can also transmit Audio !
http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wt...993&DCMP=WTBU&HQS=ProductBulletin+OT+wilink_6
So another locked feature that would make the Defy even better.
This thread is to collect informations that could help to enable it.
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I know this will be the dumbest question to ask, but can we also use it with mic and speaker for it to make it work like a two way communication device. Eg; police radios
In my opinion:
everybody must wait for the motorola that they would open the bootloader for the developers who will write the necessery drivers... like the 720p record and touch to focus
AtomCity said:
In my opinion:
everybody must wait for the motorola that they would open the bootloader for the developers who will write the necessery drivers... like the 720p record and touch to focus
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And continous-autofocus video recording? xD
Nokia N86 have special internal antenna for FM Transmitter.
Wow, this would be awesome if you got it to work. The one thing is miss from my old SE w980
Sent from my Defy
Interesting...
Aerial
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Nokia N86 have special internal antenna for FM Transmitter.
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I think you have hit the nail on the head there. unless the defy has suitable aerial which i doubt because you have to use headphone cable for the aerial.Might be wrong thought. hope i am because this was a great feature of nokia's
its posible FM transsmisor on Defy ???
insestito said:
its posible FM transsmisor on Defy ???
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It's hard to tell.
There is no datasheet and the drivers are closed source.
If the chip does not require additional circuitry for the transmitter,
then there is a chance to get it working.
As antenna you could just cut the cable from an old headset and plug it in
while transmitting, if the same antenna is used for receiver and transmitter.
chaihg said:
I know this will be the dumbest question to ask, but can we also use it with mic and speaker for it to make it work like a two way communication device. Eg; police radios
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I think in theory this could be possible.
But as the range of the transmitter is max 10-20 meter, this would be
very limited
Maybe from one room to the other.
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I think in theory this could be possible.
But as the range of the transmitter is max 10-20 meter, this would be
very limited
Maybe from one room to the other.
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Yayy, feels good to know i can think electronics thanks.
so.... if defy have an internal antena, i can listen the radio via bluetooth?
It could be a very nice car kit for the people they don't have bluetooth inside.
n7650_fun said:
It could be a very nice car kit for the people they don't have bluetooth inside.
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If you don't care about others listening to your conversation while you are in a traffic jam . It's OK for music but i would never use it for conversations.
The defy would be one hell of a phone if you could get it to work, and the one/ones behind it one hell of a developer. At least to me. Can't understand how you guys discover everything and a few days later you show up with new stuff to play around with.
Is there anything you cant do with the Defy?
Crazy phone, freeking unbelivable talented developers!
Sent from my Defy
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It's hard to tell.
There is no datasheet and the drivers are closed source.
If the chip does not require additional circuitry for the transmitter,
then there is a chance to get it working.
As antenna you could just cut the cable from an old headset and plug it in
while transmitting, if the same antenna is used for receiver and transmitter.
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The transmitting antenna has to be a tunned length known as the SWR (standing wave ratio).The length of the antenna is extremely critical.
If a driver enabled the transmitter , but the was no antenna present irreversible damage could be coursed to the hardware.
The antenna will be internal.if the is one.
7iain7 said:
The transmitting antenna has to be a tunned length known as the SWR (standing wave ratio).The length of the antenna is extremely critical.
If a driver enabled the transmitter , but the was no antenna present irreversible damage could be coursed to the hardware.
The antenna will be internal.if the is one.
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That is basicaly true, but those transmitters are only allowed to have some nanowatt (in most countries) . I think its rather unlikely an untuned antenna would break the output stage at this energy level. But i am not shure
But anyway, after reading some infos about the chip it looks like it has a seperate Antenna output for the transmitter that needs to be connected.
It seems unlike the Bluetooth part, audio cannot be send to the transmitter over any data path. It has to be connected to dedicated analog or digital (I2S) audio inputs. So the only way this could work at all is that Motorola connected all needed lines and just did not add software support.
I dont know how likely this scenario is ...
The transmitter is normaly controlled over the Blutooth interface via HCI.
Commands can be found here:
http://wiki.lsr.com/GetFile.aspx?File=/SWRU193G - Bluetooth Vendor Specific HCI Commands.pdf
This would be the first.app I pay for.
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Whats the best cardock that I can play music from that also has a charger for my s3?
I don't know about a best dock, but a member recently mentioned that they like the iBOLT dock. YMMV.
Audio might also play over a BlueTooth connection, if your car's head unit is so equipped.
