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Playing music automatically when connected to my car

Why do android phones do this and how do i stop it?
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I assume you mean through bluetooth, which is strange because none of my phones do this(Nexus One, Vibrant, Nexus S, and G2).

All of my Androids have done this and it has been discussed. If my car is in Bluetooth Streaming mode and the phones bluetooth is on, as soon as I start the car, music starts playing.

I can confirm this on a captivate and the nexus s. And there seems to be no way to choose the player it uses. I too would like to know how to prevent the auto playing or at least select the player it will launch.
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hah2110 said:
All of my Androids have done this and it has been discussed. If my car is in Bluetooth Streaming mode and the phones bluetooth is on, as soon as I start the car, music starts playing.
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all my old phones did that properly (Palm, Desire, SGS, XT720 and now SNS)
Except the Windows phones, which i hated, because they didn't do it

This may be a "feature" of the car's stereo. Like how if you leave your radio on when you turn off your car, then your radio turns back on automatically when you turn the car on again.

ravidavi said:
This may be a "feature" of the car's stereo. Like how if you leave your radio on when you turn off your car, then your radio turns back on automatically when you turn the car on again.
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Yes, that's partly correct, it will only start autoplaying anything (for me) if the car's stereo is set to BT streaming. If I'm on Sirius or AM/FM, no interaction with the phone beyond pairing.
The issue is that if you're listening to something like BeyondPod or Pandora, the Music app starts autoplaying on top of the audio stream you're already listening to.

distortedloop said:
Yes, that's partly correct, it will only start autoplaying anything (for me) if the car's stereo is set to BT streaming. If I'm on Sirius or AM/FM, no interaction with the phone beyond pairing.
The issue is that if you're listening to something like BeyondPod or Pandora, the Music app starts autoplaying on top of the audio stream you're already listening to.
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Exactly! That's a problem
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Press the sync button and say autoplay off.

ScotchtapeLoser said:
Press the sync button and say autoplay off.
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I have this same problem, does this work? Thanks if it does!

ScotchtapeLoser said:
Press the sync button and say autoplay off.
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What Sync button?

csmall said:
What Sync button?
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If you have the Microsoft Sync system in your vehicle you will have this command and a Sync Button. It worked in my 2009 Mercury Mariner Premier. It was previously opening winamp and playing all of the notification noises.
Now it waits for my to decide what noise to play.

Sync....please say a command....."AUTOPLAY OFF DAMNIT!"
I will be testing this on my lunch and will report back, heres hoping!

Sorry to bring an old thread back from the dead but I couldn't find an answer for this elsewhere. Well, I found an answer for the HTC Hero but couldn't find one for the Nexus S.
I'm having this problem with the Nexus S 4G always wanting to run WinAMP over whatever else (Pandora, Spotify, AmazonMP3 etc.). I don't have a Ford so I don't have a Sync button. I have a Nissan Leaf which only gives the options of Play/Pause, Next Track, and Previous Track. I believe the Leaf's infotainment system runs on a Microsoft designed OS, but it's not branded as Sync.
Even if I'm listening to something in Spotify after previously closing WinAMP and press Next Track from the steering wheel it will launch WinAMP and start playing WinAMP's music over top of Spotify's music. Makes for some interesting mashups, though unfortunately not in a good way.

idevin said:
Sorry to bring an old thread back from the dead but I couldn't find an answer for this elsewhere. Well, I found an answer for the HTC Hero but couldn't find one for the Nexus S.
I'm having this problem with the Nexus S 4G always wanting to run WinAMP over whatever else (Pandora, Spotify, AmazonMP3 etc.). I don't have a Ford so I don't have a Sync button. I have a Nissan Leaf which only gives the options of Play/Pause, Next Track, and Previous Track. I believe the Leaf's infotainment system runs on a Microsoft designed OS, but it's not branded as Sync.
Even if I'm listening to something in Spotify after previously closing WinAMP and press Next Track from the steering wheel it will launch WinAMP and start playing WinAMP's music over top of Spotify's music. Makes for some interesting mashups, though unfortunately not in a good way.
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It sounds like winamp is registering as the handler for the media controls and either spotify is not or winamp is not unregistering when closing.
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I use tasker, which prevents the problem of opening wrong app, but still haven't solved the skip and pause problem.

