I'm trying to figure out a way to use my car's build in steering wheel controls to change songs when not streaming audio (but still connected) on bluetooth. Basically I need to have the bluetooth controls work even when audio output is not done via bluetooth. Seems simple enough but I can't figure out how to make it work :S
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I am currently looking for something so I can use my N1 in the car for music. My current setup is a Blueant for handsfree and a FM tuner plugged into the headphone jack. It works great but I nearly crash every time I try skipping songs if I'm not in the music app on the right screen.
I have given one of these a go
http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/bluetooth-adapter-for-steering-wheel/
The handsfree was utter rubbish but the FM and remote side of things was great. Does anyone know of a FM tuner / remote or at the very least just a bluetooth remote so I can skip and pause music. I still want to be able to use my blueant as its great for handsfree.
I have seen the LiquidAux, it looks like what I need but can you use one and still use a seperate handsfree as the LiquidAux has handsfree in it.
The liquid aux works great. I use it with my handsfree.
just as the title says, is it possible to send music via bt to my stereo just like when i make or recieve calls?
not that i'd use this as a sole way to listen to music in my car, but i just started wondering if it were possible, and if so, how?
It's possible, but you have to make sure that your Stereo has the bluetooth profile for A2DP. It's the same pairing process, but instead of only streaming call audio it will stream any other audio too.
Also, the stereo will have a headphone icon under bluetooth preferences.
Hope this helps.
I do that all the time in my car. The sound quality is not as good as hooking up a cable through th aux jack. The nav direction also come through my car stereo.
Ah yes, I forgot about A2DP being needed... That would make my situation impossible... I'll just have to get a 3.5 mm to RCA plug for aux... Thanks guys.
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I had some trouble with this, but the key for me was making my Pioneer head unit "forget" my previous phone. Now it works great!
Actually there is a way to stream music wirelessly to your car stereo: mini FM transmitters. Quite cheap on ebay. I wouldn't bet on audio quality tho.
Hey guys, I've got a motorcycle helmet with a bluetooth add on which supports stereo music and phone calls. The stereo speakers are located in the helmet and they're great for around town but when I'm on the freeway I like to use earbuds instead. On my original Droid if I plugged in my headphones they would override the bluetooth audio but I would still be able to control some aspects of the music with my bluetooth controls (track forward, track back). Anyway on the Droid X if I plug in my headphones they do not override bluetooth audio, no sound comes through the headphones so in order to play music through my earbuds I have to turn off bluetooth all together. My question is this, is there somewhere I can edit bluetooth priorities? I would like plugged in headphones to have first priority, I'm sure it must be possible since the Droid allowed me to do this, but I'm not sure how to go about doing it. I would really appreciate any insight on this, I've heard tasker may be able to do this but so far have been unable to make it work. Thanks!
is it possible to have phone calls streamed via bluetooth to in car audio, but have other audio output via phone speaker..
my issue is the navigation commands from copilot are inaudible when playing music - and also wont seem stream via bluetooth - so my ideal setup would be
phone to car bluetooth for calls only
play audio in car from ICE system
have phone play sat nav commands via phone speaker
quick answer.. yes i can
long answer .. involved switching off the bluetooth media device in the car
Hi,
I'm wondering if there is any way to stream audio music and/or FM radio from Windows Phone 7 (I have the HTC HD7) to a non A2DP Bluetooth headset (I have the Jabra EasyGO).
It seems that I can only make and receive calls with it.
I've searched all over the place (and web) and cannot find a way to do that.
The only way is to get a new Bluetooth headset with A2DP capability?
Is there is a workaround, please let me know.
Thanks.
I don't know of one. As far as I know, the Headset profile is mono-channel only (plus another channel for the mic) anyhow, and probably quite low bandwidth, so it would likely sound awful.
Thanks for your answer GoodDayToDie.
But I don't mind for quality... Actually I'm not interested to listen for audio.
I just want, for example, to hear drive directions when I'm driving using navigation software (Navigon) instead of hearing from the loudspeaker.
Hmm... I thought the phone *would* use Headset profile for driving directions. Weird. I find the WP7 implementation to be so bad that I prefer to keep using a 4-year-old Garmin Nuvi instead, but I could have sworn I tested it and it came over the BT (and my car only has Headset, not A2DP). Maybe poke around in Settings?
Alternatively, if your car has Aux In, you could use a ripping cable (double-ended headphone cord, they're very cheap) and then the phone will play instructions over the cable into the car's stereo. This is also a great way to use the phone's music player, including Zune Pass if you have it, to play music in the car (I do this all the time). It uses less battery than having Bluetooth transmitting constantly would anyhow.