SO I am using the V60 as my main Audio Head unit thanks to the large screen. I mostly use poweramp and Spotify for music and IHeart radio for radio stations. So far so good. However, my messages are not read aloud like they do on my other car with built in Android Auto. All my permissions are set for OK Google etc. so I don't know. Any ideas?
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Hi All, I am a Galaxy S5 user and I drive a Jeep Grand Cherokee with the UConnect infotainment package. Both work really well together. However, I am running into scenarios where I only want "some" of my phone media apps to run through the bluetooth. Here is an example:
While driving and listening the the radio AM/FM/XM (whatever), I may also have my phone running waze to alert me of traffic or red light cameras etc . But when Waze tries to send an audio alert, I do not hear it because my infotainment source is "radio" instead of Bluetooth at that moment.
The obvious answer is to only pair the phone for phone function and skip the media pairing, but there are also plenty of times when I do want to listen to phone media through the infotainment (spotify etc). The phone-only pairing would limit that ability.
So I am seeking a phone app that can apply policy to the phone's "media" apps to determine which ones play over bluetooth and which play through the phone's speakers. Does anyone have a suggestions?
So a little (not at all) touted feature of the EDGE is that it contains an active FM tuner in it that can be used to access radio stations over the air. It is very weird that this is a capability that wasn't promoted as, even though this seems like old technology, the beauty of it is that it is built into the EDGE.
Why would I be so excited about this? Because, when you use iHeart or other radio apps to listen to the radio... it is delayed 30 seconds to 5 minutes or more. Not a big deal if listening to music or even talk radio... but a HUGE deal if you are wanting to listen to the radio announcer of a sporting event.
I like to listen to the radio while attending a college football game. Makes it even more interesting and now I can! BUT! The EDGE (and my home tuner) require that there is a wire connected to act as an antenna... otherwise the reception sucks.
I don't want to use a regular wired headset. I HATE wired headsets.
So the question is: Is there a dongle of sorts that could be plugged into the headset jack, that could act as the antenna without routing the audio through it? Next Radio App allows for rerouting the audio through the speaker but it doesn't also include allowing it to be routed to the Bluetooth.
I guess in writing the above I answered my own question with who I should ask next... Next Radio... but thought I'd still throw this out in case y'all know of another app that can use the internal FM Tuner AND send the audio to bluetooth.
Thanks in advance for indulging this question.
beejmeister said:
So a little (not at all) touted feature of the EDGE is that it contains an active FM tuner in it that can be used to access radio stations over the air. It is very weird that this is a capability that wasn't promoted as, even though this seems like old technology, the beauty of it is that it is built into the EDGE.
Why would I be so excited about this? Because, when you use iHeart or other radio apps to listen to the radio... it is delayed 30 seconds to 5 minutes or more. Not a big deal if listening to music or even talk radio... but a HUGE deal if you are wanting to listen to the radio announcer of a sporting event.
I like to listen to the radio while attending a college football game. Makes it even more interesting and now I can! BUT! The EDGE (and my home tuner) require that there is a wire connected to act as an antenna... otherwise the reception sucks.
I don't want to use a regular wired headset. I HATE wired headsets.
So the question is: Is there a dongle of sorts that could be plugged into the headset jack, that could act as the antenna without routing the audio through it? Next Radio App allows for rerouting the audio through the speaker but it doesn't also include allowing it to be routed to the Bluetooth.
I guess in writing the above I answered my own question with who I should ask next... Next Radio... but thought I'd still throw this out in case y'all know of another app that can use the internal FM Tuner AND send the audio to bluetooth.
Thanks in advance for indulging this question.
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Do you have the sprint model? Usually every carrier in the US except Sprint removes the FM radio to force people to stream instead. Sprint was the only carrier to have an FM radio on the Note 3 as well.
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To actually answer your question though, there is an app on the Play Store called SoundAbout. It allows you to force various audio (media, notifications, etc.) to be played through a specific output (Speakers, Bluetooth, etc.). You might give that a shot.
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Do you have the sprint model? Usually every carrier in the US except Sprint removes the FM radio to force people to stream instead. Sprint was the only carrier to have an FM radio on the Note 3 as well.
