My car stereo has a USB adapter to play mp3s on a usb flash drive, and it has an ipod connector. No bluetooth or AUX input. Is there anyway to stream music from my 8525 without having to buy an ad2p stereo? What I am looking to do is stream internet radio with GSPlayer.
thanks in advance
I'm kind of in the same boat. I purchased one of these,(VRFM8B - MP3/WMA FM Modulator) located on this page http://www.roadmasterusa.com/fmmod_vr3.php. I figured, heck, it's got a USB port, so why couldn't I stream my music through this from phone, since this is the same port the headphones use. No dice though, just a bunch of noise. Oh well, guess it was worth a shot.
It would be nice if it the Hermes could be recognized as a USB Mass Storage device If that were the case, you'd be able to do it. Other suggestion to try would be to get a micro sD reader and try plugging it into the stereo. That way you'd still have all the music with you. BUT, if you're like me, taking that micro sD card out is like shooting the phone.
That makes sense to me. So there is no way to make it respond as a mass storage device? Oh well, it was worth a shot. Thanks for the reply.
Softick makes a product for wm5/6 called Card Export. It lets you set your microsd card as a mass storage device. Probably will work for what you are wanting.
http://www.softick.com/pocket-pc/cardexport2/
Thanks for the heads up! I'm going to give the prog a try on my lunch break. My hunch is that this will work with the native controls on the FM Modulater (Play, Rewind, etc...), but I probably can't control it through the Windows Mobile interface such as Audio Manager. I'll report back after testing. Thanks again!
Well, nevermind, that didn't work. The program will not run correctly in WM6 on the 8525. Keep getting errors after installing. Anyone else know of a similar program?
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Thanks for the tip. I tried that prog too, and still no dice. I guess I give up. I sure was hoping I could just use the phone as an MP3 player in my car, but guess I'll just have to get a dedicated MP3 player or a bluetooth deck and stream them, or just do nothing at all. Tired of spending money on this junk!
WM5torage requires that the "Enable advanced network functionality" flag is turned off on the "USB to PC" tab under "settings, connections". Did you turn that off?
I believe I did, but I could be mistaken. I finally just gave up on the whole idea. Just seemed like to much trouble. Thanks anyways for the reply.
Nysul said:
My car stereo has a USB adapter to play mp3s on a usb flash drive, and it has an ipod connector. No bluetooth or AUX input. Is there anyway to stream music from my 8525 without having to buy an ad2p stereo? What I am looking to do is stream internet radio with GSPlayer.
thanks in advance
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Hae you try to use your phone as usb drive using wm5storage.?
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Hello everybody,
I'am looking for a new car radio with bluetooth for a bmw e46. It must support following features:
1. Bluetooth integrated in radio, no addional box and fit into bmw slot
2. hands-free set
3. Select and play (over radio) audio files from mobile phone SD card
4. Voice dial without prerecorded audio sample (in windows mobile) over car radio
Anybody a suggestion for a car radio that supports all that features ?
I don't know if it will support windows mobile phones, but supports ipod over bluetooth
Wireless connection with compatible devices provides hands-free calls, voice recognition dialing, audio streaming, and SMS message receipt notification. With AA-T100BT Bluetooth® transmitter, you can also stream music from your iPod.
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http://www.jvc.eu/kd-avx44/feat1.html
Hi, if you want to keep you embeded radio system, you can add a module as ones devlopped by Parrot or IO.
I have the following system, working perfectly with my Touch HD
http://www.my-io.com/Products/iOPLAY.aspx
regards
I have one of these
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Sony_MEX_BT2600__6846323
works a treat - audio can be played from SD card through manilla or wmp with no problems - you can even skip tracks using the stereo whilst tomtom is on your screen and everything performs great. Audio is paused when a call comes in and resumes when the call ends.
The only drawback for me is there is no visual feedback on the player such as track name or callers name etc... but dont know if this is even possible.
parrot mki9100 or mki 9200
check out these products. plenty of videos on youtube
and getting mine fitted today £177 includes kit, bmw lead (1series) and installation at my house.
great kit does averything you want and more. includes an amp to better the bmw system. has sd/ipod usb connectors plus bluetooth music streaming and obviously the phone kit
my advice connectmycar.co.uk
its a carphonewarehouse company. cheapest around
Motorola T505
I have T505 and its exelent for car, home, picnic etc.
stremeng music and calls to your car stereo(A2DP BT) via the built-in Digital FM transmitter.
And good thinks is location (long battery life 5-6 days) in car -microfon is near.
Hear the number of the person calling
http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/T505/
look for pioneers car-stereo with inbedded bluetooth
I have just installed a pioneer FH-P80BT Double Din and its is the bees knees.