Did you go to application settings-->manage applications and clearing the defaults for the app? Sometimes they are set by default.

Bluetooth Audio Issue

Today I noticed a bug with BT audio and Navigation.
I have BT in my car so I connected my phone and started up my tunes like I always do and everything worked fine.
I needed to use Google Maps Navigation and on my previous phones using Nav with music playing (google play music streaming) worked fine.
Today I noticed that when ever Nav had an instruction for me, the music volume would drop, but no audio from Nav would play.
On my bluetooth profile on the phone I have phone and media audio running through bluetooth.
Anyone have a solution for me?

Unrelated question. How is the audio quality over bluetooth? Any noticeable difference when it's wired as opposed to over bt?

I can't speak on the potential bluetooth through car issue, but I have no issues with using a Supertooth 'visor' device, and at least in my opinion, the audio is of reasonable quality (though I've not tried to play music over it, just nav, and the occasional notification noises while on the drive).

banq81991 said:
Unrelated question. How is the audio quality over bluetooth? Any noticeable difference when it's wired as opposed to over bt?
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Dude, lol, start your own thread. Don't hijack someone elses.

Nobody? If my replacement does this too the phone will have to go back. I use bt audio and Navigation together all the time
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gunnyman said:
Nobody? If my replacement does this too the phone will have to go back. I use bt audio and Navigation together all the time
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In an effort to apologize for highjacking your thread:
If no music is playing, do you hear the nav instructions?
Maybe try toggling the voice instructions from the menu of the navigation app while it's running?
I don't think this will work, but maybe going into the settings page that has the three volume sliders and try moving those around to see if you get different results?
Maybe there's an issue with text-to-speech, but I'm not positive on how to fix this. I know there's some stuff in the settings section and you can install a third party TTS system, but no idea if that would help.
I think it goes without saying, have you tried re installing google maps?

Nope. Oddly enough the problem went away. Everything is fine now
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I simply rebooted the phone
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gunnyman said:
I simply rebooted the phone
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Awesome! Good to hear. Now about that BT audio quality?

No better or worse than any other device I've had
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[Q]can the moto x do these things?

First I am curious about the always on mic and bluetooth does this work? Second can you make it do commands like this... For example change to the next song in Spotify.
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JustusIV said:
First I am curious about the always on mic and bluetooth does this work? Second can you make it do commands like this... For example change to the next song in Spotify.
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Fr what I have read the spotify action won't work. I think Google play music or whatever is the only supported app for music stuff and probably not even the skip to the next song part you asked about.
The BT stuff works but you have to press the button on your Bluetooth headset them talk into to activate the touches controls
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jayboyyyy said:
The BT stuff works but you have to press the button on your Bluetooth headset them talk into to activate the touches controls
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Not with mine. I just say "OK Google now" and it launches, same as it would without a BT headset
Edit*** it has come to my attention that I was incorrect... BT cannot initiate touchless without pressing a button on the headset... And the moto x has one killer mic.
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theraffman said:
Not with mine. I just say "OK Google now" and it launches, same as it would without a BT headset.
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Are you close enough to your phone that it's actually just basing the command off what you are saying as opposed to what the Bluetooth device is transmitting to the phone?
Clearly if you are close enough to the phone or the phone is not somewhere that it cannot hear you then the phone will launch touch less controls. But I was under the impression if it were stuffed away in your bag so it couldn't hear you, you would need to press a button on your BT device before saying the command for it to work. But I could be wrong. Just trying to be more clear on what I meant earlier to make sure we are talking about the same thing.
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I guess we are both right... Touchless control doesn't work when the proximity sensor thinks it's in a pocket or bag. In that case, you do need to use a button on Bluetooth, though, it doesn't use Motorola's"touchless control" just standard voice search.
When the phone is out of my pocket and across the room, I can speak normally in my BT and activate touchless control, assuming that my phone isn't flipped over or covered.
Also, while driving in my truck I noticed, with BT, I can speak normally to activate and issue commands, where as, without BT I need to raise my voice.
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theraffman said:
I guess we are both right... Touchless control doesn't work when the proximity sensor thinks it's in a pocket or bag. In that case, you do need to use a button on Bluetooth, though, it doesn't use Motorola's"touchless control" just standard voice search.
When the phone is out of my pocket and across the room, I can speak normally in my BT and activate touchless control, assuming that my phone isn't flipped over or covered.
Also, while driving in my truck I noticed, with BT, I can speak normally to activate and issue commands, where as, without BT I need to raise my voice.
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couldn't remember where i read the info I was spouting out but I just found it on moto's website
Touchless Control will work with most Bluetooth and wired headsets. To launch Touchless Control simply touch on the talk (Multifunction) button for the accessory, and speak your command, you do not need to say OK Google Now.
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interesting that yours is picking up without you even pressing any buttons.