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To actually answer your question though, there is an app on the Play Store called SoundAbout. It allows you to force various audio (media, notifications, etc.) to be played through a specific output (Speakers, Bluetooth, etc.). You might give that a shot.
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Yes. I have the Sprint model. I'm going to have to now check to see if my Note 3 had the FM active. I didn't think that it was... Hmmm....
I'm going to try out SoundAbout. I just bought the PRO version as it has the BT functionality. Need to run by Radio Shack on the way home to get a short audio cable to plug in as the antenna... will report back... Thanks... again.... jooniloh.
hahahah, glad I ran across this thread. I had no idea my phone had a built in FM tuner. Just plugged in my headphones and used the NextRadio app and BAM!! there it was. Thank you
Here's my woe:
I want to be able to play my FM Radio (or CD, or USB stick - just any audio source I choose in my car) and hear Google Maps Navigation over my car spearkers. Currently I can do that if I listen to BT audio and listen to music from my phone.
My work phone is an Iphone 5s and it does this flawlessly because there's a checkbox option in google maps navigation settings "Play as Phone call" which allows it to work flawlessly. The Android app doesn't have that option. Why is that?
I have tried SoundAbout and it's terrible. Half the audio plays on the phone then it switches to my speakers and is terrible and skips words. As for other apps, I've tried BTmono, I've googled my fingers to nubs and tried every setting (turn off multimedia on the phone, on the car etc).
I'm wondering if I root this phone can I fix this at all? Or is there an alternative APK of maps with that option (maybe beta or something)
(Also can you get Google Now voice to go over the car audio like the iphone voice commands does natively, Google Now requires it to be in BT audio source as well.)
I also know this is not car specific because I tested it with a VW Passat with my phone and a Samsung Galaxy S5 and Motorola Droid something or another my coworker owns and it behaves the same in his car as well as mine.
This feature is absolutely frustrating and a dealbreaker for me. I'd happily just use my work phone in the car but anything on that phone is subject to FOIA from the general public. No thanks to that. I asked in another forum and they said it's because the iphone doesn't do a2dp or bluetooth audio out or whatever but that's not true, my iphone does play music over the bluetooth audio source. And I realize the iphone isn't as sophisticated, I'm android through and through, which is why this is making kittens cry blood for me.
Please help me. And Thank you so much for even reading!
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Phone: Samsung Galaxy s6 (lollipop)
Car: 2012 Camry (No entune).
I've come back to the forums for this exact problem you are describing. I believe it's true that for Google Maps voice prompts, the iPhone will indeed route them using HFP (hands free protocol) to mimic a phone call, so your car will lower the radio volume and let the voice prompt through. As far as I can tell Android has no such similar feature, and yes it's annoying as heck. Since Google Maps works on iOS but not on Android, I can only conclude that this is some oversight by the Android team, or perhaps some kind of hardware limitation that Google doesn't think is worth spending money on.
I'm a bit surprised that after all my internet searching, this problem hasn't made a big enough fuss to get to Google's attention.
I wish they would fix this and am surprised more people are not making a fuss about it
I have made an app for that. It's called AudioBT on Google Play...
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And this is still an issue. And when connected to my truck via bluetooth it won't give voice directions through my phones speaker either. Hard to convince someone Android is better than ios when something that works so well with an iPhone doesn't work at all with an Android. Please fix this!
Had anyone had the following issues:
1. With the radio app only, the app doesn't seem to allow another audio stream to play when it is playing. So, if you're listening to the radio and Waze wants to announce navigation, the radio mutes but the other stream doesn't play. Other apps that play audio, like Vanilla Music, will "duck" (reduce volume slightly) to allow Waze to announce.
2. Radio app will not release audio stream, period. So if you're playing the radio and you start another music app, the radio stream wins.
3. With my phone paired, I cannot hear any phone call audio when making a call. Not sure if the other person can hear me.
Edit 25-Sept-2016: The other person can hear me fine, but I cannot hear them. Tried both a Moto G w/ CM13 and a stock Nexus 4. Both behave the same.
A Bluetooth audio stream initiated on the phone WILL play via Joying. This issue only seems to affect phone calls.
I'm on JY1.90.