It will do all you ask but i have not quite figured out how to do the Voice activated Dialing yet. Not sure if it will work with MSVC.
It auto downloads your phone book and you can dial from the Stereo itself.
You can also connect a laptop hard drive as the USB supports true 5v line.
Here is a link Clicky
Would be happy to answer any questions
Nogs
hey nogs,
got the same in my new shape passat
i'd be careful about recommending it for use with portable HDD's though 0 it couldnt give enough juice to power up my WD Passport - but have to agree its a great headunit to pair up with the touch HD.
I use it to charge my device - just remember to use activesync mode just for charging otherwise you can't use your memory card for things like tom tom.
hf
I've got a JVC KD-BT22 + a JVC DAB unit + an external 300GB HD (you could use a USB key instead or it has line in)
The JVC unit starts playing music from my Touch HD as I get into the car although having an external USB hardisk full of around 30gb's of music means I don't really need it.
It also works as a hands free (voice via the speakers, etc) the voice quality isn't brilliant on the unit as it doesn't use an external mic although I've read of some tweaks to make it better.
zoomee said:
hey nogs,
got the same in my new shape passat
i'd be careful about recommending it for use with portable HDD's though 0 it couldnt give enough juice to power up my WD Passport - but have to agree its a great headunit to pair up with the touch HD.
I use it to charge my device - just remember to use activesync mode just for charging otherwise you can't use your memory card for things like tom tom.
hf
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Ah right.... I have read on the MkiV Golf Forum it gives enough Juice so i was only going from what others have said.... I will be trying myself next week. According to the guys there, it only supports upto 250Gb and needs to be formatted FAT32.
I'll be opting for the 160Gb version myself.
Also... have you managed to activate MSVC via the long press of the Esc--Band button ?
PS- schranzistor - sorry to hijack this thread.
Nogs
ah! I don't think my drive was formatted to FAT32 (probably NTFS) which is why it didn't pick it up- dunno to be honest as I wasnt really that bothered having my HD with all its music on Also I had swapped out my internal 250GB WD drive with my PS3's standard 40Gb drive - maybe why it was supping a bit more juice than a standard WD one....
It was however making the infamous clicking sound you get when a drive doesnt have enough power to it - I might try it again later at some point when I have more than 2Gb of stuff I need access to in my car
I'm sure I tried that MSVC thing with Duttys 1.7 ROM a while back and it didnt work - I've got his 2.1 Xtreme ROM now so will give it another try tommorow morning.
It's a great headunit but I find it a bit plasticy for my liking (my fault for selling my Pioneer reference system I suppose!) - Button presses feel cheap and that front screen attracts dust quicker than my PC at home!
earazi said:
I've got a JVC KD-BT22 + a JVC DAB unit + an external 300GB HD (you could use a USB key instead or it has line in)
The JVC unit starts playing music from my Touch HD as I get into the car although having an external USB hardisk full of around 30gb's of music means I don't really need it.
It also works as a hands free (voice via the speakers, etc) the voice quality isn't brilliant on the unit as it doesn't use an external mic although I've read of some tweaks to make it better.
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Parrot
I have a Parrot i200 and it's brilliant.
Can it be done?
When I connect via aux cable with my car nothing happens when I press previous/next on the car radio.
Thanks
Probably bc the standard 3.5mm headphone jack is only for transmitting audio, not to control anything.
This should be possible if you have a radio with USB input for flash drives or ipods but not over an aux cable. Perhaps you could try to find an aux cable with the track forward/reverse built in to the cable? I know I've seen headphones with it but not sure about the cable alone..
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I had an aux in fitted in my car and was told the next/previous would work. When it didnt they said it would only work on a ipod. Interesting comment about the cable - anyone able to confirm whether the headphones lead is different?
To be honest, with the swipe action on the music player, this doesnt really bother me as its easy to do this whilst driving. However, I'd like to switch to another music app given the random function doesnt work properly....
I definitely know where youre coming from, I've always used an ipod for music, but want to use my mt4g now (or try to).
I messed around today and here's what I've came up with:
with the aux cable (standard 3.5mm headphone cable) you only have control of the tracks on the device, not with the radio's controls. you might be able to find cable with seek buttons built in (like some headphones) to make it easier but I've never actually seen one.
If your radio has a usb input on it you can connect your phone via usb, mount the sd card (as if using mass storage on a comp) and your radio should detect and read it as a flash drive. going this route your phone will charge, but you'll ONLY be able to control tracks from the radio head unit and you wont be able to listen to Slacker Radio or Pandora or other similar apps via usb. another plus is that the processing is done by the headunit, thus you could use your headunits random function.
