Hey guys. I've recently started using Navmii on my MTCD device, its the only Navigation app that works well enough to be used as a daily driver (excuse the pun!). Anyway the issue I'm having is that if i have the radio or poweramp playing in the background, the Navigation Voice prompts are difficult to hear over the music. The easiest thing to to, obviously is to stop the media apps completely, however in the real world you would normaly want some music on in the background?
Ideally, the radio/poweramp volume would dip automatically when the Nav app starts a voice prompt, however in reality i know thats probably not possible. What I have managed to achieve so far is to set power amps voulme lower via its built in volume control, this way the Navigaton prompts are always louder, this works really well. However I cant see a way of doing this for the radio app, I am assuming that this is something to with the way the radio is managed via the MCU interface, and not directly via android.
Im wondering how other people manage this scenario, I cant be the only one?!
There is an option in the settings menu (GPS submenu) that lets you do precisely that.
it cant post a link but search youtube:
Android head unit 5.1.1 low GPS voice fix
i posted a fix for this issue
This is a life saver for parents
o to Settings - sound and vibration - Seperate App sound (all the way at the bottom)
turn on and pick the app you want(limited to 1 app at a time)
Then choose the location (I chose Music to bluetooth)
This way I can still listen to music and be able to hand my daughter my phone so she can watch youtube
Impressive, didn't think of that as a use case. Although I don't think I'll be handing anyone my phone just yet
For example (?) : can you watch a video/broadcast mute (sport game), and listen TuneIn ( running commentary ) at the same time ?
Actually android is deeply missing basic audio mix table !
Also can you (lucky owners) tell us if :
-AKG earphone are ip68 waterproof ?
-Google Music can be uninstall/disable ?
-is embedded EQ working with any browser/video app ?
Thx for sharing...
oF2pks said:
For example (?) : can you watch a video/broadcast mute (sport game), and listen TuneIn ( running commentary ) at the same time ?
Actually android is deeply missing basic audio mix table !
Also can you (lucky owners) tell us if :
-AKG earphone are ip68 waterproof ?
-Google Music can be uninstall/disable ?
-is embedded EQ working with any browser/video app ?
Thx for sharing...
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The only one I can answer is that yes Google play music can be uninstalled
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I have a specific question/problem related to this:
Currently I have Google Play Music assigned to Bluetooth.
This is cool because in the car, I can play music - but then play a game or something at the same time.
HOWEVER.....
In order for this to actually work, you have to go to the audio connections hub thing in the notification shade.
And switch your audio output to the phone.
THEN with the audio output set to the phone - itll use the override and send the play music to bluetooth.
You seemingly have to do this every time (I even used Tasker and Autotools custom settings, trying to detect which setting gets changed and make it automatic.... but couldn't see a related changed setting in the settings lists).
A bigger problem though, amidst my messing around to try to make this work better....
I selected "turn off connections manager" option.
Now I don't get that stuff in the notification shade at all.
And I cannot find a single setting that lets me access it again!
So now I can never use separate app audio.
Can someone help me!?!?!?
I have found this feature usefull for SatNav.
I have the phone connected to car bluetooth, so ALL audio on previous phones goes to the car - so as im listening to streaming radio etc, the satnav voice from TomTom kicks in and can be quite annoying - especially as I only want the voice for traffic and speed cameras.
With this feature, I can still stream music to the car but have the audio come through the phone speaker - well done Samsung
finsmaniac02 said:
I have a specific question/problem related to this:
Currently I have Google Play Music assigned to Bluetooth.
This is cool because in the car, I can play music - but then play a game or something at the same time.
HOWEVER.....
In order for this to actually work, you have to go to the audio connections hub thing in the notification shade.
And switch your audio output to the phone.
THEN with the audio output set to the phone - itll use the override and send the play music to bluetooth.
You seemingly have to do this every time (I even used Tasker and Autotools custom settings, trying to detect which setting gets changed and make it automatic.... but couldn't see a related changed setting in the settings lists).
A bigger problem though, amidst my messing around to try to make this work better....
I selected "turn off connections manager" option.
Now I don't get that stuff in the notification shade at all.
And I cannot find a single setting that lets me access it again!
So now I can never use separate app audio.
Can someone help me!?!?!?
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settings>sounds and vibration>separate app sound
I also have the audio manager not showing up in the notifications problem but turning on separate app and sound didn't work for me
oF2pks said:
For example (?) : can you watch a video/broadcast mute (sport game), and listen TuneIn ( running commentary ) at the same time ?
Actually android is deeply missing basic audio mix table !
Also can you (lucky owners) tell us if :
-AKG earphone are ip68 waterproof ?
-Google Music can be uninstall/disable ?
-is embedded EQ working with any browser/video app ?
Thx for sharing...
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i am not testing that.
AperturePhoenix said:
I also have the audio manager not showing up in the notifications problem but turning on separate app and sound didn't work for me
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Same, once disabled there doesn't appear to be a way to get it to reappear
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Give SoundAbout a look. There isn't much it can't manage.
One of my issues with the Google ChromeCast is that when the phone is used as a source, all audio is sent over that ChromeCast connection.
You cannot divert the audio to Bluetooth for bluetooth speakers/headphones.
