[Q] Choose different audio outputs - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey.
I just bought Philips AS141 (Docking- /Clock- station) and hooked it up with my Galaxy S 4 (via bluetooth), works great. However I'd like to be able to play only the alarms through the docking station but still be able to watch (and hear ) movies locally on my phone. Is this even possible? I've been searching all evening for an application or setting like this.
I hope you understand what I'm after and could really need help! Thanks in advance

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[Q] Android and the docking stations

Hey there!
I'm kind of looking into buying a docking station for my g nexus and I came up with some questions.
The general purpose for me would be to play music with a high quality. So, how does this work for the androids? Is it possible to connect the device via usb and play the music over it? Most of the docks I saw seemed to use Bluetooth to play the music and had the usb port only for charging the phone, if they even had any.
Is it possible to control the phone (e.g. skip a track, choose another track...) via bluetooth or does it only play the music and you have to control everything on the phone itself?
Final questions: Any suggestions on good hardware?
Thanks to everyone,
Harper

[Q] Pairing Multiple Bluetooth Audio Devices//APP REQUEST

Ive done an A-- Load of searching, and I've found no great answer. Id like to use two Bluetooth audio output devices (aka headphones/earphones) at the same time while using my phone as the source. I know you can use separate devices simultaneously (such as mouse and keyboard, or keyboard and headphones.) Is it possible to build an app that can manage splitting the audio out to two Bluetooth devices simultaneously? For instance, watching a movie in flight, Id like to use my headphones while my girl uses hers. Or while riding our motorcycle, wed like to listen to the same music through our headsets. Mic is not necessary.
So far the only 'work around' ive found is to use the audio out, connect an audio spliter, then connect two self powered bluetooth adapters and connect individually... This is some B.S. Its bulky, extremely expensive and inconvenient.
This is all over the internet, if someone can get an app figured out it would easily sell 200,000+ on the market for $4.99.
Anyone willing to make it?
P.S. feel free to move me to a better forum, this seemed like the best spot to me.

audio from tablet to phone - bluetooth? hotspot?

Hi all,
I've got a conundrum that I can't seem to work out from Googling. I suppose I will give the background then my question.
I use my xperia z2 tablet at the gym to watch TV shows because the treadmill is even more uninteresting than the landscape around my place. I don't like to be hooked up to it via headphones because I don't want to accidentally pull it over. So - I use a bluetooth audio receiver I plug my headphones into, and they receive the audio from the tablet (which is paired with the receiver).
I would prefer to just use my phone in place of the receiver, because the receiver is cheap and doesn’t work so well (and i cant believe it can't be done).
I thought two options could be:
1 using the phone as a bluetooth receiver, or
2 somehow using the wifi hotspot on the phone to enable the audio from the tablet to play through the phone.
Am I strange? Any ideas? Does something already exist or is it even possible?
Thanks.
Further update - I've asked at an electronics store and they had no idea. But I have faith in the people on here. Anyone?
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[Q] LG G Watch - communication question

Hi guys, I wonder if I could get an answer to something that I can't seem to figure out.
I currently have an HTC One M8, which when I get into my car, automatically pairs to the car's Bluetooth system & allows me to use voice control to dial, and also play music through the car stereo (also via Bluetooth).
What I can't figure out, is if I were to buy a smartwatch (The LG is what i'm looking at), then I assume that the watch connects to the phone using Bluetooth? If that is the case, then what happens, if my phone & watch are currently paired together when I get into my car?
I'm under the impression that Bluetooth only was between 2 devices? If so, would I need to manually disconnect the phone from the watch and then manually connect it to the car? Or would the phone automatically drop the watch connection when it saw the in-car connection available? Or can the phone somehow remain connected to both Bluetooth devices at the same time?
I can't be the only person that might have in-car Bluetooth that's also thinking about/already owns a smartwatch?
Maybe I'm just over-thinking it?
Thanks in advance for any information.
greatcapp said:
Hi guys, I wonder if I could get an answer to something that I can't seem to figure out.
I currently have an HTC One M8, which when I get into my car, automatically pairs to the car's Bluetooth system & allows me to use voice control to dial, and also play music through the car stereo (also via Bluetooth).
What I can't figure out, is if I were to buy a smartwatch (The LG is what i'm looking at), then I assume that the watch connects to the phone using Bluetooth? If that is the case, then what happens, if my phone & watch are currently paired together when I get into my car?
I'm under the impression that Bluetooth only was between 2 devices? If so, would I need to manually disconnect the phone from the watch and then manually connect it to the car? Or would the phone automatically drop the watch connection when it saw the in-car connection available? Or can the phone somehow remain connected to both Bluetooth devices at the same time?
I can't be the only person that might have in-car Bluetooth that's also thinking about/already owns a smartwatch?
Maybe I'm just over-thinking it?
Thanks in advance for any information.
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I have the Omate Truesmart. I keep it paired to my Note3, and also use LG Tone bt headphones or with my car radio JVC Kameleon. The difference is when you click on the settings icon for the connected device in the BT menu on the phone. It will list the headphones/car radio as phone and media audio and allows me to play music through them or use as bluetooth connection for calls, and skip tracks and play pause. For the watch it lists the connection type as internet use, and I can use the watch to view and skip tracks, view/answer/dismiss calls, reply to notifications. I am guessing the android wear devices will probably work the same way.
ghostfaceg35 said:
I have the Omate Truesmart. I keep it paired to my Note3, and also use LG Tone bt headphones or with my car radio JVC Kameleon. The difference is when you click on the settings icon for the connected device in the BT menu on the phone. It will list the headphones/car radio as phone and media audio and allows me to play music through them or use as bluetooth connection for calls, and skip tracks and play pause. For the watch it lists the connection type as internet use, and I can use the watch to view and skip tracks, view/answer/dismiss calls, reply to notifications. I am guessing the android wear devices will probably work the same way.
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Many thanks for the reply.
So, for all intents & purposes, I can, in real terms, keep the phone connected to both the watch & the in-car audio at the same time?
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greatcapp said:
Many thanks for the reply.
So, for all intents & purposes, I can, in real terms, keep the phone connected to both the watch & the in-car audio at the same time?
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Yes, you can
animefans said:
Yes, you can
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Thanks very much for your responses guys. I ended up ordering the Samsung instead of the LG in the end (Which is odd, as I dislike their phones).
I have a Galaxy Gear and keep it connected to my phone all the time as well as my LG Tone+ , I haven't experienced any issues with the two. I'm assuming that the Android Wear stuff will work similarly if not better.
Good question
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Android MP3 file stream for BlueandMe radio

Hi XDA,
I just bought a car (a Fiat Bravo to be exact) that has a radio with BlueandMe which unfortunately does not support streaming music into it and also doesn't have any aux port, it just has a usb port which can be used to play MP3's. However looking around the internet I can see that some people are buying a Bluetooth usb adapter that can be put into the usb port and somehow emulate an mp3 file which the car can play (something like this). I ordered one of those, but being Aliexpress this will take a few months to arrive.
So now what I'm wondering if there is a way that we can emulate that functionality directly via the phone itself. I search all around the internet for some way to do this, but maybe i'm not searching the right way or just maybe I'm just dumb and it's something really obvious.
The way I this it's supposed to work is that there will be a MP3 file created on the phone internal storage that would capture the sounds played by the phone apps (e.g YT music, Spotify & others) and this can be read by the car to play the aforementioned file.
Did someone heard or ever used something like this?

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