I have a Bluetooth 2.0 headset. An LG HBM-210. For the life of me I cannot get it to work how I want it. I'm running Phoenix Blood v1.7 and Faux's 048 kernel. It works with the stock voice dialer but thats IT. Vlingo looks like it would be pretty sweet, but bluetooth voice input does not work for it for me. Nor does reading things back to me (like texts etc.). It uses the internal mic and internal speaker on the phone to playback. When I hit the mic on a text as well, it again only uses the phone's mic and not my bluetooth. Do I need a certain version bluetooth or something to get this to work? Or is there an app that may potentially be a fix for this (tried BTMono briefly). Thanks for any advice in advance.
Even Google Voice Search, only works through the internal phone mic... Same with speaking a destination in Google Navigation..... the ONLY app that works properly is the stock voice dialer. It will say "speak now" into my ear and then correctly picks up what im saying into the bluetooth mic and not the phone internal mic. So strange to me......
This is an issue with the Bluetooth implementation of the phone. I used to use super mono froyo to stream podcasts to my mono Bluetooth. It worked on my other androids, but not this one. You need to get an a2dp Bluetooth. I have a jabra stone 2 that works good except for the battery life. For streaming audio I only got an hour and a half battery life. However it comes with a little round dock to clip on your belt that recharges it. It might be good for the occasional YouTube video or voice dictation/ tts. The reason it only works with voice dialer is because that is built into the handsfree Bluetooth profile. A2dp is for music and stereo audio, I chose a mono a2dp for working purposes(not safe to cover both ears). Good luck!
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I just got an after market radio that supports bluetooth audio streaming & voice call. (Eclipse CD5030) After several tries, I seem to have it figured out so I wanna share my finding.
1 - Audio quality is ok. Acceptable, but not great. Bass output is fine, but treble is almost gone & distorted.
2 - When trying to transfer contact list from phone to the radio, bluetooth connection dropped instantly.
3 - Voice call quality appears to be normal. (i.e. similar to when you use handset / headset) According to callers, they can hear me just fine. Caller audio is fine on my end. I mounted the microphone near the visor, to the middle of the windshield.
4 - This radio can configure caller's audio output to only driver's side or both. But output is for front speakers only.
5 - This radio doesn't pipe phone's ringtone through. So you only get basic ringtone that comes with the radio.
6 - On my first try with navigation + music player, audio skip/drop out very often. On second+ tries with phone plugged in, no problem. -- I remember reading somewhere that max CPU frequency is automatically lowered when battery is low. This seems to make sense.
7 - I don't have a car dock for N1 yet. (waiting for Google official N1 car dock). Only voice prompt was adequate.
7 - You can skip forward/backward from the radio. But there's no pause button. The only way to pause is to switch to other audio source.
8 - If you prefer better audio quality, you can plug the phone into radio's USB port and enable USB storage mode. It will play music off the phone's memory card. -- Or just plug the 3.5mm cable to the phone, but you lose ability to control what is played.
9 - When using BT audio streaming, it doesn't display song's name. Just your phone's BT name.
That's hit. Hope it's useful for people looking to use/get BT car radio with N1.
After having the phone for a while today was the first day I did this with mine as well, also an Eclipse head unit.
My findings were pretty much the exact same. I did get a kick out of playing pandora out of the car stereo though while running navigation and it all working just perfectly.
Audio could be improved but it really is pretty cool.
for those not yet purchased.
Kenwood BT8044U
Audio quality excellent, does have pause, phonebook works, and works with car steering controls (with adapter)
Took awhile but the N1 works with MS Sync in my girlfriends fusion and in my Escape with an after market JVC with the bluetooth addon.
trinode said:
for those not yet purchased.
Kenwood BT8044U
Audio quality excellent, does have pause, phonebook works, and works with car steering controls (with adapter)
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This sounds very promising.
Have you had a chance to try it with any of the GPS navigations apps? I would reallly like to know if you can play music and navigate at the same time with the GPS instructions coming through via BT as well ...
this thread is making me want to dump my 2004 ish alpine head unit for something newer with BT... argggh
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This sounds very promising.
Have you had a chance to try it with any of the GPS navigations apps? I would reallly like to know if you can play music and navigate at the same time with the GPS instructions coming through via BT as well ...
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Works just fine, I play music and navigate with andnav2 only issue is that both music and andnav are classed under "media volume" so I can't make the navigation louder in relation to the music.
- Anthony
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Works just fine, I play music and navigate with andnav2 only issue is that both music and andnav are classed under "media volume" so I can't make the navigation louder in relation to the music.
- Anthony
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This - I use co-pilot and Google's Navigation as well as stream music and it works quite well. I do wish there was a different volume toggle between music/nav but other than that it works quite well.
Thanks guys, sounds good.
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Works just fine, I play music and navigate with andnav2 only issue is that both music and andnav are classed under "media volume" so I can't make the navigation louder in relation to the music.
- Anthony
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my navigation volume is seperate of the media volume.
For those looking for a simpler solution, see my post on Kensington Liquidaux BT car adapter. U$25 delivered, very stylish design, works great. BUT, you'd need either an aux input or go with a tape adapter or an external FM transmitter.
I recently purchased a Bluetooth stereo headset to listen to music/podcasts on my Captivate.
Jabra HALO Bluetooth Stereo Headset (sorry can't post links yet, but it is easily found via google search)
It works well except the phone won't always send the audio to the headset. Works fine for phone calls etc. But when I use pandora, acast etc.. the audio sometimes won't go to the headset. It is paired properly etc...