- ooofest
ooofest said:
I don't know about a best dock, but a member recently mentioned that they like the iBOLT dock. YMMV.
Audio might also play over a BlueTooth connection, if your car's head unit is so equipped.
- ooofest
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Might want to check out this earlier post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722606
I use the Infuse 4G dock with my S3, works great for me!
I'm looking for something that has an fm transmitter as well.. Like all iphones have it but androids don't. lol
kench33 said:
I'm looking for something that has an fm transmitter as well.. Like all iphones have it but androids don't. lol
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FM transmitters are either separate units or possibly built into docks - you don't need them for playing audio in the car if Bluetooth or direct cable connections suffice. FM transmitters can be subject to interference, of course.
Still, many FM transmitters come with generic connectors for Aux/Headphone ports to use with any phone or media player, such as some of the Belkin line.
iPhones do not have built-in FM transmitters, to my understanding.
- ooofest
My ipod dock has both. I ask because my car doesn't have blue tooth or an Aux cable. It's annoying lol.
FM transmitters suck........
A quick Google shows this dock as a possibility.
There's a Bluetooth-enabled, FM transmitter which also offers a USB port for simultaneous charging, if I understand the ad correctly.
- ooofest
Very happy with the 4G infuse dock myself
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As much as I'd like to install an Aux cable its a pain in the ass for my Mazda 6 I hear.
durance akedPub
kench33 said:
As much as I'd like to install an Aux cable its a pain in the ass for my Mazda 6 I hear.
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Most of them are I actually bought a pretty reasonably priced after market car stereo so I can just use Bluetooth to play audio. Overall sound quality is really good! Of course, not the cheapest way to go
Man I would do that in a heartbeat. I don't think it's possible or easy to do it on my car
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Man I would do that in a heartbeat. I don't think it's possible or easy to do it on my car
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Did you notice that I linked to a device which is a FM transmitter to your current head unit in the car, but uses Bluetooth to connect with your phone?
Your Mazda 6 has lots of upgrade possibilities, from what I've seen.
- ooofest
You should definetly use bluetooth for audio if you can
This is a multi part question. First of all, does our phone have an FM Transmitter? I'm looking to play songs off my phone to an older car without Bluetooth by broadcasting an FM signal. I don't want to buy a piece of hardware for it. This should be doable if our phone has the transmitter.
Second, if it does have these capabilities, what apps can handle doing this? I haven't found anything yet.
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PsiPhiDan said:
This is a multi part question. First of all, does our phone have an FM Transmitter? I'm looking to play songs off my phone to an older car without Bluetooth by broadcasting an FM signal. I don't want to buy a piece of hardware for it. This should be doable if our phone has the transmitter.
Second, if it does have these capabilities, what apps can handle doing this? I haven't found anything yet.
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No i dont believe it has a transmitter just receive if you plug in headphones :/
As for apps, I dont know of any that do what you're looking for
PsiPhiDan said:
This is a multi part question. First of all, does our phone have an FM Transmitter? I'm looking to play songs off my phone to an older car without Bluetooth by broadcasting an FM signal. I don't want to buy a piece of hardware for it. This should be doable if our phone has the transmitter.
Second, if it does have these capabilities, what apps can handle doing this? I haven't found anything yet.
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No, it does not have an FM "transmitter." It does have an FM receiver built-in to the chipset, however Verizon doesn't supply the apk to listen (as the other poster said, once you find the apk, which is available on xda, you need to plug in headphones which act as an antenna. BT earphones won't do the trick.)
If your older car has a cassette player, that's an option (although I suppose the adapter is a piece of hardware).
PsiPhiDan said:
This is a multi part question. First of all, does our phone have an FM Transmitter? I'm looking to play songs off my phone to an older car without Bluetooth by broadcasting an FM signal. I don't want to buy a piece of hardware for it. This should be doable if our phone has the transmitter.
Second, if it does have these capabilities, what apps can handle doing this? I haven't found anything yet.
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Found this in another thread. Works perfect if you want to listen to local radio stations using your phone. I just installed it on my VZW M8.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51629962&postcount=25
Wow, so no FM transmitter on our phone? Just a receiver? I'm surprised. Oh well, that about closes this thread up.
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PsiPhiDan said:
Wow, so no FM transmitter on our phone? Just a receiver? I'm surprised. Oh well, that about closes this thread up.
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I recommend Motorola Roadster 2 (if there's not a 3 already available.)
It acts in a manner very similar to a factory hands-free systems you get with newer cars -
it turns itself on and off with your car, so you only need to charge it like once every 3-4 weeks,
It does the basic voice dialing and answering pretty well,
It can output to an FM frequency so you can do stuff over the car speakers, and it has a dedicated play music button.