The last option (that I think is king) is if you have a bluetooth enabled headunit, the HD2 can stream audio over bluetooth (a2dp) to your radio. You could then pair and stream music, Slacker, Pandora, etc and maintain control on the device (I would prefer control on device and radio, but i dont see this happening) wirelessly. One huge plus to me is that you can charge it while keeping fully functionality with only one cable.
I cant find a cable with anything other than volume controls, but I wonder if either of these options would help
micro usb to 3.5mm
http://www.cellphoneshop.net/syn2113.html
3.5mm to usb
http://bensbargains.net/deal/147822/
I've been using a BT Venturi Mini for about a year now and it works perfect. You can change streamed track/ stop start and it has no wires.So no mess, best investment ever. Plus, you can pick up calls/ voicemail via car stereo too.
Sound quality excellent, especially when you increase BT pool bitrate via HD2 tweak.
Perhaps if someone modded the headphones that come with the HD2 so that they go from 3.5 to 3.5 with the controls in the middle of the wire to use ?
I bought this car yesterday 01/04/12 and I noticed that it has a USB plug for my phone, so I connected my phone with my Jeep via USB and it does not recognize my phone. Just curious what I have to do to be able to connect the two. It would be pretty sweet because I can load up to 20 gb of storage on my cars hard drive and play music and view pictures and stuff.. so any help would be awesome.
Thank you!
Not likely that the Jeep will interface with your phone. USB ports in cars are generally for thumb drives that you put MP3 files on or for updating the Nav systems. Try calling a Jeep dealer for more info on what capabilities that USB port has.
Miami_Son said:
Not likely that the Jeep will interface with your phone. USB ports in cars are generally for thumb drives that you put MP3 files on or for updating the Nav systems. Try calling a Jeep dealer for more info on what capabilities that USB port has.
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Thank you, I'll just do it that way.
Might need to put the phone into USB storage mode - gotta tap on one of the notifications.
Can't help too much more - I haven't used USB mass storage mode in ages, being lazy I just adb push/pull.
Putting it in mass storage mode usually works. I haven't used it in a while either as I use bt now. But if you have an external card also the read time when you first plug it in could take a few min.
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If it has a USB connection then mass storage should work for mp3's and some other music formats. It does in mine. If for some odd reason it doesn't you should check if it has bluetooth. You can then stream your music and/or do hands free calling
Cozmo1 said:
If it has a USB connection then mass storage should work for mp3's and some other music formats. It does in mine. If for some odd reason it doesn't you should check if it has bluetooth. You can then stream your music and/or do hands free calling
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Well, I've got it connected via "UConnect". Does that also give me the ability to stream my music?
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Well, I've got it connected via "UConnect". Does that also give me the ability to stream my music?
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No. I also have an '08 Jeep GC with the Nav radio. In order to play music from the SG2 you will need to connect via AUX input. If you have the rear entertainment unit you can connect the SG2 to those inputs. (Of course you'll need a micro usb to RCA cable but you can get one custom made. Check the accessories thread as there is a member making them.) Else you'll need to connect the SG2 via the headphone jack to the 3.5" input on the radio. Another option is the Lockpick device for the NAV radio. You can google MyGIG Lockpick for more details.
Update: Here's the link to the thread for custom cable. Not sure if he's making anymore but you can check. I bought one and it works great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18839408#post18839408
My car stereo supports USB thumb drives and iPods. My understanding is that this would work with UMS mode on Android (I think). But with ICS, UMS is gone and replaced by MTP and PTP. Is it possible to still connect an ICS android phone to a car stereo via USB?
I've got a Samsung Galaxy S3 and have tried using the "SGS3 Easy UMS" app to connect my phone with no luck. Is this on the right track? Has anyone else gotten this to work?
I've just switched over from an iPhone which worked great in the car for streaming music via USB and would like to do the same with my SGS3, but right now I can't seem to find a solution so I'm leaning towards returning it and going for the iPhone 5.
Anyone have any luck connecting an ICS android device to a car stereo via USB?
TIA!
phlepper
Why don't you buy a 3.5 mm cable and connect it?
s1xkill3r said:
Why don't you buy a 3.5 mm cable and connect it?
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Unfortunately, this model stereo (Bose) does not have a 3.5mm input, it only has the USB input. The manual states that the USB input supports "various USB memory sticks, USB hard drives, and iPod players". I have been using it without issue with my iPhone 4 (both as a "USB drive" and to play streaming music via spotify and other streaming players). With the Android phone, with MTP, it doesn't look like a USB drive and therefore won't actually connect (I get a "check device" message).
