I just leased a 2007 Audi A4. It was a special deal and did not come with the Bluetooth interface that works so well on my wife's 2006 Audi A6.
I would really like to hook the phone up to the Audi A4 in some way. I was wondering if any of you experts had any ideas or have successfully hooked your Wizards to any newer vehicles (via wire or bluetooth) which did not come equipped to handle phones.
Here's some ideas, I've had.
Wired Connection. Does anyone have any suggestions for hard wiring the Wizard to a car's stereo via the 2.5mm jack on the Wizard? I almost bought a Saab 9-3 which had a 3.5mm jack inside the glove box. I hooked up my Wizard via a 3.5mm cable with a 2.5mm adapter for the Wizard. I was able to listen to my music playing on the Wizard and when someone called, I could hear the ringing through the car's speakers, but there was evidently no microphone connection so no one could hear me. A wired solution should be feasible and there's a button on the steering wheel which may be able to answer calls.
Bluetooth Connection. An alternative to the wired connection is a bluetooth connection. Parrot has a neat car kit which even streams stereo from your Wizard (A2DP). Cool set up. Has anyone installed something like this in their Audi, BMW, etc.
Any help or direction would be most appreciated.
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Does anybody know:
Is it possible to connect my car speakers to the O2 XDA Carkit directly ?
Marcel
Nah, not enough power. You need your car stereo as an amplifier. Alternatively, you can buy car amlifiers which are only amplifiers, but then make sure you don't end up buying a so-called 'booster', because it is meant to amplify a signal which is already at speaker level even further, for those that have sacrificed all space in their trunks for sub-sub-sub woofers and other tools for terrorizing their fellow humans.
You could try a £10 maplin cassette adapter, http://www.maplin.co.uk spliced onto a o2 xda headphone cable. You can use the nokia adapter version straight from the box, as the connector is the same size, but it is mono. Hence why I adapted a spare xda headset instead, as I thought the button on the mic pod might be useful, not to mention portable between different cars.
However, I have had problems with "transmit" noise using this "lash up" method. So its not perfect, but to be honest if you want music playback or tom tom navigator audio output its excellent.
Does anyone know if the external amp/back input of a hifi would stop the reception of the transmission noise during a call/gprs exchange. I'm using an old crappy car stereo without a seperate input, and the car is probably worth less than the xda as well! hence the cassette adapter method. :wink:
The MP3/Headset Audio Adapter from the other thread may be a solution?
It's a O2 Carkit with 2 outgoing speaker cables.
If i connect it directly to the cables that are coming from my car radio, will that work or will it blow up my xda.
http://www.pocketpc-club.nl/content.php?id=1275[/url]
it works through a standard nokia car radio relay kit
it works through the nokia car radio kit that was already in my car with my nokia phone, I simply plugged the radio relay kit intop the speaker socket of the O2 car kit and joined the yellow mute wires together.
Help please!! My work have just kindly installed a intergrated bluetooth car kit for me. Its actually for my work phone a Nokia 6300. I am able to use the bluetooth to pair with my Kaiser and have voice conversations. Can I use it to listen to music though my Kaiser (actually a T-Mob Vario 3). The car kit must be connected to the car stereo because this cuts out automatically when I receive a call. I want to be able to use the car kit to allow me to listen to music from Media Player.
There is an app called BT toggle that routes all audio from the device to a bluetooth headset/speaker so It may be worth giving that a go..although SQ will be no wehere near as good as the built in stereo in the vehicle.
What car kit have the installed for you?
Is it a THB Bury car kit, if so then THB make a proper cradle for the kaiser
Yes it is a THB Bury Car kit with the cradlefor the Nokia 6300 with intergrated bluetooth sitting on top of it. I dont really want to buy the Kaiser Kit. Just stream music via the bluetooth cradle. Tried the BT Toggle app that c.b sugested but cant seem to get that to work. It just seems to make the music thats playing go quiet on the phone but it doesnt then come out of the cars speakers. Any ideas anyone?
