Hi all, I want to use my Diamond as a USB stick to connect to my car radio, wich has an USB port. When I connect as diskdrive it seems to work fine, I can play songs from the 4GB internal mem. But when I leave a song on for a few minutes, it seems to lose connection, and then I need to unplug the USB to get it to work again. Ofcourse it doesn't continue where it left off, so it's pretty annoying. A friend of mine who has a Diamond and a USB car radio has the same problem. Does this sound familiar to anyone, and is there a fix for this? Many thanks.
did anyone find a solution for this?
i use my TD to play music in my car, so i connect it with the USB entrance of my car radio, i have to choose 'DiskDrive' else it doesn't work...
(just to say, sometimes the connection goes dead and i have to reconnect it wich is jdkfjmkdkfjfkjjsfksdkfj...)
now while listening to my music, i also wonna use tomtom, but tomtom is installed in my internal storage (WE map = 1.7 GB) so i can't access it because my TD is connected with my radio as a 'diskdrive'
does anyone know a solution for this???
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/USB-Flash-Drives/Kingston/Kingston-4GB-Data-Traveler-USB-Flash-Drive
just so u know, i allready tried installing tomtom application on my diamond and only the maps on the internal storage...
same result
Davey101 said:
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/USB-Flash-Drives/Kingston/Kingston-4GB-Data-Traveler-USB-Flash-Drive
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good hint, problem is, i wonna know if this is possible, cuz i just ordered a new car and it doens't have a radio USB input, but i can connect my TD to it with some accessoires, but if i can't play my music and tomtom in the same time i will have to buy an ipod or so
nickgeys said:
good hint, problem is, i wonna know if this is possible, cuz i just ordered a new car and it doens't have a radio USB input, but i can connect my TD to it with some accessoires, but if i can't play my music and tomtom in the same time i will have to buy an ipod or so
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I don't think it's possible. Even if it were then a separate USB flash drive (plus a Diamond car charger) would always be a better solution.
What accessories? Do you mean an audio cable, feeding the audio out from the diamond to an aux input on the head unit? If that's the case then you don't need access to the internal storage.
As Davey said, if you're using a USB <--> Stereo adapter, then the phone isn't in disk-drive mode, and therefore you can use GPS and Windows Media Player (or whatever) at the same time.
I did this not more than 15 minutes ago.
hexydes said:
As Davey said, if you're using a USB <--> Stereo adapter, then the phone isn't in disk-drive mode, and therefore you can use GPS and Windows Media Player (or whatever) at the same time.
I did this not more than 15 minutes ago.
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lol i doubt that, but i'll try it when i have my new car... when plugged in USB drive i HAVE to use 'disk-drive' cuz it won't work with active sync...
nickgeys said:
lol i doubt that, but i'll try it when i have my new car... when plugged in USB drive i HAVE to use 'disk-drive' cuz it won't work with active sync...
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You're right in that it probably won't use activesync.
You're wrong in that it probably won't use "disk-drive" either. If it did, you could just use a USB pen drive instead. You certainly couldn't use the Diamond running TomTom, given that this is NOT possible.
As explained, you're probably talking about a simple USB audio cable. Don't expect it to sound very good and don't expect to be able to control the music from your head unit. An iPod may turn out to be a better option seeing as many head units with iPod adapters feature full iPod control. Good luck!
@nickgeys
I've got the same problem as you.
I've put one USB cable beetwen the Diamond and the car radio.
the car radio see an USB storage drive and scan it to find mp3 (5 min for me, my drive is 3/4 full).
So yes, we use "disk-drive" on the diamond in a car.
Perhaps we didn't want to hear "turn left" on the radio, perhaps we want to make a phone call while listening music and following GPS instructions.
Perhaps we didn't want to manage multiple MP3 folder (one on the Diamond, one on the USB card for the car...)
Perhaps we want to use the car remote control on the driving weel to switch between albums..... many reason
I won't buy a USB storage card or an Ipod !!!!! When i go to a car garage to repair my car, i don't expet to hear the mechanic telling me to buy a bike.
I've already use an USB storage card for my wife music (far from my taste)
I want to share on the USB only a folder.
BTW, i understand that the 'disk-drive' function plug the usb directly to the storage for performance reason. When you transfert files by ActiveSync and DriveStorage, we can see different tranferts speed.