Seems strange to me that with ICS, the OS is no longer compatible with any of these USB-enabled car stereos (and there seem to be only a handful of MTP-compatible head units out there). Since it apparently worked pre-ICS (I can't verify if that would work on my specific car stereo since my phone is ICS), it would seem that they could have at least had an option to enable UMS mode.
Still hoping for a solution...
phlepper
phlepper said:
My car stereo supports USB thumb drives and iPods. My understanding is that this would work with UMS mode on Android (I think). But with ICS, UMS is gone and replaced by MTP and PTP. Is it possible to still connect an ICS android phone to a car stereo via USB?
I've got a Samsung Galaxy S3 and have tried using the "SGS3 Easy UMS" app to connect my phone with no luck. Is this on the right track? Has anyone else gotten this to work?
I've just switched over from an iPhone which worked great in the car for streaming music via USB and would like to do the same with my SGS3, but right now I can't seem to find a solution so I'm leaning towards returning it and going for the iPhone 5.
Anyone have any luck connecting an ICS android device to a car stereo via USB?
TIA!
phlepper
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I know how you feal i have a AVH-P3300T and it works GREAT with pandora and iPhone...(even an iPhone 2G) pandora detected the stereo as an accessory right away... but for what ever reason when i plug my HTC Sensation in it jsut reads it it as a disk drive..
there has to be some active driver letting the head unit and the device talk... If there was a way to capture that level of logging going on im sure there some people here that could reverse engineer this... and just make it so that its a service runnign in the back ground...
Either that... or soemoen figure out how to REPROGRAM a head unit from its stock image to an android image lol...
So I drive a 2010 Nissan Sentra, which has a built in iPod/iPhone hookup to control audio through the steering wheel or stereo (has access to artists/albums/playlists/etc). Now, up until a couple days ago I kept an old iPod filled with music in my center console where the hookup cable was located and was able to play music fine. That iPod has been stolen from my car... wonderful.
So my question is this: Is the Droid Razr capable of playing audio through the micro usb port? I know If so, would something like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micro-USB-m...751409?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item2a223873b1 work to play music through my car via google play? My options are that or Aux (which means i cant safely change music while driving), seeing as my car does not support Bluetooth audio, and the iPod cable => car is proprietary, not USB. Would another option possibly be an iPod connector ==> Bluetooth, and connect my phone that way?
My Razr is Verizon running stock CM10.
I will try to keep this short.
First- usb ports in car audio will have different levels of support for devices. I usually work with aftermarket equipment as my cars are old, so this MIGHT not apply in your case. In a nutshell, if you plug in via usb, AND the car supports this, its going to try to approach the razr as if it were a usb flash drive, and attempt to read the music FILES you have in there. Two points here- this is NOT a direct audio stream, and thus will not send through audio from any apps on the phone, ie pandora or nav. Your steering controls will work, if this mode happens to work. Also, some stereos support this mode, but have the limitation of only seeing the first drive available and ignoring the others. The razr has two storages and it seems to present the internal first. Because of this the radio sometimes cant see your files.
In my case, my radio would only read the "wrong" partition, where none of my files were. I would up buying a cheap flash drive and leaving that in the radio, while my phone is docked on the windshield with an aux line running in so i can get pandora, etc.
Bluetooth is an option for me, but sounded terrible so i only use it for phone functions.
acslam said:
I will try to keep this short.
First- usb ports in car audio will have different levels of support for devices. I usually work with aftermarket equipment as my cars are old, so this MIGHT not apply in your case. In a nutshell, if you plug in via usb, AND the car supports this, its going to try to approach the razr as if it were a usb flash drive, and attempt to read the music FILES you have in there. Two points here- this is NOT a direct audio stream, and thus will not send through audio from any apps on the phone, ie pandora or nav. Your steering controls will work, if this mode happens to work. Also, some stereos support this mode, but have the limitation of only seeing the first drive available and ignoring the others. The razr has two storages and it seems to present the internal first. Because of this the radio sometimes cant see your files.
In my case, my radio would only read the "wrong" partition, where none of my files were. I would up buying a cheap flash drive and leaving that in the radio, while my phone is docked on the windshield with an aux line running in so i can get pandora, etc.
Bluetooth is an option for me, but sounded terrible so i only use it for phone functions.
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seeing as my car uses a proprietary port for iPod-in, not a USB port, your suggestions are not possible, but def appreciated. I wonder if the iPod 30pin ==> micro-USB will translate to reading the files off the phone as a mass storage in the manor you are suggesting. Thats going to require putting out some $ and downloading my files from the cloud, and then moving stuff around if its reading from the wrong location in the same way it was with your phone.