Is there some setting I am missing? i have searched other similar threads, but they seem stale and are for other phones.
The headset works fine with my laptop.
Thanks.
--pat
You need to have a froyo rom and get Super BT Mono for Froyo from market. I use the app and can listen to anything from my phone through my cheap bt.
I downloaded several Voice Recognition apps to use while driving. However, it seems that Voice Recognition doesn't work at all on this phone while it is in the Car Dock.
I'm using the official Motorola Car Dock, and it plays audio through my stereo fine. Voice calls are coming through the speaker, not outputting through the dock.
I know my issue is not a background noise problem, because even a few minutes after I take it out of the dock, I get an error message if I try to use the voice recognition. It would seem that something about being in the dock is blocking this functionality.
I've tried it while on the Blaze rom, Sonya, SCV6, and stock. None of them work. So I'm thinking this is probably a hardware issue.
Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Also, has anyone figured out how to get call audio to go through the usb to the stereo?
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I downloaded several Voice Recognition apps to use while driving. However, it seems that Voice Recognition doesn't work at all on this phone while it is in the Car Dock.
I'm using the official Motorola Car Dock, and it plays audio through my stereo fine. Voice calls are coming through the speaker, not outputting through the dock.
I know my issue is not a background noise problem, because even a few minutes after I take it out of the dock, I get an error message if I try to use the voice recognition. It would seem that something about being in the dock is blocking this functionality.
I've tried it while on the Blaze rom, Sonya, SCV6, and stock. None of them work. So I'm thinking this is probably a hardware issue.
Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Also, has anyone figured out how to get call audio to go through the usb to the stereo?
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I havent tried using any voice apps but I could get the audio threw my USB car audio I'm running sv6
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Have you tried skyvi? It supposedly supports cardock mode.
I've noticed a similar problem with some apps, but the built-in Voice Search app works fine while in the dock. So I don't think it's a hardware dock problem. I've been trying to figure out a pattern of what doesn't work.
What app are you trying to use?
And did you have any Bluetooth devices connected when you tried the apps?
The latest one I tried was Vlingo, but I couldn't get it to work when my phone was paired with my car audio via Bluetooth. My theory is that Vlingo was only waiting for audio to come through BT, and was ignoring the built-in mic. But the way the car works, audio would never come through that way, so I could never get it to work unless I turned off my BT.
Just my 2 cents.
You should be able to have your calls route through the dock if you turn speaker phone off. I have llama or whatever turn speaker off when it's in the dock and a call comes in or is made.
As for the voice recognition, I've used the Google voice actions, vlingo, and Dragon dictation just fine while in the dock. I'm pretty sure all of them need a data connection to work. Also, make sure the phone's mic can pick up your voice.
Sorry, I don't have any other advice to get it to work. Let me know if you want me to try things on my dock. I'm currently using stock odexed rooted and themed, but I've used other roms fine too.
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I find that the search apps work just fine when using the car dock. The microphone doesn't seem to have any issue picking up my voice that way.
My problem is that nobody can hear me when I turn off the speaker phone and run the phone call audio through the speakers. Everyone says it's like I'm talking in a tunnel. I actually haven't tried it by using he speaker phone in the dock just because I can't hear the other person while driving, however, indications from using the speakerphone at home are that the speakerphone microphone (near the ear piece) just doesn't cut it. In he end, I usually just turn on my bluetooth headset and talk that way.
Does anyone else have an issue with the microphone trying to use the phone in speakerphone mode? Does anyone know how to increase the gain on the microphones while on the phone?
Hi all, rooted-stock 4.0.4 on a Verizon Galaxy S3. I have an Alpine EX-10 bluetooth kit for the car that uses the A2DP profile. Works great for music, it reports it has a mic, but the mic doesn't work (and has never worked, on iPhone and other devices).
What I'm trying to accomplish is to be able to still play music through bluetooth, but have voice commands and phone calls use the onboard mic instead of the bluetooth one. I don't want to have to switch BT on and off, ideally I'd like nav directions through bluetooth, but still be able to speak addresses into the phone itself.
Is there an app/tweak that can 'split' the audio devices so I can use both at once?
Hope this makes sense, and thanks in advance for the help.
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Hi all, rooted-stock 4.0.4 on a Verizon Galaxy S3. I have an Alpine EX-10 bluetooth kit for the car that uses the A2DP profile. Works great for music, it reports it has a mic, but the mic doesn't work (and has never worked, on iPhone and other devices).
What I'm trying to accomplish is to be able to still play music through bluetooth, but have voice commands and phone calls use the onboard mic instead of the bluetooth one. I don't want to have to switch BT on and off, ideally I'd like nav directions through bluetooth, but still be able to speak addresses into the phone itself.
Is there an app/tweak that can 'split' the audio devices so I can use both at once?
Hope this makes sense, and thanks in advance for the help.
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I'm also interested in this, has anyone ever found a solution?
I have been using the Nexus 5 for a day now, and have encountered the most annoying problem... When the phone is connected to my car bluetooth (toyota Rav4), any audio spoken back from the GoogleNow tool is way too soft/quiet. All other bluetooth audio however is great, loud and clear. For example, if I use GoogleNow to say Navigate to HomeDepot, it will respond back "navigating to HomeDepot" at a volume level way too low to even barely hear, but once the maps application opens and starts speaking directions, the audio is great. It is only the GoogleNow voice that is down too low... all other BT audio and apps are just fine. This happens for any audio from GoogleNow played back in BT.
Can anyone else repeat the same problem? It can't be hardware related, right, since all other BT audio works fine?
Any ideas to resolve are appreciated.
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