Does anyone know if this new Samsung feature will allow you to divert ChromeCast audio to Bluetooth?
That would be pretty darn cool if it did.
EDIT: Btw, I don't have the Samsung phone.
I was linked here from a Google Pixel thread. But I'm really interested to know the answer to my question above.
goRt said:
Same, once disabled there doesn't appear to be a way to get it to reappear
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Download Sound Assistant from Samsung in the play store. When you adjust volume hit the icon and then expand the window. To the right of the app volume slider you can switch sound output.
Found the "Audio output" control! Yess!!
finsmaniac02 said:
I have a specific question/problem related to this:
Currently I have Google Play Music assigned to Bluetooth.
This is cool because in the car, I can play music - but then play a game or something at the same time.
HOWEVER.....
In order for this to actually work, you have to go to the audio connections hub thing in the notification shade.
And switch your audio output to the phone.
THEN with the audio output set to the phone - itll use the override and send the play music to bluetooth.
You seemingly have to do this every time (I even used Tasker and Autotools custom settings, trying to detect which setting gets changed and make it automatic.... but couldn't see a related changed setting in the settings lists).
A bigger problem though, amidst my messing around to try to make this work better....
I selected "turn off connections manager" option.
Now I don't get that stuff in the notification shade at all.
And I cannot find a single setting that lets me access it again!
So now I can never use separate app audio.
Can someone help me!?!?!?
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Thanks to the post above I was finally able to find the setting to enable the option to select the Audio output on my phone (Samsung S8+) see pictures attached. So if you've lost the option to select the audio output of you S8 follow these steps. (Not to be confused with with Separate app sound, which routes different apps to a bluetooth or phone output)
Find the Samsung Connect app
Click on the three dots to bring down the menu
Tap Settings
Tap Samsung Connect panel
Ensure this is turned on
Tap on Always show
and Finally tap on Audio output << This is the one! :good:
Path: Settings>Sounds & Vibration>Headphone Monitor
Description in device: When turned on, you can enjoy a live karaoke experience in real-time through your headphones. Meanwhile, please turn off the karaoke app's headphones monitor function to avoid sound conflict.
Anybody figure out yet what this setting does? Which apps does it work with? How is the karaoke experience?
I m also curious about this. I think there would be some app which will enable you listen to your own voice while you speak. Means your mic input will be directly played out through your headphone.
I have a PX6 6/64 GB head unit and using wired Android Auto with the Z-link app. It works fine, except the Google Assistant / Maps voice has very high volume and distorted sound compared to music. Which makes it impossible to use Google Maps and Spotify at the same time, in Android Auto mode. I have the same problem running stock or HAL9K ROM. Is it possible to adjust the voice volume in any way?
Apple CarPlay works good and has much better volumes and sound quality.
Thanks for any help!
You haven't mentioned what steps you have taken to try to self resolve the problem, which usually ends up in a circular guessing game.
Have you considered lowering the system volume in factory settings?
marchnz said:
You haven't mentioned what steps you have taken to try to self resolve the problem, which usually ends up in a circular guessing game.
Have you considered lowering the system volume in factory settings?
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Thanks, well I have tried rebooting phone and head unit, regarding volume I only have one setting in my head unit, which seems to control everything.
After some more testing I have now realized that the problem is not really that the Google Assistant voice is too high. The problem is that when the voice starts it will lower the music but when the voice is finished it will not turn the music volume back to normal. So when I increase the music volume back to normal, next time the voice will be really high. Anybody else with this bug and a possible solution?
I have an Ottocast U2-Plus Android AI box. When I have a music app and a navigation app active at the same time, the audio will switch to a "low quality" mode when the navigation app provides me with directions.
An example of this type of activity can be found here in this YouTube video at 13:15. This activity is different than when Android Auto is active with both a music app and a navigation app active at the same time. In Android Auto, when the navigation app provides me with directions, it will lower the volume of the audio feed from the music app, provide me with directions at full volume from the navigation app, and then it will play music of the audio feed from the music app at full volume. When using a music app and a navigation app from the Android AI box, the audio will switch to a "low quality mode," (e.g., many of the speakers will shut off, and I'll hear some static in the background in addition to the volume of the audio feed from the music app being turned down) which is incredibly jarring.
In the YouTube video I linked to, the video creator provided a workaround for the Google Maps app where this behavior won't be observed if you turn off "OK Google" detection while driving. However, this doesn't fix the issue with Waze, which is the navigation app I primarily use. Turning off "OK Google" detection while driving in Waze does not fix this issue.
Does anyone know of a workaround or fix to avoid the "low quality" sound mode issue for an Android AI box when using a music app and the Waze navigation app? I'd preferably like advice pertaining to the Ottocast U2-Plus, but I'm still within the return period for the U2-Plus, so if you know of a fix for a different Android AI box, I wouldn't mind that recommendation.
Thanks in advance for any advice you may be able to provide!
Oh, after some experimentation I figured it out.
I guess for Waze it's the "play sound to phone speaker setting." So, you need to go into Settings->Voice & Sound->Play sound to phone speaker needs to be set to OFF.
Thank you for taking the time and sharing this, really helped me!