I had the chance today to try out the new Blackberry Bluetooth Stereo Gateway with my Titan.
http://www.shopblackberry.com/_blackberryaccessories/cgi-bin/pd.cgi?frompage=category&page=product_detail&from_category=Lifestyles&category=Bluetooth&pid=F22224T62Z32QRSJ46F
It paired immediately and sounded great. This product has so much potential in my eyes. My main use for it will be in the car where I can stream my audio in stereo to my head unit aux-in via the 3.5mm phono plug. No more cables required. It's super small and is rechargable via mini usb. Even for use at home with my primary receiver will work great. Cue up all the music from the palm of your hand.
What do you think?
Manhattan;
Great Find. I could saved about $40.00 buying this over a traditional headset.
Almost 1/2 the price if you get this here rather than directly from the blackberry store:
http://store.mobilitytoday.com/content/accessories/52-142--3579.htm
So, I have a new Toyota Avalon with built-in bluetooth. Was wondering if anyone knew of hacks, tricks, tweaks - software or hardware - to permit a2dp to show up when connected through bluetooth. It says HANDSFREE but doesn't show WIRELESS STEREO on my ATT TILT (stock rom).
Anyway to do this?
Also, for anyone with a Toyota and bluetooth, is there any way to get Microsoft Voice Command activated from the steering wheel? On all my external car bluetooth speakers, hitting the call button activates Voice Command. Doesn't do it with the built-in Toyota system...unless I am overlooking something.
BUMP....
Is there someone on the forum with a Toyota and bluetooth?
I am bummed about this...the only way I can stream or play audio is use the AUX jack which is fine EXCEPT it means that the phone cannot be used via the built-in blue tooth...the other party can be heard by the car microphones don't pick up my voice (presumably because the AUX connector somehow hijacks it???!!)
Any help would be appreciated.
freddiemac1 said:
It says HANDSFREE but doesn't show WIRELESS STEREO on my ATT TILT (stock rom).
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That's what would happen if the car's BT did not support A2DP. My guess would be that your car only supports handsfree.
I'm in the same boat. I have an '07 Sienna and I have been looking for a way to connect AD2P bluetooth. So far, I'm having no luck.
I've thought about mounting my i.tech clip inside the dash to the Aux input. That means I'd have to modify the i.tech to work when power is connected. I would also have figure out a way to use the Aux port directly (with another device) if I wish. It is always something...
The '09 Toyota's support the AD2P.
works for me
so, I am in a '10 toyota. When I get into the car, it will pair up as handsfree, but does not show AD2P initially. For me at least, if I go to the BT tab on the audio screen, and press and hold the play button, it will start playing from the last playlist I was using. The steering wheel seek up seek down work to skip forward and back.
The first time I needed to initiate some music playing on the phone, and then tell the car to connect bluetooth through the BT tab on the audio menu, I think it hides the AD2P unless the phone requests it, and treats it separately from the handsfree connection.
I wish you luck- for short trips, it is great to be able to just sit down in the car, and have the radio play my mp3s without having to muck with my phone or cables.
I bought a connection for my diamond to connect to the aux input of my car stereo sort of hoping that it would work by allowing me to use the car speakers to speak & listen from phone, listening was not a problem, crystal clear but the person on the other end could not hear me. Is there an easy way to get this sorted? My stereo does not have bluetooth.
Depends on what sort of "connection" you have bought and how it works. Is it meant to be a handsfree unit, in which case it should come with its own microphone?
Or is it a USB type headset lead unit that is only meant to be used as a means of playing music via the car stereo, in which case you probably can't attach a microphone and can't use it as a handfree unit.
The way to sort it is to buy a bluetooth handsfree unit complete with microphone. These communicate with your phone using bluetooth and can either have their own amp and speaker or be wired into your car audio (usually via the phone facility in the DIN connector on the back of the car unit).
If you want to use for both phone calls and listening music it is best to get one that supports multiple Bluetooth profiles, including handsfree and A2DP.