Well, if you have a bluetooth enabled car stereo, your problems will be solved
Anyways, do you only have a usb port in your car stereo? Don't you have an AUX (mini-jack, 3,5mm)? Because if you do, I believe you can use an usb to 3,5mm adapter and plug it to your AUX...if I'm not mistaken? Haven't tried this myself tho, cause I got myself a Sony Bluetooth car stereo
Thank you for you help, but this didn't give response to my answer.
I know how to plug à 3.5 mn on my car radio.
but i want tomtom sound (radar alarm) on the phone, and music in the car radio.
With your 3.5mn jack solution, how do you
- use the car remote control ?
- make a phone call while listening music ?
Buy an Ipod ?
Don't you think it's cheaper to burn a CD-rom with mp3 on it ?
The question was : How to limit the usd driver to one folder and not the entire 4gb storage.
For those how read "how to listen music in my car", please re-read the question.
I'm looking for a program that will automatically connect to my in-car handsfree. Is there a program that will every xx minutes/hour turn on bluetooth and search and if a device that has already been set up (in this case, Sony XPlod) is found, it will connect, and if not, it will turn off bluetooth?
I could always use a bluetooth scheduler, but the "bluetooth ping/sonar" program will be more convenient.
Not sure if this is quite what you meant, but there is an application called BluePower that will switch on Bluetooth when it detects an AC power source - i.e. when you've plugged your phone into your car charger, desk charger, etc.
Check it out at http://www.kixass.net/bluepower/.
HTH,
Mark.
If i look into the settings for this app, it leads me to believe that I don't necessarily need HTC's car dock in order for the car app to automatically launch as long it connects with the bluetooth in my car? I have a 2011 Chevy Malibu and 2012 Chevy Traverse that this is happening on...
anybody?
Sorry misread, I don't use this functionality hope you figure it out.
Edit: just a thought, if it doesn't work on its own, you can always use tasker to launch carmode when connected to xyz Bluetooth...
Sent from my Sprint M8 Running the latest Viper
You don't have to buy the dock but the music and bluetooth will only start when the app is auto launched either with the dock or a special usb cord with some of the wires bridged with resistors. Starting the app by hand doesn't initiate the settings. I don't know why HTC did this but it's just the way it is. You can get the cable below or make one with an extra usb cable. I used to have a dock for my Evo4GLTE and I can verify the car app setting will work when auto launched.
http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-usb-cable-activates-car-dock-app.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744636&page=3
Hi. I want to use two phones in my car. A phone without a sim card wired to android auto (screen mirror) and also use bluetooth to connect to an obd2 device.
The other phone (with sim card) I want to connect via bluetooth to the Mylink2 audio center, to use the hands-free function.
The problem I found is that when I connect the cell phone (without sim card) to android auto, it also forces me to link bluetooth to mylink2 and it does not allow to link the cell phone (with sim card) that I want to use as hands-free.
I can, tell my Mylink2 audio center, do not replace the bluetooh connection of the cell phone with simcard (the one that is only connected by bluetooh), but in that case, android auto does not start on the cell phone that is connected by cable.
If I block all bluetooth services as explained in the post https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...al/how-to-cancel-bluetooth-to-phones-t3962916 I can connect the cell phone by bluetooh (with simcard) but the cell phone (without simcard) does not work bluetooth and therefore I cannot connect to the OBD2.
Can you think of a solution? Could you block android auto, force me to connect the bluetooth of the cell phone connected by cable?
I hope your opinions !!!
Thank you
Alexander
Have a look at running Headunit Reloaded on the phone without the sim, it's specifically made for that purpose. Then, if the connections still don't behave the way you want, you can use Tasker to take care of it.
Hi. Maybe you don't understand what I wrote, because my English is not good.
My Headunit is not Android. But it is compatible with Androud auto.
My Headunit connects to AA via usb cable. When I connect the usb cable to my headunit, it runs AA and also forces to connect the bluetooh. So I can't connect the other cell phone with simcard to use hands-free for phone calls
Can you understand my problem? ... if not, I try to explain it differently.
Thank you
Alexander
I think the suggestion is to run the app on the phone (no SIM), not on the head unit.
Note10.1Dude said:
I think the suggestion is to run the app on the phone (no SIM), not on the head unit.
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Hi. Maybe I did not understand well how that application works (Headunit Reloaded), but according to what I read, it is to be able to run android auto in units that do not have support for android auto.
It is wrong I did not understand to be able to use this application I must have a head unit that runs android.
I'm wrong?
Thank you