Does yours not? That statement by moto seems more like "another solution" as it is easier to activate with a single button (in some cases) than speaking the activation phrase.
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theraffman said:
When the phone is out of my pocket and across the room, I can speak normally in my BT and activate touchless control, assuming that my phone isn't flipped over or covered.
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Are you sure the Moto X's mic isn't picking your voice up from across the room? I just tried it from the other side of my room without a bluetooth headset and was able to activate Touchless Controls.
A true test would be to see if it still activates via bluetooth from another room.

clankfu said:
Are you sure the Moto X's mic isn't picking your voice up from across the room? I just tried it from the other side of my room without a bluetooth headset and was able to activate Touchless Controls.
A true test would be to see if it still activates via bluetooth from another room.
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Well, I feel like a horses patoot...
I tested this out and you guys are in fact correct, just always appeared to have worked through BT. I guess the good ol placebo effect worked, as for me feeling like BT was more accurate while in my truck.
Now I am astonished as to how accurate the mic is from far distances and with background noise... It always appeared as though the BT was enhancing distance and noise cancelation... Apparently, it's all the moto x... Color me impressed.
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Viper4android/Audio Processing with AA

Is there any way to have viper process audio being routed to the navi when using Auto? Or does the file get processed by the head unit? Might be a silly question, but I've been searching the google for days and can't find any information about how AA processes audio. Nexus 6 with latest Chroma build, 7100nex

Isn't the whole purpose of doing AA is to have the headunit process the audio? I'm not certain too but given that you need to have a usb connection, I'd imagine thats how it works. It better not be via the bluetooth...

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Is there any way to have viper process audio being routed to the navi when using Auto? Or does the file get processed by the head unit? Might be a silly question, but I've been searching the google for days and can't find any information about how AA processes audio. Nexus 6 with latest Chroma build, 7100nex
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don't know for navi, but i know it processes music, in the bluetooth section of Vipr.

Does this apps can be use on my Xiaomi redmi Note 3G?
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I was wondering this as well. In my current setup, simple Bluetooth to car stereo, v4a works great! But my next car will have AA, which I think uses USB as well as Bluetooth in some cases, I believe. Can anyone with v4a and AA confirm being able to use v4a via AA?

It does not work with AA.

When using AA the head unit will process the music, so it's similar to playing off of a flash drive. While I love V4A I prefer it this way because there is no gain limit to overcome like with Bluetooth or Aux.

menissalt said:
When using AA the head unit will process the music, so it's similar to playing off of a flash drive. While I love V4A I prefer it this way because there is no gain limit to overcome like with Bluetooth or Aux.
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Is this still the case? Audio volume is low with with AA and i have to increase head units volume when listening music with AA. I hoped V4A would fix this.

"OK Google" while running android auto

So I installed the 4100nex and mapped the audio controls to my 2005 Altima SE-R steering wheel controls but It doesn't have a microphone button. So every time I want to search for something I have to touch the mic button on the head unit while using android auto. I DON'T want to have to do this and was wondering why OK Google won't work even after setting my M8 to always listen for the commands? Does android auto app automatically turn off that function when connected to the HU? I am sure other folks with cars without microphone buttons and android auto head units have similar issues?
Thanks!

search the mtc keys thread and you'll will find your answer

If this is the answer than I am assuming the OK Google always listening isn't supported within Android auto.

it's not, but if you used an imaestro datalink for the steering wheel you can reprogram it and set a button for the mic

mburke178 said:
it's not, but if you used an imaestro datalink for the steering wheel you can reprogram it and set a button for the mic
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Nope it's a pac audio swi-rc. I thought Android auto was supposed to be true hands free but but I guess not if have to push a button to activate it. A little dissapponting. I've contacted google and asked about it. Well see what they say. Maybe an app update could add it.