Hey guys, I have a simple problem.
When I had my blackberry curve, I hooked it up to my car stereo via the USB cable and it worked perfectly.
Now, with my G1, It's.....annoying to say the least.
It just works randomly and I don't know how to make it work all the time.
This is the process I'm doing now.
1) Turn on Car (Stereo turns on)
2) Switch to USB Input
3) Plug the mini USB to my G1
4) Mount it.
Now...this NEVER works the first time.
I have to keep plugging + unplugging to make it work and that is really annoying.
I was wondering if anyone else has better luck than me?
On the SD card, I have two partitions with th ext3 being the first one followed by the fat32 one.
WHY mount? If you mount your sdcard on the computer, your music app can't access the sdcard. My advice is, do not mount the sdcard in your car and try if it works just going to the music app and playing a song.
I don't think you understood my question at all
I don't use any music players to play my music. The stereo gets the mp3's from my SD Card, and then the stereo plays it.
The stereo has to access the fat32 partition for it to access the mp3s.
and thus I mount.
tissle said:
I don't think you understood my question at all
I don't use any music players to play my music. The stereo gets the mp3's from my SD Card, and then the stereo plays it.
The stereo has to access the fat32 partition for it to access the mp3s.
and thus I mount.
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that is true. just connect my headset adapter to a cassette , and use the phone mp3 player. simple
tissle said:
I don't think you understood my question at all
I don't use any music players to play my music. The stereo gets the mp3's from my SD Card, and then the stereo plays it.
The stereo has to access the fat32 partition for it to access the mp3s.
and thus I mount.
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Sorry, I misunderstood your question
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Hi All,
I'm wanting to use my Diamond in the car to replace both my old iPod and sat-nav, while still having phone functions available. There are a few things I'm not happy with, so I thought I see what other people are doing.
I have a car head unit with a direct 3.5mm line-in, which used to have the iPod on the end. The Diamond works fine plugged into this through an ebay 3.5mm\USB adaptor.
If I plug the 12v>USB charger in, I get a whine over the audio - not a big problem, it's just a ground-loop, so I'll stick an isolating transformer in-line.
The main problem I have is switching between the internal speaker and the external output. If I want to have the radio on, rather than MP3, I have to unplug the adaptor, and plug the charging cable in direct, so that I can keep the battery charged - not ideal. This way I can hear the TomTom voices through the internal speaker, but it seems wrong to have to swap leads this way.
The other main problem is if I have MP3 and TomTom all through the stereo, and I get a call, I can hear the call over the stereo, but can't speak, as the Diamond is expecting an external microphone.
I guess what I need is a utility to force only the internal microphone to be used, and to allow me to force the internal speaker when I want to use the radio. It there such a thing?
I think one of these car holders has an option to plug in charger and usb-3.5mm jack adapter at the same time....
http://www.dsldevelopments.com/brodit/Holder/HTC+Touch Diamond-Brodit-Holder.asp
If i had the skills i'd try to figure out a hack to pause/mute the mp3 and mute satnav when in a call... but I don't.
That's not the problem - I can plug in the charger and 3.5mm audio at the some time, but that redirects all the audio to the car stereo, and disconnects the mic. Removing the adaptor and plugging in just the charger enables the microphone, but all my MP3s then are played through the internal speaker.
What I need is a utility to force the internal microphone to be used _all_ the time, and let me choose when to use the internal speaker when a headset is detected.
I don't suppose anyone knows how the Diamond recognises a headset? Is there a resistor link across a couple of the pins in the 11pin connnector? I'm just thinking I could make up a cable with a switch to break that contact, and 'virtually' disconnect the headset when I want the radio, or need the microphone active during a call.
You could try this program. It seems to be a virtual switch between the earpiece and external speaker. I use it a a solution for skype and other voip programs that only work through the external speaker, but the works the other way as well.
headset instaled but need phone mic allways enable
Hello,
Kaysee_sw said:
The other main problem is if I have MP3 and TomTom all through the stereo, and I get a call, I can hear the call over the stereo, but can't speak, as the Diamond is expecting an external microphone.
I guess what I need is a utility to force only the internal microphone to be used, and to allow me to force the internal speaker when I want to use the radio. It there such a thing?
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I have the same issue of kaisee.
I use the diamond as mp3 player in my car stereo (aux-in) and i need the mic allways available to use the phone without disconect the usb or audio plug.
In my old magician this worked just fine becouse the mic was allways available.
Is the .exe posted by dctech the answer(thanks man) ? has anybody tested ? is it reliable or there is another solution?
Thanks
You need a proper bluetooth car kit to allow this. Parrot ones are very good. If you want to listen to music as well as phone calls and sat nav i would suggest that you get one with both handset and A2DP bluetooth profiles. There is a workaround app you can use to get music through a car kit with just a handset or headset profile but the quality is mono and very poor
I'm looking into car stereos, and is there a way to get one with a usb port that I could do audio out of the phone through it?
