Is it possible via software to get apps (or indeed the underlying OS) to recognise the alternative inputs from the 3-contact TRRS (3.5mm headphone) connector as used on iphone compatible headphones?
It would be useful for accessories such as the iLuv inline extension (http://bit.ly/9iSZpA) to enable volume control when used with 3rd party headphones. As it stands the play/pause/skip functionality works, as do inline microphones (such as on the Griffin SmartTalk - http://bit.ly/CkdV) but volume control isn't recognised.
The alternative is to cannabilise the original N1 headphones, but being able to use the much more prevalent iPhone/iPod compatible types would make choices a lot easier.
If this is an electrical limitation rather than software, then please note as such and close the thread.
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
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3.5mm to usb
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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 have a monitor with HDMI input but it doesn't have a internal speaker.
I want to get sound via my analog external speaker.
What can i do for this?
Thanks.
If your monitor doesn't have an analog audio output, AFAIK it's not possible to get an audio signal from Atrix's audio connector.
A good option may be a bluetooth AD2P stereo audio connection (the audio would out through bluetooth not HDMI) but you would need something which supports it.
Sry for my crappy english.
There are some adapter boxes and switches which do this, I know some Xbox users who needed a similar thing but it wasn't that interesting to me at the time, so I can only say look it up in xbox forums, sorry.
headphone out would be cheap and easy, but and extra thing to plug in.
Just plugged my external speaker to 3.5" audio output and it works.
I did not think at all thats so easy
Is there any way to record stereo audio from an external source?
I want to use my phone like the line-in port of my laptop. At the moment i've managed to plug a 4 pin 3.5mm jack to 3xRCA, but this provide 2 mono-out and a mono-in (the phone recognize this as a stereo headset with built in microphone).
I wonder if is possible to obtain a stereo line in, maybe using an adaptor on the usb port.
Tnx!
any idea? or just know if it is possible or not.
I have a cable that connects av cables to the headphone jack, and i was wondering how to use it.
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