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I recommend Motorola Roadster 2 (if there's not a 3 already available.)
It acts in a manner very similar to a factory hands-free systems you get with newer cars -
it turns itself on and off with your car, so you only need to charge it like once every 3-4 weeks,
It does the basic voice dialing and answering pretty well,
It can output to an FM frequency so you can do stuff over the car speakers, and it has a dedicated play music button.
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I have a Roadster 2, and the sound quality over FM is pretty bad. Also, automatically turning on/off is based on motion sensing, and isn't as reliable as it should be; I've gotten into the habit of turning it off/on manually when I need it since I can't count on it to automatically be on.
If you want the best sound quality through an older audio system, look into a line-input adapter. They're usually $60-$80 and require that you remove the radio from the dashboard temporarily to install. I've installed one in my Chevy Silverado 2500HD and wired it to a 3.5mm jack I mounted in my dashboard; I can use a regular 3.5mm M-M stereo cable to listen to music from my M8 (and previously my Droid RAZR MAXX).
This is the unit I purchased. It's for GM radios, but unfortunately is discontinued. Crutchfield has a "wizard" for searching for units compatible with your vehicle, though.
You can also get a wired FM modulator from WalMart for like $30.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Scosche-FMMOD02-Universal-FM-Modulator/19407742
It needs to get 12V+ and GND from your car (easily done by splicing it into the power leads to your stereo, really you can pull the pin out of the header and just wrap the leads and stuff it back in - no need for tape or sharp objects. It then physically plugs into the antenna input (and you plug your antenna into it), and when its switched on it cuts off the car's antenna and gets its signal directly from the device plugged into it. Since your car's actual antenna is disabled, you will get no interference, no matter what station you set it to, and the sound quality will be the closest to a direct line as you could get. I used to have one in an old Ford Explorer with the stock head unit, sounded great with my iPod back in the day.
Dodge DeBoulet said:
I have a Roadster 2, and the sound quality over FM is pretty bad. Also, automatically turning on/off is based on motion sensing, and isn't as reliable as it should be; I've gotten into the habit of turning it off/on manually when I need it since I can't count on it to automatically be on.
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I'm sorry, but I have to disagree.
I too have a Roadster 2.
1) The sound quality over FM is very good. There seems to be a certain set of frequencies that the unit itself picks with its dedicated function, and those are usually free of interference from the existing stations.
Hey, Dodge DeBoulet, you need to increase the Bluetooth volume on your phone to maximum, not your car stereo volume, to get good sound.
2) The motion sensing (really sound sensing, if you want to be accurate) is very good on my unit. It turns on when I open the car door without fail. It seems to turn off when the BT signal is out of range. In other words, it works perfectly.
Dodge DeBoulet, you probably have a defective unit. You need to exchange it.
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I'm sorry, but I have to disagree.
I too have a Roadster 2.
1) The sound quality over FM is very good. There seems to be a certain set of frequencies that the unit itself picks with its dedicated function, and those are usually free of interference from the existing stations.
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Well, that hasn't been my experience. May be related to the fact I'm using it in a full-size truck rather than a sedan.
Hey, Dodge DeBoulet, you need to increase the Bluetooth volume on your phone to maximum, not your car stereo volume, to get good sound.
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Umm, yeah. I tried every combination of volume control on the phone, on the Roadster 2 itself, and on the radio. Volume wasn't the issue; it was interference no matter what frequency was selected, static, and overall poor fidelity
2) The motion sensing (really sound sensing, if you want to be accurate) is very good on my unit. It turns on when I open the car door without fail. It seems to turn off when the BT signal is out of range. In other words, it works perfectly.
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I never really looked into the technology used to turn it off/on without hitting the switch, but I do know that it was too undependable for me. Part of the problem may have been that in my usual parking locations, I would often find that my phone was still connected to the Roadster 2 even when I was inside my home (or camp). I'd go to answer the phone and discover that, even though I was in my office, the other end of the conversation was happening inside my truck.
It works OK for hands-free calls, as long as I don't have the windows open or the heat/AC cranked up high. I've given up on getting it to work with the radio, though.
Dodge DeBoulet, you probably have a defective unit. You need to exchange it.
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Well, I've had it for almost 2 years. I don't think it's under warranty any more. That said, I'll probably replace it shortly with an Audi A6 or BMW 535i. I understand both of those devices are great for hands-free smartphone use