Right now I have to cables needed for my phone in the car, power cable and headphones. I'm trying to see how I can eliminate the headphones, but still keep the ability to use my phone for music (while its charging). I keep my music on the internal storage (not SD), but also use Pandora or Audiogalaxy.
Also if there are any stereo units that can do this and have support for ipod of usb that would be great too.
almost every car stereo brand has one with usb ports but unfortunately I think you need one with an auxiliary out that will connect thru 3.5 mm headphone jack
edit: I think there might be some out there that have bluetooth for playing music actually
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Check CrutchField.com and it should work just like you want. Go to best buy with your cable and plug into one of the HU's there and try it. Your music would need to be on the SD card and disk drive setup from the phone end I think
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This means your phone will act as an USB thumb drive.. It may not be the same effect you want, but is a pretty good solution.
I use a nice sony head to stream the media audio to in my truck, often 8 or 10 hours a day, love it. A few head units will allow phone and audio seperately. The ability to connect bt headset and head unit to the phone is well worth the money if you spend much time driving
Pioneer offers many units that have the bluetooth built in that allow audio streaming and call interuption etc
I know in my 2011 Camaro i can do call audio and any audio on my Incredible (ie: music, sounds, games, videos all output audio via bluetooth since the radio acts as headphones) but of course were also talking about a stereo that has rare support for the Zune integrated right into the USB.
The sony in my 2011 freightliner does the media and phone seperately, phone can be connected to stereo and headset at the same time, mp3 thru the stereo and calls thru the headset. Even with the external mic for the stereo people got too much background noise. Car might be a little quieter inside tho
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Any way to play my zune music on my car stereo with the USB input on the stereo ?
If I'm not mistaken, your options are the 1/8 stereo jack, or bluetooth.
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Any way to play my zune music on my car stereo with the USB input on the stereo ?
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I know what you mean. I have the same "problem" but our HD7 cant handle like a USB stick, so it´s not possible to play music over the usb slot. The best way is to play music over bluetooth with your car audio system. This is working for me
thanks guys guess that's one advantage iPod has over zune. Zune needs to make a USB option.
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thanks guys guess that's one advantage iPod has over zune. Zune needs to make a USB option.
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I dont think, that iPod has an USB option, where the songs could be visible and playable directly as mp3 files.
So I'd like to mount my Nook in my car to use while driving. I'd find it easier to push a large button on a screen larger than my phone/Zune screen. Not to mention my eyes won't leave the road while doing so. I might end up getting a big enough SD card to fit a majority of my music, or setup a hotspot and stream Pandora. How's the Nook's audio quality?
Is there a way to hook up my Zune, via a 3.5mm cable, to my Nook, then to my jack on my radio, to control my Zune's playlist through my Nook?
If you have your Nook mounted in your car, what do you use it for?
Edit: I wanted to see if bluetooth worked on my CM7 ROM, or if I had to set it up. I was able to enable bluetooth, and pair it with my phone. Since this is my first time ever working with this, my bluetooth works, right? I didn't attempt to transfer anything.
LaughingMoose said:
Is there a way to hook up my Zune, via a 3.5mm cable, to my Nook, then to my jack on my radio, to control my Zune's playlist through my Nook?
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No.
The 3.5mm jack on the zune is an output only jack. Even if you could send a data single down that wire, the zune wouldn't do anything with it.
That's what I figured. I found out I have an 8GB SD in my Nook, and I don't use it to store anything, so I can add a good portion of my music over.
Is there a preferred music app for the Nook that's recommended to use while driving? Like an app with large pause/play, next buttons, etc.
Thanks
One of my vehicles is a 2011 Chevy Equinox and unfortunately it only supports bluetooth for phone calls and not audio streaming. When I tried hooking up my One to it last night via USB it just started indexing the entire contents of the internal SD card for music and started playing anything that was a sound file. How can I organize my music in such a way that it only indexes and plays the music in my Music folder? Also, any way to create a "pre-indexed" file? I noticed that because I have so much music on the phone that it takes several minutes to index everything during which time I can't select specific artists or songs.
Finally, is there any way I can get Pandora to play via USB connection? Right now the car just indexes and plays music that's on the internal SD card. I have to hook up the One via an Auxiliary cable in order to get Pandora to come through the car speakers.
I'll be honest, the whole integration with car stereos is one area where I think Apple has Android beat. My wife's iPhone 5 plays nicely with the car when hooked up via USB... no indexing, can quickly search by artist, song or album, and Pandora streams just fine. Of course I don't necessarily blame Android as much as I do the car manufacturers to catering so heavily to Apple devices and this wouldn't be an issue at all if my car supported bluetooth streaming properly, but I digress.
Thanks in advance