UPDATE 13-Jan-2017:
The Joying update from December 2016 fixes the radio not releasing the audio stream: https://www.carjoying.com/Joying-blog/42.html
The Bluetooth phonecall issue is solved. The problem was that I was using the wrong connector on my Jeep head unit. This issues stumps me a bit. The second connector is basically identical to the first connector, but it appears to only route the FL and FR speakers, leaving out the RL RR speaker wires completely. We know that the phone in Joying only works in the FL speaker, so somehow the Jeep amp must be using the rear speakers as inputs instead of the fronts? I don't know. But if I use the other connector (the one marked 'amp' in this photo), Bluetooth calling works.
wskelly said:
Had anyone had the following issues:
1. With the radio app only, the app doesn't seem to allow another audio stream to play when it is playing. So, if you're listening to the radio and Waze wants to announce navigation, the radio mutes but the other stream doesn't play. Other apps that play audio, like Vanilla Music, will "duck" (reduce volume slightly) to allow Waze to announce.
2. Radio app will not release audio stream, period. So if your playing the radio and you start another music app, the radio stream wins.
3. With my phone paired, I cannot hear any phone call audio when making a call. Not sure if the other person can hear me.
I'm on JY1.90.
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1. I set my navigation app with TomTom and mixed function and works fine;
2. The same for me, but I have the same behaviour with music app
3. I didn't notice it
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colostro said:
1. I set my navigation app with TomTom and mixed function and works fine;
2. The same for me, but I have the same behaviour with music app
3. I didn't notice it
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1. Thanks, I will try a different navigation app. This is only a problem with the radio app. Mixed function works fine with Vanilla Music (open source music player)
2. If I am playing a mp3 app, and then start the radio app, the radio app wins (expected) but the odd thing is that the mp3 app (Vanilla Music) does not pause, the progress bar will continue to increase and it continues to play. It is like the radio app doesn't properly notify the system that it is playing.
If I am playing the radio app, then start a music player, radio still wins.
3. Might be my phone. I use CM13, but this phone worked fine with my stock Jeep HU and with my Ford with SYNC.
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You gotta get used to using the back button.
Meh it's lame, but oh well.
No audio on other inputs
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I just got this radio it's a 10 inch by podofo in a Jeep Commander 2007
When I select the radio play FM station I get sound if I select Bluetooth or any other application I get no audio. The link is to a short video but I took of the situation I'm out of town right now soon as I get back I will make it better video and she'll ways that I get audio through Bluetooth but only by using the phone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance.
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Did you figure out the issue with having sound on only the radio? My stereo is doing the same thing. Started today.
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No audio on other inputs
https://photos.app.goo.gl/7SorSPbEs8DAH7G66
I just got this radio it's a 10 inch by podofo in a Jeep Commander 2007
When I select the radio play FM station I get sound if I select Bluetooth or any other application I get no audio. The link is to a short video but I took of the situation I'm out of town right now soon as I get back I will make it better video and she'll ways that I get audio through Bluetooth but only by using the phone.
Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance.
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Did you find the problem? I have exactly the same issue...
I've got a brand new Kenwood Ddx794 in my car. I'm not overly impressed as I've had issues with my 7 edge that when I tried to play Pandora or Spotify, I'd have to cycle from one app to another to get it to bring up data on screen of the head unit. Now with an 8 plus, when I choose Pandora, it only says connecting, but it does play, you can't search or fast forward, nothing. I downloaded Tidal, and it plays fine through Bluetooth to the head unit, but what's weird, if I choose Pandora, tidal will play through, but no controls. Bluetooth audio will allow you to fast forward, but not search or show artwork, and works with Pandora and Tidal otherwise. I'm already in the market to replace the Kenwood, I'm just curious to see if other people have had issues with other units. I've updated the head unit software, last update they had was March 28. I'm looking at the clarion nx706 as a replacement, I just want to know if the Bluetooth 5.0 on these are a culprit or what.
I personally haven't had any issues with connecting or playing anything through my ford mysync touch. It shows what I'm playing and everything.
Found the fix, at least with Kenwood. You have to unpair, enable dual audio on the Samsung, and then repair. Problem solved.
This is actually the first phone I've owned where all the 2015 Ford Sync features work, zero tweaking. It was one thing my wife's iPhone always did better than any of my Androids so I am pretty happy.